Words! Meme:

Rules: Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" (or you can just ask for the meme, I won't mind) and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.

Fairies:
Well...I do love faeries, and any other type of fantastical entity. I also believe that faeries have existed at one point and probably do still in some remote areas of the world. I also know that I will never fully grow up (no one should have to), and I will always have a whimsical part of me who believes in the magical and mythical, and always will.

Violet: It is my favourite colour! Something about it just draws me in...it really awakens my artistic side, and makes me feel vivid, and alive.

Europe: This one was probably picked because I talk about it too much... and I really don't try to be snobby about it or make anyone jealous. I left a piece of my heart there and I plan on going back one day...even if I am regarded as a stupid American. :/

Languid: Really? I thought I was more exciting than that...but I know where people would get that. I'm very go-with-the-flow, not a whole lot bugs me, or bothers me. I also have a high tolerance for annoyances. I'm a people person who tends to see the best in everyone, and isn't quick to judgments. That may be a problem for me, and I'm sure it is. But I do get pissed at people...and please DO NOT get me pissed. Someone did that too me recently, and I'm still mad at him. And for people who know me well, holding a grudge and staying mad is a big deal for me (but that's a different story). X|

Red: Red like my hair, red like my Celtic spirit. I adore all things Celtic. And I probably love Celtic music more than a person should...seriously. It makes my heart pound, and my feet dance. I can't help it! ^_^ I plan on visiting the lands of the Celtic Tribes one day. Who's with me?!

I lost my 120GB ipod, and my nice Cannon Powershot Digital Camera and a few dollars from my friends' party, and I'm pretty sure it was stolen. I am SO UPSET!! I'm leaving for Oregon in 2 days and I have to get this together...
Unfortunately, it would be too much of a hassle to make a claim and deal with small claims court. Too much happened that night. :/
It's pathetic how much this upsets me. Oh well...it was just materials...just materials.

I've found myself at a interesting point in my life. In my mind I'm still that thirteen year old girl who feels awkward and sometime shy, but always feeling a bit too smart for such an age. When I look in the mirror I still see myself at 16, except prettier. But within all of this, I'm twenty. I always forget this. I still feel like I am a teenager, logically, but I am a junior in college now, I'll be 21 in a few months and that's not how things feel to me. I don't think I'll ever be able to fully leave my youthfulness and child-like tendencies behind, with good reason to. No one should ever have to. I think my life would be miserable if that was the case.
Maybe it's because I'm still living with my parents, I'm still dependent on that, no real job, just a lot of volunteer stuff, college focus, and time with my friends. I'm not complaining at all, don't get me wrong. I appreciate this time and freedom I have, because I know I won't live like this forever. I know that I only have this now. Once I graduate, at least, I'll have a full time job with the use of my degree (hopefully), and thus the cycle of tiredness and lack of communcation with friends will ensue. Though I truly hope not. My friends are just a part of my extended family, each one is very dear to me. I hope to never lose them.
But still, I feel stuck. I'm not a vivacious 20-something. I'm not a fan-girl teenager. I'm a confidant sort-of adult with child-like tendencies and a good idea of the ever looming time-loss that always occurs. That's what I am. I'm not so sure I like it, but that's who I am now. There's really no definite age to describe that, but what else can I do?

But I know, like everything else in this world, it's not permanent. I might as well enjoy it while I have it, because I know that one day I'll look back on this time of my life and miss it.

Love,
Liz

YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I want to know 28 things about you. I don't care if we've never talked, never really clicked, or if we already know everything about each other. I really don't. You are obviously on my flist, so let me know with whom I'm friends!

1. Your Middle Name:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favorite Movie:
5. Favorite Song or Album:
6. Favorite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
10. What's your philosophy on life?
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
13. What is your favorite memory of us?
14. What is your favorite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they?
17. Can we get together and make a cake?
18. Which country is your spiritual home?
19. What is your big weakness?
20. Do you think I'm a good person?
21. What was your best/favorite subject at school?
22. Describe your accent:
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep?
25. Trousers or skirts?
26. Cigarettes or alcohol?
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? (If you have no idea, just say something crazy, it'll entertain me!)
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you?

Who ever said "April is the cruelest month" was absolutely right.
I just got word after a crazy party at a friend's house that my great aunt Deanie passed away earlier this week, she was 89. That makes 4 deaths in April, two were this year. Even though 2 of those deaths were dogs, nevertheless, it's still hard to get over.
I am very glad that I decided to skip out on fest this year at this point, to see her instead. Not to be offensive or anything of that matter, but I think fest will still be here, my great aunt is not.:( Most people my age sort of disregard their elderly relatives and their advice. Not me. She went through similar things I have, but a different time period, and a lot less technology.
I feel like I've lost a grandparent. I've been able to see her more in my lifetime than her sister-in-law. She has just been very gracious and sweet, like a grandma but without the material spoiling. But she spoiled me in a different way; she gave me the gift of stories. SSSOOO many stories about her, her family; my relatives. I would just sit there in her living room, and listen to her stories for most of the day. She'd tell me the stories of when she was a little girl in the Great Depression, and how she diagnosed herself with type 1 diabetes as child before the doctors did. I also remember the story of when she kept all of her sugar rations during WWII and made candy for her students at Christmas time...and her husband ate quite a few of them before they made it to the kids. :P She also told me the story of when she learned that she had lost her brother in plane crash in Germany during the same war. I wish I could have met him. She was the family historian. Her mind was still sharp, even as her old age. She still lived on her own. She called herself into 911 the night she died.
She has been a big influence in my life, and my gene pool. She was an artist, a painter, a writer, a mother, a sister, a teacher, a care-taker, a gardener, and most of all, a fighter. She took care of herself with the diabetes, she also took care of her family, included her crazy mother. I don't think most people would have thought that she would have lived for so long. I'm so glad she did.

Please wake up, please wake up, please wake up! Am I awake yet?

Speaking of awake, on of the CTCA volunteers told me last week that I am too young to drink coffee! Now, that's something I haven't heard in YEARS! Today I was asked if I am in college or high school because I look so young.I shocked them when I told them I was 20. Therefore, I have determined that I don't look any different than I did 4 years ago. Normally I would be a bit peeved about this...but I'm not. I figure it will work in my favor in the future. So whenever all those girls my age look like they're 60 when they're 30 due to too much tanning and overall health neglect, I will still be carded at bars. Bah! By the way that is something I will have to get used to starting in November. :]

I was officially re-accepted to NSU. So, it's where I'll be going in the fall. Yay...except I will be living in BA still. Boo for waking up 2 and 1/2 hours before my classes start. No scholarships this time because even though I'll have 63 hours at the end of the semester, I won't have an associates.
Speaking of schools, I will actually really miss TCC. Not the school so much, but all of the awesome friends I have made. Only two, that I know of, plan to go to NSU this fall, and the rest are going to separate schools, sparate countries, or staying at TCC. I know we're like one big dysfunctional family, but it's just what we are: a family. I'll miss alllll my brothers and the few sisters I have there. :( Hopefully summer will mean being able to spend time with them before I don't see them at all.

I also miss my OKRF family. I know I tried to get back in too late this year...and I should have gone about it differently to do so. I'm pretty sure I confused the shiz out of people. But family stuff came up that I needed to tend to...and it just would have been one more academy to miss. Maybe next year, again. Maybe next year. Have fun at the last academy and break a leg, in May! I'll see you all then!

I can't type today! It sucks because they have me re-typing a training manual here at CTCA. ICK.

Speaking of which, I need to get back to work.
Love,
Liz

How the heck did I ever land into Chem II? I can't figure it out. The highest test grade I made was a 76%...I barely understood it, and made a B. So now it is the eve of my first Chem II test, and I am stuck wondering how I will ever survive. EVER! This class is effing hard! I am so lost on what to do math wise, and what each of the symbols stand for, because I forget these things. And I've slept since college algebra. I kinda wish I could just pronounce 'epic fail' and just get it over with, but I need to get to organic chem. NEED TO GET THERE!! What the hellz am I gonna do?

On other notes: Cancer Treatment is going well. And today was the DLM movie release. Today I was working on laminating some cards for the dietary department (because I work there), and I ran into the situation of having one last tiny little card for the laminant paper. So what do I do? I decided to make book marks for a friend and I but with what else, than post-its. On them I wrote a few DLM quotes and had then lamenated. :P I'm so proud! Now I am hoping to get another oppertunity like that just so I can make myself another one.

Oh, and I bought the movie. I haven't seen it yet, but I don't plan on doing so until I finish the second season. I've heard it hasn't gotten very good reviews, but that is what they get for replacing Laura Harris and not having Mandy Patkin. :( I have heard a rumor that if the movie does well enough, they might bring the show back.

Let's keep out fingers crossed.

Wish me luck on surviving.
Love,
Liz

^_^

I'm not kidding.

After telling us the story of how he and a friend uncovered the lost mission of Santa Maria in Texas, showing us his vast collection of sketches/paintings of exotic birds signed/drawn by Charles Darwin or Mr. Linnaeus from the 1800s that are worth around $20,000 a piece and he has a ton of them that he bought from an antique store in Oklahoma for $30 each and how a London Museum is pissed at him for not selling them to him, sharing more stories of how he has been all over the world and has seen many animals thought to be extinct that actually are not(passenger pigeon in this case), and more of his new species discoveries in lab.
He brings a small 9,000 year old statue from China to lecture. It was of an odd creature that had a long neck like a giraffe, but it wasn't one.
I got to hold it too!

He would be more bad ass if he didn't mumble. :(

I saw Les Miserables last night at my friend's high school. She has a small part as one of the Lovely Ladies and she was the BEST! I was quite impressed. I wouldn't mind seeing this musical again sometime.

AAAANNNNNNNNNNDDDD I get to see Bruce Springsteen on April 4th! YAYAYAYAYAY!

I had a dream last night about festival...it was so much fun. I really missed it. This year, I may have the time and money to do it. I pray I can and people will welcome me back. I know that things have changed, people have changed, and relationships have changed with in the last year. But I still miss my OKRF family. I've had a space in my heart since I left, and I haven't quite filled it. I just hope I can do this and it won't be crazy awkward or different with me back. I know I am a replaceable character. But I wonder if anyone has missed me?

I am only taking 12 hours this semester but unfortunately it's chem II, zoology, and cultural geography. So won't be an easy load entirely.

I have a meeting with the volunteer coordinator of Cancer Treatment Centers of America tomorrow. I only have to volunteer 34 hours this year. I get to work in the nutrition part of center which is AWESOME! I am hoping that I can play my cards right, I can get my internship there when I need to get my dietetics certification.

So I hope this work load won't be too much. I hope that I will have the time to come back to OKRF, because I miss you all more than I can say. See you at the mixer?

Love,
Liz

There was a Christmas cookie decorating table set up in the math and science building today. And I couldn't pass up the opportunity to make one, and it really made me feel better since I just took a Chem test that I completely forgot about...
But anyway, I grabbed some frosting, and some sprinkles and then wrote the phrase "I hate tests" in read icing.

'Tis the Season.

The people from Student Activities thought it was pretty cute, and took a picture of it. Too bad I didn't think to take one. But I must say, that cookie was freakin' good!!

Luckily, I am not doing too bad in my classes. As of now I am making a B's in both bio and chem, an A, I pray, in speech if my instructor does not decide to kill me for the things I said to her (SHE DRIVES THE ENTIRE CLASS FREAKIN' CRAZY!!). And I still have the A from the blow off computer class.

Finished the "Drive" cover today. Pretty stoked! ^_^
mk, that's all!
Love,
Liz
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For those interested, go to http://bps.gotslam.com and right click on the drive.wav file and do a save link as... and then listen!
Cody says it's fast, and Matt's singing is a little of rhythem, but I thought it turned out well! ~Enjoy!

At this point, I am looking forward to the end of the semester more than I am looking forward to Christmas.

Yes! Seriously! I'm usually sick of Christmas commercialism before Thanksgiving has passed! I already have presents for a few people, and ordered some online for others! Yay! I freakin' love getting gifts for people. If I were rich, I would be doing that allllllll the time!

We're pretty much almost done with getting all of the Christmas program songs done for the Midnight Mass on Christmas. I don't think the choir has ever been so far ahead so quickly. If you're in the area Christmas Eve Evening, you are more than welcome to enjoy the Mass and come early to hear the before program!

The movie I have been helping with is almost done! I am assistant director of an indie flick! How cool is that?!

I am also singing a cover of Incubus' "Drive" for my friends' recording class. So stoked!

On the bright side: I am momentarily passing Chem when I thought I was failing! I got the math wrong the first time. I am passing Bio4Majors. Hopefully it will be a strong B or A by the end of the class. Speech is a breeze and UBER fun! Even though Nahid drives EVERYONE up the walls. She's kinda crazy.

Oh, and I am getting a new Ipod nano for Christmas. ^_^ It's nice, because the one I have now is about 3 years old and might crap out soon.
Mk. Done!
Love,
Liz

My birthday was last week. It still hasn't kicked in. My party was pretty kick-ass, I must say! It was the largest party I've had so far, about 25 people at peak time, although I did not know a few of them. It think it was about 30 that showed up over all. Thank you for those who showed up!

Though I kind of feel like I just had a Halloween party, and not one for my birthday. Oh well. It just means that I have yet to really feel like I am in my 20s. I still feel the same.

I voted in my first presidential election. The one I picked did not win...but you win some, you lose some. I think it's awesome that Obama won, he's a cool guy, and I love the way he speaks!! McCain's voice...pretty annoying, even if I did agree with a lot of his platforms. Both were better than Hilary, though. Nails on a chalkboard. But, anyway, America is going to go through some serious changes, whether people like them or not. So even though I did not vote for Obama, I am confidant that he can be a good leader. I look forward to seeing what he does for foreign affairs. I am cautiously optimistic, however, seeing how I am dominantly conservative in my views with some more liberal tendencies. Things are looking up for the nation, in attitude especially. I don't think I have ever seen people so excited and so full of hope when politics are involved. He better not let us down. But he's a smart man...Joe Biden, however, is an idiot. And I can't stand him.
So now that Obama is going to be the next president, no one should even try to kill him...because I will lose all hope for America if it is in the hands of someone that does not even know the history of the nation he's leading (CBS News-source).

I just had to get that out there.
Love,
Liz

I was never that attached to Autumn as I was growing up, but as I have gotten older, I have a greater appreciation for it. The love, the colors, the weather, Halloween, my birthday, it's all attached!

Chemistry is still kicking my ass. I hear it's not that hard once you get the hang of it, but I guess I don't have enough of a grip for it yet...
Biology is fun. I made a C on my last test...that disappointed me. I do believe my professor drops our lowest test grades, so it's not so bad.

I found the perfect dress for my Ariel costume at a thrift store this weekend. It's like the big puffy pink dress and the slinkier lavender dress combined! It's lavender with a nice sheen. It has a lot of ruffles on the sweetheart shaped neckline, and a line of ruffles towards the bottom with a small flower (brooch) on the side of the front of the dress. It's so great! Now I just need to find a red haired wig...anyone know where I can find one? I checked out party America with no avail. I also need to buy the cute beaded Ariel tiara, or just try to make it.

I'm going to Branson in 8 days!! I'm super excited! I just hope there is nice enough weather to go to Silver Dollar City. I haven't been there in years. And I need to conquer my fear of Baldnobbers, like I did with the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland...weird story.
Prairie Home Companion and Alanis is coming up!!
And my Halloween/b-day shin-dig!
And midterms...suckage!!
Well, that is all.
Love,
Liz

Hello, world!
Last week was pretty much amazing! Went to Scottish fest both days and loved it! I'm so glad so many people turned out Saturday! Sunday there were NOT A LOT of people! :( But the weather was amazing and I had a great time with Ashly and mom! ^_^
The weather was SUPERAWESOMENESSONASTICK! I was outside everyday! I followed the bike trail that was next to TCC that I had been curious as to where it led to. Plus fun time with Sarah at the park! This park reminded me of good times with an old friend, and the way things used to be. I miss her. And I hope she's happy with her life now.
Cody was sick with allergies most of the week...which really sucked for him. Especially Friday, though we ended up going to one of my fav bar/cafes (I could get in!) in town with a friend...and his intoxicated father, who paid for our meals. On Saturday I finally went power shopping like I had been craving to for so long!! Super amazing!
I am very happy about next month! Haunted Castle, lots of fun times coming up, my Halloween shin-dig, and my birthday after that!

Down sides: Although last week was great, it was enough time for that freakin' ragweed to grow...thus the headache. And I failed my first chem test. Although I don't think I'm completely failing, it is a huge set back for my ego...*sighs*
That's all for now!
Love,
Liz

Scottish Festival is tomorrow! Actually it started tonight, but I'm going tomorrow with Kate...who else is coming along?! We'll be there from about 11am-4pm and we'll be in garb and dancing like idiots from 1539...just like the past two years! So exciting! I'm also stoked that Needfire is back for the third year in a row! They're so awesome, and really nice in person! ANNNNDD Wicked Tinkers are returning! Love 'em! Whoo! I like the fact that rain or shine, they're having the fest. A bit of rain adds to the authenticity, though last year's weather is really hard to compete with. Luckily I ScotchGaurded my hat today, so hopefully it won't die in the rain. My dad is volunteering with the Knights of Columbus at the beer tent(s). Yeah, Catholic men's organization working with the beer...why was I not surprised?

I sort of fell into the reminder of the Scottish Fest. One day I felt a lovely breeze from the north and thought to myself "Something awesome happens this time of year...", so I put in my Needfire CD and realized that it was the time of year my hair starts to turn red (literally), and my celticness starts to seep from my soul; my imagination runs crazy...I love this time of year!

So, I am loving school. I belong to a group of about 30-40 people, it's really hard to tell. We all meet up in the fireplace lounge at TCC and people just come and go as they please. Rarely is there not people there. I like this feeling of belonging, it also helps that Cody's there and accepted the group. We're normally a bunch of nerds, the high school outcasts, we discuss current events and movies as someone plays a guitar in the background (and they play WELL!). The only down side to school at this point is all of these stupid lab reports I have to do. LAME! I don't understand why we just can't turn in our pages in our manual. They are perforated for a reason...Crazies...

Being in the group makes me feel especially charming, even more-so on Thursdays. I guess it's because I am one of the few girls in it, so it's mainly guys. I don't know what it is, but some of the guys feed me slight attention that makes me feel...attractive, intriguing, and like a nice person that these guys enjoy conversing with. Feeling this charming makes me feel bad simply because...well...I'm taken and feeling flirtatious, and Cody is at work on Thursdays. It probably won't stop, partially because I don't want it to. I like feeling wantedish by others. It makes me feel confidant. Is that a bad thing?

Well, that is all for now!
Love and plaid,
Liz

The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to Purgatory!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	High
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Moderate
Level 2 (Lustful)	Low
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Moderate
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very Low
Level 7 (Violent)	Low
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Moderate
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Very Low

Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test

I know what I'm doing for my birthday!!