Juniper

Hey kids!

So, I was pretty tardy and left my camera connecty cord thingy at school, so I’m just now uploading all the pics/videos I took over Spring Break.

My bad.

The first half of the break was pretty hip. Work on Saturday, then a night at Gypsy’s for pool and copious amounts of alcohol.  [Click on pictures for BIGNESS]

TJ has a pretty purse

Bobbi talks shit

Krystal gets into it

TJ is attractive

Random rapper with Hilary Clinton mask

Then home for some Jenga and cheap beer,…

…Nicole’s gangsta face,…

…and budding romance. *Cue the “awws”*

I had to work first shift Monday morning at the ‘bucks. Nothing too exciting there. After work I went home and finished up my craptacular display for the Behavioral Psych Conference, met with Katrina, (after mass confusion) and headed to her house.

I have no idea why kids find me so appealing. It’s a mystery to me, but I know that Katrina’s kids were on me like white on rice on a paper plate in a snowstorm. Anyway, long story short, we got next to no sleep before waking up (at 4:15am) to get ready and get on the road to Athens. We got there ridiculously early thanks to Katrina’s driving skillz, met with Dr. B., and started the fun-filled, joyous day full of smart-assery, jelly beans, starbursts, and bad directions (my fault).

Dr. B. acts like he is doing something important

The drive home sucked, due to the tornado warnings, but the sky looked pretty amazing.

I worked Wednesday at Chick-fil-a. It’s not as fun as it used to be. The new people are bleh.

Hung out with Krys and the gang Wednesday night. While stopping for ice I spotted this gem in Piedmont:

If you don’t laugh at that you are dead inside. DEAD.

…but seriously, that sandwich is not really huge. It’s just a burger and a slice of cheese on what looks like two top-buns. Sesame seeds on both sides bitches!

Anyway, thats when things started to go downhill. I felt really out of it all night, like my head was underwater. Thursday after work I felt like shit, and Friday I woke up wishing for death. Managed to make it through work, but by the end of the day I had no voice and it hurt to swallow. Nothing beats getting sick on Spring break.

Didn’t make it to Matt’s wedding on Saturday because my bed was my home. I’m still feeling shitty, and I’m hoping that this theraflu nighttime severe cold stuff will kick in soon so I can get some sleep.

Oh and I didn’t do anything remotely school related over the break. I was planning on reading Pierre over the weekend, but that obviously didn’t happen. I hope Dr. Willis doesn’t decide to give us a quiz tomorrow today ’cause I’m gonna be screwed if he does.

Anywho, I’m probably leaving out tons of stuff, but recapping a week in one post sucks, especially when I’m pretty out of it.  Note for future: don’t do that!

Night!

Juniper

02-14-08 [click all photos for larger size]

Sweet nibblets! It’s a post before midnight! *gasp*

Happy Valentine’s Day!

My piece of Dove chocolate said this:

um..k?

So, I ended up not going to the Sterling House today because Katrina’s son was sick (kinda), so I actually got to sleep in today! It’s been so long! *single rolling tear*

Trina and I ended up going to lunch at Pizza Inn for copious amounts of pizza in and around my mouth.

Pizza Inn: The place where the lunch buffet starts at 11:00 and continues on UNTIL THE POWER IN PRAYER.

Oh Greenwood, I think I lose more respect for you each and every day.

Speaking of Pizza Inn’s general awesomeness…

Everyone one has seen a handicapped parking space marker at one point in time or another. They are pretty much all exactly the same, right?

As a refresher, here is what a normal one looks like:

Head, body, arms and legs….with a wheel…seems logical enough.

Check out Pizza Inn’s version:

OK, lets try to figure this out. Head…with a neck…connected to a body that goes diagonally inside of a wheel…arms(?) that are going backwards out of the torso/buttocks area.

Whoever drew these should win an award. CHAMPION.

Photo(s) of the Day:

Some of the lovely ladies of Psych 331, 1:50pm
(Jessica, Ashley, Andrea, Nicole)

That’s all for today. I have a ton of stuff to do before tomorrow so I better get to it.

I leave you with some pictures that Ashley took of the ladies…

And I can’t look at this one without laughing:

Yeah, I’m going to hell for that.

Juniper

02-14-08

So after staying up until 3ish and waking up every few hours last night, today was interesting.

I did not want to get out of bed this morning, and my plans to wake up at 6 and head to the library to get some reading done didn’t exactly pan out. Instead, I hit the snooze about 40 times and finally got out of bed around 8. I somehow made it to my 9 o’clock class, showered and clothed, on time.

Dr. Acorn’s wonderful new attendance policy didn’t exactly work out like she had planned. Since there was about 6 people in class every day and the test averages were horrible, she decided to start taking attendance….today wasn’t that much different than any other day. Way to go, Deb.

So by the time I finished my 2nd iced soy chai tea, I was officially delirious, along with the majority of my English 406 class. After a wonderful rendition of the Michael Jackson song from Free Willy [you know that will be stuck in your head for hours], we went to class where we creeped out the ever-cynical Dr. Willis with our general happiness. Willis did take my side on the never ending Starbuck’s debate with Mike by making a new class rule: DO NOT CRITICIZE STARBUCK’S.

Went to psych 299. Nothing exciting there…Grace seems to present a project EVERY EFFIN DAY. Half of the class would rather jump off the roof than hear her talk (you know you would Lauren, Ashley, Nicole, and Jessica).

So there’s no photo of the day today because I was asleep between 1 and 2, and until they invent something to photograph dreams….I’ll be without photos.

Jen and I went out to The Alcoves, Ruby Tuesday, and Walmart. I bought Brother Bear….awesome movie. It definitely makes the top 10 list of Disney movies simply because of the moose…

I also bought the most kick-ass cookies imaginable.

mmmmm

Well, Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! I’m off to read.

Juniper

I’m back bitches!

02-11-08

So, obviously, I took a week off. I had so much stuff going on with school that I didn’t even pick up my camera. My sleeping schedule was…off…to say the least. I was pretty much getting a couple hours every night and napping whenever I could find the time. But! I have returned to bore enthrall you with my daily ramblings about nothing.

ENGLISH STUFF

So I pretty much love my Melville class now…yeah I know, it’s hard to admit. I started out thinking that it would be on the very bottom of my decent classes pile, but it’s growing on me. I actually highly recommend that everyone read Moby-Dick at least once in their lives. Although some of it is long, drawn out, and anti-climactic, when you get into the deeper meaning of the story, it starts to suck you in.

It doesn’t hurt that I can apparently do no wrong in any class I take with Dr. Willis. He makes me feel like I’m a genius. Maybe I am. Who knows?

The plan for double-majoring is out, because I would have to spend an extra semester here and although I don’t mind Lander in general….I’m not gonna sign up for another semester of financial aid problems just to get a degree I won’t make much use of. Although I’m kind of upset that my resume isn’t going to be as fantabulous as I had hoped it would be, I’ll survive (and hopefully get into UGA without issue).

PSYCH STUFF

Katrina and I were recruited to present with Dr. Bassett (Wolf Man) for Psi Chi at a behavioral psychology conference at UGA over spring break and I am still attempting to work with Dr. Edwards and his research study, but considering the fact he is the most unorganized person ever, it makes it difficult.

…Research Experience? YES

My 331 group kicks major ass, so much so that the class is pretty much doing our proposal without change. Go us!

Dr. Acorn still makes me want to die a little. I’ve been doing…not so well….on her 304 tests, so I’ve got to kick it up a notch in that class and actually study more than an hour for each test.

Internship/fieldwork with Trina is going….um…alright. Sherry is way beyond getting on our nerves with her lack of anything remotely resembling a plan/organization for, well, anything. Hopefully she we will get her stuff organized soon and we can do some more fun stuff.

um…what else?

Got a haircut on Saturday.

There is some sort of funky substance in Greenwood’s water….this I have decided! 1) It tastes pretty horrible 2) It makes my face attack itself (same with my roommates).

Photo of the Day:

Ew, look at my chin, 1:41pm

>>Random<<

Since Katrina and I started looking the stupid signs around Greenwood (Link) I’ve noticed a trend:

Other than the general stupidity of the wording on most of them, there is another whole group of businesses who are generally frightened of decimals. They’re scary…I know. The lack of decimals results in the price of an everyday object to skyrocket into something outrageous.

For example:

Unless that chicken is made of gold, diamonds, or jewels, I refuse to pay $1699 for 10 pieces of it!

Now, don’t get me wrong, I understand that it means $16.99 (I’m not quite that dense yet) but really….I’m almost certain that they make decimals for those types of signs. I’ve seen them! They exist!

Anyway, leave it up to me to notice stupid things like that.

My camera is charged and ready, and I’ll be taking my regular load of pictures again. So look forward (or don’t, see if I care) to more of these daily posts.

Yeah, you know you love it.

Night kids,

Juniper

Yes saneliness is a word.

01-30-08

Rather uneventful day. I skipped out on psych 304 to study more for my lit essay test on Typee, which I hopefully did well on. Went up to school for psych 299, which was a waste of time. Went back home to clean my room, which was a disaster.

Photo of the Day [click photos for bigness]:

finding the floor, 1:02pm

My room is now immaculately clean. Thank God, it was making me angry.

Jen and I went out to eat at Chili’s, where she had a yummy $3 margarita.

Then we went to see 27 dresses. It was all kinds of girly, but it was really good. I recommend seeing it (if you are of the female persuasion or comfortable enough with your manhood).

That’s pretty much it. I have to go read Moby Dick and do some research. Yay.

Night kids,
Juniper

P.S. I have officially take 405 photos since January 14th. Not bad for a New Year’s Resolution, huh?

11-22-08

Rules of the Parfait:

1. Must eat parfait with spoon and/or spork. NEVER consume a parfait with a FORK.
2. Must devour parfait with little or no chewing.
3. Must combine granola with fruit and yogurt. NEVER, under any circumstances are you to eat them separately.
4. Must finish parfait in one sitting. NO SAVESIES.
5. Must designate parfait buddy before purchase of parfait. Failure to do so will result in automatic relinquishing of all sharing rights and privileges.
6. Must construct either an elaborate abstract art piece or a lovable new friend with packaging/utensils/accessories of parfait as well as all other items purchased at time of parfait.

[click photos for bigness]

Billy

Lauren [McForkennibbles] loves Billy

…

Katrina and I started our wonderful internship at the Sterling House today. It consisted of 3 hours of cleaning out closets. It was psychologically stimulating….yeah, right.

Afterwards, we grabbed some lunch and headed back to school for our Psi Chi meeting and psych 331.

Photo of the Day:

lunch, 1:02pm

Yeah I know my photo of the day sucks. I wasn’t very motivated today, but it’s good to know that Zaxby’s serves the real stuff…not those fake chickens, right?

Barack Obama came to our school today, but I didn’t get to go see him speak because of class. Apparently it was a really good speech.

After classes I spent a ridiculous amount of time in the library attempting to get through some homework that I completely neglected to do all weekend. Ah procrastination.

I was starting to drift off [as I got about 3 hours of sleep last night] so I decided playing with the color settings on my camera would be more productive…

Next on the agenda: CAFFEINE

One iced soy chai latte with an affogato espresso shot. Considering the fact that coffee isn’t exactly my most favorite thing ever, I kinda have to chug it…but it works.

When 6:30 rolled around it was time for class. That was pretty much my day. I’ve gotta get back to studying/homework, and hopefully I’ll get some sleep tonight.

Until tomorrow,
Juniper

P.S. Is a zipper pull this large EVER necessary?