Pippin Posts! ALL WEEK. feel free to stop reading... now.

Pippin loves to snoop.
I was unloading the dishwasher and he was SO FASCINATED by the space behind the drawers that I actually had to pull him back form climbing in three times. Silly kitty, there's nothing back there... or is there?

So, great idea for a mystery novel: There is a mystery (death??!!?) and the only one who solves it is the cat, because he's a snoop and he likes to get stuck in closets and cabinets and is also super nosy (literally rubbing his nose all over the place) and hes also super adorable so in the end the criminals all like, d'awwww fine I did it you cute kitty you, and then he purrs and its all over.
wow, what a great idea.

Only one class! Then I'm FREE

I have a lot of work I want to get done of the break, not to mention projects and gardening and cat-playing. I'm really glad I have so much time off though. It is a much needed break from the craziness that is school life.

What I'm most looking forward to: eating appealing food.

I don't have anything interesting to say.

I picked up some mothballs some idiot had scattered around the street and in his yard (although I didn't go in his yard, cause I might have pissed off more of the town, which apparently has some serious issues with UMW students (cause they've been peeing in their yards?)) Mothballs are carcinogens, more specifically neurotoxins, which means that it causes nerve damages that can lead to cancer. And this idiot left them hanging around, for them to be eaten by whatever poor dog or child thinks they look particularly tasty. Sigh.

Also, yesterday Mike and I had been dating for 6 months. We watched Up, the cutest movie ever. I always forget how adorable that movie is.

RIP Miley Cyrus Jeans

My favorite pants just got a hole in the knee!!!!!!!!!! Guess I have to go to class naked now...

Speaking of being naked (never a good way to start a thought..).. i actually have nothing more to say about being naked, I just wanted to say that.

NEW ANDREW BIRD!!! Here's the link to listen: CLICKY-CLICKY

I'm listening to it right now- so far, Lusitania is my favorite off this album. It's one of his less intense albums, that isn't nearly enough whistling or violin solos, but all-in-all, I have to say I still really enjoy listening to him. I'm still in love with Noble Beast, it's perfect morning music.

In other fun news, Spring Break is in two days! I can't wait to get out of here and get into the garden.

So this dream really happened...

I was walking along this park (random park with a canal going through it? I think it was a section of Great Falls, only in my dream it had water going through it), and there were a bunch of people standing around like people do in parks (right guys?) and one of these people was J.R.R. TOLKIEN.

OMG. OMG. OMG. I am dreaming about AUTHORS guys. I am SO COOL.

Anyway, I walk over and I'm all like, "Hello, do you come here often (not in a pick-up sort of way, although that would have been hilarious too) and he was like, why yes, let me give you a tour! So I walk around a park with Tolkien, and this dude walks up and is like, I love your books! and Tolkiens all like grumble grumble, I hate it when people only love me for my books, and I'm thinking, well, good thing I didn't start by asking him about his books then.
So, Tolkien and I are walking about, and my friend walks up and is all like, hey Julie, are you dating Tolkien? And I was like, in my head, NO DON'T SAY THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT I KNEW HE WAS A WRITER AND SO HE LIKED ME FOR LIKING HIM AS A PERSON INSTEAD but then Tolkien is all like, "You've read my books?", and obnoxious friend is like, "she loves your books" and I'm glaring at her but she doesn't get a hint, and then Tolkien walks away all disappointed.

TOLKIEN, I ONLY EVER WANTED TO BE YOUR FRIEND.



And then I had another dream that I got changed into a fluffy plush toy and someone put me in a dog yard and I was going to get all chewed up, but then I woke up.

Why is my subconscious SO WEIRD?!?!??



Also, had my soils test this morning. I feel fairly confident in my answers, I just didn't have enough time to be eloquent in my speech/go as in depth as I wanted, so I might have lost points for that. My teacher laughed at me cause I came into his office with a question on problem one about 45 minutes into the period, and then I had to explain that I was working backwards, and he said English kids are weird. Bet he's never had an awesome dream about Tolkien though.

keepin an eye on the world goin by my window

TOMORROW IS MY MIDTERM OMG IM NOT READY YET

and yet I feel like there is NOTHING ELSE for me to study/i's so sure he'll take off points for dumb things anyway. Oh, and he wasn't in his office hours this morning. THE DAY BEFORE THE TEST. WHO DOES THAT.

So, to clam my nerves, I went for a lovely 10.5 mile run around the Rappahannock. I listened to the Beatles the whole time, it was fantastic. Everytime I hear "Lucy in the sky with diamonds" I think about when Xtine and I were little and we had this whole dance set up for it for karaoke at slumber parties... everyone else was like, whatever, britney spears, and we were like BAM good music.

Also, literally RIGHT NEXT TO THE PATH this giant heron was chillin on this stick. Like, I probs could have touched him. He was just kinda standing there with his mouth half open like he was all drugged up or something. Silly stoner bird.


Also, this person is, like, my #1 hero : click here

Tis' a good day

Yesterday I went to a 40s swing dance with Erin! It pretty fun. We were the only ones not dressed up, and the only ones who really didn't know how to swing dance, but we got lessons (on dancing, not dressing), and danced for a few hours. They had a live band there and everything, they did one of the same songs my Dad plays too!

Today, I had the sunbeam on me and my desk at the library... then I fell asleep for an hour instead of studying soils! Time well spent, I'd say. I felt so good afterwards.

Then, I had dinner with Mike and his parents. We went to Bistro Bethem in downtown Fredericksburg. It was SO. GOOD. SO. GOOD. SO. GOOD. I got this grilled Romaine lettuce salad, which was really just an entire head of romaine, not cut or anything, stuck on a grill with onions, feta cheese, and some fancy dressing. I'm so excited to try and recreate it at home this summer. I also had this fancy pasta dish with little potato-stuffed pillows in cheese. It was also delicious. Oh, and chocolate ice cream...

Anyways, I'm stuffed and tired, so I don't think I'm going to do any more studying tonight. I can just go to bed early and dream about potato-filled pillows of food, while my romaine heart beats with joy.

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Today has been rather dull. Met Mike at Blackstone this morning for some tea. I'm giving up coffee for lent!!!! Just as well, I'm getting sick of coffee anyway...

Also, I made muffins!!! Banana walnut and Orange cranberry, both to take to the Eco club Potluck brunch tomorrow morning! So fun. Maybe I'll take pictures (but probably not).

Basically, from here to Tuesday I'm going to spend 70% of my time studying for my Soil Science midterm (which counts for 35% of my grade?!?!?!?!??!!!!) so don't be expecting anything too interesting to happen to me. In fact, why don't you spend the time you could spend reading/pondering my blog entries to going outside and enjoying the mysterious weather we've been having? Seriously, it was 72 degrees yesterday, then it thunder stormed like crazy and the temperature dropped to fifty... but still, for February, I'm impressed.