Friday, October 30, 2009

october thirtieth.

I passed my physiology exam, thus passing every single first year med school exam. Score. It's 4 in the morning and I just came back from drinking TWO LITERS of beer with a friend I haven't seen in a while. Well I see him, but we kind of stopped talking, but two liters of beer each will provoke conversation like no other. 
Tomorrow (actually, today) is halloween! Still no wig, I'll figure it out today. Tipsy blogging for the lose. Also, I'm obsessed with LIGHTS. Her song Saviour (The Angry Kids FM Mix) is so gooood. Must sleep, I love everything. Good night ♥

xox,
loveacrosstheocean

Thursday, October 29, 2009

october twenty-ninth.


I'm super blah right now, and I was considering not posting, but with impending NaNoWriMo coming up, this attitude is unacceptable. I have my physiology exam tomorrow at nine AM and I am so, so, so, SO scared. The rules got changed. Remember how I said every time I fail I have to pay 240 dollars, but I can keep taking it until I pass? Not anymore. Everyone (who doesn't have exams left, probably) voted to make November 1 the cutoff date, because they say having such an extended grace period hurts the school's reputation and makes others not take us seriously. Which just sounds like a bunch of bullshit to me. There are such few people with exams left, I honestly don't think we make the school look that bad, considering no one really knows. It's not a proud thing, we keep pretty quiet about it. fjdkfjdg These are going to be the kind of parents who start unnecessary campaigns and petition for certain books to be banned from libraries. All anger aside, though, if I don't pass tomorrow I'm screwed. So I'm once again going to ask for your prayers/karma/genuine good thoughts to be sent my way. I'll take what I can get. I feel like poop. Okay, I'm going to go all nighter it, wish me luck : (

xox,
loveacrosstheocean. 

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

october twenty-eighth. (2)

Breaking news!
Wait, let me try again.
BREAKING NEWS!!!!

I'm doing NaNoWriMo this year, for the first time. Hayleyghoover's new video was the push I needed, I guess. I tweeted about this but none of my friends get it. And I have sweaty feet and feel like I need to share this. I know emilyinthecity is participating, anyone else? I feel SO unprepared, but I still feel like trying. Add me as a buddy if you're writing in november, I'm going to go calm down. ahhhhhhhhhh.

xox,
loveacrosstheocean ♥

october twenty-eighth.


health wise- teh suck.
study wise- poop.
lady gaga wig obtainment: negative.
what I learned today: how to make a cat emoticon: >( ^._.^)<
why I'm excited for tomorrow: auto-tune never sounded so goooooood.
have a literal video, just because : )

I'll see you guys tomorrow!

xox, loveacrosstheocean ♥

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

october twenty-seventh.


ZOMG! ONE HUNDREDTH ENTRY! WHOO!

In light of this milestone, I racked my brian to figure out what to do. I didn't want to just do another post talking about my roommate who probably has a drinking problem, or update on my kidneys, no. I wanted to do something special. So I turned to facebook and copied the first note I found with one hundred questions. *pets blog lovingly* 

1. What's the biggest turn off of the opposite sex?
douchbaggery. 

2. What's on the walls in your room?
pictures, posters, letters, quotes, art projects made by people who love me.

3. Do you snore, grind your teeth, or talk in your sleep?
I do not know, I usually sleep alone. I haven't had complaints, though.

4. What type of music do you listen to?
the pretentious sad bastard type, with a smattering or embarrassing artists including miley cyrus and demi lovato. also wrock, and youtube people <3
  
5. Do you know what time you were born?
negative. 

6. What do you want more than anything right now?
for my kidneys to stop hurting. to have willpower to study. to pass my exam friday. to be better about money. to find a lady gaga wig. to do laundry and have clean clothes. to clean my room. to be able to watch mad men without feeling guilty. 

7. What do you miss?
subway and slurpees. 

8. What is/are your most prized possession/s?
my laptop. 

9. How tall are you?'
5'5''

10. Do you get claustrophobic?
occasionally.

11. Do you get scared in the dark?
occasionally.

12. Who was the last person to make you cry?
myself. 

13. What's your worst fear?
loss/failure.

14. What kind of hair/eye color do you like on the opposite sex?
I hate questions like these. 

15. Where can you see yourself proposing/being proposed to?
blah. 

16. Coffee or energy drink?
coffee!

17. Favorite pizza topping?
olives/mushrooms.

18. If you could eat anything right now, what would it be?
12 inch turkey on wheat, with Monterey cheddar, not toasted, lettuce, pickles, and extra olives and italian dressing with a pepsi slurpee and harvest cheddar sunchips. *droooooooooooooooooooooooooool.*

19. Favorite color of all time?
green!

20. Have you ever eaten a goldfish?
like the food? yes. the pet? no. 

21. What was the first meaningful gift you've ever received?
life.

22. Do you have a crush?
no.

23. Are you double jointed?
no.

24. Favorite clothing brand?
gap <3>

51. What is your favorite lunch meat?
turkey!

52. Any bad habits?
lots.

53. Are you a jealous person?
oh yes. 

54. If you were another person, would you be friends with you?
I'd like to think yes. 

55. Do you agree with friends with benefits?
if both people are on the same page, yes. 

56. Do looks matter?
to a certain degree.

57. How do you release anger?
bottle it up and take it out on the wrong people, usually. 

58. Would you rather gain 58 pounds or lose 58 pounds?
lol, really? this is a legitimate question? lose.

60. What was your favorite toy as a child?
legos <3>

73. Plans for tonight?
study in bed, watch mad men. 

74. Where do you want to live when you are older?
maine, by the ocean. Have I ever been to maine? no. next question. 

75. Do you want everyone to answer these questions?
not really.

76. What are you listening to?
kid cudi- the prayer.

77. Last thing you drank?
diet coke. 

78. Last person you talked to on the phone?
yolie.

79. The first thing you notice in the opposite sex?
how they interact with other people. 

80. What do you like to do in your spare time?
read, sleep, eat...
this survey is awfully depressing. not my best idea. 

81. Favorite thing to hate?
?

82. Favorite season of the year?
I used to live in michigan, I was lucky enough to experience every season to its full extent. I love all seasons because of this.

83. What's your favorite type of candy?
Reese's! and strawberry sour patch straws.

84. Have you ever really and truly had a best friend?
yes.

85. Favorite hair color?
brunette. 

86. Favorite eye color?
green.

87. Your shoe size?
nine.

88. Favorite fast food place?
goodness I miss taco bell : (

89. Favorite restaurant?
max and erma's! 

90. Do you like sushi?
love it.

91. Watch tv today?
I watched my lap top...

92. Favorite day of the year?
hm.

93. Play any musical instruments?
ish

94. Republican or Democrat?
independent.

95. Kisses or hugs?
both.

96. Relationships or one night stands?
bleh.

97. What was the last thing you bought?
bus ticket,

98. Would you ever be a housewife?
maybe.

99. What book are you reading?

the bell jar.

100. Was this a good survey?
boo.

Sorry that was incredibly dry and lame. Definitely not what I wanted my one hundredth post to be like. Apologies. Here's to the next hundred, though. I'll see you guys tomorrow <3

xox,
loveacrosstheocean.

Monday, October 26, 2009

october twenty-sixth.


In physiology lab today I learned you can decrease your heart rate by pushing on your eyelids. So naturally after hearing this everyone immediately put their fingertips to their closed eyes, at which at teacher freaked out and insisted we didn't, in case some of us have different heart frequencies and we, um, die. She made it sound terribly dramatic, so yolie and I just waited until we were outside to do so. Our conclusion was that we didn't really feel a difference, so that was anti-climactic. But still cool, nonetheless. 

I'm really getting into Mad Men, Kristin was right, it's getting better every episode. Megavideo kills me, though, so I'm currently downloading the rest of season one (I'm up to episode nine) so I don't have to put up with its bullshit time limit thing. 

This morning I found that someone had drank my remaining milk, so I couldn't have cereal. For normal people a granola bar, perhaps a banana would have been appropriate substitutes. What did I have? Wine from last night and candy corn. Happy halloween from lady gaga : )

xox, 
loveacrosstheocean.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

october twenty-fifth.


Lazy sunday: accomplished. I was a bum all day, until I broke the streak about half an hour ago to shower. I re-pinkified my strands and I like it : )

It's only seven yet the cloak of deathly darkness would lead you to believe otherwise. So tonight my roommate is having a party for herself, because apparently this one was planned before the impromptu one from last night. I was notified of this as I was walking back to my room from my shower, towel clad. An unidentified boy holding a beer sighed loudly and rolled his eyes as he wiggled past me to get in the bathroom, exclaiming "finally!" as he snapped the door shut. Ouch. Next time I want to shower I'll be sure to scour my apartment for anyone that doesn't live there but wants to pee. 

I put on boxers and a hoodie and went to the kitchen to see what was going on, where I was met by my roommate and an obnoxious drunk hug. My first idea was that she was still drunk from last night, but I then remembered that I heard her leave this morning, meaning she was somewhat functional and not drunk. I spotted her beer next to her and figured out she'd started drinking again, and offered a fake smile and a weak "happy birthday!" She quickly explained people were coming over tonight, and that I should help myself to beer or wine or BOTH! I gave a short laugh, thanked her, and retreated back to my room. 

I made reallllly good peach tea and coupled with blogging is pretty calming. I have to have to have to study tonight, but since my apartment is apparently the place to be (40 people are supposed to come. whaaaat?) I think I'll pull an all-nighter at Our Bar. 

In unrelated and lame news, I'm afraid I have kidney stones. I know I'm a hypochondriac, but my lower back is really hurting and apparently you can get them at any age. That's all the information I have since I'm too scared to open my anatomy book or google. Boo. More unrelated news: I'm going to be lady gaga for halloween! I'm pretty excited, I'm fairly certain I can throw almost anything together and justify it as "creative and ground-breaking." I have to make a trip to a sex shop for a blonde wig as there are not Party Cities or Dollar Stores around here. That'll be a fun entry, haha.

I'm going to finish my tea and get ready for my all-nighter, I'll see you guys tomorrow <3

xox,
loveacrosstheocean.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

october twenty-fourth.


Tonight was pretty crazy. I had relatively serious plans to study physiology, but like Outkast wisely said,
"you can plan a pretty picnic but you can't predict the weather." Or something. 

A mutual friend of my roommates and I called me up around ten and told me he planned a surprise get-together at this really fancy club, Kristal, for my roommates birthday that was this past week. Nice gesture, right? Wrong. The part where it's wrong is where you take into consideration the fact that she is completely in love with him, and he feels nothing for her. She's told him numerous times how she feels, and he's told her numerous times that he doesn't reciprocate those feelings. Which is fine, I guess. Rejection is a part of life, an unhappy part, but we move on. This "moving on" thing is a hard process, one that gets exponentially harder when the dude you like throws you surprise parties and gets your hopes up. I told him these things, but he denied my prediction that this would turn out badly. I truly feel that while he doesn't like her and feels awkward when she tells him, either sober or drunk, he likes it. He likes the attention and knowing he has her on a string and can have her if he feels like it. And that's shitty.

So I didn't support this plan, but was somehow assigned the task of getting her to the club by 12. This was pretty much impossible for a few reasons. One, she sings in the church choior sunday mornings at 8, and never goes out saturdays because f this. Two, Kristal is a really fancy club. Cover is ridiculous and everything else is overpriced to match. And three, she was already in bed watching grey's. Do you understand that when I'm having a lazy saturday night and I'm already in bed, warm and lazy pretty much nothing can lure me out of bed? Especially the prospect of getting ready. I assume she's the same. Long story short, although I'd love to describe in detail my awesome persuasion skillz, she got ready and we made it there on time. 

Cover in dollars was something around 25 dollars, which might not sound like a lot, but considering basically ALL clubs in bucharest offer free entry if you're A. a female or B. or student, this was obscene. I bit my tongue and went to fish out my money when my roommate told me she had to go back because she couldn't afford it. I'm freaking out, telling her she can't and simultaneously telling the bouncer to chill the eff out, that we were going to pay in a second. I know my roommate's financial situation is rougher than mine, a lot rougher, so I told her it was no problem and paid for both of us. I'm glad she went in but this next week is going to suck money-wise. Bleh. I'll deal with it when the time comes. 

We go in and find everyone, we chiche-ly yell "SURPRISEEE!!" and laughs are had. As I predicted, she took this gesture as something more than he meant it, and spent the majority of the night pounding down drink after expensive drink and being sloppy all over him. I guess it bothered me a bit that she couldn't pay cover but could afford drinks for both her and her crush. So yeah, I guess I'm a little bitter that I didn't drink because I paid 50 dollars on cover alone and was trying to save money. Whatever. 

My feet hurt and the place was PACKED. Like, I'm not claustrophobic, but the amount of people constantly rubbing against you, spilling drinks everywhere was crazy. I went to the bathroom about nine times just to sit down and rub my temples, also to remind myself this night was about my roommate and that I should go back out and bear it. Which I did, but not like she noticed since she was throwing herself all over our friend. 

With my duty complete, and completely sober, I found a little corner and just people watched for about two hours. The best way I could describe it is if I took the Just Dance music video and bred it with latfh.com. I know I do a lot of crazy things (leave my comfortable life in michigan to fly across the ocean to move to romania, go to med school, erm... also other stuff) but nights like this make me bite my lip to prevent laughter. It honestly was just too ridiculous to see a thousand people dressed and acting so snobby. 

My reverie ended abruptly when I got a call from our mutual friend, which I promptly answered on the second ring, as I was sober and on top of things, not something I can say for my roommate. He told me she'd been in the bathroom for a long time and he was worried. I went in and called her name to no avail. I started knocking/opening doors and found her on my third try, slumped in the corner, nestled between the garbage can and toilet. I freaked out because she wasn't answering and cursed myself silently for being in med school and not knowing what to do. All sorts of terrible thoughts were running through my head when she spewed vomit all over. I just wanted some confirmation she was breathing, but I guess that did the job too. I held her hair back while she dry heaved for a while and felt genuinely sad that this is how the night turned out for her. And that she paid a shit ton of money on drinks only to end up vomiting them. 

Fast forward past the cab ride back where she threw up in the taxi, past the general annoyances of dealing with super drunk people, to my bed where I have a two liter of water and sunflower seeds. I'm chill. She's probably going to have a killer hangover sunday, and hate life when her alarm rings in four hours, but we learn from our mistakes. Or, in my case, sometimes you don't. Sometimes you make that same mistake over and over until you get it. I'm not judging my roommate, truly. Last year I messed up A LOT with the drinking thing, sometimes I still slip up. Life is messy. 

I'm going to take my contacts out and watch Mad Men until I pass out, see you guys tomorrow!

xox,
loveacrosstheocean. 

Friday, October 23, 2009

october twenty-third.



Fridays mean another week is over! This week seemed to go by so slow because I didn't have internet (lame, I know. But true.) so I gave up on willing the weekend to get here around wednesday, and friday kind of just crept up on me. 
Lately I've just been thinking so much about everything. I have so many words crashing into each other in my head, all thinking they're the most important, so I have a bunch of partially thought-out ideas but no finished ones. I tried talking a few of them out to no avail. I sound really inarticulate and I get in this lame pre-teen mindset like "NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ME! RAWRRR." I don't think this even makes sense. I'm not trying to be cryptic, I'm just legitimately jumbled. 

I have no real plans for the weekend. My physiology exam is next friday and I really should just study as much as I can this weekend, but I know how such plans always turn out. I've recently started watching Mad Men, and I really, really like it. It's set in the 60's and it stuns me at how well everything is recreated (not that I really know how things were back then, I'm just going off my tenth grade history knowledge) and acted. I'm five episodes into season one, so I think we can all successfully predict how my weekend is going to unfold. Do any of you guys watch it? None of my friends do, but it's definitely a step up from Gossip Girl (which I'm starting to get bleh about. Hilary Duff cannot act! fdjkgds and it's getting so ridiculous and terrible and unrealistic. I mean, I know it was always unrealistic, but they're in college and all they do is find out about lost sibling and date movie stars and rig their family's elections. this was a long parentheses. oops.) 

So yeah. Mad Men and some physiology sprinkled about. And enough thinking to give me headaches. I miss my sisters, in unrelated news. A lot. : (

xox,

loveacrosstheocean.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

october twenty-second.


Blog? Blog? Don't be like this. Turn around, please. Let me explain.  No, I'm not making excuses-- well, I am, but listen. Just two seconds. I KNOW I promised you I'd do BEDO but I've been internet-less for the past four days. Jumbled entry to try and make up for the days I missed? Thanks : )

Oh gosh. I don't even know where to start. First off, I owe anyone that reads this an apology. I hate when people are sucky about promises and don't follow through, so I try not to do that. The truth is, though, I was without internet for four days which is a lot longer than it sounds. I could have gone to starbucks, or found wi-fi to leech, but I didn't. I am sorry.

Along with having no internet, I got the added bonus of no heat! The two are completely unrelated, but only added to my crankiness. I just realized its taken me 15 minutes to type this, because I keep inwardly debating how much to share. Brain editing is too hard, though, so I'll spill. Coincidentally, the past few days I haven't been blogging I've been really out of it. I'm slowly pulling myself back together, and as terribly dramatic and lame it sounds, it's true. The boy thing fell through; long story. I guess I'll just highlight the low-lights. 

"Date night" turned out to be terrible. I told yolie to invite her boyfriend because I thought it'd be awkward for her to just be a third wheel while I conversed with my guy. It ended up being pretty much the opposite, though. I finally convinced myself to get dressed and called a cab friday night. I give the cabbie the address and 10 minutes later he stops in front of the same club I met the guy at. Confused, I politely fumble my words and insist there's a mistake (did he seriously think our date would be in a freaking club?! answer: yes.) Cabbie got impatient, repeated how much I owed, and I got out, flustered and disappointed. I met yolie and her boyfriend outside, with matching puzzled looks. We decided to ignore this, and make the best of it. As we made our way in, I scanned the gyrating bodies for him and cursed myself for not taking an advil before leaving. An hour passed and there was no sign from him. No text, no call, nothing. I call him, as per yolie's advice, since it was already 1 AM and things weren't going as planned at all. His phone went straight to voicemail. Cool.  I insisted yolie go dance with her boyfriend, because I felt the polite thing was to sit alone and simmer angrily, instead of making everyone involved feel uncomfortable. They left and I blinked back tears and chided myself for getting my hopes up, for his douchiness, for the situation on general. Out of nowhere this guy plops down next to me and starts talking too much. Unfortunately for him I swore off guys about five minutes ago, so he was a little late. But persistent. He kept nuzzling me, telling me I smelled good, asking me questions that I one-wordedly answered. I was trying to figure out how I could down my beer in record time and successfully cab it home while insisting yolie and her boyfriend stay, because they were having a good time. Suddenly Persistent Dudey whispers for me to look in his eyes and because I'm a silly person and had been drinking, I did. He kissed me with more tongue than is ever acceptable, simultaneously groping his way down my body while I tried untangling myself and warned my stiletto clad feet that if they didn't work, high-heeled punishments would be a regular occurrence. They complied, and I made my way to the dance floor to find yolie and tell her I was leaving. PD followed, thinking I was leading him to dance. He grabbed me and started dancing ridiculously while I looked for yolie. As my luck would have it, while this is happening, the guy I was supposed to meet was about three feet away watching this gross guy grind on me. Yolie was shooting me "TURN AROUND!!!!" glances but I was trying to tell her I was going to leave. The exchange didn't go too well, as neither of us got to transmit what we wanted. Eventually I turned around and the look on him face killed me 

You know how people always say "I never act like this! This isn't me!"? Well it actually was like that. I do not have a new guy every week. I enjoy monogamous relationships where I don't have to play mind games. And being caught in this predicament I felt like the shittiest person. NOT EVEN MENTIONING that HE'S the one who sucked at communicating and was three hours late for our "date" that took place in a CLUB. jskfjdf

Okay so I go up to the guy I was supposed to meet and tried to play it off like nothing happened, considering that's how it was, but he was standoffish. He asked if the other guy was my boyfriend at about the same time the other guy came and asked me the same thing. It was an awkward situation, and I don't handle those well, so I said I had to go to the bathroom. Then things got fun. I was called a whore and other nice words by PD while old dudey stood there and watched a really drunk guy be an ass. He then came over and sat next to me, we hashed it out. I told him standing me up and being late was uncool, he told me that wasn't the way he wanted to find me, we apologized, whatever. 

Yolie and her boyfriend  were on a couch opposite from us when my guy takes a sip from his whisky-coke and extracts an ice cube with his mouth. I think "oh sweet, I like to eat ice too. good sign." As soon as that thought finishes, he slips in into my mouth and makes out with me real expert like. It was nice, but I still don't know him, plus I hate having to watch others' PDA so I pulled away cutely, but not before he bites my lower lip SO bad. I get being cute and  little lip nibbling is nice, but it broke skin and my eyes watered. I give him this look like "are you kidding me?!" but he just smiles and goes back to doing the same thing. I get that I'm giving more details than necessary, but just know that six days later I still have bite marks on my lip and the hickey I got as an added bonus is just beginning to respond to cover up.

We danced, all four of us, drank some more, had an alright time. When yolie and I wanted to leave, he invited me over his place at which point I lost a lot of respect for him. I gave him this half laugh, a peck on the cheek and left. Didn't walk me to the door, didn't call me a cab, all because I wasn't going home with him. Still, even after this I had hope. I texted him the next day, asking him out for a beer, so we could actually talk. I didn't get a reply, no sign from him for two days. I decided to just call him, to see where he was in all this, because I didn't want to waste my time anymore. He was super relaxed, offered no explanation why I didn't hear from him. Somehow... the conversation ended with him inviting himself over the next night... and me accepting? I feel silly writing this, but at the time I was so dumbbb. 

So I stressed about him coming over for the night a lot. I cleaned, showered, bought wine, ugh. Then, that day, my roommate had church choir practice and forgot her keys, so she asked if I could drop them off for her. I did, and instead of leaving right away, I stayed for the service. Disclosure: I don't know where I stand with religion. I'm technically romanian orthodox, but I doubt a lot. I don't go to church often, I don't know what to believe. I don't have faith. I am so jealous of people who are comfortable with their religion or lack thereof. I guess I'm agnostic, but that's that's pretty much a cover for "I don't know, stop asking me questions." Anyway, I stayed for the service, and although I always felt guilty going to church when I was little because I always thought of random stuff instead of praying, that's what I did. Churches are really pretty to me. I feel they're really conducive to thinking things out, and it worked this time too. 

I realized I'm not this person I'm becoming. I would have never accepted to be treated this way by a guy. He's making basically no effort then invites himself over and all I have to say is "okay"? I just wanted a relationship SO badly. I hate not having someone more than usual, and I guess I lost track of some of my standards in the process. I dislike myself for it, but I guess it's good that I recognize it. So about church. I just thought during the whole service and by the time I walked out, I knew what I wanted to do. I called him and told him he couldn't come over, that I felt he wasn't making an effort to get to know me, and that I think we want different things. 

He's called a few times, all at night, all inebriated. Can I tell you guys the best part? He texted me after I broke things off to ask me if I wanted to see the "new harry potter movie in november." Usually I dismiss his texts, but this one piqued my curiosity. I furrowed my brow and wondered if Half Blood Prince came out crazy late here, texted him back asking him what he was talking about. He replies with "didn't u say u liked harry potter? the vampire chick and her bf? with the werewolf?" 
FACE PALM. 

that is all, ish. I got the big parts down, and it took me all day in random chunks. More tomorrow about more diverse topics, not just fail boys. I missed you guys!

xox,

loveacrosstheocean.


Saturday, October 17, 2009

october seventeenth.


three slacker posts in a row... ouch.
I apologize, but I am buzzed and tired and have to pee.
things are relatively okay, I'm thinking a more detailed lazy sunday entry tomorrow. 
<3!

xox,
loveacrosstheocean.

Friday, October 16, 2009

october sixteenth.


I slept from 4 AM to 6 PM today. Therefore, I'm just going to share this exchange with you guys because it made me laugh:

I tweet the following: "I'm seriously considering skipping my date tonight. Not showering/trying and watching gg/greys/office/flashforward/modern fam sounds so good"

20 minutes later I get an IM from my one of my best friends back in MI:
bff: this is why you're single, anda. 
bff: get out of bed
bff: shower
bff: and wear something male-friendly. 
bff: it'll go amazingly, but you have to show up for it. 
bff: i love you. NOW, UP!

Sometimes I just need people to talk sense into me. 


But it's SO cold and I don't own "male-friendly" things. jgkfgjfdklhjdh;shfjs
I am seriously not looking forward to getting ready, and I have to be shower, find a decent outfit, do my hair, and BE THERE at 12. It's 9.54.
Don't even wish me luck. Luck is wished for important things like passing exams, not gross girly things. I'll attempt... something... soon.
Blah <3

xox,
loveacrosstheocean

[photo caption: no, really. I miss Anthropologie A LOT.]

Thursday, October 15, 2009

october fifteenth.


Riding the subway home today, I had
this song come on shuffle and I just let this huge smile sprawl across my face as I stared out the doors at the whizzing darkness that is underground passageways. I passed my anatomy exam, and because I am absolutely drained, can't really get into the whole "let's celebrate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" mode everyone around me is in. 
I understand I passed in a calm, logic way, and what implications this has in regards to everything from here on out, but that's about it. I lied, I just got back from a midnight beer and mashed potatoes with yolie, but I bailed early to crawl back into bed. 
This past week has been so intense, I feel I can't articulate words to describe it. I don't know.
The weekend is here: "date" friday, plans saturday, lazy sunday. I promise a legitimate blog post describing everything in detail because now I feel I'm mentioning things, but they don't make sense unless the have a back story. I'll get on that. 
Thank you so much to everyone who left encouraging comments and sent good thoughts my way, it worked! Also, BEDO is halfway done?! Weird.
I'll see you guys tomorrow!

xox,
loveacrosstheocean

[photo caption: gosh I miss Anthropologie] 

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

october fourteenth.

I honestly don't have time to be writing today, although it's one of those rare times where I feel I could have a substantial entry if I DID have the time. Long story short, I failed my anatomy exam today, the one I pulled two all nighters for. My best friend passed, and I didn't. I wish I could be relaxing with her right now. Instead, I'm at Our Bar again studying, and she's on her way. Even though she passed and could chill the fuck out. Yeah. She's lovely. 
Right now I'm just tired and dirty and stressed and pretty hopeless. If I fail again tomorrow I risk not getting into second year and every time I want to retake the exam, it's $240. Bad times, right now. Please send good karma/pray/whatever you do. I'll see you guys tomorrow <3

xox,
loveacrosstheocean.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

october thirteenth.


HEY OH! 90th post! I'm at starbucks leeching free wi-fi from some cell phone store, and man does it feel goooood. I miss the leeching I did back home, where it was so much easier. Here I have wi-fi basically nowhere. 
Last night yolie and I all-nightered it, and to be honest, I didn't get much done. I sat there and forced myself to read, but it was the kind of studying where you read the same sentence over and over and don't realize it until you're already thinking about something else. We stayed at Our Bar until about 5 when I got too uncomfortable sitting on the cold, unforgiving wood benches. Plus my bra was pissed that I'd been wearing it longer than usual. With all these factors working against me, we decided it'd be better if we went home to study, braless and in pajamas. 
...Ahem. Do you know what else happens in pajamas? (well, pretty much everything if you're me) SLEEP. SLEEP HAPPENS. I fell asleep because apparently it takes hard wooden benches and pinching bras for me to focus. I woke up frantically groping for my cell phone and begged of the time gods that it wasn't ridiculously late. I guess they were feeling okay today, because it was 9.47, except yolie and I were supposed to meet up at 10. I called her and she answered in that groggy sleep voice that always gives you away and I felt a wave of relief that I wasn't the only who'd (over)slept. We revised our plan to include a lot less things that needed to be accomplished and decided we had to sleep a little more in order to be functioning. Never one to ruin plans, I got on the sleep part right away. I showered, dressed, took the subway to starbucks, aaand those are basically my proud points of the day. 
Do you want me to be horribly cliche? Yes? Good. Let's talk about the weather we're been having here on this side of the ocean. I have NO clue where it came from but I want it to go back to where ever it came from (most likely michigan) I think I should have probably not laughed when my sisters told me about the shit weather we've been having over there, because it has come here! It's SO cold (52 according my lying laptop. I'm still bitter about the no heads up rain incident) But really, this weather can suck it. 
Lastly, I want sincerely thank the people who have been commenting my entries as of late: Emily, Lauren, Kristen, and Elisabeth. I like blogging, I do. But when I get feedback and I know people want to read what I say, it makes it that much better. So I thank all of you, really. I know I might be making it into a bigger deal than I should, but you guys make me happy. So thanks. Oh, and my favorite color is green, you guys make me laugh ♥

xox,
loveacrosstheocean. 

Monday, October 12, 2009

october twelfth.


Today I won an argument about what day it was because I know odd facts like my birthday is ten months from today. The poor guy insisted it was the eleventh, and I kind of shrugged my shoulders and tried telling him that I think I'd know that my birthday is in ten months... At which point everyone just gave me this confused look like "you're sort of pathetic..." Oh well. At least I know what day it is. 
I almost didn't though! I went through today on NO sleep. I just couldn't persuade my brain to stop producing an expansive dose of words (thanks, Motion City Soundtrack!) I gave up about an hour before my alarm was supposed to go off, and just got ready. Now I checked the forecast for today, and it just said something about clouds. THIS WAS A LIE. There was nothing about clouds, but EVERYTHING about rain. Long story short I was ready to call it a day at 9 o'clock. I updated my twitter with the offering of "YOU WIN, MONDAY! YOU WIN! FJDFJDSGDSGAHSADJSHGASHGJKHSJHGDJASHGDAJGJASKDGJKAGL" I came back home after my first class and got my rain boots, which I've found aren't so fun after your feet already got wet. Boo. I suppose I could continue rambling, but seeing as I have to be at Our Bar to meet yolie for the first of two all-nighters, and also that I'm sacrificing shower time to write this, I think I'll get to what I wanted to say. 
My last entry had FOUR  comments. Four. From real people. This is SO exciting to me. I said at the beginning of BEDO that I wanted to get to know the people who read this better, and so far... I haven't. I want to make it clear that it's not like the rush people want when posting a new facebook picture or something. Really. I feel like this month I'm making a real effort to blog, and when I get no responses back on anything I've written I can't help but be a little disappointed it's so one sided. At the same time, I was thinking of WHY the last entry got four responses, and my other ones zero or one. Ready? I asked a question! And not a question to trick people into commenting, I was genuienly curious. 
You see, sometimes I forget that a lot of people aren't like me. I have no problem going to a stranger's blog and leaving a comment if I feel like it. I don't need a prompt or reason to do so, I just comment on what I want to. I think I'm not making much sense, but I've decided that I'm going to try and incorporate questions on here when I think of them, so it's not tres lame like "what's your favorite color?" Yeah. 
One last thing... dudey I met friday called when I was speed sleeping this afternoon. I thought that was part of my dream, so I brushed it off as nothing. For some reason, though, I checked my call log and sure enough, one missed call from him at 5.45. *girly squee* After truly being an annoying girl and calling yolie to confirm that I AM indeed supposed to call back, I did and it was... alright. There was no major chemistry and I had to fake laugh a few times, but he was cute all in all and if anything I'm put more at ease that he hasn't forgotten about me. Honestly, though, if this ends up going anywhere, I can't wait till I can sit him down and tell him I don't do this game thing. If we like each other we should probably just admit we're in nerdfighterlike (I'll have to convert him) and we can continue whatever it is we have, no stupid waiting a certain amount before calling to make the other person sweat it out, no thank you. But I'm getting ahead of myself. I should probably be more worried about my anatomy exam in 36 hours. And making myself not look homeless since I skipped my shower to write this. Priorities, priorities. 

xox,
loveacrosstheocean ♥

Sunday, October 11, 2009

october eleventh.


So say someone randomly came up to you one day and offered you ANY super power you can think of, but you only had three seconds to choose. What would you say? I'm sure a majority would scoff and ask TIME-CONSUMING questions like "is this a joke" therefore forfeiting their power. I'm also certain a lot of people would say "ummm" also nulling the offer. 
WELL. Let me tell you. I think of things like this ahead of time, so in case this scenario ever happens, I'm ready. Oh yeah, okay, go ahead. Laugh. When I have a sweet super power and you do not, don't say I didn't write a blog entry during BEDO planting the idea in your head, giving you time to think about it. 
Because I am inherently lazy, I give the term "lazy sunday" a much more intense meaning. Today, for example, I rolled on the other side of my bed and woke up, and just... laid there for a good hour. I had a book within reach, a tissue to blow my nose, and my water jug. Really, as long as I didn't need to pee I could've stayed there a good while. So I read and drank water, stretched obnoxiously in that way you do on sunday afternoons, and thought about random things, the super power thing being one of them. I came to the conclusion that if offered a super power and three seconds to choose I'd pick being able to stop time. I'm not sure if I can explain how much thought went into this decision, how many other super powers were discarded. I'm just saying that I acknowledge the fact that probably NO ONE thinks this much about random crap, but at the same time I feel oddly accomplished. The ability to stop time would give me the chance to sleep as much as I wanted, ever! I could stop time after being handed an exam and ace it, every time. I could stop everything and spy on people if I have suspicions (read: I can be infinitely more creepy than I am now. Screw facebook stalking.) There are totally bad things to this, though. For instance, yeah I'd be well rested all the time, and able to get everywhere on time, but I'd get lonely. And since my choice was just for me to be able to stop time, I'd be stuck alone. Also, what if something terrible is about to happen? Like I witness a robbery or I'm about to be broken up with? I can pause that for as long as I want, but when I restart time it's still going to happen, regardless of how long I put it off. 
I guess I'll randomly think about this now and then, in case I think of a better one, but for now, I'm prepared. What about you guys? What would you choose your super power to be? I'm going to try and legitimately go to bed relatively early since I have an... interesting week ahead of me. (Exam that I MUST pass wednesday, so monday and tuesday are going to be shit, but then "date" friday. fdjkgdjgdsgklsa!) I wonder if included in my stopping time request I should add fast forwarding and rewinding. Hmm. I'll save that for another sunday.

xox,
loveacrosstheocean. 

Saturday, October 10, 2009

october tenth.


Not much has happened in the past 20 hours since I've written. But I'll highlight the major accomplishments of my day anyway: 
  • woke up at 6 PM -- WINNER.
  • made chai tea three times and hot cocoa once-- OMNOMNOM
  • listened to Iron & Wine, lit candles, burned incense, and wrote poetry for the first time in a long while.
  • changed my twitter picture.
  • continued thinking about last night and the guy I met. He hasn't texted or called, but he told me he gives girls their space and said he'd text the day before we're supposed to hang out. BLAH. fjdgjdkshja;gdsa
So YEAH. Real productive. I have a mosquito to kill, GOODBYE. 

xox,
loveacrosstheocean. 

Friday, October 9, 2009

october ninth.

Dear diary... 
No scratch that. Actually, I'm not sure how to start this without sounding like a complete GIRL. Sigh. 
Tonight I met a guy. A guy I talked to for more than three minutes without getting bored and sending SOS signals to yolie. A guy who dances better than me and didn't have beer breath. AND he likes Harry Potter. OMGOMGOMG @ the last one. I'm seriously letting my tiny underdeveloped positive side of the brain run with this one, and I know I shouldn't. I'm realistically cynical a lot of the time. I hate getting my hopes up then let down. My defense mechanism is trying not to invest too much effort into things I have a feeling won't work, but after watch jim and pam get married it's hard to not want that. Not that I'm going to marry this dude. LOL. But just having someone in general. blahblahblahhh. It's 6.20 AM and although I'm later with this blog post, hopefully the fact that I was actually OUT, interacting with people and having a good time is reason enough to be late. Not that there are any consequences to not posting, also not like a lot of people read this. Hey cynical brain, I missed you!
I'll keep the people who do read this updated on how things go (we're meeting next friday) if not for that, then just for posterity's sake. Good night/morning depending what side of the ocean you're on!

xox,
loveacrosstheocean. 

Thursday, October 8, 2009

october eighth.


I like when things feel new. I like fresh starts and uncomplicated dynamics between other people and I. I dislike feeling hurried and overwhelmed, or being put into situations that make me emotionally drained. Lately I feel my life has definitely been the latter description. So sometimes, I try really hard to change my outlook. I turn off my phone and come home to take out the garbage that's been accumulating for a week. I pick up all my tissues that were pathetic basket attempts, and fill my laundry hamper with clothes and promises to do it soon. Sometimes I shower and exfoliate and cry, because let's be honest, a steamy, watery environment hardly counts as crying. I floss and brush my hair and clean the brush afterwards, because I am odd and things like scraping my brush clean helps fulfill some idea that being stripped bare is a new beginning. I even paint my toenails, sometimes, to match the seasons. Gone is the flirty, sassy, tangerine color that graced my toes all summer, and in its place a deep burgundy, to symbolize already fallen, brooding leaves, and chilly weather. Two lacquer coats, check. Piping hot french vanilla hot cocoa from my favorite mug: check. The tiny hint of a feeling that things are going to be okay: check. 

xox,
loveacrosstheocean. 

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

october seventh.

Today was impossibly long and stressful and I thought it wouldn't end. I'm realizing how many people are genuinely mean and it distresses me. It's also 1.30 AM and I have class at 8, in a hospital I don't know how to get to, and I still have to shower though I'm trying to convince myself that if I spray hairspray haphazardly it'll give it that kristin stewart "it's supposed to look really tousled/angsty" look, although I actually show emotion and have a personality, so I don't know how well I can pull it off. fhdjgdgasga good night world.
xox,
loveacrosstheocean. 

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

october sixth.


I am a GOOF for thinking blogging was hard before, when I had a total of about three things to do a day, and two of them were to shower and find food. Now? Haha, now I get to be a big girl and remember what it feels like to go to school and study be sleep deprived for reasons other than being out dancing till five in the morning the day before.*
Yes, blog, today was my first day of school. And I overslept! Whoooooooooo! Ugh, not. I need to change something in my way of waking up, this is the second time in a row it's happened. Last night I upgraded to the night version of Thermaflu, which apparently has the same effect as whisky on me, considering the length and deepness of my sleep. (THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID, HAHA, VERY FUNNY. I sat here for a good four minutes trying to make it less TWSS-y but I can't. I'm tired, okay?!) So yes, I slumbered very intently and had really weird dreams that I thought happened, but didn't. Today I actually brought it up with someone from school and they just looked at me like "... no, that never happened." It was fun explaining to them I'm sick and swig unmeasured syrup from the bottle therefore I have no clue what's real or not anymore. And that, kids, is how you make friends! 
I had two classes today, from 11-2 and then from 5-8. I've already promised myself I'm going to every single one this semester, but physiology for three hours straight? Ending at 8? Shoot me. It could be worse, I guess. Oh, wait. I just checked my schedule, thursdays are gross. That should be a fun blog day. Tomorrow I have anatomy lab at 11 then a class titled "IMBS" at 4, where I hope I learn what that stands for. Aim high like me, every day! 
I'm going to go cough drop it up and not even glance at the Thermaflu. Plus, Julia Nunes came on my shuffle so I got distracted by her melodic voice a while back, and now Bo Burnham is rapping at a rapid pace and I know I could sing along to every word if I wasn't trying to write my own sentences at the same time. GOODBYE! 

xox,
loveacrosstheocean.




*I truly am less of a spoiled/bitchy person than this sentence would lead you to believe.