Hey ya'll! Happy fourth of July! No, I am not dead. Just incredibly busy. When I'm not at my internship or doing work for it, I'm doing the physics homework with people from my class or suffering through three hour lectures in a frigid classroom. Then I'm typically interrupted by RA duties like people complaining about their sheets not getting changed or catching my residents openly drinking in a lobby of this DRY DORM. Jeez.

I'm seeing The Hush Sound and the Cab on Monday! So excited. And I'm taking one of my favorite people from this program, one of the TWINZ<3. He totally has my shitty taste in music.

Now I'm off to play ultimate frisbee and watch the fireworks!

Does anyone have some tracks from The Morning Light? They're opening for The Hush Sound and The Cab when I see them next month. I doubt anyone does, since it looks like they're from Pittsburgh haha so I'll probably just listen to them on their Myspace. I already downloaded some Steel Train. Must find someone to drag to this one. 

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO Pittsburgh just won on a fucking TRIPLE OVERTIME. So much awesome. Fleury, have my babies. BELIEVE!

So I have these new running shoes and whenever I look down at them I hear Emily Gilmore saying "I feel like a Clidesdale." haha.

So I'm seriously thinking of changing my name to heartobsessed. Fucking Empires.

Night ya'll.

I just met Claudio Sanchez from Coheed and Cambria! Omg, such a fucking awesome show. Haha look how retardedly happy I am.


And he signed my shoe! Tonight was a WIN except for the whole getting lost going there AND getting back. BUT OMG I MET CLAUDIO! And yes his voice is really just as high and his hair is just as big in person. And now I pass out.

So I went on my date. We ended up getting crepes this morning for breakfast (yumyum). He's a completely nice person, totally not a player as I feared. In fact, he said he was nervous because he hadn't been with anyone in over a year. And yeah, he totally was polite and just wanted to get to know me and all, it wasn't just a "hey you're hot" kinda thing. But....yeah I don't think so haha. It turns out he's quite a bit older and has KIDS. Yeah. I try to keep an open mind and I'm fine with kids and all, but I just think that makes us way too different. I think I'm going to have to give him the "We're just at very different places in our lives right now..." letdown. I just don't see the point in going out again if it just obviously isn't going to work. No point in dragging it out to the point where someone gets hurt. So yeah, it's gonna be a bit awkward when he calls :/

Off to run errands and then a lunch meeting. Apparently I fit the description of a "student leader" (aka any student they could find that was still on campus haha) so I'm helping interview someone for the position of Director of Campus Services (the post office, bookstore, stuff like that). Fun times.

Soooo hello! My life is kind of crazy right now. I just started my summer RA job, so I've been hauling everyones stuff up to their rooms with them, giving my tour/spiel countless times, and answering multitudes of questions about the internet, laundry, buses, food etc. There are definitely a lot of my residents I really like though! I may even be going to Coheed and Cambria with one of them this Friday if we can figure out if they allow under 21 and if a bus stops near the venue. Yesterday we took them to a memorial day frat BBQ haha. But didn't take them inside where there was probably pong going on, because we are good RAs. Tonight we're taking them to Squirrel Hill for groceries/Rite Aid/Dinner/whatever. The other big event this week is watching hockey! WOOO GOOO PENGUINS!!!!

Um. Also. Apparently I can't go ANYWHERE. I was out walking seriously just a block over to go to payroll and grab some coffee and I got hollered at TWICE. First there were two friends and this happened:

Dude: "Hey girl with the green purse!"
Me: "....Hi?"
Dude: "I like your purse."
Me: "*Nervous giggle*, thanks!"

Then the more interesting one:
Dude #2: "You're very pretty."
Me: *Nervous giggle/smile*
Dude #2: "How old are you?"
Me: "20." *He walks one way, I walk another*
Dude #2: *Changes course and catches up to me (!)* "Can I get your number?"
Me: O_O "*Teehee* Um, idk, I don't usually give my number out to random people I meet on the street.
Dude #2: "Well I'm Jason, what's your name?"
Me: "I'm Susan, nice to meet you."
Dude #2: "Well maybe we could talk on the phone, go out sometime and GET to know each other."
Me: "Um, okay, I guess?" *Gives number*
Dude #2: "Haha you're giving me your real number, right?"
Me: "Yes it's my real number haha."
*blahcakes, do you go to school here, yes I'm staying at CMU this summer*
Dude #2: "Do you want to go to breakfast tomorrow morning? Does 9 work?"
Me: "(!!!) Yeah that works."
Dude #2: "Okay I'll call you tonight and we can figure it out."

Like, WHAT, this stuff doesn't happen to me, guys! I'm so flustered and like blushing. And he just texted me saying "This is jason ur so pretty" Um, kinda creepy but I guess nice? Idk, I'll talk to him tonight meet him someplace close by in the morning to give him a chance (def not letting him pick me up yet), and see where it goes from there. Just, WHAT? Today is so surreal.

I have never been this emotionally distraught and fucking ECSTATIC after reading a fic. Omfg. Crystal, I basically owe you my first born. Because I feel like dancing around my room or screaming from the rooftops or SOMETHING. This fic...idek, guys. I hardly ever read long fic because I always feel like I should be doing something else, but I finally got around to reading this fic and I'm soooo glad I did. Basically, I mainlined over 200,000 words of this universe in like, idek anymore, 3 days? and just am in love with it. And it's pretty non-porny, wtf, self? Like, I broke all of my own rules loving this fic or something. I can't even summarize it right now because I'm so just still IN it, if you know what I mean. Basically, yes, it is kind of one of those big bandom conglomerates with everyone in it, but the main pairings are (eventually) Frank/Gerard and Ryan/Brendon. But if you don't have time for these right now, please do what I did and bookmark it, and maybe dig it up sometime months from now when you have time and read it.

Forever, Now
Star Shaped
The Lines You Amend

So you know what I've learned from this? Reading long fic and getting immersed in a universe is REALLY FUCKING AWESOME. So. Plz to be reccing me Big Bang or bigger length fics, either Supernatural or Bandom, that are your absolute favorites, that you just want to LIVE in, that made you squee and cry and want to reread. Or point me where there are recs. Because I want MOAR now.

So, somewhat amusing day.

Change of plans, not going to Philly after all. One Philly friend has family/church stuff on Sunday and the other one isn't actually going home to Philly until Sunday. So I would be wandering around alone in Philly, which is neither safe nor fun. So I shall go another weekend this summer for sure.

Just bought The Hush Sound/The Cab tickets for July 7th \o/ I'm not worried about finding someone this time since people will be less busy, I'll have more time/energy to bug people, and I'll have like 100 residents that I can start going through if none of my friends that are around want to/can go.

So, story time. A resident comes to my door and is all "Our roommates left and the door accidentally closed and some of our stuff is in there and we need to clean up after them too so can you open the door?" So I had to get the master key from my boss and came back to their room. And one of the guys goes "Before you open the door...lemme preface this." and I'm all "O_O what?" And he goes "What we have in the room is technically legal in Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon might just not like that we have it." Cue me being even more O_O So I open the door and there are boooongs hahahaha. Oh, boys. So I tell them I'm not going to bust them or anything but that they really shouldn't be smoking in the building. They're graduating and all, and never caused any trouble or anything. Plus, he was telling me how the wind blew the door closed. And I was like all (in my head), wow, I've done the same exact thing that you did. I was smoking in my roommate's deserted room with the window wide open, then the door slammed behind me and my pipe was locked in without me being able to get it. Luckily I was able to get the master key and get it out before any other RAs or the housefellow came around. So MAN do I get the panic they were probably feeling when they were thinking that it was either me or housing/the housefellow that was going to see it and chose the lesser or two evils haha.

Secondly, OMG the people from the casting agency called me back! (Go here to catch up on the story thus far)
They offered me a part in a "small bar scene" but it's a half hour a way and when I said I didn't have a car (but was totally all enthusiastic and like OMG I can take a bus and a taxi I'm fine!), she said they don't usually let people without cars do it because "things can happen on buses and that worries me" so I'm guessing it's sorta a liability for them since they would be employing me. Ugh. There is a slight possibility that I could get a ride from someone, so we shall see, since she said that maybe I could find a friend that wants to do this with me. Also, this is for Monday when I'm supposed to be checking people out of rooms. I'd totally ditch work for this though! Haha anything for Jensen. But she said that she'll look for something closer by for me, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for that if none of this works out.

So I'm walking to go get dinner with my friend Winston and we walk by a frat house. Some of the guys outside know Winston apparently, and are all hey what's up? And then we walk a little farther and they realize we're walking together and they go "OOOH YEAH!" hahaha BOYS. I was so entertained. Awkward, so middle school, but at the same time kinda flattering (woo! I'm a hot babe for this guy to be seen with! :P ) and oh so hilarious.

Oh and I'm going to Philly this weekend. WOOT for spur of the moment plans!

OMG SUPERNATURAL! All I have to say is: WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK, KRIPKE?!?



I can't EVEN begin guys. Tell me what you think! Somebody meta or something! HOLD ME, ANYTHING.

Someone told me they couldn't believe I was from California and I just seemed so east coast O_o. They said that I seemed like a Jersey girl....maybe Boston or Rhode Island. Wtf does that mean? I feel like I should be offended.

Also, EXCITEMENT. So, if you've been under a rock, Jensen is here in Pittsburgh filming My Bloody Valentine and punnky_kitty is awesome and hooked me up with a link for the casting office. I called them to see if they were still casting extras and they are! I put my name and number down on a list of interested people and I'm filling out an online profile on their website. I just need someone to take some headshots of me tomorrow. Let's hope I get picked! It's also perfect because it's for next week when I'm not doing anything because my RA job won't have started yet.

Heeeey peeps. So I'm officially on summer vacation, hurrah! I just finished my last class! I'm uber worried though :/ I hope I didn't fail orgo II and/or orgo lab. I don't think I did well on either final and I wasn't doing well in those classes as a whole...

BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT SUMMER. It is very different than any other I have had before, which freaks me out. I'm not going back to California =O

Shocker, I know. I'm staying in Pittsburgh doing a multitude of things.
1) Summer RA for kids coming from other colleges here to do research. 125 of them, 2 of us RAs. Holy shit. Planning some BIG events and FRILLIONS of door decorations as we speak. I just met the guy RA (Blake ahaha and he kinda is MetroBlake like, wow) and he seems really cool! I think we'll get along okay. This lasts all summer.
2) Internship! It's at this place called Regenerative Medicine.
I don't know what I'm doing for them yet exactly, but I'll be meeting with them sometime next week to see which project I should work on. Somehow, I'll be helping making computer animated movies about biology/medicine! I'm going to watch one of them tonight so I'll know more what they're all about. This lasts a month.
3) Class! Physics 2 (bleh) at Pitt (yay because it should be easier than CMU). I know a lot of science majors who are staying over the summer are going to be taking this class along with me. Plus, the guy RA is a physics major. I know whose room I'll be doing homework in...hehe. This goes from June 23rd-Aug 3rd.

So basically, that's my summer! I also plan on getting back into drawing and painting because hopefully I'm taking drawing 1 next semester and I'm woefully out of practice. I also have two books to read by fall RA training, and two that I'm like halfway finished with and need to get on (Dune and The Subtle Knife). Hopefully I can make lots of dates with other people that are staying to see stuff in Pittsburgh that I never have time to during the school year, like museums and clubs and coffee shops and parks and all that fun stuff. That'll probably come along with the RA duties too.

I know for sure that I'm visiting home from Aug 3rd-8th, and I'll see if I can wrangle a long weekend away from my stuff here in addition to that. Not much time though :(

And that's my summer in a nutshell! \o/

Any school, high school or college. And feel free to discuss or elaborate in the comments if you like!

Poll #1186326 Foodz
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Did/does your school give nutrition information for food sold on campus?

If yes, how did you get the info?

Real entry to come tomorrow after my LAST FINAL, YAY.

In my-corner-of-fandom news, omg fic. I've been so busy that I haven't read much fic in forever, but now I'm BINGING on it. And omg, I want nothing more than to read thousands and thousands of words of Frank/Gerard AUs that are all fluffy and domestic and cute and AGH I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. I've read a high school one, a clinic doctor/nurse one, a baker one, a nanny one and idek if there were more. And they're all SO GOOD. Happy place of the moment. I have a long weekend so I'm sure I'll read more fic, but next week things get crazy again. I only have a few more weeks of school though! Totally crazy.

I <3 the new The Used album, thankies to Crystal. I went back and rewatched Bert on the Osbournes and I lolled because I remember watching that episode when it aired and having no idea who he was so I just thought he was weird and gross haha. But now I know he's weird and gross and BERT, so thus also awesome. I love that my roommate's bf is all into the emo thing too and is sending me Punk goes Crunk stuff and now I have to investigate this "Driving East" band. I should totes unleash Metro Station on him, muahaha. BANDOM IS SURROUNDING ME, WTF.

My brother is mad scary yo. He's about to be able to run a mile in under 5 minutes. He just ran one in 5 flat and he was all, I totally could kill it a bit more next time and start in the center lane and definitely get under 5 minutes. How am I related to this person, again? He's all obsessed with track and cross country. I'm totally proud of him though.


I currently have stubborn paint all over my hands from working on the biology department's carnival booth. It's quite attractive. Now I'm off to work out, grocery shop, and do laundry before it's time for The Roots concert!

We've had a few of the first sunny days of spring! It's great to see people sitting out on the grass and looking like they enjoy life for once.

On Wednesday our RA staff did a fundraising event for the Animal Rescue League where we brought some of the shelter dogs on campus for people to play with. Was quite happy making to see them frolic around.

I'm waiting to hear back from an internship so *fingers crossed*

Omg we watched the greatest video ever in Cell Bio. It's of mRNA translation to protein by a ribosome, ACTED OUT BY PEOPLE ON ACID. It was made in '71 and everyone's all interpretive dancing around like they're saying "I FEEL like a ribosome!" It is so amazing. Skip forward to about 3:30 into it if you watch it.

Bllllergh. I think I start off every entry with some sort of exasperated noise. AT MYSELF. Idk what it is lately. I definitely still have lots of work to do (and work I should be starting on), but things aren't as crazy as they are some weeks, and I guess that throws me off. I actually end up  going to all my classes! And working hard on RA events! And (at least contemplating) going to office hours! And man, is actually fitting in all your obligations TIRING. Sure, all the work I was doing last week was exhausting, but I was cutting out a lot of other stuff in my life to make it a priority and skipping classes to sit and work, rather than hauling ass all around campus. So I just come back to my dorm and zone the fuck out on the internet, then feel guilty about not working on SOMETHING. Someone needs to kick me in the face, I am clearly insane.

I think I've missed the last two Bad Girls Club episodes. This makes me sadface.

You know what else makes me sadface? My flist being quiet and Ash and Crystal being at concerts or driving approximately 95% of their waking hours now. Who am I supposed to talk to when I have a RUSH of fandomy love? Who do I express to the fact that I just thoroughly enjoyed a Bdon/Ryro fic and it DISTURBS me because I was still thinking, "No, Ryan Ross is too skinny for sex. This just cannot be." BUT IT WAS SO CUTE. Okay this is what it was, now that I'm apparently fixating on my confusions.


Fuck it all, I'm going to bed.

OMG DUDES. I was looking at the IMDB page for My Bloody Valentine 3-D (Jensen Ackles is going to star in this, if you haven't heard) and LOOK at what I saw!



THAT IS WHERE I AM. RIGHT NOW.
Pleeeeease, pleeeeeeeez let it be true.

ZOMG JENSEN!

Bahaha what is UP with my dreams lately? I just dreamed that Jared was a sex addict and he cheated on Sandy with me in presumably the Eyecon hotel hahaha. And then I was in his hotel room frantically trying to clean up all my shit and not leave any panties around or something, and Jensen comes in and is like, shit, they're coming soon! And he's totally cool with me and what I just did lol. And when I'm like gathering all my stuff in a bag, I can see like Jared's ginormous shoes and then Sandy's tiny little heels all over the place and I'm like Jesus, if Sandy finds out she's going to claw my eyes out.

I don't know either! Is this my subconcious' answer to all the Sandy love on my flist? I love Sandy, I swear! Not jealous at all! haha oh man.

This weekend has been booooring. Actually not too much homework for once, it's a miracle. So I'm reading fic \o/

Wtf am I doing up at 8am on a Sunday, this is most unnatural for me.

Uuuurgh.

Uuuugh this is the school week from HELL. Can any of you people who actually do things ahead of time and don't procrastinate and get sleep tell me your secret? Tips or ANYTHING, because I suck at life right now.

I want to edit undo my weekend and go back and be productive so that I'm not suffering right now, bah.

OMG a pincher bug just crawled over my stack of papers! ACK GROSS.