I’m going to go ahead and call this less than a month, because I last blogged on June 29th, and today is only the 28th of July, so see, not even a month! Kinda…

Anywho, as I’ve said for the past couple of years (it really has been that long, hasn’t it?) I just cannot leave this site alone. No new layout this time, though.

Summer is quickly coming to a close for me. I have to be back at school on the 10th of August for RA training. Really, how much do they expect me to learn at this point? I am a third year RA. I really should start packing.

The past month has been the same old shenanigans. On July 16th, my sister, her friend, and I went to Warped Tour. It was fun. This year was my sixth attendance. I do adore it. It was blisteringly hot though. The highlight was getting to meet Andrew McMahon of Jack’s Mannequin (and Something Corporate) for the third time. I do adore him. Check out my picture. I also got an autographed poster. He was ubernice, as usual. Then I saw JM perform. Pictures. I’ve seen them five times. Oh, the obsession.

I also saw The Audition, The Academy Is…, and Cobra Starship. I’ve also seen Cobra now five times. Hmm.

Then, on the 19th, we went to see All Time Low in Baltimore. Pictures. There For Tomorrow, Valencia, and Hit the Lights opened for them. I do adore concerts. That brings my total to just over 80 different bands I’ve seen, and many, multiple times.

I’ve also been working. I only have about a week and a half left of work. I need to go shopping and make use of my discount while I still have it. I also need to do back to school shopping. I need quite a few supplies. Especially a new lapdesk. The one I had for three years has been leaking tiny Styrofoam balls since sophomore year. The duct tape didn’t even help.

I just saw Mamma Mia today. I had already seen the musical and I do heart Abba, so of course I loved the film. I mean, it wasn’t the greatest piece of cinema, but it was fun and colorful. I really want to visit Greece now. And the music was infectious, to say the least. I also saw The Dark Knight when it came out, and I do believe it lived up to the hype. It was very good, and Heath Ledger’s Joker was brilliant. Definitely worth it. Although I really would have liked to see a bit more of, well, Batman. I really felt that Christian Bale did not get enough screen time, considering it was a Batman movie. And and I also did see Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D. Movie-wise, it was bad. But come on, crap jumped out at me in 3D, which is really all I wanted when I went to that one.

I’ve also read a bit. I did finish Atonement, and it was stunning. I loved it, definitely made it onto my list of favorite books. Then I Netflixed the movie since I had wanted to read the book first, and the movie was also very good. And I began rereading Harry Potter. I started six days ago and am currently almost done with The Order of the Phoenix. I was trying for a book a day, but work does tend to get in the way, unfortunately. Every time I read those books, my extreme love of Harry Potter flares up. I cannot wait for the next movie, Half Blood Prince is definitely one of my favorite of the series.

Ok, I’m going to stop typing now for two reasons. First, I only have about a hundred pages of OotP left and I’m itching to finish. And second, my fingernails are too long and typing is becoming quite bothersome. Cheerio.

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I really tried, I did. But then I lost the internet on my laptop for a while and time ticked by as I didn’t blog. But like I’ve said about five thousand times before, I can’t seem to leave my bit of space on the interwebs.

New theme. Features Edward Cullen slash actor Robert Pattinson. Because I finally read the Twilight series, and as all my friends predicted, I fell in love. Such a girly series. And now I can’t wait for the movie, hence the new theme. And I quite like this one. Nice and simple, not so much with the grunge, textures, etc. And I like the CSS of this one. Shiny.

So in the last month, besides working, I haven’t done too much. I went to South Carolina and that was really fun. My first real trip to the beach. I came back with a nice tan, which I’m afraid is starting to fade. I need to touch up. Too bad it’s freaking hot outside. No lovely ocean breeze here to keep my cool during a tanning session.

I’m getting somewhat more hours at work, but I guess that’s the pitfall of being part-time. I am seriously rocking on the register though. Gapcards galore this week. Those are store credit cards, by the way, that we sales associates should be opening. I think I got about eight just this week. I am so on a roll. And I’m not working the Fourth. And I didn’t even request it off, which makes me happy. That gives me time to cook and bake for the family barbecue. I’m thinking my contribution will be deviled eggs and a chocolate cake with Cool Whip topping and fresh strawberries. Let me just say, my last few baking projects were a complete hit (fresh rhubarb pie and strawberry cupcakes with a white chocolate banana cream cheese frosting). I do heart baking. I need to buy myself an apron.

I’ve read quite a few books so far this summer. Besides the Twilight series, I also read Lord of the Flies (finally got around to it, good, but disturbing), Brave New World (again slightly disturbing but good), and I finished the last of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. Next on my list is Atonement. As well as re-reading the entire Harry Potter series because I feel like it. Order of the Phoenix was playing on HBO the other week and it got me in an HP mood. How I do heart those books. And the next film comes out in November, followed by Twilight in December. Such a fangirly holiday season it will be for me.

Well, I’m going to go shower because the mall was hot today and I feel a bit grimy. Later kids. And seriously, I swear it will be less than a month. Yeah, yeah, boy who cried wolf, etcetera, etcetera.

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Just over two weeks between musings. That’s massively impressive for me.

First off, how addicted am I to American Idol? Very. Yay David Cook. Now I am doubly hyped for the Idols tour. This is the first time since season 1 my favorite contestant has won. Finally.

So I haven’t been doing too much. Working. Part-time-ish which annoys me, but alas. My boss just called me half an hour ago saying they cut my shift today. Great. That’s a whopping seventeen hours this week. Whatever.

I leave for South Carolina on Sunday. My friend Laura and I are going to visit our friend Gill in Charleston. I’m excited. Five days of a mini vacation. Not looking forward to the eight hour drive though. This will be the first time in many years that I don a bathing suit and go to the beach. Me in a suit is so rare, I have requests for pictures as proof. I did buy a cute suit at Target though. Brown with tiny multi-colored polka dots. And fuschia shorts. I plan on sun bathing and shopping for the duration of the trip.

I keep giving myself baking and writing projects, but I never seem to complete any of them. I am such a slacker. I have no idea how I’m supposed to get a job after college, I am ridiculously lazy. I’m pretty sure the only reason I want to go to Grad school is to prolong my waning youth. Even twenty-one seems ripe at this point. Everywhere I go, I see high schoolers and they make me slightly nauseous. As the years progress, I look back with more and more embarrassment. Perhaps I’m being overly cynical.

I’m pretty sure I’m just in a bad mood because I really want to be working more than twenty hours a week. How the hell am I supposed to save money this way? For pete’s sake. Yeah, bitter, party of one. Page me now. I also need to be paid. Someone needs to hand me my freaking check.

I think I’ll end this before I start ranting even more. The more I type, the more pissed I’m becoming. I hope everyone else’s day will be better than my self-pity fest.

Later kids.

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There are only so many times I can announce a comeback before it starts to sound a bit facetious.

But really, this one may stick because it’s summer vacation. Downtime and what all. I did make a snazzy new theme yesterday. Featuring my current obsession, David Cook from American Idol. Gee, I wonder who I’m rooting for? And lyrics from the cover he did of Mariah Carey’s “Always Be My Baby.” Surprisingly enough, this layout took quite a while. Getting that messy/grungy/I-spent-no-time-on-this-layout look takes effort.

I also updated Paper Plate Icons with a new layout and some David Cook icons. I do heart that layout, so go look. Features a nice picture of actor Jim Sturgess. And those navigation buttons took forever to get right. Some other updates will probably occur soon, since summer is rehaul time.

As for myself these past few months, not much to say except junior year of college is done. I am officially a senior now. Crazy. Since March, I’ve seen All Time Low, The Matches, Forever the Sickest Kids, Sonny, and The Rocket Summer at the AP Tour in April. And also Panic at the Disco, The Hush Sound, Phantom Planet, and Motion City Soundtrack at the Honda Civic Tour. Warped Tour is in July. Followed by another All Time Low concert.

And, after years, I finally finagled my father into buying my family tickets to….wait for it…the American Idols Tour. Don’t even tell me you hate Idol because I am extremely excited. Damn straight I’m a big Idol fan. Whatevs, this is my guilty pleasure. Actually, not even guilty, I have no shame in this admittance. Just look at my layout.

So when I moved all my stuff back home, I realized I have a shopping problem. I own so many clothes, it’s not even funny. I’m pretty sure I could go over a hundred days without wearing the same top twice. Yeah. And of course, to add fuel to the fire, I start working back at the Gap this weekend. Dammit. Not exactly the most kosher place to work for a clothing addict.

There’s so much crap outside my room, it’s disgusting. I find it utterly ridiculous that I have to keep moving back and forth. I own too many things for that. I’m trying to convince my parents we need a garage sale. I want to sell my stereo, which should give me at least a hundred bucks. And what do I plan to do with that cold, hard cash? Why blow it on clothes and accessories of course. Dear lord, I have issues.

I don’t really know what else to type here. I can’t even remember what I’ve done in the past week let alone the last couple of months. I feel like a lazy bum, I’ve just been planting it here in the kitchen at my computer for the last few days. Although on today’s to-do list is bake. I’m going for yellow cupcakes with a chocolate and hazelnut butter frosting. Yum?

Well, I’m off to see which of my links still work, peruse new sites, etcetera. Get reacquainted with the interwebs. Later tators.

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So I have this really bad habit of letting things die, just slightly when it comes to this site. I was so set a few months ago on keeping the blogging at least fairly regular. But alas, then my site was shut down because of I can’t even remember what…then I finally got it all fixed up. Etcetera. And now it’s Spring Break and I finally decided to blog and put up a new theme.

The new default theme is lovely, if I do say so myself. Features Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship and their song, “Guilty Pleasure.” Pictures are mine from an October concert. I just saw them again this past Tuesday, and I do adore them. I’ve seen them four times within a year. And they’ll be at this year’s Warped Tour. Yay for fanaticism.

Speaking of concerts, I did indeed see the Spice Girls a couple weeks ago. It was AMAZING. I have never been in the presence of so much sparkle and glitter in my life. And I am proud to admit I still remember the entire “Stop” dance. Posh is so my favorite. And she totally won bonus points for being on Project Runway’s finale and endorsing the lovely Christian. Plus, she married David Beckham and is a fashionista. That’s my perfect life right there.

Anywho, last few months, the same. School. School. Oh, my 21st birthday. Got lots of money. Friends threw me a little dinner party. But still haven’t gotten the occasion to buy alcohol. It really is useless being 21 if you don’t drink. Damn.

In April, I’m going to the AP tour. Seeing All Time Low. Amongst others. And then at the end of the month, the Honda Civic Tour, with Panic at the Disco (heart) and The Hush Sound (uber heart). My bands list is now up to about 78 different ones. I am such a junkie.

I have to drive back to school tomorrow. Spring Break is over. I did absolutely nothing. It was fab. I didn’t have to work. And I did some mad shopping today. Best sun dress in the universe, I just purchased. I see it and have the strongest urge to go to a garden tea party, it’s that adorable. Crumpets, anyone?

I am such a rambler. Doesn’t help that I’ve been watching Gilmore Girls on dvd. Every time I watch, I end up speaking about five times faster than usual.

I am three-fourths done with my junior year of college. Odd feeling that is. I’m nearly done with my English major. Just a couple more classes. They added a creative writing concentration which I’m trying to shove in my last semester. We’ll see how that goes. Soon I’ll have to start applying to Grad schools and whatnot. Too much schoolwork. Blah. I’m also going to be an RA again next year. In the same room I’m currently living in. Pathetically, that means I will have spent all four of my years at college in the same freshman dorm. I feel that the building is practically mine by now. But I’m not the only one - my roommate and our friend Brian have also spent an exorbitant amount of time in that building. It’s too much like home by now.

Anywho, since daylight saving’s is kicking in, it’s a bit later than it should be, so I’m going to bed. I’ll try to comment on some sites, leave the rest for morning before I head back to school. Don’t miss me too much. And I swear to Pete that I will blog BEFORE the end of the month. Really.

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Elizabeth / Ellie. Twenty-one. Resides in Northern Virginia. Senior in college. Poet. Introvert. Television and clothing addict. Reads literature. Gets tattoos. Is lazy. Hearts the color turquoise. Concerts. Spaz. Loves to listen to: Something Corporate. Jack's Mannequin. Boys Like Girls. Fall Out Boy. And many others. More?

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