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This term is a maelstrom of craziness. I turned 21 just 2 days ago and took my first trip into the Winco Beer Closet today... it didn't have as much as I thought it would... kinda like the magical fairy-tale land where all of your missing socks go in the drier...
I am also working on becoming a producer for my friends' show on KBVR 88.7fm Corvallis Sunday mornings. Can you believe it? Me, on the radio. Haha.
The time came last Tuesday (a week ago... can't believe it's already gone by so fast) to say our goodbyes to Ginger. She was a great dog and I couldn't have wished for her to have been any different. My standards are set pretty high now, and even my cute little bunny, Matilda, can't come close. She was like a sister, and led a full long life. There aren't many regrets, mostly just that I wish I would've spent more time with her in the past few years, but when you're at college 100 miles away, it gets hard. I'm glad I got to spend Christmas and Spring Breaks with her. I think she and I had something special.
I am also swamped with midterms and group projects this term. I don't think I'm going to take 17 credits ever again.
I'm taking some classes this summer. Drugs, Violence, and Society; Children and Youth with Special Needs; Lifetime Fitness lecture; Step Aerobics. Should be fun. And the best part is that I get two mini-summer vacations as well, so I can still have fun!
I'm also extremely happy with my new apartment; it's cozy... but so huge, it's a bit lonely. I really appreciate it when people come to visit and they let me cook for them. It's hard to cook for one... so I end up snacking or just forgetting to eat. Hmmm. Today's been a snacking day... and so has the rest of this week. I need to go to the gym more often. Anyway, lots of studying to get back to.
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Saturday, April 14th, 2007
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| Subject: | Moved |
| Time: | 10:58 pm. |
| Mood: |  exhausted. | | Music: | Toy Story - I Will Go Sailing No More. |
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I'm almost completely out of Kings Landing now. Just have a few things I left behind for sake of saving time. I'll just clean the place tomorrow and take the last stuff with me. Hopefully I'll be able to turn the keys in on Monday. I am so glad I have so many friends that love me that are willing to come and help me move, or at least relish in the new environment... :) I realize I have a lot of stuff, but it's not my fault. When something breaks, and the thing comes in packs of 4, or 10, or whatever, you get stuck with a lot of extras that you could end up using someday but haven't had to yet, so it seems silly moving it around when you're not using it. Oh well. It'll take another couple days to get everything unpacked and put into its place; one of the great many things about this new place is that there is a lot of closet space, so my junk kind of disappears once I get things situated.
I went to see Grindhouse with Thomas tonight, but an hour into the first movie I had to leave; I was getting sick from all the blood and shooting, so I took his car and came back and put more things away to get my mind off of it. I'm gonna go pick him up from the theater soon, and ask him how the second feature turned out.
It's been a long day, filled with lots of pizza. I have 6 slices of leftovers which will be perfect lunch this week with classes going on. Oh yeah! And now that I'm basically on campus, I can sleep in another extra 15 minutes every day! Yay.
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
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Yep, moving. Out of this dump into a nice place just across the street from campus. Horray! Moving this Saturday, so I can definitely see the light at the end of this nasty, ant-infested tunnel.
Oh, and I got a bunny. Her name is Matilda. She's a dwarf mix, and only about 8 weeks old. So cute!
-Karla-
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1. I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll challenge you to try something.
3. I'll pick a colour that I associate with you.
4. I'll tell you something I like about you.
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something I've always wanted to ask you.
8. If I do this for you, you must post this in your journal.
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
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Exciting... I almost feel like a business major... you'll see why. Check it out:
Mondays & Wednesdays
EXSS 324 (Exercise Physiology), 2-4pm
H 449 (Health Risk Communication), 4-5:30pm
Tuesdays & Thursdays
H 320 (Intro to Human Disease), 8-9:30am
H 220 (Intro to Epidemiology & Health Data Analysis), 9:30-11am
COMM 218 (Interpersonal Communication), 11am-12:30pm
That's it. No class on Fridays... woo hoo! 16 credits, but so little in-class time, I'm really excited. Plus the professor for H320 is my boss for my internship, so that should be interesting, to say the least.
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Sunday, February 18th, 2007
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| Time: | 9:15 pm. |
| Mood: |  loved. | | Music: | "Follow You" - The Tories. |
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| You Are Ready to Get Married | 
You've done more than dream about the dress and the honeymoon
In fact, you spend a good deal of your time thinking about what makes a relationship work
And from your answers, it looks like you have the skills to say "I Do" and mean it
You've dated enough, learned your fair share, and you're ready to settle down. |
I sure hope someone will finally make it happen soon.... maybe it will. I don't know, I'm just too in love!
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Sunday, February 11th, 2007
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If only this was how everyone would be. I am tired of being afraid. I want to know that everyone cares about something or someone. I want the pain of one person to become the pain of all; the joy of one person to become the joy of all.
-Karla-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4&mode=related&search=
This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.
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Monday, February 5th, 2007
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| Time: | 10:56 am. |
| Mood: |  drained. |
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Okay fine, I haven't posted yet this year. Hooray 2007. I am busy with an internship and lots of classes with professors that load up the curriculum with reading. Just a quick update on my life:
* Thomas and I have been dating for 2 years now.
* My roommate is moving in with her boyfriend and his friends (they have a house) so I'm gonna be all alone, and I'll be looking for a new place to move into around June.
* My parents are gonna be moving to Arizona for my dad's job for 6-8 months, and I get to go down with them for 3-4 days (and Thomas gets to come, too) during Spring Break... and they're going to fly us down again for Christmas this year. Cool.
* Our apartment smells funny, just as a general rule, and for no particular reason. I keep it clean, but it will always smell funny. Not always a bad smell, just a smell. Ugh.
-Karla-
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Saturday, December 30th, 2006
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Saddam Hussein was executed Saturday morning (Dec. 30th) in Iraq. Maybe 2006 wasn't so worthless after all.
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Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
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I get to register like a mad woman Wednesday night... then a thought hit me like a brick: what should I take? Now, let's see... oh... oh no... this could be bad. Technically, if I were to be on track to graduate June 2008, I will need to take 18+ credits next fall because of all the fall-only classes offered in the public health department. Oh well, looks like I'll be sticking around for at least another term longer than I expected. With any luck, I'll have a really kick-ass roommate by then....... <3
-Karla-
PS- Just for credits in my major, I have already completed 82; I have at least 89 to go, not including a couple baccalaureate core courses I'm sure I've been forgetting about. Maybe I won't go to nursing school... this stuff interests me enough, it's gonna take a long time anyway. I love school, but I just wanna get out there and do something, you know?
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Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
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I got my first job yesterday as an intern in the Public Health department. I get to work with a PhD student on a study in partnership with the Good Samaritan hospital in town. I'll be getting some money for fun, finally. But I'm way busy with tests and papers so I can't say much about it now.
-Karla-
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
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| Time: | 3:10 pm. |
| Mood: |  pessimistic. |
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Aw shit. China and North Korea are at war... and N. Korea is planning a second nuclear test... on China's fucking ass. :P
This is it, we're all fucked.
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Monday, September 25th, 2006
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Corvallis exploded this week. Although, to tell you the truth, I'm a bit disappointed with the selection of activities for students this year during Connect week. Not nearly as much free food or barbeques, or giveaways or contests to win stuff (you know, the useful kind of stuff). Today was the first day of classes for me, but I have been here all summer so nothing is that surprising, except for the surprise I got Saturday night when I came back from the football game. I have told the story to too many people already, ( but to cut the story short... )
So I'll probably end up looking for a one-bedroom apartment to live in for next year; I hope I can right all these wrongs between myself and the guys (mostly Sam) or else I will have to look a little faster. Hopefully I won't have to live alone for too long...Thomas and I are celebrating 20 months of dating tomorrow. I can't believe it hasn't been longer.
I am taking 15 credits this term, but I am done every day at 2pm, so I'm applying to get a job as an intern at the Benton County Health Department. It'd be a pretty sweet job, if I can land it. If I can't, it'll be one easy term.
-Karla-
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Sunday, August 27th, 2006
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I am cursed when it comes to keeping fish. But it might not be entirely my fault, since I buy them at Petco (almost typed "WinCo"... I bet they'd have good deals, but just as crumby of a selection). It started out like this:
> Large tank: 3 tetras, 1 dwarf african aquatic frog, & 1 spotted cory
> Small tank: 1 male betta, & 1 spotted cory
Here's what I have as of tonight:
> Large tank: 2 tetras, 2 spotted cories
> Small tank:... what small tank? :(
So yeah... things like to die. I think I'm much better with mammals, so when all of these fish are gone, I'll just wait to get a dog or rabbit again or something.
-Karla-
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I went with some friends to the Oregon State Fair yesterday to see The Decemberists, Violent Femmes, and Cake.
* The Decemberists were amazing and funny. They are horrible at the inter-song banter and know it, so it just made them more human. They all look just like regular Joe Shmoes but are actually pretty talented because they play together in a way that you can't imagine the song being the same without one of the parts.
* Violent Femmes would have been better if their speakers had actually blown out. At one point the volume was so loud that the bassist's amplifier wasn't even registering a tone, just growling loudness. When Thomas and I left the room to get a drink of water, I could only hear him if I plugged my ears - that's how ridiculously loud they were. They could've been the best band I'd ever seen, but if their volume would've been that loud, I would've hated the concert. A letdown.
* Cake was blindingly awesome. The way the singer stands when he's just talking reminds me of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow. The guitars are clean and wonderful. The drums are defined and smooth. The bass is thick and powerful. The trumpet is appropriate and melodic. Everything fits into place. I was trying to decide what kind of genre to classify Cake, but just gave up and have pledged to call them Cake, and Cake only. They were funny and they got the crowd involved by making us sing with them, which is easy because their songs don't have a difficult melody. Even Thomas was singing along - I love to see it happen, because he's not usually confident about it, but he was smiling the entire time. It was a good day. I'm glad I went, and I'll definitely see Cake again when they come to Portland Metro area again.
-Karla-
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Wednesday, August 9th, 2006
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I also had another weird dream, like I normally do, if I dream at all, last night. I woke up, for some strange reason, having a crush on a young Alec Baldwin...... I know, weird. I was like, a young actress, and he was giving me tips, and he ended up falling for me, and I for him. He acted more like Gerard Butler though, so I think I really fell in love with him, but he looked like Alec. Weird. There was also cookie-stealing-from-a-refrigerator involved, and hiding behind some cabinets in the basement of a church whilst Sunday school kids go by.
I love Thomas, but who is this soul that keeps popping up in my dream that I can't get out of my head?
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I got fish. A betta and a spotted cory are in my 2-gallon tank on my desk; three serpae tetra, an african dwarf frog, and another spotted cory in my 5-gallon tank on my dresser. None of them have names, but the tetra look like they're hiccuping when they swim.
I applied for a couple jobs here in town but no one has called me back yet. I really need some more fun money, because I have some concerts coming up that I'm going to, and I need to pay people back for tickets. I saw Brand New on the 12th of July in Portland and it was okay, but the other show I saw two years ago was way better. I am going to see Cake at the state fair on the 26th of this month, and maybe see Muse in Portland in early October.
I am taking a couple classes, one of them is Statistics for morons, and the other is Body Sculpting. I like both of them because I have a lot of free time; I especially like them because I can do basically whatever I want whenever I want and get credit for it. I'm not losing any weight exercising, but I'm getting muscles I haven't seen in a long time in my legs and butt... it rocks. And speaking of rocks, my abs are almost as hard as one.
My days go by so slowly until about 5 or 6, when Jess gets back from her day on campus; then before you know it, it's 8:30, 10:00, 12:30 at night, and I rush to bed so I don't sleep through class in the morning. I think I'm gonna go watch a movie... Phantom of the Opera also rocks.
-Karla-
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Saturday, June 17th, 2006
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We finally got a new apartment and we've been moving everything like mad. Right now I'm sitting on my floor with a Subway sandwich sitting in front of me. The two things left in my room are my bed and my dresser... everything else is just mish-mashed junk strewn about my floor. Gotta tell ya, being excited about moving makes the whole process so much easier than when you're tired and cranky and think it's all just too much work.... Thomas....
-Karla-
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I finally got my OHSU letter today. Rejection. But now I get to be in Corvallis for another two years and get a degree. Maybe after that I'll do an accelerated nursing program to get a BSN for one more year. It would be the same amount of time and junk... but anyway, I'm happy. :) Things were gonna work out either way, but I'm glad I get to be around friends for 2 more years before going back to Portland.
-Karla-
PS- and I get to get a new apartment with Jess again! Yay! No more train, no more Althea!! :D
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Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
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Things went wrong, something happened; I don’t remember what. Things needed to change, so I went back. Went back all the way to the beginning to rip out those pages. When I got there, it took me a while to realize how many pages I actually ripped out; all that was left was the binding.
My life was different before. It was my life as I remember it today, the way my memories tell me how it has been. But to change this one thing and not change all the rest was in impossibility, one I did not think of before returning.
In the re-lived past, the one I altered having moved through life, Thomas and I were only beginning a friendship. He had a life of his own, but no girlfriend. I thought we were going to get together soon and that all my movement had done was shift the date later in life. I saw Matt (my old boyfriend from highschool who used to be my best friend). He looked good and we were getting along. For some reason I went to a lingerie store earlier and so I had a cute red lacy camisole that he asked me to put on. I was a little disturbed but I didn’t know what else to do and before I could think of something to say, I was already wearing it and letting our lips dance. When I closed my eyes, I was in the present, my real life. I opened them, expecting Thomas. Those eyes were Matt’s; I pulled away abruptly and tried to play it off as a joke until I could figure out what was going on. After some things I don’t remember very well, I ran into my cousin, Heather; I knew somehow she was the one person I could go to for help. She could tell me the truth. I asked her, “How long have Matt and I been friends?” She said, “Heh, friends? You guys have been seriously dating for 6 or 7 years, since your senior prom.” That’s when I realized the magnitude of my mistake. The tears came, and so did the apologies, but damage was done and there was no going back.
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1.) Put your music player on shuffle
2.) Press forward for each question
3.) Use the song title as the answer
4.) NO CHEATING!!! What you get is what you get!
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1.) How am I feeling today?
Stupify - Disturbed
2.) Where will I get married?
Attention - The Academy Is
3.) What is my best friend's theme song?
Do What You Want To Do - Adema
4.) What is/was high school like?
Out From Under - Incubus
5.) What is the best thing about me?
Holy Water - Soundgarden
6.) How is today going to be?
Girls Don't Know - Keepsake
7.) What is in store for this weekend?
The Zephyr Song - Red Hot Chili Peppers
8.) What song describes my parents?
Why - Stabbing Westward
9.) How is my life going?
Giving It Away - Mae
10.) What song will they play at my funeral?
Spoonman - Soundgarden
11.) How does the world see me?
Ruled By Secrecy - Muse
12.) What do my friends really think of me?
Follow You - The Tories
13.) Do people secretly lust after me?
Vent - Collective Soul
14.) How can I make myself happy?
Sleep - Keepsake (lol!)
15.) What should I do with my life?
Rock of Ages - Def Leppard
16.) Will I ever have children?
Plush - Stone Temple Pilots
17.) What is some good advice?
Crowded Head - Collective Soul (so true, look up the lyrics)
18.) What do I think my current theme song is?
Heaven Beside You - Alice in Chains
19.) What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
In The End - Green Day
20.) What type of men/women do you like?
Cabron - Red Hot Chili Peppers (lol, not really)
21.) Will you get married?
The Colony Room - The Sea and Cake
22.) What should I do with my love life?
The Beautiful Letdown - Switchfoot
24.) Where will you live?
Dose - Filter
25.) What will your dying words be?
No Attention - Soundgarden
26.) Hows your day going so far?
Where the Wild Things Are - Metallica
27.) Hows your love life?
Digital Bath - Deftones
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crazy.
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blah.
mellow.
uncomfortable.
energetic.
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confused.