Being Human

Over break I have spent some time watching this British series called Being Human on Netflix.  I'm in love!  It's a little like a mashup of another British series, Misfits, with a little bit of Buffy thrown in.  Mitchell is a vampire, George is a werewolf, and Annie is a ghost.  The three find themselves living together due to circumstances of fate.  Together they help each other come to terms with what they have become, and inevitably become close friends who stick by each other with each other's respective baggage and sets of personal problems.

Each episode is a straight hour long, but it's worth every minute!  Check it out!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hqlc4

Its Been A Really Long Time...

Hello, everyone!

I haven't really posted more than one or two blog posts this past semester.  The truth is, I haven't really had much to say!  I've been too busy actually enjoying my life and having a great time of it to actually sit down and take the time to share.  So, here is an overview of important things that have happened this semester:

• Straight As!  Whoo hoo!!!
• Internship at The Arbors has been going well!  I'll be ready when I get back for next semester to pick up the pace a little and continue making my time there as awesome as possible.
• Making leaps and bounds through the Netflix queue.  Since Netflix split up its plan with the price increases, I've been subscribed online to the stream online plan.  Once I watch everything I can get through instant streaming, I'll switch to the physical disc mailing plan.  My most recent love has been How I Met Your Mother.  Words cannot describe...
• Grocery shopping and paying bills worked out awesome with my refund from the school up until the last 3 weeks.  I'll need to rethink that for next time.. Haha!
• Ryan and I are still going strong!  We sailed through our 5, 6, 7, and 8 month anniversaries.  April 5th of 2012 will mark our 1 year as an official couple!  YEEAHHHH!!!
• I bought fish!  I started off the summer with 5 guppies.  One died from the stress of the transfer from the store to my tank.  Then there were 4: Cappie (the only one with visible distinguishable marks), and "The Supremes" (the other 3 look-alikes).  Unfortunately now we're down to only two of the Supremes left (whom I have now dubbed Killer and Donna).  **Note, all my guppies were males--however, you have to admit that Cappie and The Supremes is kind of catchy...**  AND the newest addition to the family is a beta named Emmett.  He has his own tank and his own life, and I think that makes him happy.
• Space (my car) has thrived and deteriorated and thrived again!  We're hanging in the balance at around 160,000 miles.  We have winter tires but no snow....and we have oil and antifreeze that remains within the inner workings of the vehicle.  Win for all involved.
• Excellent drunken house parties have occurred: the very realistic Prohibition 1920s Speakeasy (where many of the attendees were underage [of course, this is college] so we all hid in the basement to manage the noise levels-good times), the famous Mustache party (yep-you guessed it. Mustache mandatory for attendance), ALL of Halloween weekend (3 parties in 2 days-not bad!), the quietish Christmas party between close Burlington-bound people in my life, and of course the other various nights that involved going to bars or staying in and mixing fun drinks by ourselves!
• Very few stressful nights worrying about homework and how I'm going to manage all of my classwork plus life in general.  4 classes per semester is PERFECT!  I'm so glad I put in all my hard times my Freshman/Sophomore years.  Senior year is a breeze so far, and I'm loving every second of it!  Sure there have been a few downs or hiccups in the general flow of things, but speaking overall, this has really been my best semester at Champlain so far.
• Oh, and I totally taught myself how to knit over Thanksgiving break via YouTube videos.  Oh yeah.  New life skills FOR THE WIN!

I'm so happy that this year has been going so well.  I can't imagine what this year would have been like with a schedule like my Spring semester of Sophomore year.  (That was when I broke up with Luke, was managing a 12 hr/wk unpaid internship, working as a Peer Advisor for as many hours/wk as was necessary, as well as working ~10hrs/wk for my mandatory work-study hours so I could have a paycheck).  I really wasn't sure I was going to make it that semester.  BUT-I did, and I'm stronger for it.  

I'm proud of myself for all I have accomplished so far.  I work damn hard and I deserve a lot of respect for all I do.  What is next on my list is to start applying for grad schools:  Boston University, Springfield College, University of Vermont, University of New Hampshire.  I'm working on getting all of my required application materials together over this break, and sending them out quite soon once I return to Burlington/Winooski.  

Lastly: I have been a busy beaver over break.  I got home on Friday evening, and it is now Tuesday.  In this time, my mother and I have switched bedrooms.  I'm enjoying being home SO much more.  I don't feel so depressed and aimless as I thought I would.  A big project like this is just what I needed to keep myself busy and motivated.  I seriously got rid of about 5 bags of garbage, and donated another 5 or so to the Salvation Army.  The reason for this is that my old room was about 1/2 the size of the basement (about 1/4 of the entire house).  I moved from this big room to my moms normal-sized bedroom that actually has windows!  She moved into the bigger room.  Therefore, I needed to really focus on getting rid of a lot of my old stuff so that it would all fit into this new, smaller, more manageable room.  I cleaned out everything: stuff from past boyfriends that have been sitting or buried in my room, things I haven't touched or worried about in years, stuff I thought I would definitely need/use but never got around to, and even some stuff I had been emotionally attached to.  However, it was time to let it all go, to let it be free.  While I may still have another bag or two of trash to take out, I feel great!  Cleansed.  Like I'm getting rid of everything so that whatever comes after Champlain will have room to take hold and lead me to where I'm supposed to be-without leaving too much behind.  So far both my mother and I seem happy with the trade.

Well, this wraps everything up rather nicely from the past 4 months of my life.  I feel like I need to find a new purpose for blogging again.  I wish I could be as dedicated as other folks in writing a fabulous blog-stuff other people actually care about instead of something that looks like a journal of my life.  I will gladly accept any and all blogging ideas and suggestions below.  Tell me what you'd most want to hear/learn about!  If it is something that lines up well with my interests or knowledge and expertise, I will try to move the blog in that direction--and work on posting more frequently.  :)

Auf Wiedersehen!

Netflix Queue

Hello, Blogosphere!

Today I'm here to chat with you all about Netflix, and what my queue currently looks like. 

Back in October, I finally decided that I was sick of trying to (illegally) stream videos and things to watch when I got bored (and deal with the stress of wondering if I had infected my computer with a virus in the process,) so I decided to give Netflix a try after noticing that it really wasn't a scam, and that many of my college counterparts are also signed up.

Long story short, I LOVED it.  I quickly went through and found literally hundreds of titles that I've wanted to see but haven't had the chance, as well as oldies but goodies.  Unfortunately, my excitement was capped when I reached the 500 title limit for the queue.  Hahahaha.  Awesome.

Since then, I've been working hard to bring down the queue to a more manageable level, which is sometimes really rather difficult considering some of the other stuff I have on my list (separate from the queue) consists of about 40 television shows I've wanted to see or have heard pretty good things about, but never had time/was able to sit down and watch them as they were aired on television. 

Now-I'm making up for lost time.  At 500 movies and 40 television shows (not counting the many seasons some of them have,) I definitely have my work cut out for me.

Now, what's taking so long?  Well, when I signed up for Netflix I told Ryan we would be able to watch a lot of these movies together, and when we were both satisfied, we could delete the title from the queue.  That turned out to be a much more difficult process than originally intended.  Our schedules are both very hectic, so it's becoming a 'Megan-watches-a-movie-and-rates-it-and-when-Ryan-watches-it-he-can-delete-it-from-the-Queue' sort of process.  Currently, I'm at about 450-something movies in the physical queue (the ones that physically get sent to your mailbox,) and about 48 titles in the Instant Watch queue.

In short-we're working on it.  :)  There's a LOT of really great media out there, and I'm proud to be supporting Netflix with my business.  They have an amazing company, and I think I'll be registered with them until the day I die (or run out of movies and television shows to watch.) 

XXOO

-Megan

Big Girl in the Gym! Whoa!

I'm sorry I haven't posted in a few days!!  Things have been crazy around here; watching the LOST finale with Ryan (and texting Ashley all throughout,) working my Friday through Sunday schedule at:

and meeting some new people online.

(Just for legality purposes and what not because I'm not looking to get sued by anybody for anything after putting this picture in here, anything I say in this post or in my blog is not the views of Kinney Drugs or any of it's affiliates.  This is all my own opinion, and my own thinking.  I'm just working at Kinney's part time to help me pay my way through college.  [Textbooks are EXPENSIVE!!!!]  I enjoy my job, and I love the people I work with.  I'm not working against Kinney's in any way.)

I've recently (as of last night,) started talking with someone online.  For now, let's call him Mr. Scarborough.  He's funny, sweet, and is always making me smile (although he doesn't actually know that last part for sure because we haven't actually met face-to-face yet.)  This was a big enough deal that I had Ryan come up to my house on his break from McD's so we could chat about it!  Hahaha.  I love having on-call best friends!  Overall, I think I like Mr. Scarborough.  I want to meet him in person, but I've got to figure out how to save for the gas $$$, and where to actually meet up.  As a girl, I'm a bit more cautious about where I meet someone as I don't want to end up raped and murdered like the hundreds/thousands of other girls we've seen on tv.  I'm trying to remind myself to take it slow because falling too hard too fast has never ended well for anybody in the past, and this time will be no exception.  I'm letting life take me where it will, and I'll make what seems to be the smartest decisions I can under the given circumstances along the way.

Now, onto my real reason for today's post.  I have 30-or-so ideas for blog posts I have created in the past 3 days.  This is the first of them.  I'm trying to stay with the new focus of my blog, and to offer some new perspective to you out there who are "skinny" (I use quote marks because "skinny," "big," "plus-size," and any other variants are all relative and subjective.)  Many "thin" people don't realize what exactly goes through the mind of someone "big" when in seemingly normal, everyday situations, like, going to the gym for instance.  Well, in all my glory at 260 lbs, i shall enlighten you.

This post is dedicated to all the "big" people in the gym.  (Specifically, women.  I don't know exactly what it's like for a "large" man to be in the gym, but I can imagine that some face the same insecurities that women do.)

So, what's it like for me in the gym?  Intimidating.  Daunting.  I usually get defensive and protective of myself.  Why?  Well, nobody is physically attacking me.  As far as I know I'm not being taunted.  It's actually just the way people look at you.  You feel like the the other "smaller" people are judging you for showing up in a place like this.  And sometimes, they are.  Especially women.  Whoever said words can't hurt was lying.

But you know what?  If you're "big" and you can relate to this post because you've been to the gym, CONGRATULATIONS!  You went to the gym to try to keep your body healthy.  That is AWESOME, no matter the judgements passed onto you.  If you respect yourself enough to get right back up on that proverbial horse when you fall off, then you've got my full-fledged support!

Personally, I've taken on a new attitude about the gym in the past few years.  All those "thin" people at the gym?  Yeah, they can shove it.  You have more courage and stamina than they do if you are "big", and can bring yourself to the gym, regardless of how many pounds you can lift, or how many miles you can (or can't) run.  You're "big" and you're trying to get and stay healthy by bringing down your weight.  That almost gives you more of a right to be in there busting butt than the stereotypical pretty blonde who can run on the treadmill for a full hour.

I mean, it's important that all the "smaller" people stay healthy too, but just remember that you have just as much right to go to the gym as the pretty blonde.

Everyone is amazing in their own way, and everyone deserves to be healthy and happy.  As a "big" person, it takes a lot more effort to be comfortable with yourself to let others watch you as you jiggle away on a stationary bike.  (Note: I understand that other people have other flaws as well, but those are other stories for other times.)

My blog is here to hopefully inspire you who are faltering in the weight loss department, and to help you form a bond with someone who is going/has gone through the same thing as you.  It's rough, and it's sure as hell not easy, but I think it can be done.  "Losing weight" is always easier said than done, but when working together, maybe not.  Maybe not..

<3 Until next time, much love! <3

-Megan

RYAN GOT HIS LICENSE!!!

...and that's about it.  I have nothing new to report other than that I opened an account on Zoosk.com.  :)

Oh, and the big ugly orange cement block by my high school?  Yeah, someone left a tv on it last night when I drove by at about 10pm.

Oh well.  I'll keep you posted if anything else new/interesting/exciting happens.

Much love!
-Megan

You HAVE to See This!

....just sayin.


Ok, so on to real business, my life = AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH right now.  My internship isn't all that bad today seeing as how I have something to do (yay!) but still...I'm just about ready to be done.

I'm preparing to get in to take a CCV course this summer, and I've filled out the online application...so now I'm just waiting to hear back either via e-mail or letter to my home mailbox, and take the next steps.  I've requested a copy of my transcript, so I'm well on my way to navigating ANOTHER college system.

Next week I have a couple of recognition dinners coming up.  The first is an EHS Division Honors night.  Velvet, Ryan, and Ashley are going to accompany me for the evening for the dinner and recognition (I guess I got in because of my GPA or something, but I'm not really sure.  I feel like I should have been acknowledged for this last year as well if that is the case,) and overall I think it will be fun.  It's free food....and not caf-related (I don't think.)  What more could you want?!

The second is PA recognition night.  This unfortunately I have to go to by myself, but it's supposed to be "fun", and "themed"...and that makes me not want to go already.  I'm just really done with being a PA, but again..it's free food....and NOT caf related.  WHOOO HOOO!

This weekend, although the weather is supposed to be in the 70s and GORGEOUS...I'll give you THREE guesses where I'll be...and the first one doesn't count.  North Beach?  Yeah right.  Try again.  C'mon...you can figure this out!  THERE you go...fianlly.  Yep...that's right, the library.  How depressing is that?!  I mean, I have this 25+ source bibliography due a week from today, and I'm kind of freaking out.  Mostly because I'm not sure I have time to get it done, but secondly, I don't really have the motivation to do so either.  I hate my COR classes this year.  Most of the students in my class aren't all that bad, but with as much as I have on my plate this semester, the two COR professors I have are asking wayyy too much of me.  Any other semester I wouldn't have had as huge a problem with it, but I literally don't have time to sit down and do all the $hit they want me to (of course I say this as I'm spending 15 mins on a blog...) I'M VENTING, OK?! JEEZ!

This past weekend was fun because I got to go sit on a panel of students at Accepted Students Day on Saturday to represent the SWK program and where I came from, why I chose SWK, that sort of thing.  Velvet continued with her strange habit of stalking me, and we both together continued our strange (actually, completely normal) habit of stalking another Megan we know.  She is in Music Makers with us, sits next to me, and has our same sense of humor.  In short, we love her.  And we now see her all over campus....like, whether we want to or not.  SO, that's been fun!

Looking forward to this weekend (again), my family said that they would like for me to come home...which would be amazing.  Except remember that whole 25 source bibliography I have to do?  And the 77-or-so degeree weather + sun?  Yeah....uhm....not sure going home is going to be an option.  Sunday though, they will be coming up to take me out for an Easter lunch/dinner, so that will be great.  (Again, not caf food!)

Looking ahead two weeks, #1) GLEE RETURNS, #2) Champlain Loses It has its finale party (which somehow Ashley Velvet and I are still in,) #3) We have two Music Makers concerts-one for a fundraiser, another for a Diversity and Inclusion dinner (maybe not caf food?), #4) Accepted Students Day-which I may get to go represent for SWK again, and even further, #5) the Music Maker's own concert on April 20th, 7pm, in the Auditorium.  WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!  It's been another great semester for Music Makers, so this will be exciting. 

I forgot to mention!  Zumba is amazing.  I looked into taking some classes this summer back in my area, but it's $45 for 6 classes.  Not sure I want to pay for that.  Actually, that's kind of riddiculous.  Maybe if there's a class in Montpelier on Mondays/Wednesdays that's cheaper I can hang around after my summer class to do that too!  We shall see.  I've finally found a fitness program that I actually love, and I guess it's too soon to tell whether or not I can continue with it this summer.  If not, I'll have to try to make it work in my schedule for next semeseter.

All in all....I have a crap load of work coming up all due within the next 3-4 weeks.  I've worked hard for some of this stuff, and so now balancing the rewards (AKA recognition dinners) around all the hard work I still have left to do is going to be an interesting dance.  We'll see how that all goes.

Class and housing registrations have been taking a toll on everyone as well.  Planning a schedule that you can live with is difficult!  Like, it's almost a life and death situation..but not.  Most students try to get a Friday or a Monday off so that they can relax, sleep, whatever on the 3 day weekend.  The rest of us are just hoping classes we need to take don't fill up before our registration window opens and we're able to get into the classes we want.

Housing selection is going to take a toll on a lot of us too.  Ashley and I would like to try to get our same triple again, so we're waiting for priority numbers to come out in order to see what sort of chance we have of making that happen again.  We love our couch (it's a place for Ryan to stay when he comes to visit,) Ashley loves her chair, and we just want our room back.  Velvet is going thru some $hit about just trying to make sure she can come back next year, so we're all hoping for the best.  It would be fantastic if she was able to be our 3rd roommate, but we don't know what's happening just yet.  Everyone just hope for the best.  There's got to be a light at the end of the tunnel somewhere.  RAWR!

I believe that this is the end of everything I can think of for the rest of the semester.  I apologize for all the paragraphs being so choppy, and for the lack of transitions.  Stream of conciousness writing will do that to you. :)

Hope you all have a fantastic day!

-Megan

RYAN COMES BACK TODAY!!!!!!!!!

Hi, everyone!

Yesterday was Saturday night.  Guess what I did?  NO! NOT that, you pervs!  Actually, I stayed in with some of my best friends in the world--Velvet and Ashley, and did all of my homework.  Anyone care to know my reasoning for doing something so DISPICABLE on a SATURDAY night? (Hint: The title of this post may provide a clue.)

That's right! RYAN COMES BACK TODAY!  My other half!  My bestie!  My mirror!  :)  Actually, I only have like 2 more pages of a study guide to complete for homework which I'm going to finish right after this post, but I have a few hours since Ryan is supposed to be leaving L-ville between 11-12 this afternoon.  3 hours or less and I will be reunited with some of my CLOSEST of family (other than my Mom and Grandparents of course.) 

Just wanted to share my excitement!

As for the rest of my life, I have been extremely exhausted this past week due to all the drama after my 9-5 workdays.  BUT, I'm getting there.  I'm actually really enjoying this 1 month break.  I am still giving myself the entire month to make sure that this is how I'm truly feeling, but deep down I think I am making the right decision.  When you get to a point in a relationship where you are trying to make up excuses to not talk to your partner in the evenings, you know something is wrong.  (Specifically in regards to spring break--I actually watched 5 seasons of LOST.  This wasn't just "making up excuses", but it helped give me some space!)  Anyway, regardless, I believe I am making the right decision.  Everyone I have talked to in Burly World has supported my decision and are telling me that I seem happier, bounicer, and less burdened even just since Wednesday.  That's a sign that this is good for me, and that it is time to move on.  I feel good.  I feel bad that I'm hurting Luke, but that's about the extent of it.  I love him...I'm just not in love with him.  That's where the line is between friend and intimate relationship.  I'm SO glad I've figured things out for myself.  So here's to a BIG SHOUTOUT to (mostly Ashley and Velvet) who have had to put up with my day-to-day questioning of myself.  And another BIG SHOUTOUT to everybody else that has been involved in the process: to Ryan for providing tons of support whenever I needed him this week, to my mom and grandparents for seeing where things were going a few years earlier in the process than I did, more props to my mom for being AWESOME and having figured all this out for herself once before in her life, and to Meg--my super amazing ex-boss who is one of my main go-to adults on campus!!!!!!

Whew!  Now that all of that is out, I am going to go finish my last 2 pages of homework!  I love everybody, and I can't wait to SEE RYAN THIS AFTERNOON!!!!!

(Will let you know how it all goes soon.)

x.o.x.o.x.o.
~Megan

Lost

...is finished!  AHHHHHHHH!!!!  I finally accomplished the seemingly impossible today!!!  5 Seasons of Lost in like....1 month.  YAY!!  Yes, I am pretty fantastic. 

Anywho, I hope vacation is going well the others of you out there that are in college.  I assume most/many of you are getting ready to travel back to your college town/city, so stay safe!!! 

I'm going to go try to let the adrenaline run out of my system so I can get ready for bed (it's about 2 AM right now.)  Love writing in the early morning when there is little else to do!  Whoooooot!!! 

Those of you in my Burly-World Crew, watch out.  I'm coming back!!

-Megan

I'm Still Alive! I Promise!

Hello, Hello everyone!

I hope you all have had the best Christmas ever.  Mine was awesome.  And I love my family.  I don't appreciate the fingerprints...but we'll get to that in a bit.

So, where have I been?  Basically for the past two days, I completely disconnected myself from the internet. (GASP!)  I know, I didn't think it was possible, either!!!!  Because I stole (read: borrowed) a TON of dvd's from my roommie (read: Ashley) over break, I've been spending my break on my bed completely self-absorbed in movies and seasons of various shows.  And I've watched everything...except the last 5 episodes of Season 1 of Hereos.  Ok, that show is SOME shit!  Hahahhaa.  Hayden (she plays Claire, the spontaneous regeneratory cheerleader) is awesome.  Niki/Jessica is crazy, and everybody is else is like NYGAAHHAHHFHAHHAAH!!!  Yeah, toes!

Besides wasting my brain cells by watching a crap-load of videos, I've been working hard on Ryan's present.  The real one.  The one that he's probably going to keep for years and put on display over his fireplace mantle when he gets his own house.  Yeah, it's going to be that good.  One little problem, I'm turning my room inside and out in search of something.  This something I want to add to his present, but I can't find it!! AHHHH!!!! Granted its a few years old, and with my computer crashing a couple of times a year hasn't really helped the cause.  I don't know if it's in existance anymore or not.  :(  I know I saw it about 6-7 months ago and I knew I was going to keep it because it was something I wanted to give back to him, but now I don't know where I've stuck it.  *Sigh*  FML  However, if I can find that thing perhaps I can continue with what I wanted to do.

For those of you who think I am ignoring you or mad at you: I am not!  (See the paragraph above this past one.)  When I watch stuff, I like to be focused on it otherwise I'll miss what's happening and be really very lost.  So, disconnecting myself from the internet is a great way to zero in on what I should be focusing on for a while. :)

Raise your hand: who here has heard of an ipod touch?  Ok....who here has ever touched an ipod touch?  If you're a part of my 308 gang, you will get that chance soon enough.  My mom is fantabulous and got me an 8gig ipod touch for Christmas to replace my 3 gig nano that still cringes everytime it sees my itunes collection.  Hahahahaha.  My Christmas was excellent, and I hope that you're Chanukkah, Kwanza, and/or X-Mas was just as fantastic!

New Years is around the bend, and to commemorate, I'll post a few pictures of the past, those I am thankful for, and those I can't wait to spend more of my life with!!!!

Your Internship Awaits, M'Dear

GUESS WHAT?!?!?!!?!??!?!!?!?!?

Enough with the gloom and doom!  I, Megan, have successfully secured myself an internship for the Spring 2010 semester!!!! YAAAAAAYYYY!!!! And it's on campus!!!! BIGGER YAYYYYY!!!!! 

I am so excited to do this.  :)  I don't remember if I have explained it in my previous blog, and for fear of sounding repetitious I will refrain from going over it...(again?)  Eh, I'll double check.  If I have not described it well I will do so in the future.

I am so relieved to just relax, chill out, and go with the flow from here on out.  Gleastwick night was fantastic last night--big turning-point episodes!!! 

Right now I'm just foucsing on finishing up 2 group projects, both due this coming Tuesday.  Yeah, not fun.  So much to sift through! ARGH!!!

Regardless, thanks to all of you who wished me luck.  It worked.  :)

Everyone stay strong.  Don't get sick (like I did.)  Drink lots of tea, decaf coffee, or whatever your preference of a hot beverage.  It helps with digestion and keeping sickness at bay! :)  Sore throats and stuffy noses suck! 

Hanging in there as always,
Megan

Gleastwick!

My new favorite term for Glee/Eastwick nights.  Only two more Glee nights, and Eastwick is going to be cancelled after this season finishes.  WHAT THE HELL????

...And Glee won't be back till April according to Ryan (http://www.ryhowland.blogspot.com/).  :(  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH MY WEDNESDAY NIGHTS?

Anywho...big news....I'm hoping by 10 am tomorrow I will have an internship confirmed.  WISH ME TONS OF LUCK!!  I really want this particular job.  King St. has so far gotten back to me, and that is my close second choice.  But I'm hoping the Social Norms Campaign works out for me. :)

Keep me in your thoughts until about 1pm tomorrow.  After then, life will be good.

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Love,
Megan

Happiness Is....

Seeing your boyfriend for the first time in about two months.  :)

I love that I can take a step back from the constant, neverending grindstone of college, and BREATHE.  Granted, I still have two 6-8 page papers coming due in about 5 days....(Wednesday night is going to be AMAZING!)

That being said, as of Wednesday night, I feel that the projects/papers/CRAP that comes along with taking 5 courses will have come to a slow.  Glee and Eastwick can be enjoyed to the fullest extent, and we can all finally take a breather. WHOOOOT!!!

Ryan in the mean time is breaking 80 toes with each performence.  (The equivalent of breaking a leg...but we've combined Ashley's favorite number with 'toes', and breaking 80 toes=break a leg.)

Awesome.  Envy us.

Life is good and I am going to sleep...forever.  Hahahaha.

Love as Always,
Megan
(or Magan as Ashley would say.)

House

WHY DOES FOX SUCK SO MUCH!!!! House was delayed due to Angels/Pats claiming superiority over the lives of everyone, and I am not too impressed.

At the moment (in case you cared) I am sitting on the couch, eating Jess' popcorn, and drinking B-town tap water. Yes, I am that classy. After listening to Ashley yell at the TV for the game to finish before she did something she was going to regret, we can finally sit back and enjoy the episode of House.

I miss Luke because I have not seen him in forever, and I miss not having my daily dose of Ryan. (OK, we don't actually meet THAT often, but close enough. "Where, oh, where of the boys all gone? Oh where, oh where can they beeeeeee????"

Oh, and I have come to a distinct conclusion. Apples to Apples is an EPIC game. When its still going strong at 4am you know THAT's some epicness that cannot be questioned. Ever. :)

I have also discovered that basicly I have no free time until after 2pm on Saturday. Sooo much for working on homework. Also, my PA job is conflicting with my scheduling of my work study hours (but then again, what else is new?)

I hope you all are having a fantastic midterm session.

I'm going to get back to watching House wallow in his excellence, and try to track down my boys. :)

xoxoxo
Love,
Megan

GLEEEEEE!!!!

Soooo...guess what today is?  GLEE DAY!!! (And Eastwick immediately following!!!)

What a fantastic evening this is going to be...and Sir Ryan and I are planning on taking a BUNCH of pictures to let everyone from home know JUST how much fun we're having at college.  Tonight's the night...get pumped!!!! 

I am finally done ALL homework assignments in one of my classes for the rest of the year.  (Not including group projects and stuff like that, but all pre-assigned hw readings and papers are complete.)  KIND OF PUMPED!!!!   I'm working on my remaining classes...I'm about 1/3 done the rest of my hw for another class, and still trying to do what I can with the remaining 3.  My two COR classes actually don't count seeing as how they do not let you know what your upcoming homework assignments are going to be, but for SWK Methods, Human Behavior, and Intro to SWK, I'm working on.  (Intro SWK is complete...so actually TECHNICALLY it's just SWK Methods and Human Behavior.)

Mmmm whatcha sayyyyyy.  I have another riddiculous 7-8 pager coming due in about 2 weeks that I'm trying desperately to get started on....we'll see how well that works out.  ;)

Anywho--I miss contra dancing.  I want to take Luke sometime.  He, however isn't so keen on the idea.  Hmph, well fine.  Ryan and I had an epic time (especially since Velvet and Ashely had fun with it too) so thats ok.  However, IDK how well Luke will fare around the 12th of Feb...but that's another story. :D

Halloween is also coming. I'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited.  October is my favorite month of the year and Halloween is my FAVE holiday (Christmas being a close 2nd.)  Mmmm...holidays.  Such fantastic inventions. 

Ok, well before I start boring all of you with the morbid details of this Aesthetic Expressions paper, I am going to go get started on that.

Love everyone, and stay safe!!!

xo.xo
~Megan

Contra Dancing

...is THE most amazing experience of my life.  Not only was I really excited to go with Ashley's family and Velvet and Ryan, but I was REALLY excited because this was my first official couple's dancing experience.  (As in the kind of dance you need a partner in order to do...not the clubbing shit that you can do by yourself or with someone else.)  BANK!  (Bring it On reference, anyone?)  Ha ha ha, but I digress.  Contra dancing was THE most epic experience of my life, and even though it only happened last night, I am STILL excited about this whole thing!!!

Now--my physicality.  Might you be wondering how I happen to be doing at this particular moment in time?  Yes?  Well, then let us proceed.  My thighs are SO SORE. 

List of Megan's Exercise for the Week:
Wed. Night- Beava <3'in Dance.  3 Hrs of semi-ok music.  Kind of hard to dance to, but there was a few good songs.

Thurs. Night- Kickboxing.  1 Hr of INTENSIVE cardiovascular kickboxing n' shit.

Fri. Night- Contra Dancing.  3 HRS of INTENSIVE 20 MINUTE dances with NONSTOP action.


Oh boy!  Yes, so hopefully I will be losing some weight on Weight Watchers by this coming Monday.  We shall see!!!


Tonight in 308 Velvet, Ryan, Ashley and I watched Zombieland, and Serendipity.  (Awesome combo?  I thought so, too.)  Unfortunately Jess has gone home for the weekend so she missed out on those opportunities, but it's ok.  :)

Generally speaking my life in 308 lately is AWESOME.  Free time this weekend and Monday (due to Columbus Day) to do homework, SLEEP, and maybe I'll even go to the gym tomorrow and work up a sweat.  Who knows?  Anything is possible, "...whaddaya say to taking chances?" (Thank you Celine Deon for your amazing musical talents.)

I will leave you with Celine Deon- Taking Chances (on YouTube).

Enjoy your evening!

Love as Always,
Megan

Mmmm Whatcha Sayyyyyy

Is kind of an awesome song.  Hahahhaa.  This is a bit like "Waterloo" in the sense that the only word/phrase I know is "Mmm Whatcha Say," and "Waterloo," respectively.

Tonight is the Beava' Feva' Dance @ CampChamp!  Whooooot!  Sooo excited to go dance and have some fun!

Ashely is working till 8 tonight, Velvet works till midnight so she will not be with us until a bit later this evening.

However, Jess, Ryan, and I are allllllll set to go.  We've been waiting for this since last week.  You can only imagine the excitement build up.  :D

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

Anywho, Glee and Eastwick will be caught up on by tomorrow evening at the ABSOLUTE latest. :)

G2g get ready 2 go n' shit!  Hope you all have a wonderful evening, and stay out of trouble.  Wednesday nights are the BEST nights for school dances!

Leave a comment and let me know how your life is going!!!

x.o.x.o.
Love,
Megan

For the Last Night in September 2009...

Ryan came over to watch Glee with Jess, Ashley, and I.  Velvet works Wednsday nights till midnight, so unfortunatley she can't join us this semester for Glee.

However, things went pretty well.

There were multiple Gleegasms, and then Eastwick  came on last night as well.  FANTASTIC shows!

Ryan and I got up this morning and walked down to Champ. Farms to get Ben and Jerry's ice cream (the Chunky Monkey kind!) for breakfast.  Unfortunately, when I tried to enter this into my Weight Watchers Tracker, I discovered that apparently Weight Watchers doesn't believe in Chunky Monkey ice cream or Ben & Jerry's.  WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE??????????  So I just estimated my points worth....which could be potentially dangerous.  But we'll see how this all works out.

Todays plans: Kickboxing.  OH boy.  Can't wait to come out drenched in sweat, and hoping I don't pass out.  Granted, I definitely need it.  (See above paragraph about breakfast.) I am hoping I will survive with my consciousness still intact.  We shall see!

I am on campus all day today meeting with my advisees.  I am a PA (Peer Advisor) and so I have about 14 Freshmen assigned to me to help guide them through Champlain's LEAD program.  Completing LEAD is IMPORTANT because if you DON'T you will NOT be able to register for spring classes.  I gave my advisees the ultimatem that today was the last day they are going to be able to meet with me, and my first appointment has ditched me......
WOW.  Way to take responsibility for your college career.  I am torn between telling him that no, he cannot reschedule an appointment with me, and relenting and making an appointment sometime on Sunday, or early Monday morning.  This sucks.  He needs to be more on top of his game.  Welcome to college, and such!
Unfortunatley, I'll have to make a decision.  I would love to call it quits, but I feel like my supervisor would make me reschedule with him regardless, so I might as well automatically do so after I meet with the rest of my students today.

On to more important matters: PIE!!!!!  Velvet made us a Fudgey-bottom something or other pie which includes LOTS of whipped cream, and chocolate pie crust, and a candybar of your choice.  Well, there goes my points for the whole week.  Psh...who needs points anyway?  My only drawback for this pie is that I don't really like whipped cream....yes, I know.  This probably makes me Captain of the FAIL boat. 
\Deserts and I sometimes get along.  I tend to be verrrrryyyy picky unless there is chocolate involved.  I will try anything as long as chocolate is involved.  Fruity pastries, donuts, and custard-based deserts I do not have a fondness for.  The ONLY donut I like is a chocolate glazed one.  But since donuts are worth lots of points, I tend to avoid donuts all together.  GOOD PLAN!

Well, I hope this catches you up on some of the stuff that went down last night.  I will spend the rest of my day waiting for advisees who may or may not show up, and doing a group meeting, and waiting for more advisees, then going to kickboxing, then more advisees, (supper may or may not happen), and THEN I can go home to do homework.

Velvet is coming home with me tomorrow so I can show her what Vermont REALLY looks like.  Really excited, but if I don't get my homework done I don't know how much I'll be enjoying my weekend.

Bottom Line:  Wish me luck, and send me positive thoughts so I can get through today without breaking down into tears!  Stay strong, and never look back (unless there was something that made you smile.)

Hope to write again soon!

Love,
Megan