EVERYBODY HAS A BLOG!

Geez. Seriously, go onto any franchise's website and they have bloggers here and bloggers there. On Seventeen magazine's website (I was doing a project!), they have beauty blogs, on ESPN's website (I was checking the score of the Duke/Florida State game!), they have sports blogs. EVERYBODY'S GOT A BLOG! I'd still like to think I was one of the first.

So if I can just beef a bit about the NCAA, Wisconsin didn't beat Michigan State, but Washington beat ASU (sorry T)? Seriously. Not to mention that Washington KILLED ASU. Nice. Who else beat Duke other than Florida State and Georgetown? I thought those were the only 2. Did anyone hear that the Florida State students rushed the floor before the game was even over? Wow, what idiots. It was on CNN. And Minnesota LOST. What is up with my boys in the Big Ten? They gotta get their game faces on. At least Gonzaga won. Hey, speaking of basketball, did anyone hear about that autistic boy in Rochester who scored the living daylights out of the last four minutes of his high school basketball game? It was a seriously heartwarming story. If anyone wants, I can send you the link to the CNN story or you can go onto ESPN's website and I think it's on there, too.

WOW, so I'm at the public library right now and this Jewish dude is seriously freaking me out. I sat at the table his books were at and when he sat down, he kept hyperactively looking at me. I was bugging. It was almost like a nervous twitch. If you were here, I would demonstrate, it's pretty weird. Needless to say, I moved tables. (I can't work like that!) Last time I was here, I was sitting down at a table and an elder Asian woman sat down across from me. I received a call from my mom and proceeded to talk quietly (maybe a little rude, but it wasn't very quiet in the library anyways!). The woman kept looking at me very disapprovingly, and finally, she muttered, "Couldn't you find another place to talk on that phone?" Complete with a sneer and all. I let my mom go, looked at the woman head on, and uttered, "Sorry m'am, I didn't mean to bother you." She left 5 minutes after scolding me.

Onto the good news in my life (it seems few and far between since I've been so damn irritable lately): Yesterday, I ran for the longest time in the history of Kelly. 51 minutes. Yep, about 5 miles. I was pretty fricking proud of myself. Then, I ran again today for about a half hour, 3 milesish. I get excited when running doesn't seem like a chore, but usually it's more mindset than ablility for me and I'm starting to get back into my running frame of mind. I like it. Feels good.

Did I happen to mention that Bonnie and Rebecca got in a fight on Wednesday night? Uh, yeah. Actually, I should say that Rebecca ripped Bonnie a new one; she was out of control! I don't really want to go into detail about it, but Rebecca pretty much told Bonnie that she (Rebecca) was sick of Bonnie always arguing with her (Rebecca) and trying to make something out of nothing. Now, before I get into this more, you must know that Bonnie is the sweetest, most laid-back girl I have met. She isn't rude or disrespectful in any way, though sometimes, she is a bit scatterbrained and forgetful. She's kinda like a new age, intelligent hippie. Anyhow, Rebecca just tore through Bonnie while I "read" my work for class. I couldn't believe how Rebecca was treating Bonnie, completely projecting all of her (Rebecca's) thoughts/feelings/issues onto Bonnie. So sad. Bonnie ended up crying for 2 hours to her mom on the phone and Rebecca continued (and still continues) to be cold-hearted about it all. I am trying to stay out of it, but it's increasingly difficult for me when I feel the cause of the argument (and Rebecca's anger) is completely unjustified. I'll let you know if I end up exploding on Rebecca due to my pent-up irritation.

I also forgot to tell everyone about calling the police on Monday night. Yep, I did. I (or should I say WE) have been having serious problems with the tenants downstairs. They are extremely loud at the most inappropriate hours - 11pm, 5am, 2am. It's really ridiculous. At first, I was worried that someone was getting hurt by all the noise (banging, knocking, pounding, yelling, screaming, swearing, etc), but now I'm just pissed because I can't get any work done. It's directly below my room. And I get especially annoyed because I am the only one who DOES anything about it. Uhhh. So, I've been documenting everything and also calling the apartment office women who have been extremely helpful (and they were shocked when I told them we would be extending our lease this morning). Hopefully, the downstairs people (a cracked out woman with serious stubstance abuse problems and her twin adolescent boys along with a boyfriend who can't handle a damn thing) won't be there for much longer.

In other news, I shower every day now, so the old Kelly is gone, but I'll have you know that my hair is straight right now and I haven't washed it since last Wednesday. Cool, hey? So really, I'm still here in spirit.

So, tonight I am going out to dinner with Kacey (remember the pic of her and I at the bar last weekend?) for either sushi in Capitol Hill or Italian in Belltown. I think I'm hungrier for Italian, but sushi would be better for me, though more expensive. Whatever. I haven't been to either place, so I'm really excited just to go and get out. I am really, really looking forward to break. I can't concentrate anymore; I need a few weeks to relax because the stress of the quarter has really gotten to me. I'm fine, though. Really. All good.

Lastly, I watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory last night. The new one. It was pretty good, but there is a certain amount of charm to the original. I checked out the book, too, so I can't wait to read it. I love Roald Dahl. He's such a wonderful author. Oh, and I forgot to tell you that the infamoused and idolized JOHN GOTTMAN is giving a lecture on one of his books (the Seven Principles to Make Marriage Work) in late March. I AM TOTALLY GOING. It's free at the Town Hall in Seattle. I am bringing my camera. While others fantisize about making out with Justin Timberlake (well...I've done that, too), I fantisize about doing research with John Gottman. Holy shit, this is gonna be the best day of my life!

K, well, I'm gonna go because I have some work to do before dinner. Wish me luck. Oh, and let me know if you really want to hear the Zack story. I'm thinking I want to tell it just because it's really classic. And if you've already heard it, what do you think?

I'm out with clout. Ha. Again, so funny.