The Kit Kat Club

( Also the answer to half these questions is going to be 'Doctor Who,' because I have a problem. )

Hum dee dum. 3 days of work this week = more money than usual.

It's the last night of the Greek Agora, and I want to go with Corynn but she's being stupid and not answering texts :D :D :D I LOVE YOU CORYNN <3

I had a lovely weekend up in New Brunswick with DJ and April...we went to the Hyatt Regency's bar for DJ's birthday, I had a really nice time with them and all their friends, and I discovered that I have a bit of a talent for pool.

And I have an interview at Best Buy on Tuesday. SO not getting my hopes up because when that happens, things fall through.

If it's cool with everyone I'm just going to go ahead and sleep for a million years. K. See you later.

After a sort-of job interview and my psychiatrist appointment, I went on my Epic Public Transit Adventure to the UPenn library. I've never taken the L before and I am kind of a huge dumb when it comes to directions, orienting myself, etc. But after being on my feet and tromping around Philly for two hours in the rain, I stumbled into the library, drenched and sweaty and disgusting and did I mention I was carrying a huge heavy backpack? I definitely got some work done, though. It's frustrating not to be able to log on to the internet (seriously, they wouldn't even give me a guest logon) or to take books home with me -- I'll basically have to go back there every day til the 15th. I'm really proud of the progress I've made on this paper, though. I think I'll be ok.

On the L back to Market East, I noticed that the -- really hot -- guy sitting across from me had a DALEK TATTOOED ON HIS ARM WTF. When we got off at the same stop, I was like "IS THAT A DALEK THAT IS WONDERFUL OMG." And we actually ended up sitting together while we waited for the PATCO and chatting for a while. And I was all OMG I am talking to a super hot guy who likes Doctor Who and ok he dresses like a hipster dickwad but STILL. Unfortunately after about ten minutes we got really awkward, stopped talking, and didn't sit together on the train. And he didn't say goodbye to me when I got off. Didn't get his name or anything, so I can't Facebook stalk him. POTENTIAL DATING FAIL D: I don't know. It's dumb, but I do feel like I missed an opportunity. Oh well.

I went and hung out at Emily's for a while when I got back to C-Wood, and despite a cup of Greek coffee and a caffeine mint I feel like the walking dead.

This weekend's gonna be epic. Tomorrow -- Promenade and dinner with Lil and Corynn. Saturday -- Decemberists concert in Upper Darby with erinpuff! JT's picking me up afterwards and I'm staying with him and Kelsey for the night and Sunday, and there will be tomfoolery. I think they were kidding about playing Naked Twister, but I wouldn't swear on it.

Pic-a-tures that djm1975 took on Sunday. You know how I do, I gotta post a few of them.

( This way! )

Today was something of a productivity fail. I was working at the library on my research paper, but I'd exhausted the Colls library's resources on Jewish American women in the 19th century, and the internet was giving me nothing useful. And when I saw that Corynn had made an LJ post about how her dad kept urging her to get out of the house, but she had nowhere to go, I invited her to the library. Which naturally resulted in more productivity fail. We hit up the Pop Shop for a late lunch and went back to my house for a while.

Tomorrow, though, will be very different. In a scary way. I'm going for an interview at that career center. I feel pretty optimistic about it, not because I'm confident in my job skills or anything, but because they seem like they really need workers. So yeah, hitting up Camden around 1:30. From there, over to Cooper for an appointment with my psychiatrist.

After that, I'm taking the PATCO and the L over to the UPenn library to do some epic research. Wish me luck with A) getting a job, B) not getting raped and/or murdered in Camden and/or Philly, C) working on getting a proper diagnosis and medication, and D) getting mad work done and seeing some sexy Ivy League students.

A girl added me on Facebook today. She is in my class at Oberlin, yet I have somehow never met her. She is apparently my perfect woman. Gorgeous, bi, and likes the following: The Decemberists, Doctor Who, Cake (the band), They Might Be Giants, steampunk, Pushing Daisies, and Moulin Rouge. And yet I am somehow NOT DATING HER. She has a boyfriend.

...Oh sweet mother of hell. I just realized we're friends on Twitter. I totally Tweeted about her earlier. OH MY GOD. DEATH.

( Hey, wanna see what happens when I stand up for my political beliefs on a bitchy Republican's Facebook? It's long but, IMHO, worth a read. )

Corynn = Good Cop. Me = FUCKING INSANE Cop.

But really. First of all, if you felt like I was in the wrong in this situation, I'd understand. I was (and am) an elitist bitch. Some of my arguments were a tad unfair/immature (bragging about Oberlin [even if it is true] and claiming CNN and BBC are "fair"; they are rather liberally biased). But I never sunk to name-calling.

Yeah, basically, I'm not sure whether to laugh or bang my head against the wall for a few hours. There's just no reasoning with some people.

Happy things:
Getting to see Corynn and Lili today. Awesomesauce. Honestly? I'd kind of forgotten what it was like to have friends I could wantonly verbally abuse. I'm (relatively) nice to my Oberlin friends, I guess because they're newer, but I have no problem heaping insults and abuse on Lili and Corynn, which is beautiful. I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH, and not just because I can be cruel to you, seriously.

We went to our old high school haunts, expecting to have to skulk around corners and be all ninja like to avoid administrators who would kick us out (we're not supposed to visit during school hours). But no one was doing anything because break starts Wednesday, so no one cared. We actually ran into the principal -- and I ducked into Ms. Charlton's office in terror -- and he was just like "Yo guys. How's college."

We got to see everyone, it was lovely. Ridiculously Sexy British Stats Teacher is even more Ridiculously Sexy than I remembered. I tried to keep cool and failed. I also saw Marina :o It occurs to me that I am still absurdly enamored of her. I should probably get over that, considering how spectacularly I crashed and burned trying to ask her out.

On a totally unrelated note, I think I look hot today. That also makes me happy.

I also just watched Episode 5 of Blackpool. Furious!David Tennant makes me all tingly for reasons I can't quite articulate. Guh.

A few days before I came home, my family installed Verizon Fios. This means several things. One, I have abandoned the small but mighty ranks of Those Without Cable TV. Two, I am sitting here staring in utter fascination at the fact that Cabaret is airing on an actual TV channel. (Channel 188, to be precise -- a formerly unthinkably high number in terms of channels.) Three, thanks to the new Fios wireless internet, I am posting about it from my living room.

Seriously people, this is so cool. 95% of the channels are totally useless crap, but on the other hand I just caught the last half of P.S I Love You, and I was watching the BBC World News earlier, and Doctor Who is on in fifteen minutes.

In slightly less cheerful -- but still rather amusing, to me -- news, you know what's a really classy way to get your feelings across to someone? Write a malicious, cruel poem about how awful they are, post it in a note on Facebook, and then tag the person in the note. Seriously, I think new heights of passive-aggressiveness have now been reached. Just. What? The person who did this shall remain nameless, though rather obvious nonetheless to some. Apparently, my "fat ass" is going to "burn in hell."

No, seriously.

Guys, be careful going outside :/ My dad fell on the icy steps and hurt his back really badly.

Oh gosh, I have been remiss in the "8 days of happy things" meme. I won't try to list things from the past few days, but here's some stuff nonetheless.
-It's the first day of Hanukkah. This means latkes!
-The Christmas season always makes me really happy.
-I'm (hopefully) going to go visit the old high school haunts tomorrow with Corynn and Lili.
-My nails are light blue, dark blue, and copper, thanks to an evening of nail polish and Doctor Who with Chris.
-Franny will be here soon!
-I'm still amazed and transfixed by Fios.
-My niece is soooo pretty.

I was somewhat more depressed than I should have been today, considering I go home the day after tomorrow. I dragged myself to SAGR and lunch, then went back to my room and collapsed into the most epic nap ever, complete with weird, sad dreams that I can't remember now. Skipped Psych, but whatev. I need to snap out of this. I think I need cuddles.

My fall break is shaping up to be ridiculously busy. Here's what I need/want to do, in no particular order:
-Go to Trader Joe's and get tea tree oil face pads oh my God my skin looks like I'm 13 or something.
-Have a ridiculous Friendly's lunch with psu_david_j!
-Hang out with JT and Kelsey.
-Hang out with djm1975, and hopefully apers and Trinity.
-Appointment with my useless psychiatrist.
-Appointment with my awesome therapist.
-Go visit the old high school haunts, with Ashley on Thursday and/or on Friday with n2_vs_life.
-Hang out with Ms. Jen.
-See charliesmum and Charlie.
-Hang out with Emily.

I'm sure there's other stuff...if I had plans with you or you want to make plans, let me know.

It will be nice to be back where I feel like I belong. Where I'm 100% secure in my friendships.

Cuddles are definitely in order. Come here, dolphin pillow, you're human-sized. Ish.

1. I _____ Carolyn.
2. Carolyn is _____.
3. Carolyn is my _____.
4. I want to _____ Carolyn.
5. I wish I had Carolyn's ____.
6. Carolyn needs _____.
7. Carolyn can be _____.
8. I think Carolyn should _____.
9. Without Carolyn I would _____.
10. Best thing about Carolyn is _____.
11. Worst thing about Carolyn is _____.
12. Meeting Carolyn is _____.
13. Carolyn reminds me of _____.
14. Someday Carolyn will _____.
15. My first impression of Carolyn was _____.

Do it. Then c/p it and replace my name with yours and post it.

Four and a half days till I'm home for fall break! I'm so excited. I miss Wawa...er...I mean...my friends and family so much.

On Sunday I was on the phone with Lysander, and he wanted to know why I wasn't home. I explained to him that I was at college, and he asked me when I'd be home. "Saturday," I said.
"When is Saturday?" he asked.
"Saturday is in six days."
"What's six days?"
So we counted the days until I would be home. He was still somewhat indignant about the fact that I wasn't around, though. "But you live HERE," he says. He is such an angel.

Other gems from him, some from phone conversations and some relayed by yelena_r0ssini:
"MOM, GUESS WHAT? Babies can be white AND brown!"
Later in that conversation: "Babies can be all kinds of colors!"

"I love all of the people on our planet."
This was then amended to: "I love all of the people in our family. I love..." and he named everyone he was related to, finishing with "...and Corynn! Is Corynn our family? I like her."

"On Yom Kippur we say sorry to God because we did bad things. But now we are done and it is over and it is Sukkot!...and after Sukkot it will be Halloween!"

Once in a while, he apparently clambers onto the computer chair and clicks around the computer screen for a while. When asked what he's doing, he says "I'm checking to see if Carolyn's on the internet."