The World Outside Is So Inconceivable

• “Ya know - streaky, streaky.”
• “I’ve got all four of your lives in my hands!” - Em (There were only 3 of us)
• Finding a scooter in Walmart
• Mother’s day card for Jennie - “I’m nuts about you,” “Your mom says you’re special.”
• Buckwheat almost losing an eye to Digger ‘cause they both like to lay down like they’re dead
• Using the Ranger to throw 18 bales of hay… special.
• Ali’s eyebrow.
• Sarah and I speaking in unison too many times to count.
• “OHMYGOD WHERE ARE THE HORSES?!”

Until August 13th.

• Cousin’s wedding in Charlottesville today
• Maryland tomorrow
• Monticello to spend the night with Tiny on Monday
• Frost Valley on Tuesdayyyy!

• ridingridingriding
• packingpackingpacking
• cleaningcleaningcleaning
• cryingcryingcrying

• the flowers planted along the interstate
• sweatpants
• sleeping in my bed and not sleeping in a car alone at a rest stop
• Ingrid Michaelson
• the amount of statuses, etc. that i’ve seen today against the passing of Amendment 1
• sitting in bed with the window open and a breeze
• listening to the frogs and birds
• The Avengers

• lunch with Allison 
• acting as Bri’s assistant in her lesson with 7 year old twins. i’m so excited.
• write this stupid paper for AfAm by midnight.
• maybe going to the Boiler Room for Matt’s show

Done with both exams!  It’s been a long day.  The only things standing between me and home:

• Moodle response for WestAf Lit. (tonight)
• AfAm paper (tomorrow)
• ILP paper (due Monday)
• ILP presentation (Monday)
• WestAf Lit presentation (Tuesday)

Now to go watch The Lucky One and fantasize about Zac Efron.

• Into the Morning - basically the entire album
• Dear, Scarlet
• reading Love Walked In for the millionth time
• realizing that I know more than I thought I did while studying for a test
• Snapple peach tea
• wearing leggings and a hoodie because they’re comfy
• Crayola bright colors markers
• Knowing that in a few days we’ll both be home, at least for a little while

• Christian and Rob almost getting blown away in the back of the truck because Maddie drives like a crazy person
• Block House Steeplechase
• Lecherous old men
• Getting paid to drink
• Women don’t give women money
• Working the corner
• Never ask men for money if they’re with women. Especially if they’re married.
• People make a lot of questionable fashion choices
• Clover crowns are perfect
• Morrah can do a creepy-perfect impression of Drew Barrymore
• Christian playing Birthday Sex for me
• The girls got me cheesecake, Disney princess candles, a pink star wand, and a “Happy Birthday, Princess” balloon
• FOUR KINDS OF CHEESECAKE
• No shot glasses = drinking straight from the bottle
• My lack of hand-eye coordination was emphasized when trying to make free throws on their basket in the game room
• Christian didn’t believe that I made four in a row and made me shoot more… but then blocked my shot/grabbed me every time I tried.
• Lindsay’s impromptu hands on the ground/ass in the air while going “doodoodoodoodoo” with no apparent song in mind and Christian looking uncomfortable
• Piling on the small couch with Morrah and Christian
• Rob going to sleep freakishly early
• Lindsay doesn’t make sense when she’s curled around the toilet but says hilarious things
• Kisses on the top of my head before going to bed
• It was a damn good 20th birthday.

Wonderfulwonderful birthday, so far!  

Steeplechase all day:

• cute dresses
• free alcohol
• harassing people for money
• struggling to put the tent up with Christian and Rob’s help… Morrah and I did more than they did
• making $252
• having two creepy guys give us $20 in exchange for a picture with me and Lindsay
• and having a guy give us the final $10 to down a bourbon and coke in order to reach our goal
• laughing at the horrible fashion choices people make
• pretty ponies everywhere
• sunburn
• making clover crowns
• awful British accents

Now waiting for the hot water to come back so I can take a shower, then having a cookout here/finishing the vodka.

• Take notes for my presentation on TLC’s “I’m Good at Being Bad”
• Write essay on patriarchy/misogyny/feminism in African American music (3 pages)
• Finish humanities paper (8 pages)
• One more cultural event write-up

Thank goodness there aren’t any classes and I don’t have to go to any of the undergrad symposiums tomorrow.

• I didn’t do terribly on my Humanities test.  I think I actually did pretty well.
• I got out of my second class early.
• Laying on the quad with Georgia and various people who stopped by from 11:40-1:45 and getting a bit of a tan was lovely.  I got loads of vitamin D and it made me feel so happy.
• We got out of chorus early, too!  So I got another half our outside.
• In my R&B to Hip-Hop class we played DJ Hero. Even though I didn’t play, watching everyone was hilarious.  I love that class sososo much.
• Georgia, Lindsay, Lisa, Williams, and I went to Zen Sushi for dinner, then to The Hop for ice cream.  I got vanilla lavender and it was delicious.
• We went to CVS afterwards and THEY HAD CADBURY CREME EGGS.  I bought 5.  …and then Williams bought one from me.
• Also I picked out Williams’ shaving cream.  We are at that point in our friendship.  I’m glad he trusts my judgement.
• I got to talk to my mom for an hour.  I miss her lots when I’m not home.
• This has been my day.

• Meeting with my new advisor - 9:10
• I actually ate breakfast in the caf and I feel ready to take on the day.
• Shower
• Politics of War in Africa - 11:25
• Lunch/read for BDC
• Body, Disability, Culture - 1:45
• Budget meeting - 5:00
• Homework for the rest of the night
• Go to bed at a decent hour

• persnickety
• tragic
• mellifluous
• gauzy
• opulent
• tremulous
• effervescent
• lissome
• hush(ed)
• quench
• denouement
• ethereal
• lithe
• venerate
• dalliance
• furtive
• languor
• serendipitous

(Source: hannahxcharlotte)