Hello! I can now post pictures on my blog! Yay! Here's a picture of the beautiful cherry blossoms on campus. There were a LOT of people in the Quad that day! 

Only Time will do

I'm referring to Enya's CD. It's actually entitled A Day without Rain. I've been listening to it lately as I write my essays for English.

It was almost another bizarre day. What am I saying? It *was* still odd. I went to my 8:30 class as normal, but when I got there, two of my classmates in the hallway said the class was cancelled. Again? Yup. There was a sign on the door. Not knowing what to do, I walked out of the building. Instead of returning to my dorm, I decided to turn right and walked toward the Quad. Then it was straight out of a movie, complete with the out-of-focus walking in the distance: I saw my professor walking toward the building. Do I need to get a new prescription for my glasses? Yes. But to my surprise, it was she. Thirty seconds later, she said, "Good morning," and all that came out of my mouth was, "Hey."

*blush* That's NOT what I would have said in a perfect world, but I was still surprised at that point. ANYway, she said, "You're going the wrong way." I replied, "There's a sign that says class is cancelled." Then she said, "Oh no." Or something like that. I would have said the same thing if I were her. As it turns out, that sign was supposed to go up before Monday's class, but it didn't. We still had a pretty good attendance this morning. Luckily I had no desire to head straight back to my dorm like I did on Monday.

I have a meeting in an hour.

Don't think I'm not still miffed about Alias, ABC! I cannot, however, stop watching Super Millionaire.

Say WHAT???

Well, I was happily going about writing my paper when I decided to check the news on yahoo.com. I noticed a story on ABC's fall lineup. I wanted to make sure that Alias was in its same timeslot, when I read the headline:

"Alias Falls off ABC Schedule"

No way. Nooooooooooo!!!

Here's what I read on E! Online:

"The most surprising move in new ABC Primetime Entertainment President Stephen McPherson's fall schedule, which was unveiled Monday at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York during the network's annual upfront presentation: no Alias. The butt-kickin' spy drama starring Jennifer Garner will instead stay off the air until January, when its fourth season will unspool, sans reruns."

No season 4 'til 2005? ABC, I am not happy with you!!!

Just say it ain't so.

Okay, okay. Leading class discussions is definitely not my thing. But at least I can say I don't have to do it anymore. Phew!

I have a majorly major rant for spam! And we're not talking Spam (the meat product [or whatever it's made of]). We're talking annoying junk e-mail. Oh my gosh. I don't know whose computer is infected, but two of my free e-mail addresses are sending unwanted attachments to each other. And other fojg addresses are showing up as well. The bad thing is that the subject lines are way too inappropriate. Ugh.

No word on why we didn't have class today in COM.

Ooh! My amazon.com package arrived today. I ordered an import single by Michelle Branch (seriously, how many singles does she have? I, an American consumer, shall pay an exorbitant amount of moolah for them, yeesh; but good grief, I just want to listen to good music, people, lower the price of CDs!!!) and The Best of Simon & Garfunkel. I've been meaning to get the latter CD for the longest time. Okay, so maybe since Charlotte Church and Clay Aiken revived my interest in "Bridge Over Troubled Water." I'll admit it! Charlotte Church holds the long note so beautifully, and Clay is just Mr. Power. :) It's cool to listen to the original version.

I can't wait to go home (hopefully this weekend) because my fingers are itching to play the guitar and the piano.

This is very bizarre. It's almost 9 o'clock on Monday morning. I should be in class, except my professor didn't show up. The major downside to that is I really enjoy that class. It only meets on Mondays and Wednesdays. We clearly did not heed the five-minute rule. In fact, we waited about 15 or so. I truly hope everything's all right. It is totally unlike my professor to just not show up without any warning, which is why I hope everything's OK. Hmmm. Again, very bizarre.

I'm here to take advantage of my hour or so. English, English, English. Am so nervous about this discussion! I was walking to class this morning, and without thinking, I walked the path to enter the wrong building.

Can't wait for 3:30 pm. Then I can catch my breath, if only for a little while.

In the meantime, I'm gonna listen to... *flips CD case open to a random page* LOL! No CDs on the page. *flips again* Ha! Closer internet edition, it is! :)

YAY! Oprah's introducing Josh! And Josh is sitting at the piano! I was wondering why it was taking a while for the next performer to get set up. I noticed the orchestra. :)

"Remember When It Rained" AND "You Raise Me Up"!

Way cool. Josh walked over to the choir and waved to the audience. And -- LOL! -- then the camera swept the crowd, and a couple was caught kissing. Heh!

Seriously, YRMU was so touching and appropriate for this concert.

Back to studying!

I'm watching the live webcast of the We Are the Future Concert in Italy. This is just so cool. It's supposed to last four hours, so hopefully I'll be able to stick around long enough to hear/see Josh perform. The sound is kind of soft, and if I turn it up, I hear weird feedback (or something that distorts the sound). I wonder if I can understand any of the Italian spoken. They're talking really fast!

Got a lot to do today. I didn't know that I could watch this concert until last night. Time to multitask!

High, low, low, high

And threw it out the window, the window! The second story window! Oh my gosh. I just relived a moment of sixth-grade camp with that subject line. :)

But that describes my day, really. The stress-induced headaches persist into this Wednesday, but you know what? I aced all three midterms this quarter. WOW. Yup, I received my final (well, it was a midterm, LOL) test back today, and according to what my professor said, I should have taken the rest of the day off because of it. Turns out, I couldn't take the rest of the day off.

Had to go to English, which is currently the source of my stress. Yup. I really like that class, but I have too much on my plate right now. And to top it all off, I had to ask for a scheduling change at work to accommodate English. But you know what? I *love* my job. My supervisors and fellow co-worker were really nice about it when I asked them if I could shuffle my hours. They said yes and that school comes first. Rock on, Atmospheric Sciences Department!!! Thank you. :)

Okay, so I attended the final PRSSA meeting of the year. This school year, I should say. Our keynote speaker was the PR professor. She's been very helpful, and she gave a great talk about working in the entertainment industry. After the talk, we held officer elections. And yes. You are now reading the blog of next year's UW-PRSSA Treasurer. I'm gonna be busy next year, but it'll be great. I train for my new position next Wednesday.

Hmmm... I better dive into the novel for English. We are required to cover chapters 1-25, but I can't talk about a book without having read it in its entirety. No way.

One of those days

I have a huge headache. Possibly worse than yesterday's. I signed up for housing today, but it didn't work out with the whole roommate thing. ARGH! Well, I'm thankful that the man who helped me really *did* try to help me. *sigh* It's over with, at least. One thing I can cross off my list... until September rolls around. Hello, stranger of a roommate. I hope you'll switch so I can room with Erin! Pretty please? At least I know I get a view of Lake Washington and the mountains.

Registration for autumn isn't going as planned. Huh uh. The classes I want to take overlap in their scheduling. Not good. The one combination that would've worked won't actually work because one class is closed. Noooooooo. I worry that autumn quarter won't be good, and that isn't comforting when I consider how much I've enjoyed this year and how little of college I have left. But I guess I'll just have to engage in the registration ritual two days from now. We'll see...

My song is going nowhere. I hate to admit that, but my lyrics just aren't cutting it. Can we say panicked?

I haven't started the fourth novel yet, and I need to read it extremely soon because I lead discussion on Monday and turn in a four-page paper about it, too. Can we say stressed?

I don't mean to complain so much, but if I don't vent, it's all gonna come crashing down. *breathing slowly*

So yeah. Bring on summer vacation. Bring on the days when I can just scrapbook. Or watch a movie. Or watch my limited edition DVDs of Freaks & Geeks. Or do nothing at all.

April flowers taken down by May showers

It's raining. The one day I didn't take my umbrella with me, it rains. Go figure. Well, it's a welcome relief. Plus, it's always great to listen to "Remember When It Rained."

I'm sooo busy it's not even funny. Too many things to do all at once. Argh.

But, at least I can incorporate what I love with my academic work. I'm writing a song for my final English project. Wish me luck! I need to overcome my inexperience at writing lyrics. Decent lyrics. Solid lyrics. Anything but nothing!

Tony Awards nominees were announced today. I don't know that I can properly root for any performer or musical this year (sorry, plays, I'm not interested). But oh well! It'll be strange but cool to see Hugh Jackman host -- and win. He just might. But I'll root for Hunter Foster, too. Let's see. Kristin Chenoweth all the way. She's cool. Well, I know practically nothing about Wicked. Haven't seen it, haven't heard it. Idina could win too, and I'd be happy. As far as revivals go, Fiddler, maybe? Not sure. Sheesh, I'd be a bad Tony voter since I haven't been to New York this year. Heh heh.

Can I just say... that bananas go well with Special K Red Berry (or is it Strawberry, 'cause they are) and bananas go well with Corn Pops. You can just put your banana -- as slices -- in the bowl along with the cereal and milk. But, bananas do NOT go well with Apple Jacks. Trust me. I tried it this morning. Big mistake. The cafeteria is depriving me of Special K Red Berry. Argh!

Wouldn't it be cool if I had a TV talk show? That way, I could just mention Kelloggs, and they more than likely would send me crateloads of cereal for free. At least, in exchange for mentioning their brand name. Hehehehe. Just think of the possibilities. Like, ooh, TiVo. TiVo, TiVo, TiVo. LOL! Or, Kleenex. Kleenex, Kleenex, Kleenex. LOL! I went from TiVo to Kleenex. Well, I could just be a guest on a TV talk show rather than have one. If I were a guest on the Ellen DeGeneres show, that'd be cool. Yesterday, Ellen gave Rosie Perez a wagonload of Febreze. OK, I'd even settle as an audience member. Ya can't beat free stuff.

Back to life. Back to reality. LOL! I have to prepare for English.

As Maaike likes to say, "I'm alive!" Yup, I'm still here, but it's midterm season. Have my third midterm tomorrow morning. Phew! But then, midterm season really means now until finals. The work is piling higher and higher, and I can just see myself working 'round the clock to get this and that done. Arrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!. Anyway, it turns out I did really well on the history of jazz midterm. Full marks, plus 7 extra credit points. Yay! Cushions are always great. :)

Bought tickets for Miss Saigon in L.A.! June 17th! Me, Janice, and Brittany. :)