Totally Adorable and Hilarious

As you may be able to tell from the timestamp on this entry, I am up rather late tonight :) But I was perusing some backlogged/bookmarked blogs and came across this one, called Letters With Character, that invites people to write letters to fictional characters. I thought this one was particularly amusing:

http://letterswithcharacter.blogspot.com/2010/05/aa-milne-winnie-pooh-1926.html

It is to Winnie the Pooh, and I think you should read it because it was super duper cute. There's also a great one to Werther from The Sorrows of Young Werther, a book I had to read for a German history class and really enjoyed. So check it out! :)

Friday Fill-Ins

1.) You have the chance to do something fun today!
2.) I am having lots of fun watching Numb3rs right now
3.) I want to have my student loan money disbursed so I can pay my rent and bills!
4.) Now I am a grad student, but hopefully later I will have an awesome job and be able to get on my own 2 feet!
5.) It's time to be the person I want to become
6.) My immediate future seems up in the air right now
7.) And as for the weekend, I am hanging out with my friends, going to Willow Creek Church tonight, and going to a BBQ tomorrow! :)

Mac VS PC?

Dear technically minded friends: I need your help!!!

Since I am going to be switching to U of I's online program in January, and will hopefully have a little extra loan money this summer/fall, I am thinking about buying a new computer or laptop, probably laptop. Though I have had no end of trouble with every single PC I have ever bought, I am hesitant about buying a Mac just because of the cost.

So....help! Which is better, Mac or PC? Which is cheaper? Is cheaper really better? I really want a Mac, so are there any discounts or anything on Macs that you know of? What about getting a netbook plus an external hard drive? Leave your comments please! :)

80's Rock!

Tomorrow, a friend and I are going to see an 80's cover band. But not just any 80's cover band. This cover band, my friends, is FANTASTIC!!

They are called 16 Candles, and they rock. Here is their website:

http://sixteencandlesband.com/2010/index.php

They are pretty fantastical. I have only seen them once before but it was super fun, and I am super excited! Ever since I watched that episode of Scrubs a few weeks ago where Turk keeps singing "I try to discover......a little something to make me sweeter......" I have had various 80's songs in my head, so this will be pretty great :)

What else....summer classes start in a couple of weeks so that should be fun. I also might be getting a new roommate....we will see how it goes!

Pink Sparkly Heels

Things have been pretty quiet, but also exciting, for me lately. I finished my 1st semester of school and am visiting friends and family at home for a couple of weeks.

One exciting thing, however, was going bridesmaid dress shopping with my brother's fiancee and some of the other bridesmaids on Saturday! We found a dress that looked good on everyone, although I may have to alter mine to be just a teensy bit longer since (as you will see if I can find a picture!) it is a little shorter in the back than it is in the front, and it's pretty short to begin with. We don't want anyone getting flashed when I fall while walking down the aisle!! hahaha!!

In all honesty, though, I am so excited for my bro and his future wife! They are both super cool :) The dress she/we picked is totally her style, funky/adorable, and hot pink which is pretty fun. I don't know yet if I get to wear the black sparkly heels or the pink sparkly heels, but either way it will be interesting to see how that turns out! Maybe I will practice a lot and FINALLY learn to walk in heels, I tried them on and despite the height they are not bad at all!!

So here are some pictures I have found of the dress/heels. I can't find pictures of the exact ones from the exact store, because for some reason this store apparently does not exist in Google's world (lol), but the dress looks kind of like this black one but the color of this pink one, and the heels look pretty similar to the ones below (only with a pink option also!). What do you think? Should my brother wear a tux or go buy a suit? I'm rooting for him and his groomsmen to go buy nice suits, they're all young but also done growing so if they buy nice suits they will last them quite awhile, there are many occasions coming up where I'm sure it will be good to have one! Either way, I'm sure the boys and the girls will all be lookin' fly come September :)

Tony Nominations Tuesday!

Today, dear readers, is a special day, for today the 2010 Tony Awards nominees were announced!! You can check out the full list of nominees here:

http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/index.html

I must say that unfortunately I am not nearly as excited about this year's nominees as I was about last year's, perhaps because last year I got to take a trip to New York and see many of the shows/performances that were nominated. I am excited to see the new Green Day-based musical American Idiot perform, though. Other surprises for me include The Addams Family not being nominated in the category of Best Musical, and Sean Hayes being nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actor for his role in the revival of Promises, Promises but Kristen Chenoweth NOT getting nominated for Leading Actress for the same show.

However, the Tonys are always an interesting show (...for dorks like me!), so it should be fun to see the variety of performances, including Chicago's own original cast of Million Dollar Quartet!

Homework Help

There are all kinds of ways to get help with one's homework. You could ask your teacher/professor for help after class, or go to their office hours. You could get the TA or another student to tutor you. You could form a study group, ask the ipl2, or use your local public library to get help.

And then there are cats. lol :)