I Wanna Hear You Laugh Like You Really Mean It

Stupid internet. I wrote a post and it disappeared.

Basically, I wanted to post a link to a cute wedding video that I found on Snippet & Ink yesterday. The end.

Swallow Words One by One

There has, obviously, been a lot of Steeler-talk around here since Sunday's victory. Yesterday, CLRG sent me this article and I thought it was very interesting.

Read and enjoy, then get all wild with Black and Gold Fever. It seems appropriate.

Everywhere I Go, Kids Wanna Rock

OMG.

YES!!!!!!!!!!

These Are the Days of Endless Dreaming

The Steelers are going to the Super Bowl! I watched the AFC Championship game with Elle and CLRG and one of his friends last night and it was very exciting. Especially Polamalu's touchdown in the 4th or whatever. I do not yet have the rabid devotion to the Black and Gold that everyone in this city does. I was trying to make myself feel more invested in the game last night by reminding myself that it equated with the ALCS and such. Next: the equivalent of the World Series. It makes more sense to me when I put it in terms of baseball and think about the Tigers. Yep, yep. Elle and I played some Guitar Hero as well last night and that was interesting. We were both playing on medium a couple of times and not doing totally awesome, but okay. I think we'll improve with time. Haha.

Last night, Chuck IMed me for the first time since November. I replied, but heard nothing. Same thing happened this morning and I was getting kind of annoyed. I think I am open for casual IM conversations, but to IM me and then not do anything seemed kind of ridiculous. We're talking right now and it's going okay.

I watched Iron Man this weekend after a dinner at Aladdin's with CLRG. I would say that we watched the movie, but he totally fell asleep. Haha. I really liked it. It seemed to me to be the most realistic superhero movie I've seen. You know? It didn't really strike me as strange or fantastic that Tony Stark would be doing the things he was doing. Everything made sense. It was a quality movie. Maybe someday I will watch it again and CLRG can watch it, too, and stay awake. :oP

I just realized today that Valentine's Day is coming up pretty quickly. I mean, sort of. What do I do for that? Christmas was tricky enough. I had a thought today that involved me making dinner for CLRG and us going to see a movie. I was hoping that there might be an old movie playing at a local theatre and we could go to that. Or we could just watch an old movie here at my house. Or at his. I don't know. We went to a theatre in Regent Square to see a movie from the 70s with his parents a month or so ago and that was nice. Maybe they do that frequently. I will have to research.

Are You Dead, Or Are You Sleeping?

Today has been a lazy sort of day. I went to work at 6am, but was sent home by 10:30 because business was slow and there were four people on the line. Lame. I came home and took a nap until 1, when I would have been out of work anyway. Then I started laundry, did a little reading, made some lunch, watched a little tv. It was actually pretty nice.

Tonight is the AFC championship and the Steelers are playing the Ravens. My presence is requested at CLRG's house, per usual, so I need to get ready to go soon. Watching games with him is always pretty low-key. He'll have some friends over, there'll be beer, I'll play Guitar Hero with Elle. That kind of stuff. Also, I am pretty sure that Elle and I are the only people in the entire city that do not own Steelers apparel. Ridiculous, right? I know. It's practically blasphemy.

I'm Gonna Keep On Hoping

I am presently eating the chocolates the CLRG gave me for Christmas. They are delightful. It was one of those Pot of Gold boxes and I am almost through the first layer. Don't judge me. I am also worrying about what I will do research on for one of my classes, how I will get enough money to pay my bills (prostitution is an option, I suppose), how I will get enough time to do all of my work and when I will see CLRG tonight. *sigh*

So distracted!!!

Blueberry muffins!

Crimson and Clover, Over and Over

Lately, I can feel myself clenching my jaw a lot more than I used to. I'm not exactly sure why, but it kind of bothers me. The only things that are stressing me out (and can, therefore, be the causes of the clenching) are school and my money situations. I guess those are big things, really, so it makes sense. Oh boy. For real, though, classes this semester are going to really get me. I already have more reading to do than I have time for. I feel like the best idea would be to barricade myself in somewhere and just get it done and do it well, but that's not fair to anyone. I don't want to become completely MIA. I don't want to give up hanging out with Elle and seeing CLRG on a regular basis. It might have to happen, though. I think they'll both understand more than a lot of other people would. That's really my only consolation. Plus, I think that I can read when CLRG is around if that's the only way I will get to see him. I just need to start pumping caffeine, sleeping less, and reading more. Yikes.

I'm Like the Ringleader, I Call the Shots

I always read Postsecret on Sundays. I love it. This week's posting contained a secret that made me think of CLRG. I know I'm being mushy and gushy and disgusting, but I can not help it. Here it is:

I had a bit of a baking disaster yesterday. I got a crock pot for Christmas, you see, and a crock pot cookbook. At 2 in the afternoon, Elle and Toi and I decided we should have a dinner party. They worked on the main dish and I planned the dessert. A hot fudge cake! I followed the directions exactly, but when CLRG flipped it to let the cake out (it seemed done when I stuck the fork in. I swear.), it was really very liquidy. I was very sad. Everyone was very nice about it and said it was good, but I felt stupid. Oh well. It probably had something to do with the fact that my crock pot is smaller than a standard one and I maybe should have compensated. Next time, I will not make a cake. I will make something that can not easily become a failure and, hopefully, I will succeed.

The dinner party was to mourn the departure of Toi, who has to go back to school soon and can, therefore, not stay in the Burgh. We played Scattergories after dinner and then went to the Cage for some drinks. I had a delightful whiskey sour. Mmm.

I was not scheduled to work today, so I slept in and am now sitting here in my pajamas, doing basically nothing. I have a list of things to accomplish, but that requires more motivation I can muster.

I think I am going to go locate some leftovers. I am hungry and I own zero groceries. I want soup. Boo.

There's No Stopping Us Now

Happy New Year!

I really can't believe that it's already 2009. I've been out of high school for almost 6 years. I've been out of college for almost 2. How did time fly this quickly? I don't have a clue. That is not to say, of course, that my time post-college has not been super. I lived with the parents for a while. I had a real job. I made the decision to come to graduate school, moved to a newish city, and have been making my own life. 2008 was an interesting year. I'm glad that we've moved on from it and am really excited to see what 2009 will bring.

Ringing in the new year was certainly entertaining. I went to CLRG's house. A few of his friends were there, including some I had not yet met. Elle and Toi came after some of the people had arrived and we commenced becoming BFF with the other girls there. It was hilarious and fun. A really good start to the new year, I think, even though parts of the evening are difficult to remember. Haha.

Currently, I am attempting to locate my bedroom in the rubble caused by the explosion of my suitcase. I moved a bunch of my books down to the shelves in the living room and made space for the books I started getting in the mail today. I still have a bunch of stuff to bring in from my car (including my crock pot!) and then maybe actual unpacking can happen. We'll see, I suppose. I should dust my room. I should clean the whole house (that won't really happen, though). It would be a good idea to get 2009 started on the right foot.