1. First Name: Susan
2. Were you named after anyone? Not anyone particular, was going to be named Rachel, but my grandmother couldn't spell it.
3. Do you wish on stars? alot, but like that song says "guess i must be wishing on someone else's star"
4. When did you last cry? once last semester, I don't cry too often
5. Do you like your handwriting? it's somewhat unique, in that's it messy and hard to read- I can write lefthanded and backwards too.
6. What is your favorite lunch meat? turkey slices
7. What is your birth date? August 2, 1981 - I'm soo OLD now heh.
8. What is your most embarrassing CD? My CD's aren't very embarrassing - I do own Paula Abdual on tape though I don't listen to it or play it
9. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with you? I imagine so, I'm friends with my twin, and that is because she is very similar to me in personality. I'd probably think that I'm too hyper and excitable sometimes though.
10. Are you a daredevil? not in most situations
11. Have you ever told a secret you swore not to tell? once it wasn't a secret anymore, and the person said it was okay for me to share it, then yes.
12. Do looks matter? looks as in the looks you get from people, like expressions? or looks like physical composition, cause I'd say the first matters, so you can "read" people better, and the second is very minimal in my book...except for my own self-estem issues, but that's a whole other paragraph...
13. How do you release anger? vent to other people, write, and if i'm totally at my wits end I'll cry,
14. Where is your second home? Okoboji, IA, it's home away from Home. Home being Iowa City, and Bloomington - cause I've taken to calling both "Home"
15. Do you trust others easily? it depends. usually people have to give me a reason not to trust them, but I generally don't trust guys as much, steming from past experiences
16. What was your favorite toy as a child? I used to play with Barbies and model horses quite a bit.
17. What class in high school do you think was totally useless? I was an overachiever so took all 7 periods every year. I'd have to say homeroom was pretty much a waste of my time....
18. Do you have a journal? yup got a couple, a travel one and one that I jot down quotes stories and secrets in. I'm with Cas on this one - thanks freaky twin thang.
19. Do you use sarcasm a lot? probably too often - but I love dark sarcastic comedies
22. What are your nicknames? Sus, Susie-Sunshine, Crackbaby, Stripping Librarian, Oblivious Blond (the newest)
23. Would you bungee jump? sure
24. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? depends on the pair of shoes
25. Do you think that you are strong? in spirit or physically? cause I'm average on the physical strength, but I think i've got alot of character to make me strong of spirit
26. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Ben and Jerry's Chubby Hubby - hands down.
28. Shoe Size? 7-8
29. red or pink? red. I look all right in pink, I just don't like the color all that much unless it's with lots of others...
30. What is your least favorite thing about yourself? physically or personality wise? I've got hangups inboth categories. I talk too much, and I don't like my legs.
31. Who do you miss most? That is alive or passed away? Alive would be my friends in other cities, and passed away would be my grandmother and grandfather (separate sides of the family)
32. Do you want everyone you send this to, to send it back? I'm not sending it, i'm posting it, so they can do as they please
33. What color pants and shoes are you wearing ? blue, and socks that say "slowpoke" and have cute little turtles on them. yay turtles!
34. What are you listening to right now? bourne supremacy movie
35. Last thing you ate? a sub sandwich and some mike and ikes.
36. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? periwinkle (partly cause it's almost my last name, and partly cause i love the color of blue)
37. What is the weather like right now? annoying snow
38. Last person you talked to on the phone? faraji aka scandalous
39. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex? eyes and smile (same here cas)
40. Do you like the person who sent this to you? How can I not love the new IC Me?
42. Favorite Drink? Alcoholic: Alabama Slambers or 151 and coke; Non Alc: Diet sprite or rootbeer
43. Favorite Sport? Football and basketball to watch, Soccer, horseback riding and Volley ball to play
44. Hair Color? sort of a golden blond color - though I might dye it soon....
45. Eye Color? blue - though grey-ish in the wintertime
46. Do you wear contacts? no
48. Favorite Food? Italian - I mean REAL Italian too, thin crust legit pizza - as well as americanized Olive Garden etc
49. Last Movie You Watched? well, half paying attention to bourne supremacy - otherwise Kill Bill
50. Favorite Day Of The Year? no idea...whatever day something goes right in my life is a favorite day to me
51. Scary Movies Or Happy Endings? scary movies if i"ve got someone to go with that will make me feel safe afterward, otherwise happy endings
52. Summer Or Winter? I'm a Fall girl at heart - though I'd put Summer way above Winter
53. Hugs OR Kisses? yes please :)
55. What Is Your Favorite Dessert? cherry cheesecake
56. Who Is Most Likely To Respond? no idea.
57. Who Is Least Likely To Respond? no idea.
58. Living Arrangements? single dorm room in a 21 and over dorm.
59. What Books Are You Reading? ack, too many for classes!
60. What's On Your Mouse Pad? it's boring, and my mouse is on it, DUH. (oh ya, that's the sarcasim coming through)
61. What did you watch on TV last night? various background distractions
63. Favorite Smells? Nautica Latitude Longitude, victoria secret halo (what I wear), chocolate chip cookies baking, lilacs
64. Favorite Sounds? laughter,
65. Rolling Stones or Beatles? I listen to both, but more often Beatles
66. Do you believe in Evolution or Creationist?? I think they coexist
67. What's the furthest you've been from home? in the U.S. Hawaii. internationally: Czech Republic

well i've confirmed that this semester will involve much reading and some serious intellectual challenges. joy. hopefully i'll still have a life outside of the library stacks....

The recap catchup

Well, I am back in the swing of things here in indiana. Enjoying the nice 62 degree weather today, though it was rainy, at least it wasn't icy, like back in IC. I hope you've all stayed indoors or gotten home safely over there! The two classes I've had so far will be good I think, both with professors I had last semester, yay for them! I'm more nervous for the seminar in art librarianship which will be on Thursday - because I haven't taken the prereq and it's a class of only 9 people. I already have reading assignments and *gasp* had PRE-reading assignments too...publishing syllabi on the web has it's advantages for the profs, and disadvantages for the students I guess. It's hard to push my brain back into school mode though. I did get over to the SRSC today to work out a bit, which will be a good habit to get into. I'll recap the last few days in IC and here, in order to catch folks up, and close this quickly, because I've got massive reading to do for Thursday...
I spent Thurs night by hanging out a bit w. Jon, who CRUSHED me at NCAA Football on xbox. I thought it rather comical - for someone that usually learns what the buttons do by creating random schemes of pushing all at once or all in a row - that he handed me the MANUAL, I was thinking to myself, what kind of messed up game is this, and I quickly learned that I would do well to memorize that manual. So ya, I'll learn what all those buttons do, and then, Jon, you better look out, cause it'll be GO TIME! After some xbox adventures, we went and picked up Ashley, Kath, and Chai and went to the women's bball game. I LOVE watching basketball - I have a lead on Yogi's as the place to watch the Hawk Men this weekend (bummer that they are 0-2 in the big ten now). After the game, we went back to Jon's, where Chai and I played some Burnout Three, - my FAV xbox game (out of the 4 I've played). Then we headed to pick up folks and go to MugClub. It was quite fun for the most part. I think the people i was with know like every single person that lives in the town of iowa city, cause they were all running into people they knew. Besides my friends, I only ran into one other person that I know myself. It was good times though. Then i went home and crashed! I met with Rijn at 10 am to discuss the internship this summer - I'm hoping to keep myself super busy with working ALOT so as to make ALOT of money - which means, after internship meeting I went out to ACT to interview. I must fill out many other appl. as well, when I"m back in IC - if anybody knows someone looking for summer help...please pass along my name ;) ...Then I joined Misa and Ax for lunch at the hospital, which was fun, and i headed over to Hardin and visited with Hope (my old boss) She's so cool. Couldn't talk for long though - cause i met pete at house of aromas for coffee (or in my case, Orange tea) that was a great convo :) I was happy he wanted to go. I also met Jaime for dinner at the mall, and that was fun to. wedding plans seem to be coming along nicely. After that, Misa and I headed up to CR for the girls night! Sorry to my boys out there, I love you guys, - but sometimes, the gals just need a night to have some fun with their own kind :)....we had a total blast! It was a group of about 10 of us, including some of hte Mt. Mercy girls that i haven't seen in Ages! We went to a new place called "element".
My one funny story from the night, just proves that I will always remain the oblivious "blond". When Misa and I walked in, I was wearing a zip-up sweatshirt over my "goingout" tank top. For thoseo f you that don't know I have a set of "goingout" tanks, which, to various degrees are mostly designated as such because I can get them smoky and wash them easily. Well, as I paid to get in, the bouncer told me to unzip my sweatshirt top, - no worries, I thought, this is probably just to check for concealed weapons or something. Well, after, rezipping my sweatshirt back up, the bouncer informs me that I will need to check my sweatshirt. I was thinking, "huh? what? that makes no sense" and I think he saw the look on my face conveying my thoughts. He responded by saying the coat check was free. I nodded, paid and walked in. It was FREEZING in the bar, so there was NO WAY I was going to check my shirt! I asked Misa, who was wearing a zip-up fleace over her tanktop "Did he tell you to check that?" and she gave me this weird look. "No, why?" "Because he told me to check mine. Which is soo stupid, it's way to cold in here. jeesh" and misa gave me another look, that clearly conveyed I'd been the "oblivious blond" as usual...the bouncer was totally interested in seeing me wearing my tanktop all night, instead of my zip-up sweatshirt. In other words, he'd been trying to hit on me. *shakes head* In the end, it's more annoying than endearing for bouncers to hit on you when you walk into a bar, but, in my case, I guess I won't notice anyway.
The rest of the night went really well, lots of fun dancing, and the drive home was nice, because misa and I got to catch up. I left IC early on Sat morning, and drove back to B-town, which just a lill bit of snow and icky weather right outside Indianapolis, so no big. Settled back in, and did dinner and a movie with Traci...yay! She's such a good cook, and a regular martha stewart without the jail time. :) We watched Eternal Sunshine. Sunday I lounged around and got my textbooks and finished unloading. So that's it...it's back to the exciting life of a grad student. - I am looking forward to starting work on Friday though. Art Libraries RAWK!
hope you are all well!

Loyalties and Parties

All day today my away message varied from "I hate snow" "I despise snow" "Snow sucks" and "When I'm grown up, I want to live somewhere warm" mostly this is due to my cabin fever of sorts, because I was stuck inside the house for the ENTIRE day. Blah. There was this huge storm that's moved through Iowa (will not be done until tomorrow afternoon) and it started with sleet and ice, and now is snowing. So the grounds are not only icy, but snowy to. Just the kind of weather I really LOVE being around. *ahem* cough, sarcasm. I also hate when the weather means my plans get cancelled. Just proves Mother Nature really does rule our lives, and rightly so - as we've recently seen how powerful it can be, and sadly at that. But tonight we were going to make ghetto gingerbread houses, and it was going to be fun, I just know it. We did it a few years ago and I thought it was a blast. I like being creative, and I especially like when I can be creative at the same time as other people and we can share the creative vibes. OH well, only a few more days in Iowa, until back in Indy I will not have time to do anything but study, attend classes, study, read for classes, hopefully work out occasionally, figure out housing for next year, and maybe do dinner a few times with some friends. That will suck...means to an end, means to an end. I'll just keep telling myself that. I meet with my internship advisor in the morning (if I can get OUT and drive on the roads) I hope that she doesn't think I'm a total moron, and that I have no business being an art librarian. I'm worried she'll think I'm not ready for it...
This past weekend was a total blast. I haven't been out to party that consistantly in FOREVER. Firstly we went out for Eben's bday on Thurs night, fun times. At least my hair looked really spiff and cute. Was a small West high Reunion, and Jana and Pete got to come along as well. Then on Friday night we did the new year's styles. All the pics are up on the web. it was a blast...I love those folks, thanks for celebrating with me you guys! Sat I was on full recovery mode. I did almost nothing the whole day. I fell asleep at like 10:30 that night too. Sunday night we went to Jakes for Kimi's 21st. That was also quite fun, took me back a ways to last year and many years previous when we'd go there to dance and have a good time just grooving the night away. Jakes is also the bar that is somewhat known as the "hook up" bar, though Sunday night, during break, there weren't too many ppl out. We did have a few guys that danced with kimi and me for a bit, but mostly it was just the group on the floor. Then Monday night we went to the Field House to help her celebrate with Pitchers, I drove though, and was bummed that they didn't have the dance floor open that night, but it was okay, it was a very relaxed and chill evening to help Kimi reach official legal age. Tonight I've stayed in, due to the weather...tomorrow night, I'll watch the hawk men open their big ten season. I am definately a hawkeye at heart, having spent 22 years of my life cheering on my black and gold. - so when I'm in Indy I will have to find a sportsbar that'll show the bball games so I can stay on top of things, and go IU basketball too - I watched the IU women take on the UI women the other night, and had my Iowa sweatshirt on, especially because I went with my mom, and she's also a UI grad. I cheered for the IU girls when they made good plays, but ultimately, I find my loyalty sports wise must rest with the hawks still - not to mention that after the hailmary pass to end the Capital One Bowl, I'm pretty impressed with how lucky my Hawk football team was, with the end of their season. Only 3 more days in Iowa...hopefully the weather will be good for the drive back on Sat. night folks.

well, the vacation is winding down. This morning I awoke to a sheet of ice not only covering my car, but the sidewalks, streets, and anything else in this town. Welcome to Winter weather. Blah. I totally need to move somewhere warm most of the year. This weekend has been a rather crazy display of partying and fun. Last night we went out to celebrate Kimi's 21st, and tonight we'll do it again with pitchers, though I'll drive tonight. Before that was new years eve, which was quite the crazy display to watch as well. Before that, Eben's 24th at the piano lounge, which was a fun time to. Vacation is on the wann, I need to get myself back into the habbit of getting up at a decent hour, rather than sleeping in, which i've finally grown accustomed to. It will be weird to return to Indy and have to put my nose to the grindstone again, especially with 4 actual grad school classes and a part time job - I imagine I'll be quite busy, but I do tend to think I opperate well under busy conditions. I felt like a slacker last semester without having a job, so at least that will make me feel some what more worthwhile and like I"m contributing more to paying for my higher higher education still. I've enjoyed my time here, primarily, and will miss the IC friends when I head back for school. I am eager to return though, so I can get another semester underway and then finished. I'm also eager to return to Indy to get some things figured out, but until then I'm all about just having a good time and enjoying the company of other folks!
hope you all had safe and happy new years!