Ode to Coachella

C.ool bands and dj's.
O.utdoor polo field.
A.rt exhibits.
C.inema festival.
H.iding from the sun under the shade tents.
E.xtremely hot weather.
L.athering on the sunblock.
L.aughing, singing, dancing.
A.mazing, memorable weekend!

Being Poor is fun

You know, I have to say that my life is much more creative now that I'm completely broke.

Instead of________, I__________:

buying a new movie, I study...
going to a museum, I go to the beach (but I still go to the free museums!!!)...
paying to go out to the movies, I go to see free sneak previews...
going out to a bar with friends, I host a wine and cheese night at my house...
going out to eat, I cook my own meals (gasp)...
going to see a DJ at an expensive club, I go to ones where I know the DJ and get on the list...
paying for a gym membership, I pay $18 for 18 weeks of circuit training at my school...

the list goes on and on. It can actually be a lot more fun being broke, than it is to be financially comfortable - yeah, it might be a little scary sometimes, but somehow all the things I do lately feel so intimate and warm...not shallow. Ahhhhh, nice feeling. :)

Only 5 more days until Coachella - YIPPIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You all suck

You know, I understand that I didn't post for a while, but what kind of fair-weather linking friends are you?! Everyone (aside from my lovely sister) that had a link to my blog has deleted me...

What the hell - I mean, would you get rid of your cat, just because it decided to take a vacation outside and chase some mice for a week?

You people suck.

11. Stop being casually late for things.
(Spawned from the fact that I'm late for school now....sheeesh!)

Sometimes life can take you by the hair and whip you around like a jealous caveman...

Deciding that maybe it's time I should sock the caveman in the genitals, and take back my life...here I am.

I hate using this area as a checklist of things that I should do to make my life better, but what the hell:

1. Return the library books that were due October 16, 2003.
2. Take my car (that's been broken down for 2 months now) to a mechanic.
3. Clean up my house - kitchen, living room......and the dreaded bedroom.
4. Throw out a ton of useless crap while I'm cleaning. I think I should make a 1 trash bag per room minimum rule!
5. Clean out my storage unit that's sucking away $133/month...I haven't used anything in there for over a year...why do I need the stuff?
6. Either donate all the stuff that I'm getting rid of, or have a massive yard sale (yard sale = $$$ for me!!!)
7. Work on my Flash web site for school - I only have 7 weeks to get that thing done.
8. Sign up for the metal working class, so that I can start designing my own jewelry line within a year.
9. Stop procrastinating on all of my class work - start studying before it's drop dead last second to do so.
10. Read the 5th Harry Potter book.

Ok - that's 10 things - I'll work on those throughout the next few months - see how they go.

.....on a sad note, I wish it was an April Fools Joke that I have $0.61 in my bank account right now.......maybe I can find some cheap ramen noodles to live on for the week.....

donations anyone?

April Fools

....does anyone do anything for April Fools anymore?

I didn't think so, until this afternoon. I was frantically cramming for a Bio 3 test that I had today, trying to understand all of the major organs and hormones involved in human reproduction...ring...test time. My professor, who mind you is probably the most militaristic person I've ever known when it comes to test taking, hands out the test......I flip it over, and I don't recognize anything. I begin to panic as I read down each question, until the end, when I realize that I don't know a single answer. ..... as I quietly pull out my hair and silently scream inside, she says, "Ok guys, I can't keep this up - April Fools." What an awesome professor...