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Tuesday, May 28, 2002
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I got a million things done today, but not quite enough. I figured returning cable boxes/modems to Time Warner would take, ohh, 5 minutes, but when I got there, there was a HUGE line, which means I have to go back tomorrow, early. I also have to go to CFCU tomorrow and make a deposit and change the address of the account. I'm faced with a dilemna. CFCU is in Bailey, and I really don't feel like walking up there tomorrow, since it will be early. SO....I'll probably end up driving. Now the problem with this is that I risk getting a parking ticket. If I get one, my conscious will require me to pay it. BUT....if I pay the parking ticket, it seems to me that the idiots at CU Police might have an easier time matching my car to me, in turn matching all the other parking tickets on my car that were not gotten by me (ahem, Herb) and are not paid as of yet. Then I have to harass Herb for money to pay for the tickets, in time for next May when I graduate (which may seem like a long time to try and get money from someone, but I've heard many "woods" threats already....). Perhaps I'll just walk. Or find a CFCU branch that I can actually drive to. I need a Wegman's run, which will probably happen tonight, now that I've finished my pint of Ben & Jerry's. This is a habit that I cannot afford to get back into. Ahh well, at least it was frozen yogurt, so I just ate 9 grams of fat, instead of 60.
- Lizzardie, at 11:06 PM
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Monday, May 27, 2002
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It looks like I'm staying in wonderful Ithaca for the summer. For some reason, I'm not as happy about this as I thought I might be. Oh well. At least it will give me a chance to get everything straightened out with the new apt (move in on Saturday) before of the rush of students in August. And Roadrunner is having a special for the summer, woohoo. I bought the router off the people who lived in the apt previous, so that's cool, too. And it appears that I got the job with NYPIRG and start tomorrow. I'll also be looking for another job, in the morning, so I can work my ass off and pay for the car that I'm technically not supposed to drive.
Speaking of cars....I drove to Buffalo on Saturday and back - 360 illegal miles. This whole license being suspended thing is quite ridiculous, in that I'm not a bad driver (I definitely know worse drivers). My mom and sisters and dog and uncle were all at my aunt's house for my cousin's baby shower, so you know what? I wasn't about to let a silly suspension get in my way (though there was no speeding for me). I took Crystal with me - I think she's scared of my family now. Ahh well, what can you do?
Yesterday was graduation, so things were sad. I stood on the side and watched all my friends walked by, then made fun of Hunter Rawlings speech with Helen. =) Class of 2003 will have the last graduation presided over by Hunter Rawlings - how odd. Only 363 days to go until the 135th Commencement of Cornell University - didn't I just move in freshman year, like, yesterday? How time flies and how we change. The nostalgia is starting to get overwhelming. I said goodbye to Serena last night - I don't know when I'll see her again, I suppose when she visits. I'm not too worried about Amy and Herb and Bolcar - they'll all kinda be around for bits of summer (at least this week or something) but I know that I'll miss them come August when school starts again, and they're not here. No one should get to leave! Boo!
To keep my mind off of the whole sad about my friends leaving me thing, I've been doing lots and lots of packing. My room is starting to look clean, because, well, I have nothing in it. Funny how it works like that. Only a few more days in Plaza, only a few more days with my view. Then I'll be taking hikes up East Seneca Ave, since I'm living all the way down on Stewart. Yet another odd, odd change, that's inevitable..... =(
- Lizzardie, at 5:18 PM
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Wednesday, May 22, 2002
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I had an interview today with NYPIRG - New York Public Interest Group. I go back tomorrow for an all day "Observation Day," which is basically an all-day workday, so I can find out if this place is right for me. NYPIRG is a very liberal, political, environmental group - not at all what I'm normally into. I'm half-worried that this won't work out, and half-worried that it will. I kinda wish, for tomorrow at least, that the hours weren't so weird. I'm working 1:00-10:00pm, which is a long, non-paid day, but I guess we'll see. It's fine for starting next week, but this was supposed to be my week off, ya know? Ahh well.
I saw Vanilla Sky tonight with Serena and Crystal - such a very strange movie - I don't really get it or what the point was of it or any of that. Maybe that was the point, but it was just so surreal and not what I was expecting. Oh well. Also had tacos with Amy and Crystal. It's funny, because dinner was all Crystal's idea, but I ended up hosting it and being all domestic. I don't like hosting, because when I do, I want everything to be just right, so I end up cooking and serving and cleaning up, and not being social at all. I've been feeling the domesticity a lot lately, and I don't know why. I'm not ready to settle down! Not at all! Besides, being domestic is too stereotypically female, and who wants that. AHHHHH!!!! I just wanted to spend some time with my friends! Is that too much to ask for?
- Lizzardie, at 12:36 AM
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Monday, May 20, 2002
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3:20am, early early Monday morning. Normally if I'm up at this time, I'm either wasting away, trying to forget all the things I need to do, or spending precious sleeping moments on IM. Right now I'm doing neither. I have so much time in front of me, and instead of figuring out what I'm going to do this summer, I'm sticking around Ithaca, partying it up with my graduating (and not graduating but still here) friends. What ever happened to the girl who had it all figured out, who's life was laid out before her like a map (and how I do love maps)? The things that used to be so important to me now seem kinda insignificant, and all I want to do is live day by day, not really thinking about tomorrow, let alone yesterday (or anything having to do with past or present). It's a weird, but good feeling. =)
Today was spent malling with Serena and Crystal. I had my film 1-houred at Ritz, and everyone is loving my pictures. =) I paid three times as much as at the Campus Store ($5, large-print doubles, any size roll), but the quality is awesome. Plus there's this white border on all the pictures, which I'm not sure I like but everyone else does (when I say everyone else today, I mean Serena, Crystal, Helen and Herb). Yay for pictures! It used to be that I always thought, wow, I don't take nearly enough pictures, I'm going to lose these memories. Now I'm clicking away at everything and anything. I took half a roll at Mardi Gras (kickoff to Senior Week) last night - and it was just us doing silly things like riding the mechanical bull and jousting. On inflatable games. Ahh well - now I'm making sure I never forget some things!
After malling, I made a deal with Herb - he bought me dinner and gave me ten dollars, I washed all his dishes. So, so many dishes!!! He actually let me off the hook, and I don't think I was even halfway done - but I still got my dinner (Subway) AND the ten dollars. And I got to watch lots of TV (since now that I have time to watch TV, I don't have one anymore - ahhh!!!). The things I do with my free time.
Tomorrow will be spent cleaning, packing, figuring out what I'm going to do this summer, mailing things to Oklahoma for Jenny, and who knows what else. Casino night, at least, as I continue to pretend I'm a senior. =) It's just practice, I tell you, because I'm not ready to leave this place (and I don't want any of my friends to leave, either - boo!!!).
(BTW - I hope you're all happy that I'm blogging on a regular basis again!)
- Lizzardie, at 3:33 AM
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Saturday, May 18, 2002
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Uhh, so the last post was meant to be longer and not so rambling, but I got sidetracked and never really finished. Silly, silly Liz.
I'm at work right now, and it's kinda dull. Also, my stomach is not very happy with me right now - probably from the alcohol last night, but I didn't really have that much - 3 drinks or something. Yay for Bolcar and his roommates for having a party, though, even though it meant walking home in kinda rainy weather making sure Crystal didn't fall over!
Yesterday was spent doing a myriad of things. I went to Friendly's with Crystal and finally got a Strawberry Shortcake Sunday - such a good breakfast!!! =) Then I went to the picnic for the Box Office - 11 women, all CPR and First Aid certified, almost burning down the woods surrounding Upper Buttermilk Falls with a grease fire. It just enforces any possible stereotype you can think of about women and outdoorsy-type stuff. All we could think was that there were no guys there and it wouldn't have happened otherwise! Then I helped Jenny move. I only meant to go over to her apt for a little while, to give her some of my old class materials and chat with her and Liz H., who was leaving that night. I ended up being over there for 5 hours, helping her move, which was totally cool. My car ended up being used to help move her stuff to her new apt (because Herb was helping her) - We had a bed in pieces and tables in the trunk/backseat, Adam driving, me and Jenny squashed in the passenger seat....and Herb riding on top of the car. Adam was so scared. I refused to drive, because with the suspended license, people without seatbelts, and a person on top of the car....I would have been so screwed! Quote of the night: Liz: "Adam, you're the only one with a seatbelt on right now." Adam: "There's a person not even in the car!"
Speaking of my car....this whole rule about Herb being the only person allowed to drive my car is getting really hard to enforce. That's just silly to me - it's my car, my rules. If I had my way, I'd be the only one who drove it, but do to this whole no license thing, I can't say that....and Herb makes sense because my regular parking spot is right by his house anyways, so it doesn't matter if my car is in his driveway or my spot. People get all cranky about the rule, though! They're all lucky I ever let them drive my car - what was I thinking, being so lenient - it seems so silly now and such a not good idea. Argh. I can't wait until I can drive again, and after that, I'm only letting people drive my car on long trips when I can't drive the whole way. It makes you wonder what we ever did without my car last semester, but I know we got by. Whatever. Maybe I'm making way too big of a deal out of it all.
There should be food with Vinny and Crystal this afternoon. Single's Club meal. New Single's Club rules: one dinner at the end of the summer, per guy, per zip code. This is somehow supposed to backfire on me, though I don't know how since I'm the delinquent of the Single's Club (as in I'm the only one who hasn't broken it). I guess we'll see.
- Lizzardie, at 12:42 PM
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Friday, May 17, 2002
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Just got back from Star Wars. I'm not usually into the whole Star Wars-go see the movie on the day it comes out-kinda thing, but when you're with a big group of friends, how can it not be fun? Ryan with a light saber created in 5 minutes and cloak stolen from frat stuff was classic, too.
Didn't get a whole lot done today, but I guess I'm kinda on vacation (for once in my life). I've been working on the PSP quote page/picture page, which is oh so much fun, let me tell you. Why did I volunteer for this again? There will need to be packing soon, but in due time. I'm currently trying to work on just keeping my room clean!
I bought new jeans yesterday in Syracuse. It was my first clothing purchase all semester, if you don't include PSP tshirts. Go me on not spending money I don't have! =)
- Lizzardie, at 12:46 AM
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Wednesday, May 15, 2002
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Finals and the semester are over, so here is the promised update (and I will try and keep them more frequent for awhile!).
I'm in complete denial about the semester being over. I think it has to do with friends graduating and moving on and things definitely not being the same. Never before have I been in a position where truly good, close friends of mine were graduating. I mean, these are people I spend a lot of my time with - it's like there's going to be a big hole where they used to be! I want to enjoy the next week or so while they're still here and I'm still here, and for that reason, I think I'm just going to pretend that it's not just a little time left. So sad!
I have no clue what I'm doing this summer. Not a good sign. It's funny, though - I've spent almost all of my life being extremely motivated, and that landed me in Connecticut, and that sucked....so I've regressed or something. I want to be carefree and reckless and just take life day by day, literally, and pray something works out for me. I got a taste of the real world, and it's just no good. If only I didn't have the car (which I love, even though I can't drive it) - then I really could be a little more carefree, and spend my last real summer doing something totally unproductive. Alas, I'll be working, it just hasn't been decided where, yet. So I'm not so carefree and reckless, because I'll be working in one of two places, both being internships in my field of study. Damn it all.
There is so much packing/cleaning/organizing to be done. Crystal said it'll probably take me the next week and half to do it all, and you know what? She's probably right. I have way too much stuff. I kinda wish I lived close enough to drive some of it home, so that I could get rid of it, but that's not happening, especially because I'm technically not allowed to drive (and I've been doing very very very little driving, don't worry - the longest distance I've driven is to Wegman's and back - a 5 mile trip maybe!).
I'm putting my life in danger and letting Crystal drive me to Syracuse tonight to pick up Vinny, who decided to go to Boston for a few days. It should be good - I'm in charge of picking a place for a Single's Club Dinner (Crystal's paying) and I think I'm going to pick Pizzeria Uno because it's in the mall (and I need new jeans) and I haven't had some good Chicago-pizza in a long time.
My roommates are slowly but surely leaving. Three are gone now. Stacy leaves on Friday. It'll be quiet once more. I like quiet. =)
I feel like I'm just rambling on and on and on and on, so I'll write more when I feel I have more interesting things to say!
- Lizzardie, at 12:58 PM
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Wednesday, May 08, 2002
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It's funny how when you tell people in a nice way that they've done something to upset/anger you, they apologize. Usually, they're totally oblivious of that I'm upset about something, because I don't bother showing it (no poker face, huh?). Funnier still is that it's taken me almost 21 years to learn this simple lesson.
- Lizzardie, at 2:39 PM
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