THIS GIRL. What happened yesterday? I had the best intentions of getting work done before/after hanging out with Leah. This did not happen. I got up fairly early and showered right away and cleaned up my room... But then we ended up leaving a little earlier than expected and I was like "YES GET ME OUT OF HERE!" So first we went to the Starbucks in Montecito with her friends Nikki and Jessie hoping to see some famous people. This did not happen. So we decided to drive around the area and have Leah reenact her Landshark tour through Santa Barbara. We got to see many wonderful sights, like a street called Stanwood. :) Then we somehow ended up downtown, which was our destination anyway. We parked and walked to the mall to just kinda hang out until our movies started. We made a stop at Rite-Aid to get snacks. Then we split up and Nikki & Jessie went to see Ocean's Thirteen while Leah and I saw Knocked Up. Inside our movie theatre, there was a poster for a movie called The Brothers Solomon starring Will Forte and Will Arnett and I almost had a heart attack of joy. (After later research, I have now discovered that it will be coming out precisely three days after I leave the country, so I really hope it comes out in the UK too... Also, Kristin Wiig is in it, as is Jenna Fischer! Watch the amazing trailer!) Knocked Up was sooooo cute/hilarious. Paul Rudd is going to be my lover someday, I'm making sure of it. After our movies, the four of us met back up and went to Left at [hot dog, jumping frog] Albuquerque to have drinks. Leah and I both got something called "Lefty's Strong Island," which was like a Long Island Iced Tea but different. And gooder. But still very strong. They dropped me off after that but I was too buzzed to do homework, so I just watched Stranger than Fiction will Val and Mitzi. And then I came upstairs and did nothing of value on the internet, talked to Mandy on the phone for a little bit, and eventually went to bed far later than intended. And then I woke up at frickin' 11:00 this morning and I am going to fail everything!

Why did I just waste so much more time writing this? DAMN IT.

EDIT: According to IMDb, The Brothers Solomon will be released in the UK on November 2! Hooraaayyyy!!! That will give me just enough time to get there and locate some good theatres.

BAAAAHHHHH intense sadness. Tonight has been really fun -- we watched a bunch of old Awesome Department videos and thought up ideas for some last minute stuff we want to film before it's all over. I feel like I can't think too hard about saying goodbye to so many people because I might be on the verge of tears right now. Tomorrow I get to spend some time with Leah, which is awesome. And on Wednesday night, I think Bri is going to sleep over. This might be the last time I get to hang out with her, though, as she's going back home on Friday and her home is very far from my home. :( :( :( Luckily Leah will be in Cupertino for August, I think, so we'll get to spend time together there -- something we haven't done in many years. Crazy! Both Starr and Mitzi are leaving for London and Greece, respectively, before the end of the month, and I most likely won't see either of them again before I leave. Val, Catherine, and Brittny will be here for the summer, Thank G. There are a million other people I need to spend time with before September 4th... Several of them from Cupertino, but I don't know who will be in town when I'm in town. Aaaahhhh!!! And don't even get me started about family. Jesus. Oh my God. OH MY GOD I AM LIVING IN SCOTLAND FOR MANY MANY MONTHS STARTING IN 88 DAYS. WHAT!?!? THIS IS SO WEIRD. Will I meet friends even half as amazing as the ones I'm leaving behind? I don't even know.

I know I should be completely devoting myself to finals right now, but I feel like it's even more worthwhile to make sure I set aside time for the important people in my life. This week I'm going to try to balance the two evenly.

Yesterday was our second trip to the Getty. I drove Mitzi and we had a fun time listening to music, writing down good vanity plates, and getting a hardcore case of the giggles. Hooray. I'm proud of myself for driving through L.A. traffic, something I was hoping never to do. But I did it and I survived. Plus I think it was worth it, because the Getty Villa is pretty damn awesome.

Today I awkwardly took a nap on the couch and then somehow moved upstairs to my bed. I don't really remember doing this. I slept from like 4:30 to 9, and I'm still tired. I'll probably be asleep again in another hour or two. The only reason I got up at nine was out of hunger.

Bear Grylls is the ultimate champion of life. Nothing beats a Man Vs. Wild marathon... Nothing, that is, except the announcement of new episodes beginning June 15th. Wee!

Leah slept over last night, and I had an amazing time with her. Leah, I love you so much. I really really do.

I am no longer going to the movies this weekend, which makes me sad. :(

I bought new bras at K-Mart today. My lady lumps are already much happier. Lawwwwl.

Brittny, Mitzi, and I watched the first episode of Shameless, which I rented because James McAvoy is in it. It turns out that it's a really good show and I can't wait to watch more. I also can't wait until Aymen returns my movie so I can send it back to Netflix and get another DVD.

Today is Gary's birthday. He is in Vegas with his family. He was playing Craps when I called him. Gary is weird. But I like when he's with his family because I don't have to worry about him doing anything dangerous or stupid.

My dad got a Facebook account. When I found his friend request last night, I laughed for a long time. I was quite tipsy, so it was v. amusing.

My LOST calendar makes me sad. Did they make you-know-who the May picture just to break my heart?

I feel like watching an episode of The Office (the original one), but I hate to turn Bear Grylls off. I guess it'd be okay, since I've already seen this episode. Goodnight everybody.

Gary and I were supposed to go out to lunch today, but I just called him and he is really drunk so apparently now I am going over there for a barbecue? He sounded like an insane person on the phone. I am definitely not going to stay too long... Good thing I have lots of stuff I have to do before my family gets here tonight. That's a good excuse for leaving.

Last night was lovely. Leah came over to watch The Office (which was amazing amazing amazing!) and then Catherine & Val's friend Sachman (spelling?) joined us. We did crazy things and watched Shaun of the Dead and had a generally delightful time. Mike's Hard Lemonades are not only more delicious than Smirnoff Ices, but they also are like symposium drinking cups with messages written inside the bottle that you can't see until you've finished drinking it. Erickson probably loves them.

Ummmmmmm I'm totes not in class right now. Haaaa! I have two classes on Fridays and one was cancelled because we are going to the Getty tomorrow instead... So I didn't go to the other one. Here are all the classes I missed this week:

Latin on Tuesday (slept in)
African Cinema on Tuesday (cancelled)
Light Lab on Thursday (had to finish a midterm paper instead)
Roman Civilization on Friday (diiiitched!)
Greek Sanctuaries on Friday (cancelled)

That's one of each! Very nice. Somehow I still feel exhausted from the week though.

Now to dry my hair so I can get this barbecue thing over with... Haha.

When you're alone and life is making you lonely you can always go...

( DOWNTOWN. )

What a strange mood I was in yesterday! Hopefully it has passed. Today is Wednesday, which means two things: LOST (duh!) and clothes shopping by myself because I'm a loser. I have nothing (seriously, nothing) to wear out on Friday, so I have to take my lazy ass downtown and try to find something that I can purchase with a gift certificate. I really hate shopping for clothes when I am feeling so crappy about myself, and that's why I haven't purchased anything new since, like, the summer. It's bad. I'm ugly. I wear sweatshirts every day. I am trying to sit it out until I lose more weight. I wish it would leave faster. I need to go to the gym.

DEBBIE DOWNER. SORRY.

So anyway, hopefully I will find something today that will look decent and will be an acceptable outfit for "going out on the town" Friday night. I will try Urban Outfitters first since I have a couple gift cards there. I think I also have a Macy's gift card, so that's always an option. And if those places are lacking, I will have to go somewhere cheaper and not use a gift card.

Tomorrow I am getting my hair cut. I am really weird about haircuts. I am excited because it looks like SHIT right now and it is driving me crazy (especially my awkwardly long bangs), but I am really bad at trusting people to make it look good. I have gone to the same hair stylist since I was like five or something. Over this past summer, I really needed a haircut and she was out of town for a long time, so I had to make an appointment with some dude that works at her salon. He did my hair and it looked like crap. So I went back a few weeks later when Sheridan was back and she fixed it for me and I vowed never to let that happen again! But obviously I can't keep going back to the Bay Area every time I get my hair cut for the rest of my life, so now is the time to start taking risks. The girl I'm going to cut Val's and Brittny's hair, and they both look stunning all the time, so I already halfway trust her. But if she effs it up the day before my birthday, she better hang on to those scissors because I will be wanting to cut HER. Ooooh snap.

On Friday I was supposed to go out to lunch with Gary, but now he has to drive the french chick (I think I shall call her Rousseau II) to the airport because that damn bitch is finally leaving. I wonder if he would tell her to find her own way there if he remembered that Friday was my birthday. Probably not. I'm not that important to him anymore. Friday afternoon, Karen will arrive. And that night we'll go downtown with Catherine, Brittny, Leah, and Audrey. I am so excited to go to bars. I already feel grown up just thinking about it. I think it'll be a really good night.

On Saturday I will have to spend a good deal of time during the day studying/writing for my two upcoming midterms (test on Monday, take-home due Tuesday). Karen has already said she won't be offended if I have to take time out for this, which is good because my grades certainly depend on it. Saturday night, Bri is coming over and I am buying booze. Housemates and whoever else is interested: please join us. This was the night I was thinking about having a party so I told Bri to come over, but now I don't feel like doing anything, so I guess I'll just get drunk and we can play board games or something.

Sunday morning I am kicking Bri and Karen out early so I can study all day. That night the Awesome Department is going out to dinner. We're going downtown to some Italian place called Maria's. The menu we got in the mail looks wonderful, so I can't wait.

And those are my plans! I feel better already, after just writing them down. Now it's time to go find Mitzi so we can go to class and watch nasty people drink Cokes early in the morning and fix their nasty greasy hair. YAY!

Awww my Leah just left me. :( Yesterday was SOOOO FANTASTIC. Obvly (that's the new abbrieviation for "obviously" brought into my life by Leah) classes were a little boring because all I could think about was how it was Hot Fuzz day. But then after that I came home and watched Spaced, which eased the pain of waiting.

When Mitzles got out of class, Brittny and I picked her up, and then we went to the theatre to buy Hot Fuzz tickets. Then we got Starbucks and discovered that TANGERINE FRAPPUCCINOS ARE BACK IN SEASON! Those drinks are my bitches and I will drink them every day until they are gone again. [Imagine me making a Brian Topp-like "Mmmm..." now!] In Starbucks was a dude that looked like a younger Locke playing some kind of game (not backgammon) that involved little white and black rocks. I freaked out a little too much. The worst part of my day was when some kind of folk version of "Crazy In Love" came on in Starbucks. Too weird.

So then, after almost I almost got kidnapped by Sleazy Ben outside the theatre, Leah arrived and we all got settled into seats. And the glory began.

It's hard for me to write about perfection, so I can't quite come up with the right words to say about Hot Fuzz. I laughed/smiled the entire time. Even when something tense or scary was happening, I was still smiling because Simon Pegg is so amazing and sexy. I laughed every time Julia Deakin's (a.k.a. Marsha from Spaced) crazy mug showed up on screen just because she is hilarious. My face hurt afterwards, in the really good way. Most of the people in the movie looked familiar to me, which was exciting. It's always cool to see movies chock-full of people you know and trust, because then you don't have to worry about if the acting will be good and you can just enjoy the show. The weirdest thing was when I did some research on the interwebs and found out that the Andy with the smaller moustache was the 17-year-old douchebag guy who worked in the store with Shaun. WHAT? Is it weird that I thought he was sort of attractive in Hot Fuzz? I'm confused. Oh lordy it was all just so good. Am I going to have to see it again very soon? Yarp. Is this a problem? Of course narp! :D

Aaahhh best movie ever.

After the movie, Leah came over to hang out with us and we watched "The Landlord" again because Leah and Starr hadn't seen it. Then I showed everyone the cool blood blister I have on my pinky, which I got when I was pretending to be Pearl and pounding the remote control on the table shouting "BITCH! BITCH! BITCH!" Good times.

Then we watched two amazing episodes of Spaced. It made me crave Jaffa Cakes.

Then Leah and I made plans for dinner, which ended up being so delicious. We went to Vons and got a fresh pineapple, strawberries, granny smith apples, sugar free pudding & cool wHip for dipping, french bread, cheese, pineapple juice, and vodka. They all go deliciously together. We cut up all the fruit and arranged it beautifully on a plate. We warmed up the bread and cut that up too. And then Leah made some delicious drinks that we didn't have a name for, so we dubbed them "Gingernuts." Vodka + pineapple juice + grenadine. Proportions? We have no idea.

The rest of the night was a blaaaaaast. I have a sore back because I hit my lower back/upper bum on the fireplace. I don't know how, but I do know that at the exact same time I hit my nose with the top of a stool, which had been balancing on my feet. And my nose is sore too. Oh well! We danced around and talked and generally enjoyed ourselves. We went to bed really late, so I should be more tired now. But I'm not!

Do you hate it when people talk about dieting and weight? ( Then I will spare you. )

My family is coming tonight. Yaaaaaay!

I need breakfast.

So, uh, SNL last night was like... incredible. Foxy was even more amazing than I thought he would be! And so much Andy too! I already re-watched it once. And then I found all of the Foxy clips on Matthew-Fox.net and downloaded them. And got myself a cool new wallpaper. I never thought my two favorite worlds would merge into one like this. Yesss. Josh Holloway next, please. And then Evangeline Lilly.

I am done with teching. Thank Gob. (That's my new thing I'm gonna say. I just started it.)

I have to do my History of Costumes project and a big ol' paper for Gallucci's class by Thursday. And I just remembered that I'm going to Death Cab on Wednesday. Oh shoot. I told myself that I'd have to start working really hard as of tonight, but I just spent like an hour deleting stupid files that were hella clogging up my desktop. I hate having too many icons on my desktop. I like to see my Macintosh HD, my external hard drive, and my iDisk. THAT IS ALL. I want to be able to enjoy the pretty picture on the background.

Tomorrow I will go to my two classes, come home and regroup, and then head back to school for hardcore researching/meeting with Michael Morgan. I have to sort out my library crap too; they seem to think I didn't return a book on time, but I am positive that they are mistaken. Leah says that sometimes if you return a bunch of books at once, they might accidentally skip over one or something. So before I can check out any more books, I have to prove to them that it has been returned and is sitting on a shelf. I hope it works out, because I don't know what I will do if I can't check out books this week. Shit.

I'm confused about this optional Latin quiz thing... I think it's because she said we get to drop our worst quiz grade, and so if we've done really well so far there's no reason to take the last quiz. I'm pretty sure I've done okay on quizzes so far, but I should take this one just in case. Haven't started studying yet, so that's awesome. Great.

I really need to develop better study habits.

Yay for Leah sleeping over last night. We talked for so long! I feel like we were up until like 4 or something. I think we were. I love love love sleepy bedtime talking. I love that awkward moment when the lights have been out for a while and you both get so tired that the conversation just stops and for a second you wonder if you should say something else but then you decide sleeping is a better option and then you're out. Hahaha! Leah is one of my most favorite favorites in the whole world and I am every day so thankful that we're hanging out so much right now. Hooray!

Starr and Brittny found us a cool new huge trash can, and we've been painting it so that it looks pretty. It is fantastic. It has everything from a duck, to the Numbers, to a volcano, to a pink star, to some of our quotes, and even a nice blue Tobias handprint (plus several blue smudges). Val painted the most beautiful LOST Island ever, complete with a black smoke column. We're still not done with it, but it is already beautiful. I love these people.

Our Christmas decorations are brilliant, by the way. I'm not sure if I've mentioned them yet. Mitzi brought us a tree, which is decorated with lights, a paper chain, ornaments, and candy canes. Catherine brought lots of adorable things like tablecloths and a huge stocking her grandma sewed for us. There's a wonderful garland wrapped around the banister and all kinds of other goodies. We still need to get mistletoe and I'm gonna make more snowflakes so we can hang them from the ceiling, just as we've done for the past two years. Weee! And thank you so much, Brittny, for cleaning everything up today. You are amazing and wonderful and I love you. I love you all.

It's time to really get to work now. Enough stalling. Bah.