Good movie. It definitely makes me incredibly, incredibly grateful to be healthy and to have my entire circle of friends and family be relatively healthy and happy.
during one of the saddest parts:
katie: [starts giggling]
voiceover: my sister died that night...
katie: [dies of laughter]
I guess I should clarify that she had already sort of been laughing BEFORE the really sad part, but still :) She was remembering how hard I was crying during the Notebook, and somehow that was FUNNY to her, so she started laughing haha. Ooooo katie :)
But I'm glad I saw it. I have a hard time wanting to watch movies that I know will make me cry a lot. Um, like, when was the last time you watched Stepmom? Exactly. It's such a good movie, but I mean, who enjoys reliving the sadness of that movie? Thats kind of how I feel about this movie. I don't know if I'll be able to watch it again. Yay sad movies. But it was still soooo good.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
My new obsession
Aquafina Flavor Splash in Raspberry. Mmmmmmmmmmmm. The one good thing the call center has to offer.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Another rant post
I literally have not had one good experience with Ohio State (outside the Fisher School of Business) thus far. I have had problems with numerous offices at the school, and it just kind of makes me lose hope in the school. I was SO excited to go there, and now I'm just like... getting depressed about it. The ONLY thing that is saving it so far is that Fisher just... has their shit together. And gives me a little more confidence.
It makes me realize how much I took for granted the small-school atmosphere at Miami. If you had a question about ANYTHING, you would at least get to talk to someone within a few minutes. At OSU, I've been waiting days for a phone call or an email back, and it's not coming. At Miami, you were always answered so quickly. I understand OSU's a huge school, but Miami isn't exactly a 500-student school, either. I just think I thought I was going to get the same kind of treatment at OSU that I received at Miami, and it's just coming as kind of a shock that it's pretty much the complete opposite.
:(
It makes me realize how much I took for granted the small-school atmosphere at Miami. If you had a question about ANYTHING, you would at least get to talk to someone within a few minutes. At OSU, I've been waiting days for a phone call or an email back, and it's not coming. At Miami, you were always answered so quickly. I understand OSU's a huge school, but Miami isn't exactly a 500-student school, either. I just think I thought I was going to get the same kind of treatment at OSU that I received at Miami, and it's just coming as kind of a shock that it's pretty much the complete opposite.
:(
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Cyclists.
Okay. Okay. This is a rant post.
It is one of my biggest pet peeves when there is a cyclist just biking down a major street. Especially in Westerville. Have you NOT been informed that there are literally MILES of bike paths around our town? Not to mention the SIDEWALKS surrounding your homes? If you were like, trying to bike to and from work... that's a different story. But NONE of these people look like they're going anywhere important. They're just out for leisurely rides. 1) They are putting yourself in grave danger. 2) They hold up traffic for unbelievable amounts of time, especially if they are on a busy road.
It just blows my mind. There is NO part of me that desires to bike down a road that's 45 mph. None. Like, personally, I don't enjoy being one foot away from a car that could easily kill me if they hit a pothole. Um, no thanks.
Ugh. For real. Get off the damn main roads.
It is one of my biggest pet peeves when there is a cyclist just biking down a major street. Especially in Westerville. Have you NOT been informed that there are literally MILES of bike paths around our town? Not to mention the SIDEWALKS surrounding your homes? If you were like, trying to bike to and from work... that's a different story. But NONE of these people look like they're going anywhere important. They're just out for leisurely rides. 1) They are putting yourself in grave danger. 2) They hold up traffic for unbelievable amounts of time, especially if they are on a busy road.
It just blows my mind. There is NO part of me that desires to bike down a road that's 45 mph. None. Like, personally, I don't enjoy being one foot away from a car that could easily kill me if they hit a pothole. Um, no thanks.
Ugh. For real. Get off the damn main roads.
Friday, June 19, 2009
'05 Cruise!
I just got back from my cruise a few hours ago! It was a blast!!! I must say, Key West and Nassau kind of disappointed me. But CocoCay was soooo awesomeeee. Anyway, I'm getting ahead of myself.
Day 1 (Monday) - Miami
I woke up at 3:30 AM on Monday (after going to bed at 11:30 on Sunday night), and Donny and his dad picked me up at 4:30. We met up with Megan and Jake (who were on our flight) at the airport, andur flight left at 5:55 AM (yeah, sick) for Ft. Lauderdale. Once we got there, we met up with Tyler and Jon and caught a shuttle to the Port of Miami! I was actually kind of nervous getting onto the ship. I was positive that we would turn into the next Titanic, even though I know that like, that NEVER happens anymore. I saw the lifeboats hanging off the side, and I instantly thought 'oh no. I hope there are enough for everyone.' haha like, what? I'm pretty sure they have that figured out by now. Anyway, here's our ship, the Majesty of the Seas:
Well, thats as much of it as I could fit in one picture haha. Anyway, the ship was gorgeous. And there was always something to do. The food at dinner was deliciouuuus (I literally had steak 3 of the 4 nights... oops?). The rest of the food was so-so, but there was always some place open to get food, so that was nice. At dinner, I tried a few new things... scallops (it was a scallop risotto), oxtail broth (i dont even know what that is, honestly. Even now that I've eaten it haha), and... ESCARGOT. Yes, I tried escargot. Honestly, it wasn't that bad. I don't know if I'd choose to eat it again, but I could handle eating it again. It probably helped that it was drenched in butter and garlic... mmm. Oh, and I also tried lamb... I did NOT like it. The texture was gross.
Anyway, so the first day we set sail at I believe 5 PM, so we all watched that. Then we just explored a bit and went to dinner at 8:30 (that was our dining time every night). I truly don't have any clue what we did the first night. Oops?
Day 2 (Tuesday) - Nassau
The next morning we docked in Nassau. It poured until like, noon, so that sucked. We finally got off the island and went to the straw markets (kind of claustrophobic and stressful, plus they all just sell the same stuff) and bought me some band-aids. The night before, someone knocked a heavy metal boxy trashcan onto the top of my foot and it was a REALLY deep gash and it pretty much bled for like, 2 days straight. Gross. Then we went back on the boat for awhile, collected everyone, and went to SENOR FROGS!
The bar had a GORGEOUS view... it sat out on top of the clear blue water of the Bahamas! Senor Frogs and when we played Quest (I'll get to that later) were probably the two best memories of the cruise haha. I mean... it all started when the boys bought buckets of beer, and the girls (plus jake :) ) bought something called 'The Yard' which was basically just a HUGE glass... I got the house margarita, frozen. It was DELICIOUS but it took me ages to finish. We watched a mom get drunk off her ASS and make a total fool of herself in front of her two young daughters. Sad, but also sort of hilarious. Then some employee decided to nominate Donny to participate in a chugging contest... he came in 2nd! Then the same employee created a 'Free Shot Conga Line' in which we all just... literally did a train around the bar, and at random points, employees would be waiting with a bottle of SOMETHING and they would squirt it into our mouths. I literally felt like it was the crazy college spring break I never had haha. It was insane. Then we of course had all had a biiiit to drink and ended up dancing like fools on the dance floor. Keep in mind that we were pretty much the only people dancing. Whatevs. It was SO FUN oh my gosh.
That night was our formal dinner, which was nice! We went to a laaaaame show afterwards. Donny and I left like, halfway through it because it was so dumb. It was like... a bunch of 70s songs, and it was beyond cheesy. We didn't really do a whole lot else the rest of the night, I don't think.
Day 3 (Wednesday) - CocoCay, Bahamas
I would say this was the best day, overall. I LOVED CocoCay, which is Royal Caribbean's own private island. It's tiny and cute and I love it. The unfortunate part was that it felt like it was 120 degrees outside. Note to self: Never, ever take a cruise to the Caribbean in the summer. I couldn't be out of the water for more than probably 5-10 minutes. It was that hot. I, of course, got burned... it's already pretty much gone away, which is nice. Other 05 cruisers were not so lucky, however. Donny's back is burned to a crisp, and others had various other body parts burned haha. I bought a Coco-Loco (the drink of the day on the cruise) and it was probably the most delicious drink I've ever had. I honestly had no idea what was in it (other than rum), so I just Googled it... here's what I came up with:
Anyway, so there's that. My graduation present to Donny was one of the 'excursions' offered by Royal Caribbean... we went snorkeling in CocoCay! It was SO FUN, minus my mask kept leaking and I kept inhaling salt water. We saw a sting ray, TONS of schools of fish, and just lots of pretty, pretty fish! We also saw sea urchins... Katie found a starfish... it was just so fun! After snorkeling, we ended up having to put our lounge chairs in halfway in the water because, like I said, we literally couldn't NOT be in the water. It was fun though, and so, so relaxing. We had to go back kind of early though... Donny and I waited until the very last second to board the last boat back to our cruise ship (it was tendered further out in the ocean). That night, we went to a Newlyweds-ish game and it was just so freaking hilarious. Then we played Quest. Ohhhh, Quest.
Our group (10 of us) was group 4... and I found this description online: "Basically it's a form of a scavenger hunt - but with a twist. Points are awarded in this form - 1st person to arrive with the items gets 10 points. 2nd person - 5 points. 3rd person - 3 points. Everyone after that gets 1 point. When you arrive to the cruise director (the one on the microphone), you are to present your number and show him the items. Once that item is pronounced 'CLOSED', no more can be accepted." It started out with tame things... "I need one business card," or "I need one picture of a child." Laura, Donny, and Sam had all been on the cruise before, so they knew what a lot of them were going to be, so we came prepared haha. We were BY FAR the most intense group! I'm sure everyone else hated us. '05. Anyway, it eventually turned into like, 4 people on our team being in their underwear, boys demonstrating on other boys their favorite sexual positions, boys demonstrating on GIRLS their favorite sexual positions, girls showing tattoos and piercings in scandalous places... oh man. It was seriously one of the funniest nights of my life. I was dying of laughter. Katie just... took so many for the team haha. We saw her underwear so, so many times. She also bit a hole in Jake's sock... yeah. I dunno. hahaha. Some picture highlights:
I think it's safe to say that we absolutely dominated the game. We won with like... 70 points. The 2nd place team didn't even have 45 points. Like... absolute destruction. It was so fantastic. When they announced that we were the winners, we were SO obnoxious and like, shoved people out of our way to rush the stage and cheer and chant 'O-H' 'I-O' and oh my gosh it was just a fantastic moment.
Day 4 (Thursday) - Key West
Okay, there's basically nothing all that fun to do in Key West unless you have unlimited money and can go parasailing or something. We walked around, but it was miserable because it was so hot. Donny and I eventually ran into everyone else (minus Megan and Jake, who were off snorkeling and catamaran-ing) and went to the original Margaritaville, which was fun. Donny and I got the house margaritas and they were delishhhhhh. I guess they should be, since the place is called Margaritaville. Anyway, Donny and I were sick of it after that, so we headed back to the ship and packed, since we had to leave so early the next morning. We had our last dinner (where I had my third steak in 4 days...), and watched a decent comedy show. Then Donny and I headed to bed since we had to get up at 6 AM!
Day 5 (Friday) - Miami
We arrived back in Miami this morning to a beautiful sunrise. We were up early to take advantage of the 'Express' checkout or something... turned out to be not worth it at all, since we ended up sitting on Royal Caribbean's shuttle to Ft. Lauderdale for an HOUR. Omg it was the most annoying thing in the world. Luckily we got to the airport on time and got home with no problems.
I'm sorry this is the longest post of all time. Summary: the cruise was awesome, ridiculously hot, tons of fun, relaxing for the most part, and I hope I can do it again soon :)
Day 1 (Monday) - Miami
I woke up at 3:30 AM on Monday (after going to bed at 11:30 on Sunday night), and Donny and his dad picked me up at 4:30. We met up with Megan and Jake (who were on our flight) at the airport, andur flight left at 5:55 AM (yeah, sick) for Ft. Lauderdale. Once we got there, we met up with Tyler and Jon and caught a shuttle to the Port of Miami! I was actually kind of nervous getting onto the ship. I was positive that we would turn into the next Titanic, even though I know that like, that NEVER happens anymore. I saw the lifeboats hanging off the side, and I instantly thought 'oh no. I hope there are enough for everyone.' haha like, what? I'm pretty sure they have that figured out by now. Anyway, here's our ship, the Majesty of the Seas:
Well, thats as much of it as I could fit in one picture haha. Anyway, the ship was gorgeous. And there was always something to do. The food at dinner was deliciouuuus (I literally had steak 3 of the 4 nights... oops?). The rest of the food was so-so, but there was always some place open to get food, so that was nice. At dinner, I tried a few new things... scallops (it was a scallop risotto), oxtail broth (i dont even know what that is, honestly. Even now that I've eaten it haha), and... ESCARGOT. Yes, I tried escargot. Honestly, it wasn't that bad. I don't know if I'd choose to eat it again, but I could handle eating it again. It probably helped that it was drenched in butter and garlic... mmm. Oh, and I also tried lamb... I did NOT like it. The texture was gross.
Anyway, so the first day we set sail at I believe 5 PM, so we all watched that. Then we just explored a bit and went to dinner at 8:30 (that was our dining time every night). I truly don't have any clue what we did the first night. Oops?
Day 2 (Tuesday) - Nassau
The next morning we docked in Nassau. It poured until like, noon, so that sucked. We finally got off the island and went to the straw markets (kind of claustrophobic and stressful, plus they all just sell the same stuff) and bought me some band-aids. The night before, someone knocked a heavy metal boxy trashcan onto the top of my foot and it was a REALLY deep gash and it pretty much bled for like, 2 days straight. Gross. Then we went back on the boat for awhile, collected everyone, and went to SENOR FROGS!
The bar had a GORGEOUS view... it sat out on top of the clear blue water of the Bahamas! Senor Frogs and when we played Quest (I'll get to that later) were probably the two best memories of the cruise haha. I mean... it all started when the boys bought buckets of beer, and the girls (plus jake :) ) bought something called 'The Yard' which was basically just a HUGE glass... I got the house margarita, frozen. It was DELICIOUS but it took me ages to finish. We watched a mom get drunk off her ASS and make a total fool of herself in front of her two young daughters. Sad, but also sort of hilarious. Then some employee decided to nominate Donny to participate in a chugging contest... he came in 2nd! Then the same employee created a 'Free Shot Conga Line' in which we all just... literally did a train around the bar, and at random points, employees would be waiting with a bottle of SOMETHING and they would squirt it into our mouths. I literally felt like it was the crazy college spring break I never had haha. It was insane. Then we of course had all had a biiiit to drink and ended up dancing like fools on the dance floor. Keep in mind that we were pretty much the only people dancing. Whatevs. It was SO FUN oh my gosh.That night was our formal dinner, which was nice! We went to a laaaaame show afterwards. Donny and I left like, halfway through it because it was so dumb. It was like... a bunch of 70s songs, and it was beyond cheesy. We didn't really do a whole lot else the rest of the night, I don't think.
Day 3 (Wednesday) - CocoCay, Bahamas
I would say this was the best day, overall. I LOVED CocoCay, which is Royal Caribbean's own private island. It's tiny and cute and I love it. The unfortunate part was that it felt like it was 120 degrees outside. Note to self: Never, ever take a cruise to the Caribbean in the summer. I couldn't be out of the water for more than probably 5-10 minutes. It was that hot. I, of course, got burned... it's already pretty much gone away, which is nice. Other 05 cruisers were not so lucky, however. Donny's back is burned to a crisp, and others had various other body parts burned haha. I bought a Coco-Loco (the drink of the day on the cruise) and it was probably the most delicious drink I've ever had. I honestly had no idea what was in it (other than rum), so I just Googled it... here's what I came up with:
- 3/4 ounce dark rum
- 3/4 ounce coconut rum
- 1/2 ounce cream of coconut
- 1/2 ounce papaya nectar (optional)
- 1/2 ounce orange juice
- 1/2 ounce pineapple juice
- 1/4 ounce grenadine
- 1/2 banana (optional)
Anyway, so there's that. My graduation present to Donny was one of the 'excursions' offered by Royal Caribbean... we went snorkeling in CocoCay! It was SO FUN, minus my mask kept leaking and I kept inhaling salt water. We saw a sting ray, TONS of schools of fish, and just lots of pretty, pretty fish! We also saw sea urchins... Katie found a starfish... it was just so fun! After snorkeling, we ended up having to put our lounge chairs in halfway in the water because, like I said, we literally couldn't NOT be in the water. It was fun though, and so, so relaxing. We had to go back kind of early though... Donny and I waited until the very last second to board the last boat back to our cruise ship (it was tendered further out in the ocean). That night, we went to a Newlyweds-ish game and it was just so freaking hilarious. Then we played Quest. Ohhhh, Quest.
Our group (10 of us) was group 4... and I found this description online: "Basically it's a form of a scavenger hunt - but with a twist. Points are awarded in this form - 1st person to arrive with the items gets 10 points. 2nd person - 5 points. 3rd person - 3 points. Everyone after that gets 1 point. When you arrive to the cruise director (the one on the microphone), you are to present your number and show him the items. Once that item is pronounced 'CLOSED', no more can be accepted." It started out with tame things... "I need one business card," or "I need one picture of a child." Laura, Donny, and Sam had all been on the cruise before, so they knew what a lot of them were going to be, so we came prepared haha. We were BY FAR the most intense group! I'm sure everyone else hated us. '05. Anyway, it eventually turned into like, 4 people on our team being in their underwear, boys demonstrating on other boys their favorite sexual positions, boys demonstrating on GIRLS their favorite sexual positions, girls showing tattoos and piercings in scandalous places... oh man. It was seriously one of the funniest nights of my life. I was dying of laughter. Katie just... took so many for the team haha. We saw her underwear so, so many times. She also bit a hole in Jake's sock... yeah. I dunno. hahaha. Some picture highlights:
I think it's safe to say that we absolutely dominated the game. We won with like... 70 points. The 2nd place team didn't even have 45 points. Like... absolute destruction. It was so fantastic. When they announced that we were the winners, we were SO obnoxious and like, shoved people out of our way to rush the stage and cheer and chant 'O-H' 'I-O' and oh my gosh it was just a fantastic moment.
Day 4 (Thursday) - Key West
Okay, there's basically nothing all that fun to do in Key West unless you have unlimited money and can go parasailing or something. We walked around, but it was miserable because it was so hot. Donny and I eventually ran into everyone else (minus Megan and Jake, who were off snorkeling and catamaran-ing) and went to the original Margaritaville, which was fun. Donny and I got the house margaritas and they were delishhhhhh. I guess they should be, since the place is called Margaritaville. Anyway, Donny and I were sick of it after that, so we headed back to the ship and packed, since we had to leave so early the next morning. We had our last dinner (where I had my third steak in 4 days...), and watched a decent comedy show. Then Donny and I headed to bed since we had to get up at 6 AM!
Day 5 (Friday) - Miami
We arrived back in Miami this morning to a beautiful sunrise. We were up early to take advantage of the 'Express' checkout or something... turned out to be not worth it at all, since we ended up sitting on Royal Caribbean's shuttle to Ft. Lauderdale for an HOUR. Omg it was the most annoying thing in the world. Luckily we got to the airport on time and got home with no problems.
I'm sorry this is the longest post of all time. Summary: the cruise was awesome, ridiculously hot, tons of fun, relaxing for the most part, and I hope I can do it again soon :)
Sunday, June 14, 2009
CRUISE.
My cruise in the Bahamas begins TOMORROW! I can.not.wait. I've never been on a cruise, so I'm super excited. We'll be stopping in Nassau, Coco Cay, and Key West. yaaaaaaaayyyyy. :) The only bad thing is that our flight leaves at like, 6 AM tomorrow morning. Nasty.
Donny's graduation was yesterday morning. It was cooler than Miami's. Meh. Anyway, it was nice to see him graduate! I did have to get up at 5 AM to get to OU, though, haha. That was a bummer. But I drove down to Athens with his sister, and it was fun to chat with her and learn more about her.
We got back to Westerville, I had some yummy steak with my parents, and then I headed back over to Donny's. When I got there, his entire family was at the next door neighbor's high school graduation party. ALL of the adults were drunk. It was slightly hilarious. This one woman kept yelling at me to buy Bonine instead of Dramamine for the cruise, and that taking one of those and a Pepcid AC before drinking would lessen the effects of alcohol while on the cruise haha. She also informed us that eating a peanut butter (sans the jelly) sandwich before going to business meetings (she claims that ALL business meetings "inevitably end in drinking" hahaha) will also prevent hangovers. And the host kept giving Donny's dad shots and it was hysterical. Oh my.
Donny's parents gave me my graduation present... a Coach umbrella :) :) IT IS SO CUTE. I have wanted one of these FOREVER... and she didn't even know! I feel like she has developed a great sense of my tastes haha. First the cute Vera Bradley makeup bag and wristlet for Christmas... now this... props to her.
Time to get ready for dinner. I'll have cruise updates in a week!
Donny's graduation was yesterday morning. It was cooler than Miami's. Meh. Anyway, it was nice to see him graduate! I did have to get up at 5 AM to get to OU, though, haha. That was a bummer. But I drove down to Athens with his sister, and it was fun to chat with her and learn more about her.
We got back to Westerville, I had some yummy steak with my parents, and then I headed back over to Donny's. When I got there, his entire family was at the next door neighbor's high school graduation party. ALL of the adults were drunk. It was slightly hilarious. This one woman kept yelling at me to buy Bonine instead of Dramamine for the cruise, and that taking one of those and a Pepcid AC before drinking would lessen the effects of alcohol while on the cruise haha. She also informed us that eating a peanut butter (sans the jelly) sandwich before going to business meetings (she claims that ALL business meetings "inevitably end in drinking" hahaha) will also prevent hangovers. And the host kept giving Donny's dad shots and it was hysterical. Oh my.
Donny's parents gave me my graduation present... a Coach umbrella :) :) IT IS SO CUTE. I have wanted one of these FOREVER... and she didn't even know! I feel like she has developed a great sense of my tastes haha. First the cute Vera Bradley makeup bag and wristlet for Christmas... now this... props to her.
Time to get ready for dinner. I'll have cruise updates in a week!Saturday, June 6, 2009
Rollerblading
Yesterday I decided to bust out my rollerblades and give them another shot. They were going to be my path to fitness last summer, until I forgot to wear high enough socks, and I soon received such intense cuts that I still have scars. So the rollerblades were quickly forgotten for the rest of the summer. HOWEVER. I have decided to bring them back. I went yesterday and this morning with my sister, who claims she never learned how to skate when she was little. This is a bold-faced lie. Anyway, it's kind of nice going with her, because I get little breaks when I have to wait for her to catch up hahah. Plus, that way, when I start back up again, I'm using more muscle. See how it all works out so nicely? Anyway, my butt and hips and thighs are totally feeling it, and I'm so pumped. I just looked online at how many calories I burn doing this... it's like, more than running. And I hate running. So... yay for that. This is also a much cheaper alternative to joining the gym, which I was contemplating doing. It's still a possibility, but so far, this is working out great. And I don't work until 10 this summer, so I can get up, get in some exercise, then get to work. Perfect.
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