Dating, and Other Fun Things

Today I had to go to the doctor. I got a shot, AND my blood drawn! What jerks. I don’t deal well with needles- I ended up passing out after getting the shot. Getting my blood drawn went alright though. I dunno what it is, just every time I have to get shots or have an IV stuck in me, I just don’t handle it well.

Yesterday was a lot better than today. Yesterday I had a hot date! I mean a really really hot date. The very scruffy manly man type of guy. With a big truck and a baseball cap.

He was also very much a gentleman, always opening his truck and other doors for me. I gotta say it feels nice to be treated that way. Guys take note: want a low-effort, high-reward way to impress a lady? Open doors! And of course, let her through first.

And I just want to say I had a really good time. Dating is fun. Relationships can be nice too because you get into a comfortable routine with someone you care about, but dating is more exciting. Everything’s new, you get to know other people, everyone’s always on their best behavior trying to make a good impression; what could be better? It’s the closest to a fairy tale any of us will probably ever get.

I don’t know if it’s our animal pasts or something about the sun peeking out again, but I feel like spring is the time when everyone gets re-energized for the dating scene. All the girls start getting their make-up on and get their hair styled, and all the guys take off those winter jackets to show off their muscley muscles. Just makes me feel all warm and tingly inside.

I hope I get another date with this guy (let’s call him Baseball Cap Guy) but I’m also just looking forward to hanging out with friends who are getting out of school for the year. I’ve got plans with one friend to go down to Roseburg where they have the big wildlife safari, and dancing in Portland with another, and multiple beach trips with whoever wants to go!

I mean that’s what summer’s all about in my opinion, even if you’re working. Summer is when magical things happen. Even if you’re working through summer, like I am, there are still plenty of cool, early morning sunrises, and late-night, star-filled skies to watch; weekend beach trips or week day bike rides and park strolls.

Last weekend I went down to Corvallis with some friends to check out the town. One fun thing we did was get pictures with some of the statues in the area. For some reason there were a lot! I’ll share some pictures with you all. I’ve decided when I’m at OSU this fall one of my goals will be to get my picture taken with every single statue there.

This statue had geese, an otter, fish and a man on it… it was right next to the river so something water related I suppose.

My friend who lives in Corvallis showed me this once he realized I was on the hunt for statues. How cool is it that they got it to stay on the roof??

It’s a dog! So cute, right?

And this lady! She was probably a really cool teacher or something, I didn’t read the plaque that said why there was a statue of her.

The people statues were actually on the Oregon State campus, all the others were just around town. And there are so many more I didn’t get pictures with! I’m excited to go back again this summer and check things out more.

I hope all of you have lovely summers as well, with plenty of plans to keep things fun! Take chances, live, enjoy nature. If you want something- go for it. Be happy.

~Lovelyheartedlady

Sleepless Ramblings and the Hunger Games

I’m so tired, I feel drunk. Is that possible?

I logged onto my blog after not visiting it for a while and my Dashboard told me I had 4 FOUR spam comments. I felt loved.

Then one of those comments was really mean, so I listened to what my spam folder wanted me to do, and DELETED THAT MOTHERFUCKER.

I’m sorry, I don’t usually swear like that. Bitch deserved it though.

I LOVE JENNA MARBLES. She is a wonderful human being full of life-enriching advice. She’s my lesbian soulmate.

I’ve decided the Hunger Games is my new thing. I am halfway through book two (which is why it’s four in the morning) Did you know you can get Katniss’s mockingjay pin? I totally have it! And there is a Hunger Games nail polish line. I want the sparkley firey red one.

You know why? Because I’m Katniss- the girl on fire. Just gotta grow my hair out so my braid will be perfect.

And if you try to tell me I’m not Katniss I will shoot you with my bow!

It’s Saturday, and I have work in 5 & 1/2 hours, so I am going to go to sleep now.

Everyone have a good night/morning, and may the odds be ever in your favor.

~Lovelyheartedlady

22 Random Thoughts of the Day

1. I wish my cats got along. Nala keeps hissing at Midnight whenever she sees her, even though Midnight was here first.

2. The movie Lady and the Tramp makes me want a Cocker Spaniel. And a mutt.

3. I talk to myself a lot. Like have legitimate conversations that could theoretically be had by two people, except they can hear each others thoughts. Do other people do this?

4. Sometimes I think it’d be cool to be a stripper, only because they have the best dance moves. And get to wear all those sparkly corsets.

5. I wish I knew how to draw things that looked real. In first grade, I could draw legit looking horses, but somewhere along the way I lost that talent.

6. Sometimes I think I’m super interesting, which is when I write on my blog or post on Facebook, because I think people will care about what I have to say, and then other times I think I’m just like everyone else which is when I go look up funny animal videos on YouTube.

7. When I do full-on make up for work or because I feel like it, I think I kinda look like a different person. Like a Photoshopped version of me.

8. Who knew Photoshopped was supposed to be capitalized?

9. For some reason cleaning makes me feel better. Like if I have free time, and I’m at home by myself, sometimes I just want to clean. Which is weird, if you know me and you ever saw my room between the ages of 7-16.

10. Cows smell good.

11. I wish I had a farm with cows and horses and chickens and pigs. I would play with all of the animals and never kill them.

12. I wish the Facebook app on my Blackberry was actually useful.

13. I actually wish I had a different type of smart phone, but having already changed phones twice in the past month it doesn’t really seem worth it go to through the process again…

14. Hormones are never any good for anything, because they either make you bloated, break out, or cranky, or they tell your body to do things you’re brain didn’t approve. On the plus side, having boobs is pretty cool.

15. I’m an English major, but after my Tech Writing class last term, I think I’m gonna take a break from writing classes for a bit.

16. I know everything I will ever want to know about history. Until I decide to learn more.

17. Talking to my boyfriend solely through Princess Bride quotes is an awesome way to spend my morning.

18. I have no idea how Buttercup ever figured out that “As you wish” meant “I love you.” I think the author must have taken some creative license there.

19. I love how we all interpret books and movies to figure out a characters motivation. How come no one ever comes up with “Because that’s what the author wanted to happen next in the plot.” ?

20. I want a super awesome catch phrase. Like something I can say on the phone, or at the end of a blog post, or just in case I’m ever on TV. Any ideas?

21. Can you trademark catch phrases? If not, could I just steal someone elses?

22. I can’t believe this is how I spent the last hour before heading to work.

~Lovelyheartedlady

Talk About a Time Warp

So after posting a few entries from old journals, I realized something:

Delving into the mind of a middle school girl is tedious.

Gah! I don’t think I can copy out any more journal entries, at least not one’s that are that old. 2005 was a LONG time ago.

But, I do still find parts of what I wrote to be quite entertaining, so perhaps I shall just share the important bits with you. (These are all still from September)

1. “Jason was kinda rude 2 me the other day so i decided 2 stop liking him.” Finally! It was about time I figured that one out.

2. “In PE no one passed me the ball, but i pulled 2 flags from diff. people in football, & nearly a 3rd, but some1 got 2 them first.” I bet that showed those middle school boys who didn’t think girls could play sports. Girls rule!

3. My friend Jordan moved. It was only to the other side of town, but apparently in middle school that’s like the end of the world. I used capitals, sad faces, exclamation points and everything! I was a very emotional child.

4. Middle school was all about passing notes. Cell phones weren’t really around much then. I may have had one, but I didn’t have texting on it, so really it was barely even useful. Notes after notes after notes! Everything was written down, passed between classes and passed back with responses by lunch time. Because social matters took precedence over anything else.

By the end of the day, my pockets were filled with these:

Except, ya know, my name wasn't Emily.

And this is totally what my middle school looked like. Except our lockers were blue, and most of us girls had boobs by that point. This girl looks like a 4th grader.

5. Okay, this next entry I might actually feel the need to write out. At this point I’ve gotten to late September, which in 8th grade, was around the time I started dating this guy named Jordan (not the one who moved) who *SPOILER ALERT* ended up being my first kiss. Well, my first real kiss. I’m not counting the one between my friend Matty and I when we were 3. I’m pretty sure my babysitter staged that one for the camera. Mostly because she told us to kiss, and then we did.

But I shall save that for next time.

Because how else will I get you to pay attention to me if I don’t leave you in suspense??

Love you all,

~Lovelyheartedlady

P.S. I’m very sorry if this post feels a tad boring to anyone. I had free time, wanted a quick way to skip through some journal entries, and for goodness sake- It’s finals week! Hope for those of you also in school, trudging through piles of paperwork, notes, instructions and rough drafts, I hope this week passes easily, and maybe I helped take your mind off of your stress for a bit of time.

Magic Cookies

Literally.

Okay, figuratively.

But PRACTICALLY.

Want to know what I’m talking about?

Some of you already do.

So over Superbowl weekend my friend Jenni and I created a cookie recipe, and I took them to work the next day.

Partially because I told my friend/co-worker/supervisor that I would bring in Superbowl themed cookies (Do you know how hard it is to find helmet/football shaped cookie cutters at the last minute? Very hard.) and partly because I use food to get people to love me.

So instead of Superbowl themed cookies, I just made these instead.

And, the cookies were a hit.

Seriously.

One of my supervisors actually kept trying to hide the tray so that he could keep them all to himself.

Everyone was begging for the recipe! They were so delicious.

So here, finally, for those that have been asking, and for those whose lives will be changed once they make these cookies, I bring you, my Chocolate Cookies with Peanut Butter Icing recipe.

Chocolate Cookies w/ Peanut Butter Icing

Cookie Ingredients:

• 1c. Butter
• 2c. White sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 1T Vanilla extract
• 2¼ c. AP Flour
• 3/4 c. Cocoa Powder
• 1t Baking soda
• 1t Salt

 Icing Ingredients:

• 1c. Peanut butter
• 2c. Powdered sugar
• 7-10T Milk

Cookie Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. First run your mixing bowl under warm water, and then dry it off. The residual warmth from the bowl will allow the butter to cream easier.

3. Put 1 ¼ cups of butter into the bowl and mix it on medium speed until creamed.

4. Add 2 cups of white sugar; combine.

5. Add eggs and vanilla to mixture.

6. Turn mixer on low; add flour in half-cup intervals so it doesn’t explode over the sides. Because that’s always fun to clean up.

7. Add ¾ cup of cocoa powder.

8. Add 1 teaspoon of both baking soda and salt to dough.

9. Turn off mixer; using a measuring or cookie scoop (I use the pampered chef 1 1/2″ scoop) place dough onto baking sheet leaving 2-3 inches between each cookie.

10. Cook for 8-10 minutes. Yields approximately 36 cookies.

Icing Directions:

1. Clean mixing bowl of cookie dough, or use a new bowl for icing.

2. Add 1 cup of peanut butter to bowl.

3. Mix on low speed; add 2 cups of powdered sugar to peanut butter in half-cup intervals.

4. Mix until powdered sugar is fully incorporated into the peanut butter.

5. Add milk, 1 tablespoon at a time until icing reaches smooth, fluffy consistency.

6. Once cookies are done and have cooled spread icing on top of cookies. Enjoy!

I hope you guys like this recipe. They’re probably the most delicious things I’ve ever put in my mouth. Sadly enough I don’t have pictures from when I made them, but to help you know what they look like, I drew this picture:

And the cookie on the left isn’t smaller than the cookie on the right, It’s just in the background. I’m playing with perspectives.

Hugs&giggles,

~Lovelyheartedlady

Middle School Journals Pt. 2

I’m back!

Not only could I not wait to give you the next journal entry, but it’s also sunny again today!

Something about nice weather makes me want to be extra-productive.

And here’s a special delight: The journal continues with the same storyline. Because obviously I couldn’t leave my journal in suspense of what was going on in my life! Come on, guys.

So here we go with Entry #2 today. Also, I can’t show you this as part of my entry, but I noticed that I went through and numbered the pages of my journal. You know, in case I wanted to reference a specific page later. What?? I was a crazy little kid, I tell ya.

September 12, 2005 Monday 10:22pm The very next day. Look at that dedication! Sometimes  I would go through spurts of writing practically every day for a while, and then I’d forget about my journal for months on end. What can I say, my life wasn’t always interesting for me to write about.

I just realized 2day that not only is Jason in my pe/xl class & on the bus, which for some reason he didn’t ride 2day, but he’s also in my 3rd period Algebra class!! Aaand it starts. So to explain some things: 1) PE/Excel was a half Physical Education class and half an Excel class. Not quite sure why it was called that.. We did a combination of learning computer skills, and learning how to treat people better… Something about being good people. 2) Yes I was in Algebra in 8th grade; that’s where they put all the smart cookies. now i just have 2 make sure i sit there b-4 robbie or some1 else does 2 get close enough 2 the overhead 4 warmups! What I can surmise from this is that Jason sat in the front of the classroom and we did math warmups.

I’m sooo happy! I’m also riding the bus in the morning so hope-fully ill c him there! EVERY-1 HOPE 4 ME THAT I C HIM THERE! So apparently, not only was I practically obsessing about this boy I’d met 4 days ago, but I also believed that my journal was 1) cognitive and 2) had multiple personalities. How did I ever grow out of all I had going against me?? if some1 saw this & said “wat do u mean ‘every1′ its just a journal!” I would smack them upside the head b-cuz Okay, what is it with the hyphenated words? They’re not even real words! u r my journal & my fav. aunt gave u 2 me! Whoops. If any of my aunts are reading this I love you guys! Plus, I was only 14. 14 year-olds have favorites for every category.

Also, remind me 2 ask Sam if he’ll trade groups w/ me. I have 2 b w/ Jason! :/ Jesus, needy much? if not Sam, ask:

• milton
• Aaron (maybe both)
• KC

NEVER MIND!! I can’t ask Sam, he’s too nice, I don’t want to be a push over. I’ll ask KC, cauz he’ll probably do it 4 me- HE BETTER!! or ill ask milton & Aaron if that doesn’t work- they’ll probably want 2 stick 2gether. I had a whole strategy worked out for this kid. Apparently we were doing group projects or something. I’m trying to figure out if there were just a ton of boys in my math class, or if they were just the ones all sitting near Jason. Who knows.

Over & Out – HK I cannot believe I did this… So I just remembered, in Sept. 2005 Hurricane Katrina had just hit. And in middle school I was trying to find the ‘just right’ nickname for me, since all my other friends seemed to have one. Apparently I thought Hurricane Katrina was a good choice… yeah… that’s great.

Anyway, there you have it, the depths of my crazy middle school self. I’m pretty sure it doesn’t get worse than this (that I wrote down anyway) Which is good, because I was starting to feel concerned.

Peace

~Lovelyheartedlady

Here’s to Laughing at Yourself

Hey everyone! Have you looked outside recently?

I don’t know about you guys, but here in the Pacific NW outside Portland it’s sunny as heck! It makes me happy.

And in honor of this good weather I am playing hooky from school. (It’s okay because I’m in college.) AND I don’t have work today. Total freedom feels nice!

Anyway I had this idea awhile back for a blog which I’m gonna start today! As a kid/teenager I pretty much always kept a journal. I was a writer from the beginning.

And I thought it could potentially be interesting (or embarrassing) to post some of those old entries on here and then comment on how young, naive and silly I was. Except I’m still that way… hmm. Oh well!

Let the first entry begin!

I feel like I should give a disclaimer here… It’s going to be very tempting to me to want to change/omit some of what I said in these journals. Just remember that I was young and less knowledgeable about the ways of the world, and way more hyperactive. And easily distracted. And kinda fickle. Anyways…

Any notes made by present-tense me will be in this color.

September 11, 2005 Holy crap this is an old journal! That was like 7 years ago, so… I want to say 8th grade. Sunday, 4:43pm Wow, that’s rather specific of me.

Jason… isn’t that about the most wonderful name in the world? (or maybe just the most wonderful person) haha!

I’ve got butterflies every time i think about him! & a big goofy grin! 4 some reason i have an obsession w/ “J” names (ex: Jason, Jordan, Jake, Josh) wats funny is that this is the 2nd time i’ve liked some1 named Jason. The other was my 1st love….. oh well, that’s over now & I’ve (obviously) moved on! Jesus, I can’t believe I really talked like that, even if it was just to myself. And yes, I did write my words like that on purpose. I think I thought I was cool or something… And yes, I knew that my spelling was incorrect. I probably believed it would catch on and become the ‘new, hot way to spell!’ Are you sick of the exclamation points yet? Or the smiley faces? I also don’t remember who this ‘first love’ Jason was, although the Jason I’m talking about in this post is Jason Duncan, for those who know him. Obviously this was before I realized he was a D-bag.

It did cauz really?? a very poetic surge tho & i rote a lot of poems. Kill me now. How did I go from this to becoming such a spelling/grammar nazi? its too bad tho that i only got 2 kno him on friday, on the bus in the afternoon, so I have to wait ’til 2morrow (monday) 2 c him again! I’m so xited, my hand is shaking as i rite this! Or maybe it’s because I’m obviously on crack.

I’m going 2 ask the bus driver if she can pick me up in the morning so i’ll ride in the mornings & afternoon… maybe he’ll save me a seat!

I need 2 call Roxane l8er 2 thank her 4 this & my other gifts (my b-day was on the 1st, I just haven’t had a chance 2 call ’til 2day.)

I’ve got a state/capitol test 2morrow in Kroese’s 7/8th grade core class. I’ve studyd, oh god…so i think i’ll get a fairly good grade.

I CANT WAIT 2 C JASON AGAIN!! YAY!!

I wonder if he’ll mind me sitting by him on Monday? I hope not, if so, I’ll just sit near him… I was such a little stalker. he was kinda reluctant 2 let me sit there friday… That should have been warning sign #1. I wasn’t very good at reading warning signs in middle school though. but he kno’s me better now, I hope he lets me sit there!!

Okay. There’s entry #1. That felt kinda weird.

I think the things that freaked me out most were my insane idea of spelling and my freaking out over a boy enough to use caps. Mostly the spelling thing though.

I hope you all were kept entertained by my middle school antics.

~Lovelyheartedlady

How to Be A Supermodel

1. Be photogenic. You can’t be a supermodel if you can’t take a good photo. If people tell you “gosh, you sure don’t take a bad photo!” Then you’re ready.

2. Have at least one great looking body part. This way, even if the rest of you is hideous, you can still be a hand/face/arm/foot/neck/abs/forehead model.

3. Know how to apply make-up well. The life of a supermodel is not as glamorous as you may think. There are not always runway-trained make-up artists at your beck-and-call to make you look your most beautiful; sometimes you have to know how to do it yourself.

4. Don’t eat. Or, if you must eat, eat only non-processed, whole grain, organic, free-range, all-natural, vegan food in small quantities for no more than 20 minutes a day.

5. Don’t talk. When you talk, people think you have something to say. If they think you have something to say, they’ll assume you have thoughts. If they assume you have thoughts, you stop getting call backs.

6. Know how to do everything in high heels. Regular shoes are for regular people; you’re a supermodel, you need supermodel shoes. Possible tasks that must be preformed in heels include: standing, walking, sitting, dancing, pouting, tossing your hair into the wind, lying on the beach on your back, crawling on the beach on all fours, sitting in a hot tub or making unnatural looking poses in uncomfortable settings.

When you can master all of these things at once, then you will become a supermodel. And people will say you’re beautiful. And you will be judged solely on your looks. And you will be really rich. And you will be superficially happy and underneath dying inside. But, you will look like this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So really, isn’t it all worth it?

Hearts and giggles.

~lovelyheartedlady

This is for You Guys

This if for all of you, who have been such good readers. I have expanded into the YouTube Universe!

 

Love you all,

~lovelyheartedlady

Hey I’m Ba-ack!

Hi everyone,

I hope you’ve all been having a good year so far- the first month of it anyway.

For me, a lot of things have happened- so much in fact that it doesn’t feel like it’s only been a month!

One of the first events that occurred this month was a sad one for my family and I- my grandmother on my mom’s side passed away in late December, so we went to her funeral. My grandmother was a wonderful person and I miss her a lot, but I feel better knowing she lived a long, fulfilled, happy life, and that’s the most anyone can ask for in this life.

Soon after my grandmother’s funeral, school’s winter term started, and new classes along with it. Between Technical Writing, Intro to Business, and History 102, my classes are not the most stimulating. Looking back, I wonder what exactly I was thinking, registering for so many boring classes in one term?

Oh well, I can’t do much about that now, so I’ll just have to power through!

Speaking of school, this year has been stressful already just because I’ve been working on filling out financial aid forms, scholarship applications and university applications. Talk about a load of paperwork.

But I’m feeling better now, after all, I finished my FAFSA form a few weeks ago and just yesterday finished filing my application to Oregon State U, huzzah for me!

Unfortunately It’ll take 4-6 weeks before I hear back on my application and whether or not I got accepted, but I’ll post on here as soon as I find out the answer.

Beaver for Life!

Busy year so far, huh? Anybody else feeling this way?

So I know the classic thing to do at the start of a new year is to make one or a few new years resolutions; in the past mine haven’t necessarily been anything too interesting, or I haven’t made any at all.

But I have a feeling of a fresh start this year. A new leaf, rainbow after the rain, you get the idea. In honor of this, I have three resolutions for this year.

1. I will go to at least 2 musical concerts or plays this year.

I love concerts, musicals and other plays, and this is the perfect way to remind myself to enjoy plenty of these events this year.

2. I am planning on registering for different running events around the Portland, OR area. A few of them are ‘mud runs’ which are 5k runs that are on a muddy, obstacle course filled terrain. An excuse to get dirty like any good 5 year old? Heck yes! I’ll jump at that chance.

By the way, there’s a Mud Run in Sherwood, in June, if anyone local wants to join me. Here’s the registration/info link.

AND a Foam Fest run, also in Sherwood, also involving mud, goes in this summer as well.

They say Portland, but to non-locals, Sherwood is apparently considered Portland. Psh, shows how much they know.

3. I have been working on balancing out my school and work with my social life. Hanging out and going out with friends more makes me feel better about myself and less of a hermit when I’m not at school or work. Sometimes I just get so sucked into my routine with my introvert tenancies I forget about the outside world.

Keeping in touch with friends is just as important as keeping up with school and work, so no more hermitting, and way more enjoying my 20′s is what’s in the cards for me.

Speaking of cards…

This is the nerd in me coming out.

Recently I’ve been re-watching Yu-Gi-Oh! from my Hulu Plus account. I remember watching this show with my brother when we were younger and it was on TV Saturday mornings. I found it on Hulu and wanted to do some catching up.

Is there anything wrong with finding an anime character attractive? I think it’s his (Yami’s) voice. It’s all deep and powerful sounding.

And then watching Yu-Gi-Oh! has made me want to start reading Red River again. (a manga series) which I last read a few years ago, meaning there are probably many new books out by now! It’s really all quite exciting.

So that’s what I’ve been up to this month.

Oh.

And you want to know about boys?

Well there’s not too much to tell at the moment. If I did it would only give things away.

Only time will tell what is to become of my love life.

I’ll just say that if someone has my number, all they have to do is use it.

Lovely thoughts, lovely life.

~Lovelyheartedlady