I'm actually a little excited to go to Chicago. I mean, it's the home of Kanye, there's a really yummy breakfast place there, and there's a lot of shopping so really I can't complain. I mean, I'm gonna miss seeing Andy and hanging out with my other friends, but I'll still have some fun there.

My mom and I just set up the final details for our Chicago trip next weekend. We're staying in the Sofitel hotel and DAAAAYUM it's nice...

10/25/14

Today has been pretty uneventful, just like most of my days. I had a two hour nap, did door-to-door walking for my dad, and got a flu shot. Not really anything to phone home about. In all honesty I could probably sleep for another several hours.

Goodnight!

10/24/14

Today was a pretty fun day! School was whatever, but we had a really fun lab in AP Bio where I gave everyone "syphilis" which was quite an experience. Tonight I was at my school's football game. We were so so close to winning, but unfortunately we didn't. Literally every single game I've been at, we've lost! I feel like I'm a jinx for them. The student section was pretty weak tonight, which was also unfortunate because a friend of mine who owns his own DJ-ing company brought out these fog blasting cannons and they just didn't have the rest of the student section giving them the hype they deserved. I still had a lot of fun nonetheless.

Afterward, Dylan took me to Swenson's, a delicious drive-in burger joint and then took me home. We had a lot of fun, and it's easy to say that he's my best "just friend," or at least my best guy friend. Andy beats all in terms of being my best friend, but Dyl is in a close second in the friendship realm. All in all, it was a wonderful night.

Goodnight!

I finished the CDs, so I decided to burn a few copies of it for me and then my roommates from over the summer. I miss them a lot, so it'll be nice to send them something in the mail! And I also got through Graduation today. Kanye is really a fantastic artist, and it's a real shame that so many people only focus on his ego and his eccentricities instead of his talent and artistic vision. I'd honestly love to meet Kanye West, I feel like there's a lot I could learn from him in terms of self-confidence; if everybody loved themselves as much as Kanye loves Kanye, the world would be a much more confidant place.

10/23/14

Today was pretty uneventful. I'm feeling a little less awful, but I have a really bad headache and I just want to cuddle Andy and sleep for a long time. I still have to finish my math homework. 

Things did pick up a little bit towards the end of the day. The girl I tutor, Jasmine, is absolutely wonderful. She's sweet, kind, conscientious, and very clever. She's going to give the world a run for its money when she's older, I guarantee it. I also completely forgot that my aunt from California was flying back to Ohio to visit! I only just got home from dinner with her. 

Now I just have to get through my math, burn Abby's CD, and then get some sleep.

Goodnight!

I finished my first album, and I'm calling it a night.

I've decided to go through Kanye West's entire discography through the next week. Tonight's album is My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. I should've gone in order, but I don't mind. I'll start going chronologically tomorrow.

I'm officially done with homework for the rest of the night. Now on to that CD...

Also, I'm getting through my math homework pretty quickly, so I think I'll spend the rest of the night making a CD for my friend Abby's birthday. I think I'm going to do that for all of the friends I had over Saturday. That is, if I can remember/figure out when their birthdays are.

Bright Side

On the bright side, my dad came home with a bunch of snickerdoodle cookies for me from the lady I was supposed to dog sit for. At least I have food on my side when I'm sad and shtuff.

It doesn't really take much to upset me nowadays. That's not okay either.

I am just really really down right now and it's not okay. 

Shoutout to Loyolla

I'm really upset right now because my mom is making me do college visits next weekend when I was gonna be seeing my boyfriend. I'm really really really upset right now and I keep crying and I don't even give a flying fuck about Loyolla but my parents are making me go anyways and I miss Andy and I feel like shit.

10/22/14

Update on Operation "Emily Goes Miss Congeniality on Your Asses": Turns out I applied past the deadline so I can't do it anyways! I'm actually kinda tempted to find and enter a real pageant, though...

Goodnight!

Believe it or not, I actually got a lot of my math done in a relatively quick time tonight. I'm still not finished yet, but I need to be rested for my English exam tomorrow so I'm calling it quits. That's not gonna stop me from doing a small amount of exercise once I'm ready for bed. Especially if I need to be pageant ready...

Goodnight!

Now that I have to get fit, I should probably try to get back on track right now...

So I accidentally entered a Pageant....

So while looking through a list of random scholarships I saw something for "Distinguished Young Women" and thought "oh hey! That's me!" and decided to apply. The only requirements were that I be a U.S. Citizen (check), not married (check), and not currently/never pregnant (HELLA CHECKS). That was easy enough, and AFTER I applied I got a notification about how their state committee for Ohio would review my application and consider me for moving forward in their pageant. Needless to say, I was shocked because this girl most certainly does not have a swimsuit figure yet..

The guidelines in the competition are talent, fitness, academics, interviewing skills, and then general presentation of myself. This should be interesting to say the least...

I FINISHED MY FIRST APPLICATION OH MY GOD OH MY GOD THIS IS HAPPENING!!!!!

I also just finished a scholarship application for the Coca Cola Scholars foundation. I doubt I'll get it, but it's worth a shot and the deadline was coming up quickly!

I'm hoping to work on my essay for the DePaul application tonight. I have to get this submitted before November 15th so that I can get merit-based financial aid. If I get my butt in gear now, I should be just fine.

I just realized that I can change the font on this bad boy and ahhhhh I just wanna keep playing with it!

Look how fun and dyslexia-friendly this font is!!!!! I'm gonna keep using Helvetica from here on out! We use Helvetica Neue for the majority of our stuff in newspaper, as in headlines, bylines, captions, design/photography credits, and so forth. It's a nice font. Normal Helvetica is okay, but it's not quite as lovely and versatile as Helvetica Neue.

10/21/14

Today was really uneventful, yet again! On the bright side, things have gotten less stressful for me in school. Sure, my GPA isn't where I want it to be, but I'm doing my best and I'm coming out in a decent place. Also, having some friends and actually doing things and hanging out with people is very very wonderful and I like it a lot. I don't know why I didn't do this sooner! Also, the newspaper goes to print tomorrow and it actually is on time with relatively few errors! If things keep going this smoothly, I think I'll survive quite well.