I [BRAIN] Zombies aka Ode to Hannah's Genius

Yes. In case you were wondering I AM cool enough to make my own "I (Brain) Zombies" shirt. Does anyone else find it funny that you can clearly see my dorky toothbrush in the background?

EDIT: So I am proud to say that my entire church, with the exception of Andrew and possibly James, thinks I'm insane for wearing this shirt, which is awesome because now I can blame random outbursts during service on my mental instability. Whoohoo!

METAL class is getting better...well not really better but more tolerable (watch today go horribly). I turned in my ring project...ugh. On a side note: there is this girl in my class who says I look like a character from her web comic, "College Bound". She is so convinced that I am this character that she calls me "Brick". In fact she took a picture of me the other day to send to her boyfriend so that they could discuss how much I look like this character. I'll admit it's a bit creepy but what are you gonna do?

I am often told that I remind people of some sort of cartoon character. I guess it's because I'm so ANIMATED!! Ha-ha-ha!!! ::rofl:: Oh, the joke was bad...but anyway...I usually just take that as a compliment or if I am referred to as the "right" cartoon character I kick them in the shin and run off. I swear if I get called Velma ever again I scream like Dakota Fanning in War of the Worlds and don't think anyone wants that.

How to scare off creepy guys in just a few sentences

I was downtown last weekend and took some people to Rollie-Pollie Sandwiches (oh it was so good). Well, the clerk there was blatantly flirting with me. It was so bad that the guys that were with me kept referring to him as my "future husband." I'll admit that I enjoyed the attention but he really wasn't my type and I was in the overwhelming mood to say the following...

Me: "Look, I need to know where all this flirtatious behavior is going. I really don't have time for this seductive such and such. If you are planning on asking me out I need some serious notice so that I may plan out our lives together. I need to plan the wedding, the honeymoon, and name
our 5 kids. There is just too much to do and I really don't do well under short notice so please tell me your intentions."

Granted I didn't say it..I still would have paid to see the look on his face.

concussion

iTunes: "Playing With Fire" by Emery
I am: obtuse

Excuse me while I bang my head several times into my keyboard.


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Chipper Friday five

AHH! My McSweeney's and art that I bought from the Mud House came today!

Five things that make you giggle:
Becca's honking, the "Just Friends" trailer, the rabid squirrels on campus chasing the Freshmen, the "Caper" email by Strongbad, and Andrew's voice mail.

Five things that made you smile today:
Finding out that my McSweeney's books and art from the Mud House came, the mental image of my mother trying to put a tiny sweater on our Dachshund, "Moo-ze", "Is that a Star Wars Fraternity?", and hearing that Deborah has used her valuable time to teach her bird how to bark.

Most entertaining word:
"sacagawea"

Most enjoyable time of the day:
The second I see my replacement come in to work and know that I get to go home and cuddle with my Xbox.

Best 5 seconds of your life:
Hm. Tough one. Probably the first 5 seconds I got to put my arm around Jared Leto and got a nice whiff of his awesome cologne. Mmm.

I don't take requests

iTunes: "Point #1" by Chevelle
I am: turbulent

I really don't think I have quite earned the right to complain about anything considering that just a few days ago I met one of my favorite movie stars/music icons but I'm awesome enough that I can get away with it.

I think more then anything I piss myself off. And more then anything, I get pissed when I regress to the state of a 16 year-old and whine about how things aren't going my way.

My Metals/Jewelry class is pissing me off, (as well as other events that are just as consequential to my terrible day but will not be observed in this post nor any conversation that anyone might have with me about my terrible day) and it annoys me that I am getting agitated about a ridiculous art class that is unfortunately required for my BFA Degree.

There is my rant for the day. I will return to being the happy-go-lucky me in a few hours when I am on a "Red Bull" and "Pixie-Stick" (I think it is properly spelled s-t-i-k) high. Till then, I bid you all a good night.

Adventures in Lawrence, KS

Andrew and Justin find time to nap while we wait another 30 minutes for our food at the Mass St. Deli.

Christa waits for her food

Daniel waits patiently for our food at the Mass St. Deli 

Random shot 

Andrew fights off the cold that almost caused him to not see Jimmy Eat World.

Origin of a bad hair day

Me: lalala I think I'll get up at 6:30 am so that I can actually get a parking space at MSU.
My Hair: AHHH!
Me: Dear Lord! What was that?
My hair: IT'S MEEEE! I'M IN PAIN!
Me: Oh my. Are you ok?
Hair: Nooo! Why didn't you put hair gel in me yesterday?
Me: Well I thought...
Hair: Yeah that's right. You 'thought'. I think we all know what happens when you think!
Me: Look now I just want to get you styled and head off to school. We can discuss the hair gel thing later.
Hair: No.
Me: I said yes. Now style darn you!
Hair: No. I don't feel like it.
Me: Fine. You have forced me to pull out the curling iron.
Hair: Ha-ha. Try your best.
Me: Ug!
Hair: You cannot contain my wildness!
Me: FINE I WILL JUST GET A SCARF AND END THIS!
Hair: Just try to put that scarf in me. It ain't gonna happen. Nope.
Me: AHHHH!!

Clowns to the left of me and jokers to the right

iTunes: "Stuck in the middle with you" by the Steve Miller Band
I am: vacuous

I could post my Jared Leto story but I feel it is better told over the phone so if you want to hear it (and you do) then you need to call me.

I'm having serious problems being incredibly indecisive lately. It took me 25 minutes yesterday to decide if I what brand of orange soda I wanted to buy from Price Cutter. I have two major decisions to make in the next 2 months and I have yet to even lean in one director or another. Maybe I should work on that.

I get to do more soldering tomorrow in Metals. I am so totally bringing my digital camera because I have to see how awesome I look with a blowtorch.

Some girl, actually Courtney's little sister (Lindsay), at work suggested me taking her Senior pictures. I told her I'd do it for free and she'd just pay for the copies of the prints that she wanted. I don't know if everything will work out or not but if it does I would totally be stoked.

Closet fun at 1 AM

I have no idea what I am going to wear today/tomorrow for the Jared Leto thing. I mean I've thought about it but I really I have no idea...

My options are as follows:

"Marry me Jared Leto"

"I'm too hardcore for Jared Leto" aka "I'm a Consumer Whore/The Animation Show shirt"


"I'm so 'Indie' that even that girl from the Mud House hates me"

I blame this all on the fact that I am a girl. Me and my stupid girly-ness.

Melodic Friday Five

1. Best Make-out song:
"Fair" by Remy Zero is pretty nice but any Boy II Men song will do. I suggest "Hey Lover."

2. Best headbangin' song:
"I never told you what I do for a living" by My Chemical Romance is my personal favorite.

3. Best driving music:
"Road Trippin'" by The Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Every me, Every you" by Placebo, "No Breaks" by Offspring, "The Small Print" by Muse, and "Hitchin' a Ride" by Green Day.

4. Best "I'm dancin like a craaaaazy person" song:
When it comes to dancing like I'm mentally unstable I've always found "Baby Got Back" by Sir-Mix-Alot helpful.

5. You're own personal theme music:
"Hyper Music" by Muse or "Feeling Good" by Muse.

Talk about plastic...

The Art Walk the other week was so stellar. In one of these shops (by the Skinny Improv) they had these 4 or 5 girls posing like mannequins. There was a huge crowd around the shop. Ironically no one went inside but maybe that wasn't the point. Maybe the owners of this clothing store were trying to convey some kind of message about today's society being as stiff and rigid as a mannequin. Or maybe it was shameless attempt to sell more clothes. Either way, I was impressed.

I finally loaded all my pictures from this month's Art Walk tonight and boy did about 50% of them suck. That's ok. I get to meet Jared Leto. Anyway, I love this picture...I have no idea why but it is the most awesome picture of Ben H. that I have. Granted this is the only picture of him that I have, it tis the best! Ben H. you are one of the easiest subject to photograph! 

Fallin' yes, I am Falling

iTunes: "I've just seen a face" by The Beatles
I am: totally not prepared.

I have yet to pick out what I will have Jared Leto and 30 seconds to Mars sign.
I have yet to pick out what I will wear to meet Jared Leto and 30 Seconds to Mars.
I have yet to come up with an intelligent thing to say to Jared Leto and 30 Seconds to Mars.

This is not going to end well for me. I can feel it.

Someone told me that I should ask Jared Leto for a peck on the cheek but with how shy I am around guys already plus the fact that this is one of the most attractive men in Hollywood (actually named top 20 most beautiful people two years in a row), I really can't see that happening.

All I want to do is tell him that his music is awesome and possibly ask him where he gets inspiration (that is such a geeky question BTW) and then tell his brother Shannon Leto that I really love the photography on the first album.

AHHHHH!

I WON LUNCH WITH JARED LETO AND 30 SECONDS TO MARS!! I ACTUALLY WON!!!!

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Fear-Provoking Friday Five

1. Goosebumps: Freaky Awesome or Cheesy?

I was always a fan of Goosebumps. They were cheesy in an awesome, “I’m going to teach you about morals by having this kid be terrorized by his worst fear” way.

2. The Ring: The reason I currently wet my bed at night or the reason I currently hate all American adaptations of Japanese horror movies?

I think the Ring 2 is currently the “reason I hate all American adaptations of Japanese Horror Movies.” The movie was so lame that I wanted to eat a bucket of popcorn with extra butter rather than sit in that theater any longer. As for The Ring, that movie freaked me out. I seriously couldn’t watch anything on VHS for weeks without someone else in the room.

3. Wes Craven has locked you in a room which materializes all of your fears. What lurks in the shadows?

Dolphins who sound like Jeff Goldblum when they talk.

4. Scariest Celeb: Angelina "I wear my husband's blood around my neck" Jolie or Cillian "I always play the creepy skinny guy in movies" Murphy?

Cillian Murphy creeps me out more than any celebrity. I distrust all skinny men since I saw the “Machinist.” Not to mention, Cillian is too skinny for his own good.

5. While driving down a winding dirt road off in the country you accidentally hit something significantly larger than a squirrel. You get out to see what poor woodland creature you have slaughtered only to find that you have just run over Stephen King (making this the 5th time Stephen had been hit by a car). You examine your choices and decide that...

…he looks reasonably ok for a man who has just been hit by a car and I end up taking him back to my house which is conveniently located in the middle of no where. When he awakes at my house I say, “I am your number one fan, Mr. King. There is nothing to worry about. You are going to be just fine. I am your number one fan” in a creepy Kathy Bates voice. I nurse him back to health for several months while never allowing him to leave. When his is well enough to type again I force him to write a new zombie novel that includes me as one of the main characters. At some point he tries to set me on fire and escapes. But on the plus side, the book is a huge success.
-a la “Misery.” If you haven’t seen that movie I HIGHLY recommend it.-

The Cave

Tonight I shall call the cave, known as projection, my home for a total of 5.5 hours.

Oh, and what do I have to look forward to, you ask?

Dive, thoughts, down to my soul

I went to borders tonight in hopes of buying a copy of Richard III, one of the few Shakespearean plays that I have not read completely. Oh man, that is one delicious play. Talk about awesome villains!

"I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion,

Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,

Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time

Into this breathing world scarce half made up,

And that so lamely and unfashionable

That dogs bark at me as I halt by them;

--Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace,

Have no delight to pass away the time,

Unless to spy my shadow in the sun,And descant on mine own deformity:

And therefore,--since I cannot prove a lover,

To entertain these fair well-spoken days,--

I am determined to prove a villain,

And hate the idle pleasures of these days.

Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous,

By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams,

To set my brother Clarence and the king

In deadly hate the one against the other..."

Interesting fact and completely sidetracking my story: Most people remember the play for it's famous opening line of "Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this sun of York."

Now don't get me wrong, I love Borders, but every freakin' time I go in there they don't have the exact book that I want and I end up buying some worthless book that I thought I needed. Well, when I shimmied over to the Shakespearean section I was not at all shocked to see that they only had ONE copy of Richard III and it was a "I'm in high school and need the cheapest copy of Richard III out there" copy. I was very upset. So, to cool my nerves I attempted to find a somewhat new Dave Eggers book called "How We Are Hungry", a book that I have been waiting to read for a very long time. Once again I was NOT surprised to see that they ONLY had a hardback copy that would steal $22 out of my wallet. I restrained myself and walked out of the store without buying a gosh darn thing. I think I have only done this two times.

On a side note: I got my grade back for last week's email essay for my Lit. of the New testament Class and it was awesomely wicked! She said that I posed questions that I should have brought up in class so that we all could discuss them!

Don't have a Cow, man!

iTunes: "Wait" by The Beatles
I am: grieving for cows everywhere

While driving to work this evening a truck hauling 2 cows slowly drove in front of me. I took noticed of how every time the truck ran over a rough patch in the road the cow's belly would giggle ever so slightly. It was quite mesmerizing. I couldn't help but stare. It was like some sort of "cow lava lamp" rippling, waving. Anyway, back to my story, as I went to pass the truck one of the cows looked at me. It looked into my SOUL and moo-ed. And you know what it was saying? It said, "Don't eat meeeeee!" I was completely filled with conviction. I vowed that I would give up all red meat, for one day in honor of that cow.

Ironically I ate Taco Bell 30 minutes later.

iTunes: "Revennga" by System of a Down
I am: livid, in the strongest sense


After viewing 2 clips for Serenity I have lost all faith in the movie being all that I had hoped it would be. It saddens me.

Rotten

iTunes: "Rape Me" by Nirvana

had bad lunch

feel sick

going to puke

possibly watch TV after

then eat 10 pounds of cake

Freaky Friday Five

1. If you were forced to switch bodies (a la Freaky Friday) for 1 day, who would you IRONICALLY be forced to switch with?

Well as irony would have it, I would sadly be forced to change places with Lindsay Lohan when we accidentally both wear cursed Chinese imported Converse All-Stars at the same time.

2. Why?

It is a well known fact that Lindsay Lohan and I have had a few differences in opinion for the past year or so. One of which has to do with how she thinks it's ok to be an annoying brat.

3. What craaaazy adventures would you have?

As L.L., I would walk around all day in tiny skits and do typical Lindsay things like make-out with tons of movie stars. I wouldn't really care who. I mean I am Linday Lohan. At some point during the day I would realize that, that cold sore on my mouth is really more then just a "cold sore" (if you catch my drift). I may cry a bit but then I’d go shopping and everything would be fine. After a long day on the set of “Mean Girls 2: A New-Time low” I would find time to scream at an extra or two for blocking my sunlight thus creating a blotchy tan on my $5,000 body. When it’s time to retire to my flippin’ huge mansion I would bring a director or two along just to make sure I get that role in the new Mel Gibson movie.

4. What important lesson would you learn by the end of the day?

That though L.L. seems cold and heartless to the media, she really does have a heart. It’s just covered up by 12 layers of makeup and hair care products.

5. Is it just me or did Jamie Lee Curtis overact in "Freaky Friday"?

Considering that I wrote this Friday Five, I am naturally going to agree with myself.

Ran around work with,

"Ask me about my great prices on souls"

on my left hand for the last hour of my shift. I had no takers.

90's style baby!

iTunes: “I am the Walrus” by The Beatles
I am: The Walrus, Goo goo g' joob!

I don’t believe this day could be better summer up by anyone but By Keanu Reeves so don’t blame me when I use 90’s terminology to describe this day as “excellent.” Really the stories are told better over the phone but I can share this one enjoyable moment.

[We are discussing the phrase “Avoid Rape, Say Yes”]
Justin: “Oh man, I’m totally going to make a poster that says that and post it on my ceiling above my bed. That way, when girls make their way into my room and sit on my bed all I have to do is start stripping and go, “Eh?” and everything would be sweet.”
Me: “I don’t believe that would work very well. I also think I am slightly offended by that as well.”
Justin: “I guess you’re right. I mean if my mom came into my room and looked up…well I don’t think I want to go there.”