tracy@curls.nu

I feel like such a tool for being up so late, but that’s what I get for taking an evening nap I suppose. Today was fun.

I slept late (until about ten or so), played around with this for a few hours, and then played a little Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. I showered and ate and then I headed to Richie’s around six. We just hung out and watched the Patriots/Celtics games but it was definitely fun. That is, until we fell asleep for a few hours. I like taking naps but not several hours before I usually go to bed. Now I’m wide awake and sorely wishing I were asleep.

I’m so excited to give him his gifts. I love when I feel good about presents - sometimes I’m not sure if the recipient will like them but this time I know he will. Yay! We’re exchanging gifts around six tomorrow night (tonight? - however you’d like to look at it).

I really dig having a blog again. I’ve come to terms with the fact that I’m a huge dork for being super internet oriented but fuck it. I’m too lazy to keep a paper journal; I eventually just get writer’s cramp and stop writing. Here I can ramble for hours and I can edit whatever I want. Pretty groovy.

Now, I have more Rock Band to play. Eventually the notes start to blend together and I start to nod off if I play for too long, so that’s what I’m hoping can happen tonight so I can go to bed before it’s light out. Haha.

Oh, hey. Even if you don’t have a blog you can leave me a comment after you read. Just click on the link below the entry that says “__ Comments”. If you want. It will make me happy. Especially if you read any of my writings. I get plenty of critique/praise in my Writing & Publishing class, but it’s still nice to get feedback from my friends who aren’t in that class.

And so it begins. A big thank you to Christine for hosting me on her lovely domain. Since I share the crazy curls, I thought it was only fitting to have a website under the name “curls”. I’m excited about having a blog again - it’s been a really long time and I’m bored with LiveJournal. I really don’t have any big secrets to hide on LiveJournal either, at least not that I can think of. I’m not really a secretive person. The only thing that’s driving me crazy is that I can’t figure out how to display the time I posted this on the main page. It only shows up when I click on “comments”. I’m sure I’ll get it eventually but I’m still really new to WordPress.

But anyway.

Let me think of some noteworthy things to mention in my brand new blog, since I anticipate I will be using it quite often. Uhh. Senior year, accepted to five of the seven colleges I applied to and awaiting letters from the other two. Accepted: Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, Emmanuel College in Boston, Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Salem State College in Salem, and Simmons College in Boston; Awaiting: Lesley University in Cambridge and the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. I’m 100% set on U Mass, I just don’t know if I’ve actually gotten in yet. Which sucks, because they won’t be mailing letters until late March, early April. I don’t understand why they can’t have rolling admissions but it really bums me out. My second choice school is Fitchburg, followed by Bridgewater, and then all of the other ones are just kind of there. I applied to Salem State as an absolute back-up, as their acceptance rate is incredibly high; but I really hate their English program. I was interested in Simmons, and they gave me a $5k/year merit scholarship, but I spoke with someone who is a current English major there, and she is transferring in the fall because she hates it so much. So - guess that’s out of the question. Emmanuel doesn’t seem too bad but I can’t afford it so it doesn’t really matter. Lesley is a really nice school but I’ve read some horrible things about it online. I hate to decide via random people’s descriptions of a school but because it’s so expensive I wouldn’t want to risk attending a possibly awful school which costs over thirty grand a year. So basically, I really hope I get into U Mass. Fitchburg is really great (I even have an roommate already - one of my best friends who shares my major), and Bridgewater isn’t so bad; but I can’t help it: my heart is in Amherst.

I am so sick of dealing with college crap. God, I can’t wait until all of this is over so I can stop discussing it and thinking about it. It’s consuming my life! *cries*

Moving on.

Oh wow, I was just going to start babbling about how I need to start cleaning my room out because I’ll be moving out next year. See? It’s just…everywhere I look in my brain. There’s no escaping it.

It’s almost Christmas and I am so excited. I love the holidays. They really make me happy. This year is even better because my work is closed all week so I have time off (I also have time off from pay which isn’t so great, but I can deal with it). I haven’t had a holiday break off since I was in eighth grade. This is quite exciting.

Tomorrow I’ll be exchanging gifts with Richie. I’m really excited about this. Every year I get really stoked about the gifts I get him. I think that’s when you know you love someone - whether it’s your child, parent, sibling, friend, significant other…when you love giving them gifts, and not receiving them. Or maybe that’s just a sign of maturity. Either way I can’t wait.