My school, SUNY Purchase, has inspired me so much already, and it hasn't even been two semesters. I have more school spirit than I ever thought I could in middle school or high school. This doesn’t mean that I participate in every single event, or always wear school colors/logos (though I do own sweatpants, a sweatshirt, and two pairs of shorts). It means that I love my school, and I tell everyone I know. My story is great, because I started off hating my school. I am a cliché story to tell to tour groups, but I’m telling the truth. I was forced to go to Purchase. It was not my first, second, or even third choice. But my parents couldn’t afford anything else, so this is where I ended up. Now, I couldn’t be happier.
Because of this school I have learned so much more about myself. I am surrounded by amazing students, staff, and even some guest celebrities. The education I am receiving has taught me more in two semesters than I ever learned in 12 years of other school. Everyone is so open and accepting. Everyone has so many differences. I found out that I am extremely passionate about certain things, including being an LGBTQ activist. This school inspired me to get my first tattoo, an equal sign, to support equal rights and equality in marriage. I came to this school thinking I was going to pursue a career in one thing, and although I still am, I have found so many more things.
SUNY Purchase already has and definitely will continue to contribute to my career path. I originally wanted to study theater and acting, but after my dad rammed into my head that I needed something else, I went looking. I have met some amazing people who have guided me. I am now double majoring in Journalism and Arts Management, and minoring in Gender Studies. The faculty for all of these is incredible. My Journalism degree will lead me to Manhattan, with internships and connections. The majority of the professors have worked there, and will certainly lead me to where I need to go. My Arts Management degree will help me market myself as an actor, which I have only learned and been guided to by the incredible help of very passionate professors. Gender Studies is something I had never even heard of until I got to Purchase, but it is so prevalent there I decided to give it a try. By doing so, I learned that it is so interesting. This is the subject I have learned the most in, and am so intrigued by. Only at my school can it be so common and have such a great academic structure.
Not only all of this, but again, knowing certain professors will help me get my career in Manhattan started. This school has led me to know people I will know the rest of my life. It has so many opportunities, including study abroad which I am planning on taking advantage of. So, do I have school spirit? You bet I do. And I will never stop.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Spring Breakkk (but spring isn't really here...)
So, Monday started spring break officially. Let's breeze through this week quickly, since spring break officially sucked. It was nothing like i had planned. I woke up and left my moms since i was there all weekend, and headed over to my dads. On the way i stopped at my cousin Jenny's to see my new baby cousin Paitynn. Fifth child and still freaking adorable. After that i went to Poughkeepsie to pick up Corey. Like i said, he was in Wingdale all weekend so i met his dad at the Chance parking lot and picked him up. Then we went to the mall because i wanted to go shopping, and my dad yelled at me because i was "driving the car everywhere." What a shock..even though i wasn't. But anyways, once shopping was done we were hungry. So we went and got food at a new place we hadn't eaten at before. We went to the Table Talk Diner in Poughkeepsie which was actually really good. Then we went home..not sure which house though.
Tuesday i literally do not remember at all. I assume i laid in bed and was a bum all day. Or actually, i think i went for a run. And that night i think a whole lot of shenanigans went down. Could be wrong about the date. But either way it involved Corey coming to stay at my place and Amber bitching me out and basically saying she hated me. It was a huge mess. So yeah...but Wednesday i don't think i did much during the day. Except another run maybe. In which Corey and i met up, talked things out, almost broke up, and then worked things out. Yeah, i told you it was a rough spring break. It's really hard to be hated by your boyfriend's family, since i'm used to the opposite. It sucks, a lot actually. Anyway, that night i picked Corey up and me, him, Kelsey, and her boyfriend went to see Titanic in 3D. It was incredible, although everyone complained about the 3D. I didn't care. It made it even more epic. And for a three hour movie it was still amazing, as it is every single time. I ate junk food, saw a good movie, and overall had a good night. But all good things come to an end...
The next day was pretty productive. I ran Easter errands, saw Megan and a few others, had two dinners...but i kind of forget where and what. I think one at my house and one at Corey's because Amber wasn't there. And then did homework. Yeah, productive. But then that night i was in a bad mental state and Corey and i fought and then he fell asleep and i was upset and it sucked. Great story, i know. It'd be more exciting if i still felt the way i did then. More angry and depressing. Anyway, the next day i woke up pissed because all i did was have nightmares all night. As per usual. But that day i have no idea what i did, except i went to Joe's. I needed that. I went out, and i danced, and i had fun. I was going to go hang out with Chris and Dave and them, but then they never ended up hanging out so i went and stayed at Corey's after much debate. And that was that night.
Saturday was rather...interesting. Corey and his family were doing Easter dinner that day since that's when everyone could get together. I was invited over by his mom, but because of Amber i wasn't going to go. Didn't want to stir up drama or ruin their Easter and whatnot. But his mom insisted even though Amber said she didn't want me there. And constantly kept telling Corey and her best friend that they should date. Oh yeah, made me feel awesomeee. But i went home for some family time after waking up, although i spent 3 hours packing and that's it, and then went back there around 5 for dinner. It wasn't too bad. Amber acted like nothing even happened, we ate food, i helped out, spent some Corey family time, got candy, etc. Amber even offered to lend me her dress for zombie prom...yeah. Weird. But around 8 we left because i had to get to moms, AND i had to do Easter shopping that i hadn't done yet. So we went to Hannaford and i did that. I got Corey and my mom candy and such, and then we went home. Although my mom wasn't too happy about Corey staying over and waking up with us on Easter, it wound up okay. We made cookies that night and ate junk food and watched movies. And after wrapping my shit we went to sleep.
The next day we woke up and it was Zombie Jesus Day. Yayyyy. Not. I forgot to make my mom a card, so i immediately did that. Then i went searching for my easter eggs (yes at 19 years old i still make my mom hide them). Then i opened my basket and gifts, Corey opened his, mom opened hers, etc. We got ready to go, i finished packing, then we went to Mema's for a bit. I half straightened my hair, had some food, and then left to go to dads. I dropped Corey off so he could get ready, went to dads, finished my hair, finished packing, and about a half hour after dad and Lauren left, i left to pick up Corey and head to Jessica's. While there we had tons of family time as per usual. Tons of people. And of course, tons of food. It was delicious. I had a few glasses of wine too. And i had to drive back. Whoops. So that all happened, and then we had to book it right after food because we had to catch the bus. So i sped home, dropped Corey off, got my shit together, and his mom came and picked us up. We then headed to Trailways and boarded the bus back with a shit ton of shit around 6:45. The bus ride back went quickly. We then waited at Metro North for the shuttle. Half hour later we got picked up. Only to have the bus break the fuck down while still in White Plains. The axle on the back left tire broke so no turning for the bus. We were stranded there for a half hour, before realizing that this wouldn't get fixed any time soon. I didn't mind, except i had to get to work in less than a half hour. So i texted Kerry and she luckily is an amazing person and best friend and came and got me and Corey. She dropped us off at the dorms, where i booked it to my room, got ready to work, and then ran to the library. Where i then worked until 2am, on Easter. Yep. That was my Spring BReak ladies and gentlemen.
Tuesday i literally do not remember at all. I assume i laid in bed and was a bum all day. Or actually, i think i went for a run. And that night i think a whole lot of shenanigans went down. Could be wrong about the date. But either way it involved Corey coming to stay at my place and Amber bitching me out and basically saying she hated me. It was a huge mess. So yeah...but Wednesday i don't think i did much during the day. Except another run maybe. In which Corey and i met up, talked things out, almost broke up, and then worked things out. Yeah, i told you it was a rough spring break. It's really hard to be hated by your boyfriend's family, since i'm used to the opposite. It sucks, a lot actually. Anyway, that night i picked Corey up and me, him, Kelsey, and her boyfriend went to see Titanic in 3D. It was incredible, although everyone complained about the 3D. I didn't care. It made it even more epic. And for a three hour movie it was still amazing, as it is every single time. I ate junk food, saw a good movie, and overall had a good night. But all good things come to an end...
The next day was pretty productive. I ran Easter errands, saw Megan and a few others, had two dinners...but i kind of forget where and what. I think one at my house and one at Corey's because Amber wasn't there. And then did homework. Yeah, productive. But then that night i was in a bad mental state and Corey and i fought and then he fell asleep and i was upset and it sucked. Great story, i know. It'd be more exciting if i still felt the way i did then. More angry and depressing. Anyway, the next day i woke up pissed because all i did was have nightmares all night. As per usual. But that day i have no idea what i did, except i went to Joe's. I needed that. I went out, and i danced, and i had fun. I was going to go hang out with Chris and Dave and them, but then they never ended up hanging out so i went and stayed at Corey's after much debate. And that was that night.
Saturday was rather...interesting. Corey and his family were doing Easter dinner that day since that's when everyone could get together. I was invited over by his mom, but because of Amber i wasn't going to go. Didn't want to stir up drama or ruin their Easter and whatnot. But his mom insisted even though Amber said she didn't want me there. And constantly kept telling Corey and her best friend that they should date. Oh yeah, made me feel awesomeee. But i went home for some family time after waking up, although i spent 3 hours packing and that's it, and then went back there around 5 for dinner. It wasn't too bad. Amber acted like nothing even happened, we ate food, i helped out, spent some Corey family time, got candy, etc. Amber even offered to lend me her dress for zombie prom...yeah. Weird. But around 8 we left because i had to get to moms, AND i had to do Easter shopping that i hadn't done yet. So we went to Hannaford and i did that. I got Corey and my mom candy and such, and then we went home. Although my mom wasn't too happy about Corey staying over and waking up with us on Easter, it wound up okay. We made cookies that night and ate junk food and watched movies. And after wrapping my shit we went to sleep.
The next day we woke up and it was Zombie Jesus Day. Yayyyy. Not. I forgot to make my mom a card, so i immediately did that. Then i went searching for my easter eggs (yes at 19 years old i still make my mom hide them). Then i opened my basket and gifts, Corey opened his, mom opened hers, etc. We got ready to go, i finished packing, then we went to Mema's for a bit. I half straightened my hair, had some food, and then left to go to dads. I dropped Corey off so he could get ready, went to dads, finished my hair, finished packing, and about a half hour after dad and Lauren left, i left to pick up Corey and head to Jessica's. While there we had tons of family time as per usual. Tons of people. And of course, tons of food. It was delicious. I had a few glasses of wine too. And i had to drive back. Whoops. So that all happened, and then we had to book it right after food because we had to catch the bus. So i sped home, dropped Corey off, got my shit together, and his mom came and picked us up. We then headed to Trailways and boarded the bus back with a shit ton of shit around 6:45. The bus ride back went quickly. We then waited at Metro North for the shuttle. Half hour later we got picked up. Only to have the bus break the fuck down while still in White Plains. The axle on the back left tire broke so no turning for the bus. We were stranded there for a half hour, before realizing that this wouldn't get fixed any time soon. I didn't mind, except i had to get to work in less than a half hour. So i texted Kerry and she luckily is an amazing person and best friend and came and got me and Corey. She dropped us off at the dorms, where i booked it to my room, got ready to work, and then ran to the library. Where i then worked until 2am, on Easter. Yep. That was my Spring BReak ladies and gentlemen.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Fast Week to Spring Break
Let's try to remember the next week following the Museum of Sex, shall we? The week before Spring Break...hectic. Yes, yes it was.
That Monday was the 26th of March. Which happened to be Corey and i's 8 month anniversary. Very happy, even for a Monday. Technically we don't have a real anniversary. With all the shit that happened, on and off like 50 times, whatever bullshit...we use our first date as our anniversary. Might as all. So our first date was July 26th, and that will be our anniversary from now on. Anyways, it was that day. So when i got back from class that morning i kind of already knew i was going to find this, because i saw him writing something the night before, but i found the cutest note waiting for me on my pillow. Basically saying how happy he is that we're together and that he loves me and he recounted our first date (although he got the first and second mixed up) and i was just really cute and sweet. So that made me happy. After that i went to a counseling appointment, and went to my other two classes. Right after class i booked it to work because i was covering for Ali until 2am. So i had a very very long Monday.
To be honest, i don't remember what happened that Tuesday, at all. I assume i slept a lot...probably did some studying. Probably did some homework. Got some food. And then at 10pm i went to work until 2am. What a great day, eh? Wednesday i went to class in the early afternoon. Afterwards i went and ate at D-Hall and pigggged out, as per usual. Wing night is ridiculous. And will kill me. I eat way too much there. After that i went to our class and took the last midterm i had before spring break (in which i got 100...helll yeahh). Then i came back and watched Psych with Tierney. Also like usual. It was hysterical. Already upset that the season is over. But i have a lot more episodes to catch up on so i should be okay.
The next day was Thursday..and it was March 29th. This is a rough rough day for Jessie. Yeah. I'm going to be blunt with you all. It was three years since i had lost my virginity. Also my would be three year anniversary with my ex asshole bf. All the same day. Lovely, right? Again, no regrets. But it's always a hard day. Luckily i had Corey and friends to help me this year. So it wasn't too bad of a day. I had two classes, and then i went to the gym. Worked out my anger like a champ. Then went to work. Once work was done it was officially spring break for me, so i was pretty pleased.
It's Friday and spring break begins!!! OMFGGGG. So, i had this entire post done. And i saved it. But Purchase internet SUCKSSS and never saved my shit. So now i have to do it all over again. I am tired, and frustrated, so i am just going to brief shit. Completely.
Friday Corey and i woke up early and got on the shuttle to White Plains. Then around 12 we got on the bus to go home because out parents wouldn't pick us up. It said free wifi, and the wifi sucked. So aside from the ride not being bad, i got nothing accomplished. We got to the New Paltz Trailways station and Amber and B picked us up. They dropped me off at home and then headed down the rode to go home themselves. Where Corey shortly left to go to Wingdale to work for three days. Once at dad's i did absolutely nothing. Glad to be home, eh? So i sat downstairs and watched tv, downloaded music, etc. Finally my dad came home and i guess wanted bonding time..? So we went to the local bar i basically grew up at, Brown's. Thinking i was gonna share a beer with my dad, nope. I got a coke -__- He of course had a beer, and we talked about school and caught up. Realizing we still have the same differences in what we think is good for me and not. Typical. But then we left and went to go see Lauren at a purse party she was at, but she had already left. We were about to leave when the neighbors, long time family friends, drove by and invited us over. They're all my age..well, a little older. But i grew up with them because out parents are friends. So we went over and that's where my night got interesting. I showed my dad how to play King's which was pretty funny. He wound up being quite good. I was proud of him. So we played a few rounds. Two Smirnoffs in me later we left. My dad JUST realizing that i was going out tonight, questions my alcohol intake. And i was like dude, i had two smirnoffs, i'm fine. But to make him feel better i waited an hour, ate, and drank water. And got ready to head to New Paltz to celebrate Kelly's 21st birthday.
I left around 11 and stopped at the store to pick up more stuff for her. I am utterly broke, and i told her that. So i got her a card and a shit ton of candy. I arrived at a random apartment right off main street with a bunch of people i didn't know. Except i know all the MSMC girls who all screamed my name and yelled "Jessie Lee Pauli from facebook!!!" And that's what i was referred to the rest of the night. So, to sum up the long eventful night, i will say i drank a good amount, ate some delicious randomly cooked steak, had an intense and long conversation about feminism with a new friend, saw a huge live tarantula, kicked ass at pong with my friend Joe, tried to get into Cuddy's and failed, lost Kelly, and then drove home in a rain/hail/snow storm (on spring break?! yeah, i know) at 4:30am. Mhm..it was an interesting night. My mom didn't question too much why i came home at 5am...and i was very glad of that. Haha. And then i passed out.
The next day, Saturday, literally i did nothing. I laid in bed, and slept, all day. Until like 3pm. And then what did i do? I had to go to work. My first day home and i went to work. Expecting an easy night, 4-10pm shift..just chilling by the pool. NOPE...WRONG. There were a monstrous number of kids the whole time. It sucked. So glad when i got to leave. And then i laid in bed all night watching tv shows and movies on my computer. And i bawled my eyes out watching Charlie St. Cloud. Probably cried 4 times..yeah my life is awesome. I stayed up til around 7am because i slept til 6pm, so then the next day i slept all day...again. Productive, eh? Gotta love spring break. Hey, i enjoy being lazy. I did the same thing the next day. Slept and watch tv/movies. This is what happens when Corey isn't around. I'm bored, and lonely, and do nothing with my life. We barely texted all weekend. So when we did, we fought. It wasn't fun. But i'm stupid and let my emotions start shit, which i realized, so we made up of course. That night i actually left my house though. I went with my best friend Aj and drove around like we used to do. Random mini road trips. We were gonna go farther, but he worked all day and had class in the morning. So we just went to Poughkeepsie and met up with Amanda and Erena at the diner and at yummy food. I got home around 12am, and then stayed up the rest of the night til like 7 am again watching American Horror Story. Amazinggg show!!! Anyway, at least i'm consistent. And then began my actual week of spring break (which didn't consist of me being THAT lazy).
That Monday was the 26th of March. Which happened to be Corey and i's 8 month anniversary. Very happy, even for a Monday. Technically we don't have a real anniversary. With all the shit that happened, on and off like 50 times, whatever bullshit...we use our first date as our anniversary. Might as all. So our first date was July 26th, and that will be our anniversary from now on. Anyways, it was that day. So when i got back from class that morning i kind of already knew i was going to find this, because i saw him writing something the night before, but i found the cutest note waiting for me on my pillow. Basically saying how happy he is that we're together and that he loves me and he recounted our first date (although he got the first and second mixed up) and i was just really cute and sweet. So that made me happy. After that i went to a counseling appointment, and went to my other two classes. Right after class i booked it to work because i was covering for Ali until 2am. So i had a very very long Monday.
To be honest, i don't remember what happened that Tuesday, at all. I assume i slept a lot...probably did some studying. Probably did some homework. Got some food. And then at 10pm i went to work until 2am. What a great day, eh? Wednesday i went to class in the early afternoon. Afterwards i went and ate at D-Hall and pigggged out, as per usual. Wing night is ridiculous. And will kill me. I eat way too much there. After that i went to our class and took the last midterm i had before spring break (in which i got 100...helll yeahh). Then i came back and watched Psych with Tierney. Also like usual. It was hysterical. Already upset that the season is over. But i have a lot more episodes to catch up on so i should be okay.
The next day was Thursday..and it was March 29th. This is a rough rough day for Jessie. Yeah. I'm going to be blunt with you all. It was three years since i had lost my virginity. Also my would be three year anniversary with my ex asshole bf. All the same day. Lovely, right? Again, no regrets. But it's always a hard day. Luckily i had Corey and friends to help me this year. So it wasn't too bad of a day. I had two classes, and then i went to the gym. Worked out my anger like a champ. Then went to work. Once work was done it was officially spring break for me, so i was pretty pleased.
It's Friday and spring break begins!!! OMFGGGG. So, i had this entire post done. And i saved it. But Purchase internet SUCKSSS and never saved my shit. So now i have to do it all over again. I am tired, and frustrated, so i am just going to brief shit. Completely.
Friday Corey and i woke up early and got on the shuttle to White Plains. Then around 12 we got on the bus to go home because out parents wouldn't pick us up. It said free wifi, and the wifi sucked. So aside from the ride not being bad, i got nothing accomplished. We got to the New Paltz Trailways station and Amber and B picked us up. They dropped me off at home and then headed down the rode to go home themselves. Where Corey shortly left to go to Wingdale to work for three days. Once at dad's i did absolutely nothing. Glad to be home, eh? So i sat downstairs and watched tv, downloaded music, etc. Finally my dad came home and i guess wanted bonding time..? So we went to the local bar i basically grew up at, Brown's. Thinking i was gonna share a beer with my dad, nope. I got a coke -__- He of course had a beer, and we talked about school and caught up. Realizing we still have the same differences in what we think is good for me and not. Typical. But then we left and went to go see Lauren at a purse party she was at, but she had already left. We were about to leave when the neighbors, long time family friends, drove by and invited us over. They're all my age..well, a little older. But i grew up with them because out parents are friends. So we went over and that's where my night got interesting. I showed my dad how to play King's which was pretty funny. He wound up being quite good. I was proud of him. So we played a few rounds. Two Smirnoffs in me later we left. My dad JUST realizing that i was going out tonight, questions my alcohol intake. And i was like dude, i had two smirnoffs, i'm fine. But to make him feel better i waited an hour, ate, and drank water. And got ready to head to New Paltz to celebrate Kelly's 21st birthday.
I left around 11 and stopped at the store to pick up more stuff for her. I am utterly broke, and i told her that. So i got her a card and a shit ton of candy. I arrived at a random apartment right off main street with a bunch of people i didn't know. Except i know all the MSMC girls who all screamed my name and yelled "Jessie Lee Pauli from facebook!!!" And that's what i was referred to the rest of the night. So, to sum up the long eventful night, i will say i drank a good amount, ate some delicious randomly cooked steak, had an intense and long conversation about feminism with a new friend, saw a huge live tarantula, kicked ass at pong with my friend Joe, tried to get into Cuddy's and failed, lost Kelly, and then drove home in a rain/hail/snow storm (on spring break?! yeah, i know) at 4:30am. Mhm..it was an interesting night. My mom didn't question too much why i came home at 5am...and i was very glad of that. Haha. And then i passed out.
The next day, Saturday, literally i did nothing. I laid in bed, and slept, all day. Until like 3pm. And then what did i do? I had to go to work. My first day home and i went to work. Expecting an easy night, 4-10pm shift..just chilling by the pool. NOPE...WRONG. There were a monstrous number of kids the whole time. It sucked. So glad when i got to leave. And then i laid in bed all night watching tv shows and movies on my computer. And i bawled my eyes out watching Charlie St. Cloud. Probably cried 4 times..yeah my life is awesome. I stayed up til around 7am because i slept til 6pm, so then the next day i slept all day...again. Productive, eh? Gotta love spring break. Hey, i enjoy being lazy. I did the same thing the next day. Slept and watch tv/movies. This is what happens when Corey isn't around. I'm bored, and lonely, and do nothing with my life. We barely texted all weekend. So when we did, we fought. It wasn't fun. But i'm stupid and let my emotions start shit, which i realized, so we made up of course. That night i actually left my house though. I went with my best friend Aj and drove around like we used to do. Random mini road trips. We were gonna go farther, but he worked all day and had class in the morning. So we just went to Poughkeepsie and met up with Amanda and Erena at the diner and at yummy food. I got home around 12am, and then stayed up the rest of the night til like 7 am again watching American Horror Story. Amazinggg show!!! Anyway, at least i'm consistent. And then began my actual week of spring break (which didn't consist of me being THAT lazy).
Thursday, April 5, 2012
The Week That Flew By, plus the Museum of Sex..say whaat?
Attempting to recall the week of March 19th...luckily i have facebook to semi remind me of what occurred. Let's get through this quickly, shall we? Since i know the next two weeks were not that interesting, at all. Stupid midterms -__-
That Monday was absolutely beautiful out. Much like the previous week. However, i was stuck inside the whole time. Either going to three different classes, studying, or taking a midterm. All of which i did. So that was a sucky Monday. Tuesday was productive though. I got up at a reasonable house and finished up a group presentation. Then i did some laundry followed by eating some food. Then i went to the gym with Corey and decided to climb the rock wall for the first time in probably over a year. It felt great. I made it to the top. But boy was i sore after. Then i showered and headed to work until 2am, where i enjoyed some delicious brownies my supervisor brought in. Long and eventful day i'd say. Wednesday was long as well, but not bad. I went to class and finally presented our group presentation for History of Journalism (which we got 100 on). So happy when that was over. After that i had some food and went to my next class (ours) and we did some midterm review. After that i headed to White Plains with Josh and Corey. Josh had come down to visit Sarah before and after class, so while we waited for her to get out of class we just took a drive. Wound up buying some awesome stuff on sale at Pac Sun. So that was a good evening. That was followed by homework, i am quite sure.
Thursday was yet another productive day. Aside from the morning, which included an Adolescent Psych test (which i did terribly on, shocker), i had a good day. I took that awful test, and then got some food. I walked outside for a bit because it was absolutely beautiful out, yet again. This weather, it was great. Too bad it tricked us. Anyway, i did my housing that day too. It worked out perfectly, thankfully. After the apartment situation i needed that. I got a double in Fort Awesome with Sarah on the 4th floor (thankful for the elevators), right across the hall from Corey and Vinny. Haha. It is going to be quite an interesting and great sophomore year. I'm hoping at least. Once that was done i went to the gym instead of staying in class. Corey had to stay to do a lab, but i did that last week, so i went to the gym for an hour. When i got back i showered, relaxed, and then did some homework before going to work. Once it hit 10 i went to work and had a blasty blast as per usual.
Friday was quite a fun day. Actually, it was a great and exciting day for the most part. I woke up early. Corey went to class. I had room inspection, and somehow passed. Right after Corey got out of class we took the shuttle to Metro North. Since we had an extra round trip ticket to the city from St. Patty's Day, we decided to go down and see the Museum of Sex. I had wanted to go for over a year now, so i figured might as well. We got on the shuttle and then to Metro North, and then pretty much right onto the train. A nice ride there, we arrived and ran into Alex. Good for me, because i missed him. Awkward for him and Corey. Yeah...anyways. We managed to find our way to the Museum, taking only one subway and not really getting lost. Plus, not much walking, although it was REALLY nice out. Actually, it was pretty hot. I was almost sweating in the museum. So we got there, and walked through the sex store first. Definitely not what i pictured, but i guess i really had no expectations. We entered the museum at a student discounted price of not even $16. And spent the next 2+ hours walking through rooms and rooms of sexual vices. There for 4 different sections. The first was the history of porn, which basically had a whole bunch of porns videos playing. But i did learn a lot. Then we went to a section about animals and how different animals have sex. Funny, but not really too interesting. Then there was an art section. That was short, but really cool. Tons of abstract and colorful artwork on the sexual side. Really amazing and talented stuff. The last room is hard to explain. It had like, futuristic sex stuff i guess..? Like it mentioned political scandals, phone convos, top 100 internet sex searches, bondage suits, and such stuff. It was really cool. Once that was done we went to the shop and i spent way too much money on silly things. A $16 pair of underwear..yeah i know. A shot glass..funny condoms. Ya know. The typical. But worth it.
After we left the museum we were hungry, and it was still light out. We were gonna go to the Bodies Exhibit, but we didn't have enough money or time. So we were going to get food, but we didn't have much money for that either. So we decided on fast food. And since Corey had never had White Castle, i knew i had to introduce him to the amazingness of the unhealthy perfect food. So after much walking, getting somewhat lost, and a subway ride later, we managed to get to the one near Times Square. The one i went to during my internship one day. Creepy ass people, great food. The price you pay. so we ate, and since it was nice and again, too broke to take the shuttle over, we walked from the west to east side. I didn't want to, but i knew it was healthier and cheaper, and it wound up being a really nice walk. Aside from annoying tourists throughout Times Square. Although i hate to admit i want to go back and go to Ripley's really bad, and i am going to. So we got to Grand Central, got some gelato, and got on the bus around 830. We got back in time to watch everyone go out, and after a long and tiring day, we just chilled, i think. I don't remember much of the rest of the weekend, exciting wise at least. Both Saturday and Sunday i think i felt like shit. I don't think i really left my bed, none the less left the dorm. I slept a lot. And chilled underneath the blanket fort that my suitemates made in the common room. That was pretty cool. So the rest of the weekend was pretty much a boring, junk food eating, bumming it, watching movies, laying down weekend. I needed that. Plus, i didn't really have much choice. See next blog for the next week! :)
That Monday was absolutely beautiful out. Much like the previous week. However, i was stuck inside the whole time. Either going to three different classes, studying, or taking a midterm. All of which i did. So that was a sucky Monday. Tuesday was productive though. I got up at a reasonable house and finished up a group presentation. Then i did some laundry followed by eating some food. Then i went to the gym with Corey and decided to climb the rock wall for the first time in probably over a year. It felt great. I made it to the top. But boy was i sore after. Then i showered and headed to work until 2am, where i enjoyed some delicious brownies my supervisor brought in. Long and eventful day i'd say. Wednesday was long as well, but not bad. I went to class and finally presented our group presentation for History of Journalism (which we got 100 on). So happy when that was over. After that i had some food and went to my next class (ours) and we did some midterm review. After that i headed to White Plains with Josh and Corey. Josh had come down to visit Sarah before and after class, so while we waited for her to get out of class we just took a drive. Wound up buying some awesome stuff on sale at Pac Sun. So that was a good evening. That was followed by homework, i am quite sure.
Thursday was yet another productive day. Aside from the morning, which included an Adolescent Psych test (which i did terribly on, shocker), i had a good day. I took that awful test, and then got some food. I walked outside for a bit because it was absolutely beautiful out, yet again. This weather, it was great. Too bad it tricked us. Anyway, i did my housing that day too. It worked out perfectly, thankfully. After the apartment situation i needed that. I got a double in Fort Awesome with Sarah on the 4th floor (thankful for the elevators), right across the hall from Corey and Vinny. Haha. It is going to be quite an interesting and great sophomore year. I'm hoping at least. Once that was done i went to the gym instead of staying in class. Corey had to stay to do a lab, but i did that last week, so i went to the gym for an hour. When i got back i showered, relaxed, and then did some homework before going to work. Once it hit 10 i went to work and had a blasty blast as per usual.
Friday was quite a fun day. Actually, it was a great and exciting day for the most part. I woke up early. Corey went to class. I had room inspection, and somehow passed. Right after Corey got out of class we took the shuttle to Metro North. Since we had an extra round trip ticket to the city from St. Patty's Day, we decided to go down and see the Museum of Sex. I had wanted to go for over a year now, so i figured might as well. We got on the shuttle and then to Metro North, and then pretty much right onto the train. A nice ride there, we arrived and ran into Alex. Good for me, because i missed him. Awkward for him and Corey. Yeah...anyways. We managed to find our way to the Museum, taking only one subway and not really getting lost. Plus, not much walking, although it was REALLY nice out. Actually, it was pretty hot. I was almost sweating in the museum. So we got there, and walked through the sex store first. Definitely not what i pictured, but i guess i really had no expectations. We entered the museum at a student discounted price of not even $16. And spent the next 2+ hours walking through rooms and rooms of sexual vices. There for 4 different sections. The first was the history of porn, which basically had a whole bunch of porns videos playing. But i did learn a lot. Then we went to a section about animals and how different animals have sex. Funny, but not really too interesting. Then there was an art section. That was short, but really cool. Tons of abstract and colorful artwork on the sexual side. Really amazing and talented stuff. The last room is hard to explain. It had like, futuristic sex stuff i guess..? Like it mentioned political scandals, phone convos, top 100 internet sex searches, bondage suits, and such stuff. It was really cool. Once that was done we went to the shop and i spent way too much money on silly things. A $16 pair of underwear..yeah i know. A shot glass..funny condoms. Ya know. The typical. But worth it.
After we left the museum we were hungry, and it was still light out. We were gonna go to the Bodies Exhibit, but we didn't have enough money or time. So we were going to get food, but we didn't have much money for that either. So we decided on fast food. And since Corey had never had White Castle, i knew i had to introduce him to the amazingness of the unhealthy perfect food. So after much walking, getting somewhat lost, and a subway ride later, we managed to get to the one near Times Square. The one i went to during my internship one day. Creepy ass people, great food. The price you pay. so we ate, and since it was nice and again, too broke to take the shuttle over, we walked from the west to east side. I didn't want to, but i knew it was healthier and cheaper, and it wound up being a really nice walk. Aside from annoying tourists throughout Times Square. Although i hate to admit i want to go back and go to Ripley's really bad, and i am going to. So we got to Grand Central, got some gelato, and got on the bus around 830. We got back in time to watch everyone go out, and after a long and tiring day, we just chilled, i think. I don't remember much of the rest of the weekend, exciting wise at least. Both Saturday and Sunday i think i felt like shit. I don't think i really left my bed, none the less left the dorm. I slept a lot. And chilled underneath the blanket fort that my suitemates made in the common room. That was pretty cool. So the rest of the weekend was pretty much a boring, junk food eating, bumming it, watching movies, laying down weekend. I needed that. Plus, i didn't really have much choice. See next blog for the next week! :)
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Catch up / St. Patty's Day Celebration
So it's been awhile. Well, i created that last post a week or so ago, but i finally just published it with photos. My excuse? I had a shit ton of midterms. Yeah, five of them. Between studying, and a tons of extra shifts at work, and class, i had no time to keep track of my life in my head none the less blog about it. So, i hate to do this, but due to it being a couple weeks, i am fast forwarding to the present. Which is Spring Break (finally!!!) And i'm only going to include what i remember and the important events of the past few weeks. Here we go...
After the shenanigans i discussed in my last post, it took a while to recover. Not physically, but mentally. Everything turned out okay. Things are fine now. But Corey and i had to have quite a long talk after that, as well as everyone else who was involved. Glad things are better now. We spent the rest of the weekend doing nothing. We cuddled and watch movies all night and day. We got things back to where they needed to be. No fighting. Being goofy and normal. I also did a shit ton of homework and watched the walking dead of course. The following week was not too eventful until the weekend. It was beautiful out for the most part. Great weather which, aside from a few instances, caused me to be super happy and cheerful. I had a lot of work to do that week. School work, library work, etc. That Tuesday was very eventful. I took part in a Psychology research study and got paid $20. Then i studied for a while. And then Corey and i went to the movies and saw Silent House. The ending annoyed the shit out of me, but it actually was a really good movie. After that i immediately went to work. Yes, a long day.
That Wednesday was my History of Journalism midterm. Which i thought i did terribly in but would up getting an A-. Yay. That Thursday i also had a productive day. Class, went to rejuventation station at Southside, got an awesome foot and back massage, studied, went to the gym, and then went to work all night. Then on Friday, my day off, i didn't really have a day off. I got up super early for a counseling appointment, and then worked for five hours at the library, in which i had some weird ass customers. Gotta love senile elderly women. After all that i remember feeling like shit, and not wanting to do anything but sleep. However, after much convincing from friends i decided to go to the Stood for the first time all semester. I went to the Sextacy event with Corey for a bit. Didn't really drink because we had to get up early the next day. I wish i had though, because i had a huge accident. In heels and lingerie i fell harder than i ever have. I ran, tripped over a skate rail, flew through the air, and landed on hard cement. Like in a movie. Yeah. Tried to walk it off and not cry. I was sober, so it hurt like a bitch, but i didn't want to overreact. Well i now have a bone chip in my elbow and still have bruises on my legs. Guess i underestimated the damage i did. Haha. So that was the end of that night.
Saturday was St. Patty's Day. I had never celebrated it before, so i figured now was the time. We all went into the city for the parade and let me tell you, it was crazier than i could've imagine. Me, Tierney, Corey, and Angelina woke up early and got on the train to Grand Central around 1030am. At this point we already started drinking, naturally, and the train was packeddd with super obnoxious high school kids. It sucked. We got there and everyyyone was in green. It was this day that i wished for once that i was Irish. But we waited for some of Angelina's friends, and then started walking. We walked, and walked, and walked, and occasionally stopped, and got more friends, and walked more, until finally two hours and my drink being gone and me still being sober later, we got to 59th and 5th in front of the Apple store and watched the parade. It was ridiculous. SO many people. I had never seen so many people in Manhattan, and it's Manhattan. Nuts. So we got right up, front row, and watched the awesome parade for about an hour. Funniest part was we saw people walking in it that Corey and i went the couple weeks before at Mount Saint Mary. They were some friends from the house party with Travis. Such a small world.
We left around 4 and started walking again. At this point it was me, Corey, Tierney, Angelina, Lisa, Tatiana, and a few other people. They wanted to go downtown to St. Mark's, and i was down, so we went. I hadn't been down there since i met with the original Purchase group almost a year earlier. Haha. So we went, had some AMAZING and cheap pizza, and then went to this sketchy ass tattoo and piercing place. Corey and i both bought some new plugs, i got my ear pierced (for $7..yeah), Tierney and Tatianna got their belly buttons pierced, and Lisa got a tattoo. Craziness. Hey, it was St. Patty's day..might as well. Afterwards we walked some more, and attempted to get Saki at this stupid sushi place. But they carded. So we left and Tierney and Angelina decided to go back to school. The rest of us went to this Thai food place though, and didn't get carded. Saki bombing like champs..yum yum. Unfortunately still sober though. We then left there, and it was almost dark. I was supposed to meet Melissa, but she lost her wallet and phone so that didn't happen. And then i was going to meet Sam and Nicola, but i couldn't get to where they were, so Corey and i went on our way and decided to head back. We, well i, navigated us back to Grand Central. I'm really liking being able to walk around the city by myself and learn my ways. Granted, my iPhone saves my life, but still. I love it. And i think i'm getting Corey to semi a little kinda sorta like it too. Haha. So we left around 830 on the train, and had a packed obnoxious train again. Had to stand the whole time. Neither of our rides did we get ticketed, so we both had free round trip tickets until March 30th. Yeahhh buddy. But we got back to White Plains around 930.
At this point neither of us were tired, nor did we really wanna party back at school. So we went to movies and dinner. We saw 21 Jump Street. Fucking hilariousss. I seriously recommend it to everyone. It had to have been one of the funniest movies i have seen in months if not years. I didn't stop laughing. Then we got food at Applebees. I had MoreDollars on my card, so we spent $30 on food and enjoyed ourselves. We jammed to some Taylor Swift, ate some good food, and then took some to go. Around 1am we were about to leave, but we missed the bus, and it was cold. Kerry happened to be down the street at the bars, and had been drinking. So we went there and around 130, 2ish she came out and i drove us home. Personally, i was scared. I don't like driving other peoples' cars, especially in unfamiliar places. Plus she had a ton of stuff in the back seat, and her car was bigger than mine. But she trusted me enough without question, so i was really careful and we got home safe. Once we got back i think we pretty much passed out. That, or stayed up and waited for others to get back. Actually, i think Tierney didn't get back from the party until around 4 or 5am, and we were passed out by then. Haha. The next day i was super tired, but i got up and got some homework done. Then a bunch of us watched the Walking Dead season finale in the common room, which was amazinggg. Can't wait til next season. Then i studied and went to bed. I will continue the following week in a new post.
After the shenanigans i discussed in my last post, it took a while to recover. Not physically, but mentally. Everything turned out okay. Things are fine now. But Corey and i had to have quite a long talk after that, as well as everyone else who was involved. Glad things are better now. We spent the rest of the weekend doing nothing. We cuddled and watch movies all night and day. We got things back to where they needed to be. No fighting. Being goofy and normal. I also did a shit ton of homework and watched the walking dead of course. The following week was not too eventful until the weekend. It was beautiful out for the most part. Great weather which, aside from a few instances, caused me to be super happy and cheerful. I had a lot of work to do that week. School work, library work, etc. That Tuesday was very eventful. I took part in a Psychology research study and got paid $20. Then i studied for a while. And then Corey and i went to the movies and saw Silent House. The ending annoyed the shit out of me, but it actually was a really good movie. After that i immediately went to work. Yes, a long day.
That Wednesday was my History of Journalism midterm. Which i thought i did terribly in but would up getting an A-. Yay. That Thursday i also had a productive day. Class, went to rejuventation station at Southside, got an awesome foot and back massage, studied, went to the gym, and then went to work all night. Then on Friday, my day off, i didn't really have a day off. I got up super early for a counseling appointment, and then worked for five hours at the library, in which i had some weird ass customers. Gotta love senile elderly women. After all that i remember feeling like shit, and not wanting to do anything but sleep. However, after much convincing from friends i decided to go to the Stood for the first time all semester. I went to the Sextacy event with Corey for a bit. Didn't really drink because we had to get up early the next day. I wish i had though, because i had a huge accident. In heels and lingerie i fell harder than i ever have. I ran, tripped over a skate rail, flew through the air, and landed on hard cement. Like in a movie. Yeah. Tried to walk it off and not cry. I was sober, so it hurt like a bitch, but i didn't want to overreact. Well i now have a bone chip in my elbow and still have bruises on my legs. Guess i underestimated the damage i did. Haha. So that was the end of that night.
Saturday was St. Patty's Day. I had never celebrated it before, so i figured now was the time. We all went into the city for the parade and let me tell you, it was crazier than i could've imagine. Me, Tierney, Corey, and Angelina woke up early and got on the train to Grand Central around 1030am. At this point we already started drinking, naturally, and the train was packeddd with super obnoxious high school kids. It sucked. We got there and everyyyone was in green. It was this day that i wished for once that i was Irish. But we waited for some of Angelina's friends, and then started walking. We walked, and walked, and walked, and occasionally stopped, and got more friends, and walked more, until finally two hours and my drink being gone and me still being sober later, we got to 59th and 5th in front of the Apple store and watched the parade. It was ridiculous. SO many people. I had never seen so many people in Manhattan, and it's Manhattan. Nuts. So we got right up, front row, and watched the awesome parade for about an hour. Funniest part was we saw people walking in it that Corey and i went the couple weeks before at Mount Saint Mary. They were some friends from the house party with Travis. Such a small world.
We left around 4 and started walking again. At this point it was me, Corey, Tierney, Angelina, Lisa, Tatiana, and a few other people. They wanted to go downtown to St. Mark's, and i was down, so we went. I hadn't been down there since i met with the original Purchase group almost a year earlier. Haha. So we went, had some AMAZING and cheap pizza, and then went to this sketchy ass tattoo and piercing place. Corey and i both bought some new plugs, i got my ear pierced (for $7..yeah), Tierney and Tatianna got their belly buttons pierced, and Lisa got a tattoo. Craziness. Hey, it was St. Patty's day..might as well. Afterwards we walked some more, and attempted to get Saki at this stupid sushi place. But they carded. So we left and Tierney and Angelina decided to go back to school. The rest of us went to this Thai food place though, and didn't get carded. Saki bombing like champs..yum yum. Unfortunately still sober though. We then left there, and it was almost dark. I was supposed to meet Melissa, but she lost her wallet and phone so that didn't happen. And then i was going to meet Sam and Nicola, but i couldn't get to where they were, so Corey and i went on our way and decided to head back. We, well i, navigated us back to Grand Central. I'm really liking being able to walk around the city by myself and learn my ways. Granted, my iPhone saves my life, but still. I love it. And i think i'm getting Corey to semi a little kinda sorta like it too. Haha. So we left around 830 on the train, and had a packed obnoxious train again. Had to stand the whole time. Neither of our rides did we get ticketed, so we both had free round trip tickets until March 30th. Yeahhh buddy. But we got back to White Plains around 930.
At this point neither of us were tired, nor did we really wanna party back at school. So we went to movies and dinner. We saw 21 Jump Street. Fucking hilariousss. I seriously recommend it to everyone. It had to have been one of the funniest movies i have seen in months if not years. I didn't stop laughing. Then we got food at Applebees. I had MoreDollars on my card, so we spent $30 on food and enjoyed ourselves. We jammed to some Taylor Swift, ate some good food, and then took some to go. Around 1am we were about to leave, but we missed the bus, and it was cold. Kerry happened to be down the street at the bars, and had been drinking. So we went there and around 130, 2ish she came out and i drove us home. Personally, i was scared. I don't like driving other peoples' cars, especially in unfamiliar places. Plus she had a ton of stuff in the back seat, and her car was bigger than mine. But she trusted me enough without question, so i was really careful and we got home safe. Once we got back i think we pretty much passed out. That, or stayed up and waited for others to get back. Actually, i think Tierney didn't get back from the party until around 4 or 5am, and we were passed out by then. Haha. The next day i was super tired, but i got up and got some homework done. Then a bunch of us watched the Walking Dead season finale in the common room, which was amazinggg. Can't wait til next season. Then i studied and went to bed. I will continue the following week in a new post.
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