Long Time Update

xD So... it's been what, three or four months since I wrote in this thingy?  Time once again to spread my weirdiness to the world.
Right well, catching up, I suppose. :P  Major happenings, uhm uhm uhm~  I don't know what to write, thank you Mai. xD

On Halloween, I dressed up as a banana and Shannon dressed up as Dr. Facilier. o: (Two on the far left xD)

The other three in the picture are Brittany (in red and awesome mask), Anna(in all the emo make-up) and Shannon (Pointy head).  It was fun, but I gotta tell ya - Anna and her Shannon are reeeeaaallllly slow when it came to trick or treating. xD  Yes, we went trick or treating. O:<  We're in college - 1. Little kid things are cool again. 2. We're poor, so we can use all the free food we can get. xD


Right, so~  November.  Haha, November was an interesting month.  I got a boyfriend (who.. didn't last long, a month maybe, so let's not really go into that. :P) and that's when I had a billion assignments due on the same week - the one before Thanksgiving break.  So I was all stressy about that.  Shannon and I had many experimental dinners (one of which was the meat blob.  Shannon, NEVER let me make that ever again.  Bad. Stinking. Idea.).  Saw my baby cousin Isabella. :D (Well, cousin once removed, but whatever).  She's such a sweety. <3

Yes, saw her (this picture was from the first time I saw her, not over Thanksgiving. xD).  I gotta say, she has quite the impressive collection of hats.

Then comes December, which was a month both me and Shannon stayed up venting and watching bad movies because of various... problems with the male gender. >w> This was also finals month, which was.... fun, lemme tell ya.  I ended up getting decent grades though. :D Three As and two Bs, making my GPA a 3.6.  I scheduled for classes for this coming semester (which starts on the 18th! :D) and went home for Christmas vacation!  (I GOT STARCRAFT II O:< YESSS)

 This game.. I gotta tell ya, is SO much fun. <3  My last ex actually got me into it - I got addicted right away. xD I actually went and bought the original one and its expansion the other day too! :D  It's run by the same people who run World of Warcraft (which I tried.. it's fun, but it's not for me. xD  I like StarCraft much better).  So I've been playing that a lot recently (which strangely reminds me of Pikmin, even though the violence level pulls a complete 180 between the two).

Right, so January. xD Time for school to start back up again, time for New Year's Resolutions.  I figured I'd post them up because of others can see them, there'll be more pressure to commit. :P

1. Get in shape
I'm not horridly out of shape - I'm physically active enough to keep up with the average person, but I'd like to really trim my stomach and hips down.  Will be done through eating better and dancing around like a ding dong playing Dance Dance Revolution.

2. Improve my QPA
Last semester, I got three As and two Bs, making my QPA 3.6.  The one B I thought for certain was going to be a C (I think the teacher cut me a break, which I really appreciate, but I wish I could've earned it myself).  My goal for this semester is to get at least four As and one B.  My student advisor (who is a jerk, but knows what he's talking about) said for the profession I want, I need a QPA as close to 4.0 as I can manage, or I won't make the cut against the other competition.  *puts brain hat on in preparation for this semester O:<*

3. Finish rough draft of novel
It started out as my NaNo project from this past November... I flopped out at about 7k words instead of the 50k I was supposed to do. xD I really like the plot though, and want to continue.  My goal is to gather enough motivation to do so.

4. Get a job
Self expanatory.  I've been living off school loans this past semester.  It's nice to have the help definitely, but the extra work would both improve my resume and giving me something to do other than refresh my facebook page a billion times every evening (along with... y'know, giving me a bit of extra pocket money. xD)

5. Read 25 books
This one's more of a personal challenge than an actual 'I need to do this' kinda thing.  25 books in a year will give me about two weeks per book, give or take. (This doesn't include text books or readings done for class).  I want to branch from classics to newer books as well... and psychology books, because they're awesome. O:<

6. Decide on a graduate school and apply to it
For my degree, grad school is a must, so I need to pick a couple and actually send in applications, resumes, so on and so forth.  I'm thinking about going to the UK, but I don't know if a psych degree in the UK will be valid in the US.  If anyone knows, lemme know. xD  I've heard you need to get re-certified, but shouldn't have to go through all the classes over again.

So right, those are those.  Other than that, I've got a renewed love for writing. o: I found this contest where it has you build a world from scratch.  It asks you 474 detailed questions about this world so by the time you're done with them, this fabricated place feels as real as Earth.  It's amazing.  I've stuck the plot of my novel into it. xD  When I first joined, Dad saw what I was doing and the two of us came up with names for places together - it was fun. :D

Currenty stuff:  I finished ordering my textbooks (bought the majority online, but honestly.. I still spent over 200 bucks.  Pashaw.  My classes for next semester are Introduction to Psychological Testing, Theories of Personality, Interpreting Literature, Experimental Psychology and Social Inequality.  I'm actually really looking forward to all of them (except.. the part in the lit class where poetry is involved.  I don't like poetry all that much to be honest. :P)

Shannon and I need to go grocery shopping this week. xD We have no food up at the apartment.  I forsee a Walmart trip in the near future.

Aaaand yesterday, I went to Amanda's house for the first time in... months. :P We (finally) exchanged Christmas presents (she got me socks! :D) and we watched Angelina Jolie movies (both of which I ended up liking, which surprised me. xD)  Hm.  Now I'm sitting here watching King Kong and writing this because Maisarah popped into my head and I remember her asking me to update this thingy, so... HERE YA GO. O:<

(Also, 'O:<' has become my new favorite smiley).

Peace and Love! *is Vash the Stampede*