I Could Never Be An Author

I could never be an author, and here's why: I never catch the hidden themes and symbolism within books, and could never sit down and write an entire novel with hidden messages in it.

Maybe most people just over-analyze everything in their life and need to find the hidden messages in books and that's why we're forced to sit through class discussions on how a shoe can symbolism empowerment of women or something like that, but I honestly don't understand where people find these things.

If I was ever going to write a book, nobody would want to read it because one jerk-off would be like "Hey, this book sucks, there isn't anything in it for me to analyze!" Sorry that apparently I'm not deep enough to hide things in what I write - I would much rather be completely blunt and not have to make people figure out what the hell I'm trying to say.

Moral of the story: stop over-analyzing everything in your life so I don't have to sit through an hour and 15 minute long lecture about something that doesn't have deep hidden messages in it and just enjoy something that's well written and has good plot.

Back From Break and Busy As All Hell

So it's been a while since my last update. Again. And I promised this would happen - Spring Break has come and gone and I'm back at school. My Ingrid Michaelson concert (which was AMAZING once again) has come and gone, which means my excursion to Lancaster, PA has also come and gone. And it's back to the daily grind.

Not gonna lie, it's been a little hectic so far: I was given the opportunity to finish my Algebra course a month ahead of schedule because I did so well on my midterm, so now I need to get all of my online work in and finish all of my quizzes by next Friday, March 26. Of course when I agreed to this I forgot that I also have a French exam this Friday and a paper due for U.S. History next Friday, and I haven't finished my readings for Gay & Lesbian Studies for this week nor have I picked out a primary document to analyze for Modern East Asia and I need to have my thesis in my Monday and Lord only knows when that paper is due....

But surprisingly I'm not as stressed as you would think; I work better under pressure, and this pressure is actually motivating me in the best way possible. I started running again, which is awesome - it helps reduce my stress and it's healthy for me; that's what I would call a double-whammy. Of course that's come with it's minor setbacks though - I went running last night for the first time since Winter Break, and it was a little rough. But I made it 1.76 miles before feeling like I was going to keel over, which is definitely a good thing. And then I went running again tonight, and I made it 2.01 miles, but my Nike+ sensor isn't working for some weird reason - it recorded the workout, but now my iTunes won't send the data to my account? I don't know, it's a bunch of jargon that I didn't understand - all I got out of it was that I had to click a bunch of junk on iTunes and now I need to put in another workout before it will let me submit my data to Nike+. Kind of lame since I started a training session and it told me I needed to put in 2 miles today (which I did) and I'm not going again until Friday, so it's going to get mad at me... oh well, it isn't a real-life trainer or something so what's the worst it could do to me? Nothing.

It's not being stressed for once. I've actually gotten a lot accomplished since I've come back, and it's only Wednesday. If I can keep this motivation level up I should be set for the semester. Especially since I'm starting to think about where I'm going to Grad School, which is a pretty big deal. Nothing's definite but for right now it looks like I'm moving to Pennsylvania for the next five years to finish up this degree and then get my Masters in History? But who knows, plans change constantly. And now's not exactly a great time to be making these decisions, because I'm listening to some Allison Weiss (my new obsession after Ingrid) and thinking of how much I need to do... oh shit, it's gonna be a long night!

Time Flies When You're Having Fun - NOT

I think the phrase "time flies when you're having fun" should end with a laugh and a "NOT." When's the last time you were having a lot of fun and you looked at your watch and was like "wow time sure has flown, we must have been having boat-loads of fun." If you've answerednever to that question, you are an honest person.

So why did I start my first post in almost two weeks with that random little rant? Because it actually feels like I blogged last about two weeks ago, and I've actually been having fun these past two weeks. Granted I had exams which bogged me down a little bit, but on the whole my last two weeks have been pretty entertaining. But now I'm home for Spring Break. And I'm not having a whole lot of fun. And time is dragging... probably because I worked more in the past two days at the Gap in Syracuse than I have in the past month at the Gap in State College. But now I have the next two days off, and for the best reason in the world - and it's just two words: Ingrid. Michaelson.

That's right: Ingrid Michaelson. Tomorrow I'm going to hit the highway and travel to Lancaster, PA to go to my second Ingrid Michaelson concert with my friend Jess. And it's going to beamazing beyond words. Of course I'll take pictures and videos and post them on here once again. But don't expect anything for a few days. You should realize by now that I'm pretty inconsistent with posts, especially when I'm busy with work. Which I am - I have 38 hours this week, and I haven't worked that much in a few months.

What am I not excited for this week? The fact that I'm driving down to PA tomorrow, then back to NY Wednesday, and then back to PA on Sunday. Thank god I have CDs that I can listen to in the car, because I don't think I could make it the 10+ hours I'm going to be driving in total without my music.

And yes, that was the most random segue ever to what I want to post: my newest musical obsession is Allison Weiss. Obviously Ingrid is still #1, but I think Allison Weiss is amazing. If you've never heard of her, here's the music video for one of my favorite songs: "I'm Ready"

Her stuff is amazing, and she's hilarious. I have a live CD she recorded at Sidewalk NYC that she had available around Thanksgiving last year, and it's awesome. So if you haven't heard her stuff, go to YouTube right now and look her up. And then buy her music. Or download it illegally, whatever, I don't care. Just do whatever you choose to do so you can actually possess her songs. (Disclaimer: I actually bought a few of albums on iTunes, so don't try to get me in trouble!)