This has been a batteries...

Okay, tonight has been a crazy crazy day...

First, I had a very strange day at work and I can't really tell details on the blog, but ask and I'll let you know what happened. ;-)

Second, I got back to the apartment and ran inside. When I got back to the car, my battery was dead. After asking for help from a few folks around the complex, I ended up calling AAA and getting a jump. The guy came and tested the battery and said I needed a new one because this thing was six years old and car battereis usually last around 3-5 years. So RT and I drove over to Durham to buy a battery from Wal-Mart.

By the way, it's raining and nighttime now.

With battery and wrench in hand, we go at it and get the new battery installed. Now, the people of walmart have told us that if we bring the old battery back in, we will get $9 back, so that is what we do. Unfortunately, the people of walmart failed to mention that batteries leak acid and that you should never tip them or really carry them around once they have bit the bullet. So I am holding the battery and we head into walmart. A man approaches us and asked why I was carrying the battery and why I was getting battery acid everywhere (including my bare arms). He gave us a cart and told us to go wash it off.

Now at this point, it started to itch. This itch quickly turned into burn. Because there was battery acid. On my arm. I washed it off as best I could but it was still very red. We then got my $9 and started back to AC's.

But wait! There's more!

Turning onto the road, one of my contacts fell out. I couldn't get pulled off or else I would have just let RT drive, but no...I carried on. PS- It's still raining and dark, and now I can't see and I have lingering battery acid on my arm.

Luckily, I'm able to get through driving on I-40 enough to get back to Chapel Hill and to AC's apartment. I found a box of contacts in my purse after we got there and so I was able to see.

But this has been my day. Really and truly. Insanity.

Two and a Half Days Left....

...until Spring Break and I am feeling significantly less stressed than I was a few days ago. I just finished my geology exam and think I did well on it (yay), and I got some more work done on my animation project, due Thursday. So tonight, I need to finish up my journal for Comm 160 and get a good chunk of my geology current events assignment done, but first it's going to be naptime. Talk to you later!

-SR

My Chat with Miley Cyrus.

Okay, as per CK's request, here is the story about how I found myself having a conversation with Miley Cyrus. First, before you freak out and such, let me say that it is not that exciting and the whole thing might have lasted five minutes. But rest assured, it was the real Miley Cyrus and yes, I did have a chat conversation with her.

See, there is this website called ChatRoulette.com and I heard about it the other day when one of my friends posted that one of THEIR friends talked to the Jonas Brothers. I was tempted to see if I could get anyone famous like that, so last night I ventured out into cyber land armed with my webcam and the understanding that this site was most likely filled to the brim with creeps and pedophiles.

This understanding was found to be quite true and I don't recommend this site to anyone who has any self respect. Again, I was there for the sole purpose of seeing if I could get a celebrity to talk to me, as dumb as that may sound.

I was having a conversation with a nice guy from Texas when he had to go. The next person who came up was Miley Cyrus. I was confused for a second and asked if she really was Miley Cyrus. She confirmed this and the conversation pretty much fizzled (c'mon, what would you say to MC?). I wasn't going to BS her and say I love her music/movies/etc because honestly I don't. I find the poor girl vapid, but that is beside the point. I was talking to Miley Cyrus. She sent me a link to a youtube video for Jay-Z's song "Empire State of Mind" and we sort of danced at each other via webcam for a minute. It was a good laugh and then she had to go because her mom needed her.

It was a very surreal experience.

But yes, that was my "chat" with Miley Cyrus. The end.

Farewell Facebook.

Hey All

So, we've entered the third month of this year and while it has been pretty awesome so far, there are a few changes that need to be made, so here we go.

I've deactivated my facebook account (again) except this time I think it's going to be for semi-keeps. I'm going to try to get through the rest of Lent (which is until April 3rd) before going back to it because frankly, my schedule does not allow me to spend that much time on social networking.

If you guys were privy to my mild freak out this past weekend, I think I've come to the conclusion that one thing I need is simply more time, and so getting rid of the facebook for a while will do that. I'm a double major with Production and History...this shouldn't be a surprise. And if it is, let's just look at this week and everything that I need to get done (and realize that a lot of weeks are a lot like this):

1. Geology Test Tuesday
2. Footage/ Basic graphics and animations for Production class due Tuesday (which I've decided I'm going to try to keep it because hey, if I can do it, why not?)
3. Clay/ Object animation project due Thursday
4. Internship from 5:30-11:00 on Wednesday
5. Two GAA videos due Friday.
6. Working 7p-8 on Tuesday; 7:15a-11:00 on Wednesday; 5p-8 Thursday, and 8a-1p on Friday.
7. Actually going to classes.

This leads me to point number two: Don't expect to see me this week. All lunch plans/ coffee plans/ plans to do ANYTHING are tentatively cancelled. Sorry.

In other news...after Friday, it is Spring Break, which means that all of this crazy will be worth it and I can sleep and go do things. If anyone wants to go to the movies, bowling, shopping, etc after Friday, please let me know because I will totally want to go do something fun (I think this message is applicable to AC, CR, and RT mostly because you are the only ones I know who are staying around for Spring Break).

Alright, see you all on the flip side of break!