i love mail.

so i just checked my mail box for the first time this month. it was stuffed.

its not like i have a million friends who are constantly sending me letters pouring out their hearts to me or anything.
i love to get mail so i fill out surveys and such online.
today in my mailbox:
a hpv information packet
and a sweet orange bracelet.

i also got a letter from the washington state potato commission and a temporary tattoo of a potato with a mustache and a cowboy hat.

a graduation announcement from kimie. a thank you card from kimie. and a party invitation from her as well. as far as my mailbox goes she was a good choice in friend.

i got five issues of tv guide.
three issues of us news and world report.
one issue of harpers bazaar.
and one issue of redbook.

and then i went to the book store and spent 400 dollars on books.
i still need to buy two more but they are out of stock right now.

if anyone wants to send me money you will make my day on multiple levels:

1. i will have mail
2. i will have money
3. i will have knowledge

8432 magnolia ave
box#1213
riverside ca 92504

chipotle, you have let me down.

my favorite food is a chipotle burrito.
and this is how you make it.
"i would like a vegetarian burrito"
--"would you like to add sauteed onions and bell peppers?"
"no thank you"
--"what kind of meat?"
"no meat."
--"salsa?"
"corn salsa and mild salsa, please"
--"sour cream and cheese?"
"yes"
--"guacamole?"
"yes please"
--"anything else?"
"would you please cut my burrito in half?"
--"sure. would you like chips and salsa? a drink?"
"just chips and a free drink please"
--"can i see your student id card?"
and then i pay and enjoy. i take one half od the burrito and dump out the contents into a bowl. the other half gets wrapped up and stored in the fridge for later. or if im with my mom she eats the other half. i dip the chips into the burrito filling and eat the soggy tortilla on the side.

but tonight i heard the terrible news. chipotle no longer gives out free drinks to students. i guess as of january first they stopped that act of kindness.

amercia's next top grandpa model.

thursday in the middle of my aesthetics in the class room class my mom called me. and i ignored her call. three times. because i was paying attention and i have never been one to leave a class to answer a call. i actually never leave my class.
i just feel awkward. and i dont understand why people need to use the bathroom during class. i mean there are 24 hours in a day, just wait till after class.
well come to find out my mom was calling me because my grandma was in the hospital and they were running a bunch of tests to figure out what was wrong.

becuase i have an awesome school schedule i was able to go to north hollywood that night with my dad. when we got to the hospital my grandma looked pretty good. im not a doctor or anything but i think she must have been faking it.

friday i hung out with my grandpa and we watched americas next top model for about four hours. i dont know why i find thoes reruns entertaining. but it was cycle 7 i believe. where nicole wins.

saturday grandpa got to pick what we watched. football. ew. honestly football is my least favorite sport. i feel like for professionals the players are not that good. if i was a professional football player i would probably be better then them.

my grandma was suposed to go home today but her blood count is really low and they are going to do more tests. thanks for your prayers.

now im going to get organized by writing down all the important dates from my syllabi (spell check is not recognizing this word) into my planner. and im hanging out with my awesome dog hannah. then i will go back to school.

back to school.

today i started my spring semester. it was a good day.

i kicked it off with breakfast in the caf with kristin.
followed by chapel with (sorta) jillian. (we were separated by about seven people). i was kinda distracted and wasnt that into the message. like john montgomery made some good points, but his style is so cliche. eh. idk.
then i had my digital imaging class. it was nice. im back with pardee in the basement. and i think the class will be interesting and useful. expect a super rad myspace pic by the end of that class.
next was my current trends in youth ministry class. im way excited about this one. i think i was the only non-christian studies major there. and im real excited about what we will be studding in class. also my teacher totally listed his blogspot on the syllabus. so hi-tech.

highlight of my day: discovering both of my classes will not be meeting on fridays! so i basically have a three day weekend every weekend.
:]
and then i ate lunch with janai and suzy. and janai and i hung out with abby for a while and watched a movie.

dinner was uneventful.

emily came over and i said bye to her. now she is off to florida and then chicago.
and then the night ended with some gossip girl with kristin. i love that show.
i want the writers strike to end so we will get a season two. is that selfish of me?

well im going to go to bed now. even though my classes start at 11. i guess 10 hours of sleep wont hurt.

i stalk people.

and when i stop and think about what i do it sounds creepy.
when i get my school schedule i try to figure out who my teachers are. and not just who they are in class... but who they are on myspace. and facebook. and blogger. i check their ratemyprofessor.com ratings, and then i run some google searches.

thats creepy right?
but, as i have found, the internet is definitely a public access thing. so its my right to know.

the reason im posing this now is that for a while my "current trends in youth ministry" class did not have a teacher. and now it does. and he has a blog. and i found it. and i almost left him a comment.

but i didnt. because i dont want him to lurk my blog and judge me.
considering my last two posts were about going to a tattoo expo and really enjoying the alvin and the chipmunks movie i figure im sending off a weird first impression.

tattoo expo.

so i really wanted to go to the tattoo and body art expo in pomona.
and jackie and i went together today.

i have been wanting to get this piercing.

once we got to the fairplex i talked to this guy
his name is "iguana mike" and he has a star implant on his forehead. and a metal spike mowhawk. he told me that to do the spiral thingy it would be best to get three separate cbrs and then once the piercing has healed to make custom jewlery.

so right now i have three fatty rings in my ear. and honestly im not a fan of the way they look. they are ust too big and hangy for my ears. :[
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i think im going to wait for them to heal and then take them out. or replace the rings with something smaller.
this experienced convinced me i am not ready to get a tattoo. they are just too permanent. i can take piercings out whenever i want to.
the craziest thing i saw today was:
a corset piercing! it horrifyingly awesome.
dont worry mom. im not getting one of these.
ill leave you with this.

i've been munked.

chipmunked that is.

tonight i went out with kimie to see alvin and the chipmunks.
it was super cute.

i need this shirt in my life.take your kids to see the movie. there isnt really an important moral or anything to this story, but you will be entertained.