It's Opening Day!

Today was Opening Day which means it's the beginning of baseball season. Thank the lord. I have been really missing baseball. I missed watching a game with my dad in the basement, making jokes and cheering on the Nationals. The game today was so crazy. We ended up winning 9-7 but I missed us getting all of the runs! I watched until the 8th inning when the score was 5-4 Mets to go on a run with a friend but when I came back I found out we had majorly rallied and the score was now 9-5 us. I am kicking myself I didn't stay and watch but I did have a really good run. It was so nice out! It was great news to hear coming back.

To honor the beginning of baseball season here are some pictures from last season that I had on my phone:

Nats Park in all her beauty

My parents and my special friend...lookin' happy

It was a cold day in May so we brought a blanket with us

We met Denard Span!! He loved us and did much better after he talked to us

A giant Jayson Werth head...look at that beard

I tried to keep score a few times. This was a game against the Padres. Did we win? You tell me...

I'm going to a game this Friday so I am over-the-moon with happiness that I'll be back in Nats Park so soon. It is my favorite place on earth.

Also! My sister is making this really cool tumblr blog that is all about spending time at Nats Park this summer. Go check it out!!

http://200daysofbaseball.tumblr.com/

Until next time,

Caroline

Things I Have a Problem With #2

I'm sitting in the gallery right now, a little hungover, a little tired, and people have been coming in and out since I've gotten here. I have had some weird visitors before but this guy who came in earlier just might take the cake. He came in and immediately asked what things were on my desk pointing and asking, "What's that? What's that?" I told him and he just said, "oh..." kind of like he wasn't really listening to me. I'm not so sure, it was strange. Afterwards he asked if he could put his umbrella on the ground and I told him it was fine. He walked over to the wall where I thought he was going to set it down but all of a sudden he veers away from the wall and he walks over to one of the pieces in the middle of the room that was on a table. He then put his umbrella underneath the table. Afterwards he proceeded to pull out a plastic bag with a magnifying glass to look at everything. Then he touched one of the pieces. I told him to please not touch the art and he said to me, "It's a diary, it's ok." UH NO IT'S NOT. This segues nicely into the things I have a problem with: gallery edition.

1. People touching the art - I think this is common knowledge, maybe I'm just super aware because I've taken classes and stuff, that you do NOT touch the art unless there is a sign encouraging you to do so. This is always so annoying. There have been so many sculptures or things with cool texture and people will come in and just put their grubby hands all over it! No! What is worse is that it is almost always an adult. I think I've told one or maybe two kids to not touch anything. I've told way many more adults. Does this seem weird to anyone?? It is super weird to me.

2. People asking to come in - this is probably my biggest pet peeve. I will be sitting at the front desk, there will be people inside walking around, and people will stop by the entrance and say, "can we come in? Is it alright?" I just want to shake that person, whoever asked me that, and say "no you cannot come in, these people are actually works of art and I'm sitting here because I have nothing better to do."If there is a sign out front and I am sitting here with the doors open with the lights on then yes, the gallery is open for business and you can look at stuff.

3. People asking if they can buy theatre tickets in the gallery - I changed my mind. This is actually my biggest pet peeve. Why the heck would you buy anything from me, in this gallery, sitting behind a tiny desk when there is a box office literally 30-40 feet away from here. If someone is coming in from the front doors then the box office should be the very first thing you see. The gallery is not in-view when you first walk in. UGH DUMMIES. But really, I get so annoyed. Just makes no sense.

4. People who walk in and pretend to not see me - oh these people are real, and they sook. I have to say hello to every person who walks in and sometimes people will walk in and not listen to me and just b-line it to the first thing they see. UH HELLO. I'm here. You are rude. I am done.

5. The police - you thought I was done but nope there are more. It's kind of weird that I added the police to the list but if you were part of this operation you'd understand. I have to call the police before my shift so they can come open the gallery for me. It is a nice thing to do for us but man oh man do they love to take their sweet time. I usually get here around 10 minutes early so I can call them and they can get here and I'll have a few minutes before the gallery is officially open but alas, this does not happen so nicely. Sometimes I wait 20 minutes for these clowns. Yeah, I called the police clowns. Please don't arrest me. They can also get very snooty. If I am about 30 seconds away they will get mad that I'm not actually there. One time I was 30 seconds away from entering the building and because I am honest and stupid I told them I was about 30 seconds away and they made me call them back when I was actually there. Not necessary. No one was there so it wasn't like I was calling and then someone was already there so I was making it inconvenient for them. Ugh, I hate it.

6. One piece right now - this will be a quick one. There is a piece in the gallery right now that is a video that plays on a loop and it last about 15 minutes and at the end of the 15 minutes there is an audio that plays with the video for about a minute. This is the most annoying audio I have ever had to sit through for 3 hours. It is the worst.

So that's it. Well, there are other things but I have to go in a few minutes so I have to wrap this up. It's raining outside so it will be a wet walk home.

Thanks to anyone reading this and until next time,

Caroline

I am obsessed with Bastille

Last night I went out with my friends to our other friend's house and then to a bar downtown. I guess I haven't really wanted to go out for a while but something must have been in the air last night because I was all about it. Maybe it's because the weather is getting warmer. The cold was just so miserable and I wanted to get under all of the covers with all of my sweatshirts on at once and not come out. And, why did it last for so long?? It had to get to the end of March before it got warm again?? Is this turning into another things I have a problem with post? Nah, that will be for another time.

It was nice to go out because I met people I didn't really know before and I got to see people I haven't really seen in a while and I got to dance with this really tall redheaded boy, which was...weird. It makes for a good story. I'll write it out one day. I really like it when weird things happen while I'm out with friends. No bad things, only weird please.

I'm going out again with my Wednesday dinner friend tonight and I'm looking forward to it but I was just looking at Netflix and there are movies I really want to watch...Jiro Dreams of Sushi...I need to watch you...maybe I'll do that tomorrow. We'll see. Also, Mud is on there and I heard it's really good.

Welp, it's Friday. You know what that means.

Likes:
1. New Girl, Schmidt is the best
2. WARM WEATHER
3. Bastille

Dislikes:
1. Skipping class
2. Papers, the library, I am soooooooooooooooo over it
3. Carrying a heavy backpack everywhere

I'm really looking forward to next week. Exciting things happening!!!

Until tomorrow,

Caroline

I've spent the last two days in the library (pretty much)

Oh my goodness in a few hours I am going to be a very very happy girl. I've spent the past two days typing up a paper in the library. They have been the longest days of my life. I'm just happy I turned in my paper about an hour ago so I could get to this post. I've been pretty good about posting, eh? I figured it's Thursday so I have an outfit to share.

Today was a running day but the two girls I run with both weren't running so I decided to skip the run and finish typing my paper. That was a very good idea because if I ran instead I might still be working on my bibliography or something. It just wouldn't be done. So, good job, Caroline. 

I wanted to post this picture for a few reasons. First, because it's what I wore today (duhh). Second, because in the days to come I won't have to wear this fleece sweater or a million layers for a long time. Praise. The. LAWD. I am so freaking sick of the cold weather. It's my last hoorah with the fleece and the cold. Third, was because I like my eyebrows today. They don't look that great in this picture but IRL they are looking awfully nice today. 

My eyebrows are definitely something I like about myself. I was talking to my boyfriend about things we like about ourselves and I said my eyebrows, my collarbone (there is another word for this but I don't know how to spell it #lame), and my teeth. He said he liked his arms. That's about how far that conversation went. I think it's good to think about things that we like about ourselves. So many times I think "ugh, I hate my skin, I hate my hair, I hate blah blah blah," there are so many things I say I don't like. It's not healthy. From now on, I have to balance things I don't like with things I do like. Then I won't feel so bad about myself! Does this make sense to you? It sort of does to me! 

I have to get ready to go to my night class. Think about things you like about yourself. It'll make you feel nice!

Until next time,

Caroline

It's Wednesday and I'm really busy

I have so much to do today. I probably won't be able to go to sleep tonight until really late. I'm whining!! But really, there is a lot of things to do. I'm going to be going back and forth between the library and other places all day. Here's what's happening.

First I had class this morning so I got up, got ready, ate breakfast (my favorite part of the day), and headed on over to class. I sat through class then I sat through my second class.

That brings me to about right now. I went to the library after class for a little bit and read then went to the gallery. My supervisor is out for the week so the gallery is essentially run by the interns and the monitors this week. That means I had to send out about a million emails last week. I'm sure everyone really appreciated getting those.

After this I have an hour to kill until I go to my weekly Wednesday lunch with one of my friends. It's seriously one of the best parts of my week. We pretty much laugh the whole time. She is also a good listener and a good story teller so she is kinda the whole package. Now I just sound like an advertisement.

At around 6 my friend has work and then I'm back to the library. I have a paper to write so I'm going to be there for a long time. I've been really bad about putting this paper off so I'm sort of kicking myself over this. I was working on it for a little bit yesterday but that was cut short because I went to a lecture on festivals of drunkenness in New Kingdom Egypt. It was really interesting. I also got credit in my Roman class for going. Ka-chinnggggg. Is that how that's spelled? I never know. I'm not that worried about this paper because it isn't very long and I like the subject I picked I just wish I started this earlier. Same problem, different paper. Ugh, me.

That's all that's going on with me today. I have another hour in the gallery so I'll just read White Teeth by Zadie Smith until I have to go onto the next location.

I hope everyone has a good, productive day, and until next time,

Caroline

I have a crush on every boy

Ok, who knows where the title is from?? If you guessed Teen Girl Squad you are right. If you have no idea what Teen Girl Squad is, don't worry about it. I am weird.


I was going to write something about boys and relationships but I have no time to write anything but my Asian art paper that's due Thursday. I guess this post will have to wait. SORRY!

Until next time,

Caroline

What I want to do when I grow up

As graduation looms ever closer each day I still have no idea what I want to do when I get older. I guess this is sort of funny to say because I am an adult now but what I mean is that I don't really know which career I want to pursue. I don't know which I want to pursue because there are lots! I want to do lots of things! Would I be good at all the things I want to do? Uh well I guess I'll never know if I don't try! My good friend Michael Scott once said that Wayne Gretzky once said, "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take." So very true, Michael, so very true.

So here is the list of careers that seem like they'd be a good fit for me. Would all of these jobs likely hire an art history major with experience in working in a gallery? Well, most likely not all...

1. Sports Journalist 

2. Fashion writer

3. Buyer for a major department store

4. Nat Pack girl (lol)

5. Gallery curator/museum curator 

6. Stylist (for anything) 

7. Makeup artist 

8. Commentator for the Nats

9. Commentator for any other sports team

10. Art buyer

11. Own a business that installs and untinstalls art pieces (that would be so cool)

12. Professional blogger (awwwwww yeah)

13. Art restorator  

14. New Zealand tour guide of all the LOTR shooting locations

14. Hotel heiress 

15. Fashion model

16. Manhattan socialite

So as you can tell I got a little unrealistic at the end but you never know...one day I could become a hotel heiress and then I could hang out with Paris Hilton or someone like that. Anything is possible!

Until next time,

Caroline

rediscovering songs

I had an extremely uneventful weekend. I spent all of Friday after classes and Saturday after work on the couch watching March Madness. I like watching the tournament so it wasn't so bad. Today was my roommate's last Performing Arts Club Big Show. The Big Show is their big showcase where they perform different dance pieces. There were about 18 dances (I don't know how many dances there were but 18 sounds sort of right) and I think my roommate was in 5 of them. She did a great job.

I love going to these performances because the dancing is incredible and also the music the choreographers choose is so good. I've discovered many songs and bands because of the music played at these performances. This Big Show in particular I loved almost every single song played. One I especially loved. I love Lord of the Rings and I love The Hobbit and when this song came out many months ago I played it on repeat. It's I See Fire by Ed Sheeran. Oh my goodness. This song is FLAWLESS! So good. Well it was in a piece in today's show and I just about died of happiness it was such a good dance. Probably my favorite of all the shows I've attended (I only missed one show).


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Here is the music video. This song is just so good. It was a while since I heard it so I'm now obsessed again. So beautiful. So magical. So perfect.

I hope everyone had a good weekend and loves this song now as much as me.

Until next time,

Caroline

My parents are in Florida and I'm in the gallery

My parents are down in Florida for the Nationals' spring training. They did this last year too and it made me so unbelievably jealous. This year is no different. There is no where I'd rather be than Florida, right now, instead of here, in Virginia.

I'm at the gallery now and there is a new senior exhibit up. I really like about half of the pieces and I really don't like half of the pieces. There's maybe one or two pieces I don't have such strong feelings about. One piece is a life-sized sculpture called "Andy Warhol". The piece is shaped like a human but doesn't have a face. If you stand near it it kind of seems like it will come to life. I'm just a little bit freaked out.

People coming in and out of the gallery have been very weird today. Is this how the rest of the day will pan out? Weird people? I kind of have a feeling it will be filled to the brim with weird people or just people acting weird. Ugh.

Until next time,

Caroline

missed things and missed things

It's Friday!! This week has been a roller coaster. Emotions, my health, the weather, jeez things have been so up and down. It's nice though that everything has seemed to end on a high note. I was feeling kind of down because I was so lost in Italian but I got my Asian Art midterm and Roman midterm back this week and got A's on both. I was pretty upset on Saturday but I'm pretty happy now. I was feeling amazing, got really sick, and now feel pretty good (I have an annoying cough). Things have been pretty crazy.

I was thinking about it and I also thought a lot about things I miss as well as things I've missed this week. There's been a lot of talk about graduating and I've been thinking about how much I'll miss walking around campus, seeing people I really like, heck, even eating here when I leave. I bought my cap and gown the other day and it made everything too real. When I walked home from my class last night I got a little sad thinking about how I won't be making that walk around campus as much or maybe even at all. I guess I could come back over the next 10 years and make the walk and not get too many weird looks because I'll probably still look as young as I do now. It will be really different and I'm going to miss it.

Then I thought about all the things I missed this week. I missed class because I was sick. I missed working out because I was sick. I missed eating because I was sick. Being sick is actually the worst. I also missed buying a ticket for my senior year spring formal. UGH.

I guess this is a nice way to segue into my likes and dislikes of the week:

Likes:
1. Being in college, walking around my campus, belonging somewhere
2. March Madness
3. Unexpected good grades

Dislikes:
1. Not being able to have sweets
2. Being sick
3. Missing things

It was nice to actually post on a Friday to post my likes and dislikes. I sort of missed blogging. Ha!

Until tomorrow,

Caroline

it's March and we're MAD

March Madness officially started today. I filled out the bracket my roommate printed off for me and I'm already watching three games play out. UVA won the ACC championship and are seeded first in their region so I have them going all the way. Also, I just have to represent Virginia. If I don't then I'm just a bad Virginian.

Last year I watched so much of the tournament. Two of my roommates were gone for a lot of the tournament so my remaining roommate and I watched games and ate pizza for most of the weekends. This year the first weekend will be pretty much only me. One roommate is going home and the other has rehearsals and performances all weekend. Kind of like the Super Bowl it's going to be me, a Hawaiian pizza, and Twitter. I'm really excited. I'm also sensing a pattern...

Here is what my bracket looks like:

Light blue writing and a pink background, so cute!

I hope that is readable. So far the teams I've picked have been winning but just you wait, it'll be March Sadness before you know it. 

Also, I'm sorry I didn't post yesterday. I was sick all day. I was miserable in bed watching 30 Rock. That was pretty much all I could do.

Until tomorrow,

Caroline 

Things I Have a Problem With #1

I've been really bad about keeping up with my Tuesday makeup posts here on TLS so we're starting it back up...TONIGHT. I thought I would start a new series called "Things That I Have a Problem With." This series will be what the titles says it will be about. I thought to kick it off I would share the top 5-10 things I have a problem with in the beauty world. These things will range from makeup products to haircare to the way people do things to their hair and face and skin and whatever is involved. Are you excited? So many things are popping into my head!! I don't mean to single any people out with these things so if something applies to you just remember I am one walking faux pas. I hope that made you feel better. This is going to be a pretty negative post, I apologize. Especially after last post.

Here. We. Go!

1. I have a problem with people who can wear black liquid liner everyday and not look like they're trying too hard. UGH these people bug me so much because I would definitely look like I was trying too hard. I also have a problem with people who can apply black liquid liner really well. I have a problem with it because I am the worst at it. I have a plaque to prove it. One day I'll share it. Black liquid liner is a thing of beauty and when applied well it is even more beauteous. When I grow up I want to be good at applying eyeliner. This is a nice segue into the next thing.

2. I have a HUGE problem with "tight lining." How the hell does someone tight line and not tear up terribly and not feel pain??? I tried it a few times. I think I saw ARose186 tight line with a kohl liner and I was like "dang, that looks so easy!" I tried it...NOT EASY. Also, it just hurts so bad! If you can do this, kudos. You might be a magician or a witch or someone who knows sorcery. By the sound of these two problems I have, I think it's clear I just have an eyeliner problem.

3. I have a problem with most people's eyebrows. Ok, here comes snobby Caroline. I don't know how people can live their lives with really thin eyebrows, really sparse eyebrows, or really short eyebrows. I used to have a problem with my eyebrows. Actually, now that I think of it lots of people have had problems with my eyebrows. I've had people tell me they're too dark and once my older sister told me I had Sandy Cohen eyebrows. Or maybe she said I had caterpillar eyebrows. Really though, what's the difference? I guess unless you're Lily Collins or Cara Delevinge then the world will have problems with your eyebrows.

4. I have a problem with nude lipstick. I think nude lipstick is the biggest waste of a makeup product. When I say nude I mean lipsticks that almost look like concealers. EW. I can dig "my lips but better" colors but no one should ever wear nude lipstick. Maybelline recently released a line of nude lipsticks and I was very upset. But after looking at some of the colors I wasn't that upset. There were only a few that would make you look like a dead corpse with them on.

5. I have a problem with French manicures. Just everything about French manicures irks me. Their name, the white tip (it irks me even more when it's a color), how people get them shaped like a square. I shiver thinking about those square nails. Spooky stuff. I hate that people go get French manicures and then add on other designs like palm trees or hibiscus flowers. Why should anything that reminds anyone of Hawaii be combined with something that's french?? I'm going to look up why they're called French now. Ok, so apparently these French manicures were popular in Paris in the 1920s and 30s. Eh, I still don't like them very much.

Those are the 5 things I have problems with right now in the beauty world. If this is offensive to anyone just remember, we are all entitled to our opinions. If you like any of these, good for you!

My throat kind of hurts now.

Until tomorrow,

Caroline

my non-negotiables

While I was on spring break I read a post by Carly at The College Prep that was called "Non-Negotiables". After reading her post I thought it would be good to write down what my non-negotiables are. "What are these non-negotiables?" you might be asking. Well she describes them as things in your life that you absolutely need and will not compromise on. I really liked this post. I really liked it because while on this trip I discovered probably two of my non-negotiables. This post will list a few things that I like about myself or that I like in other people and that I want to always incorporate into my life no matter the situation.

Disclaimer: I am not saying that I always do these things or that I think I'm the perfect citizen because if you have read any of my posts you know that I am so far from one. These are things that I need to remember to do or that I might need to work on. Disclaimer over.

1. I want to always be grateful. I never want to go to someone's house without thanking them for having me or let someone drive me somewhere without thanking them. I don't care who it is. If you're my best friend in the entire world, a family member, or a complete stranger I will thank you for doing something nice for me. I may sometimes forget to say this or maybe not sound completely sincere but I try my hardest to remember or to be sincere. People don't have to do nice things for other people (well I hope they'd just do them anyway) and it is always nice to recognize that.

2. I want to never be lazy. I feel bad for writing this today after sleeping in till 11 but I hate sleeping in. I feel like I've wasted half the day! I guess today is okay because it is a snow day and I've done all my homework that was due today but I still do not like it. This goes past sleeping in too. I don't like it if I haven't exercised in a long time or if I've missed class (intentionally or unintentionally, mostly intentionally because I can get lazy sometimes). I guess what I should have written here was I never want to feel okay about being lazy. I think people can get too comfortable with being lazy and I don't think it's a good way to be. If I ever get like that I want someone to slap me out of it.

3. I always want to look presentable. This can kind of tie in with never wanting to be/feel lazy. I've had to wear workout clothes to class because of my running class and it sort of kills me. Is that snobby? I just don't like looking like I don't care. I want a professor to look at me and think "this girl cares about making an effort to come to my class and learn and not be a bum!" Will a professor ever look at me, stop, and think that to himself/herself? Probably not, but this is how I think so whatever.

4. I want to always be pleasant. Well well well this is something you've never seen me write here! Just kidding, I write it just about every post. My mom always tells us to be pleasant no matter what we're doing or who we are around and I never ever want to not be pleasant. It makes interacting with anyone more enjoyable and it just makes me happier if I can make someone else happier by being pleasant.

5. I always want to try new experiences. I never want to not try something because it's weird or gross or I don't know, not appealing at first. I guess this also goes with meeting new people or trying new foods or listening to new music. You never know, they might end up being awesome. If not, I'll learn from my mistakes. It is a win-win situation if you look at it optimistically. It was Tina Fey who said "start with a yes, and see where that takes you." I love Tina Fey.

6. Lastly, I never want to take anything too personally. This is the biggest thing I want to work on and I see it in other people and it makes me want to be like this. People almost always do things to make themselves feel better. I need to remember that they might be hurtful because of their insecurities. I have a habit of making things personal and I have to stop and remember not to.

There they are. My non-negotiables. I feel like I've probably spelled that wrong a few times in this. Oh well! I have to not be lazy now. It's time to be productive!

Until next time,

Caroline

Things are getting tough

Posting everyday has started to become a problem it seems. I have lots of work piling up, I have to run, I have other excuses. I had a jam packed weekend so let's talk about what happened.

Friday - Friday morning my roommate and I got up early and went over to the other side of campus to get tickets for our basketball team's Sweet 16 game that night. This year was the first time our basketball team got invited to the NCAA Division III tournament. So after we got the tickets I went to my two classes and then home again to eat and get ready for the game. An hour and a half early we went back across campus to get good seats. We sat in the student section and cheered along with probably 200-300 other students. It was so cool. The arena was packed. So many people came out to watch us play Virginia Wesleyan College. We won barely, 74-70 and made it to the next round. It was so exciting. I love my basketball team. Lots of cuties. After the game I came back home and passed out. It was a long day.

Saturday - Saturday I slept in until around 11 and took a shower. Then I ate breakfast and a few friends came over. After that we all walked over to our friend's house who was having an early St. Patrick's Day all-day party. It was so much fun! So many people came and we all played games, took pictures, and laughed the day away! I had a little bit of drama with certain people but it was all resolved later. Last year during our St. Patrick's Day celebration I celebrated a little too hard and didn't make great decisions. This year was much different. I made lots of better decisions. At about 6-7 I was tired and hungry so my roommates and I walked home and ordered pizza. It was overall a good day.

Sunday, today - Today I wasn't feeling too tired or groggy so I went to brunch with two friends and came home to do a Mythology test that is due tomorrow. I ended up getting a 96%, which rocks. My first test I embarrassingly got an 80% so I felt much better about this. After that my sister sent me a picture of a sign in Anthropologie that said it was looking for interns...I immediately jumped on that. I started the application online and all I have to do now is write a cover letter. A job at Anthropologie would probably be the best job ever. It would seriously be a dream come true.

That brings us to right now. I did a little bit of cleaning and now I'm listening to my March 2.0 playlist and eating cereal. I guess it is going to snow a lot tonight and tomorrow so maybe I won't have school. That'd be pretty sweet. I could use another day to sleep.

I hope you all had a good weekend like I did. And no one was incarcerated or hospitalized!

Until next time,

Caroline

dead week

My friend group had our first meeting about "dead week" tonight. It's only a few months away. Same with graduation, same with real world. Buuuuut back to dead week. It's called dead week because it takes place the week after finals end and everyone goes home for the summer. Campus is dead. Graduation is the end of that week so seniors will go to the beach to celebrate their last hoorahs with friends before we all come back for the ceremony. My group is pretty much the same group of friends I had when I was a freshman. It's pretty cool. It might be because I go to such a small school but I think it's also because everyone is pretty cool. I'm gonna see how many more times I can describe something in this post as pretty cool. A pretty cool count would be pretty cool (3 not including the title of the count). 

We decided to get a hotel room on the beach instead of a house somewhere. It has a lazy river, which I am very stoked about but I might have to sleep in a cabinet somewhere. I really don't care where we end up or where I end up sleeping as long as I get to lay on a beach somewhere. That sounds pretty apathetic (did you think I was going to say cool??) but it's the truth. After a disappointingly cold trip to Charleston I'm ready to give South Carolina a second chance for warmth. 

I'm going to have to start saving to pay for the trip. I'm not too worried about it because I have a job that will cover it but I'm just worried about paying for the rest of my english books. I think we have a million more and I don't really want to ask my parents for money. As one of my roommates put it tonight, life is tough. People are jerks, March's temperatures can get into the 30s, and I still have to buy a few more books for my english class. Life is hella tough. 

Sorry for that ending, it wasn't pretty cool (4...I guess).

Until tomorrow,

Caroline

life is a thing of beauty!

My roommate and I are listening to The History of Love by Nicole Krauss for our english class and it is turning out to be quite the book. I mean this in a good way. So much happens at first, you're just sort of like, "uh what does an old guy have to do with a young girl???" and then things slowly start to work together. It is really cool. I am enjoying it. Listening to it instead of just plainly reading is taking kind of a long time but I don't really mind. We are about halfway through now. SO we just left off at a sad part but before the sad part the main character had called his childhood/old manhood friend and exclaimed to him that "life is a thing of beauty!" It made me really happy to hear that. I also read it at the same time so I was happy to see it too but whatever.

The past couple of days have been filled with good luck. I'm not sure if it's been only because I've been doing good work or because people feel bad for me so they decide to take pity on me (haha just kidding, I hope) but things have really turned around for old Liz Lemon and it really makes me think that life is a thing of beauty! Yesterday morning was absolutely horrible. I came back from class and bawled to my roommate. She gave me a hug and said that because I had a good cry I was going to feel better and she was right. I later went on a run, blew off some steam, and felt even better. After that I took a shower and I got a call that I got the internship I had really wanted. After that I ate some good food and watched It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia for a few hours. It was glorious. I also ate a good portion of my jalapeño kettle chips...I like to eat a lot. I had a good sleep. My day completely did a 180.

Today was also pretty amazing. It didn't start off that great but I did get coffee and some food and watched Between Two Ferns with Zach Galfinakis and laughed and laughed. I did skip my first class because I got out of bed too late (I hate skipping class, I feel guilty over things that people shouldn't feel so guilty over (it's because I was raised Catholic. I am using multiple parentheses. I have a problem)) and sent my professor an email saying that I wasn't going to be in class. I was a little nervous that she was going to email me back and tell me I missed something really important but I never heard back from her. A friend in my class did message me on Facebook and told me that we were assigned an online test due the 19th. I was so thankful she messaged me. I wouldn't have had any idea for a long time! People can be so nice. I went to my next class and had a nice run with a girl in my class. I only met her this semester so I try to talk to her while we run but sometimes I just get so out of breath so there are many periods of just silence. It's ok though. After that I went to my Roman class and got back my midterm. I got a 93%! Wow! I was surprised. I was mentally preparing myself for a grade in the 80s. My Roman professor is seriously the greatest lady ever. She definitely is my favorite professor. I decided to take the scenic route back to my apartment and went across the quad on campus which was filled to the brim with people. I saw a chair I wanted to sit on but it was really gross so I just walked straight through the quad. On the other side near our big administration building was a massive chalkboard with questions at the top on different panels. The panel I decided to write on was "How do you make the world a better place?" I thought about it for a long time and wrote "being pleasant". I thought it was good. I try to be as pleasant as I can be at all times. I think people really appreciate it. I know my mom does. She always tells us to be pleasant in all situations to everyone.

Can you see where I wrote?

I came home and started to listen to The History of Love and that brings us to right now. These wonderful things that have happened the past two days made me think that life is a thing of beauty. Especially in the springtime, when everything starts to come back to life. I think I come back to life too. Winter is always tough.

This post needs to come to an end. I've written a lot.

Until next time,

Carolne

March 2.0 Spotify playlist

I was going to write about the rest of my trip to Charleston but I then put it off because I was home and because I then was back at school doing mounds of Italian homework. Which, by the way, is getting hard as shiza (Yes, I curse in German). I thankfully finished all of my Italian homework but then I get a new english book to read and then I find a million mythology quizzes to do online and then excuse, other excuse, other excuse...So today you beautiful people can see my Spotify playlist for March. I'm not sure if I explained before but my playlists are followed by 2.0 because I've been doing this for over a year now! I think I'm close to the 3.0 mark...big stuff right there. Welp my March playlist is shaping up to be one of my favorites. I have some oldies but goodies, some oldies that I have just discovered, some newies (uhh ok), and some songs that aren't that old but I just play over and over again so this just makes things easier. There are probably a million more categories of songs but I'm leaving it at that.

I'm still trying to find out how to put a link to the playlist. I know it's been *highly* requested. The picture still works though, right? I'm just gonna assume yes.

I'm definitely liking The Knocks and Ra Ra Riot's song. I've been a fan of Ra Ra Riot for a long time and they just bring me back to happier times...jk I'm still as happy. I just get nostalgic. I got Tom Odell on there again. While in Charleston (I cringe as I write that...because I didn't do the write up. Sorry!) we went into H&M to kill time and that song was playing and I said to myself, "and so it will be, he has a spot on every single playlist I ever create." I actually said that, verbatim. No, I didn't. My mom showed me the Talking Heads song up there. She is cool so she listens to cool music and shows me the cool music so I can be cool too. Finally, the first song by Florence + the Machine is heavenly. Florence Welch's voice is actually mixture of Fergie and Jesus'. I'm not exaggerating.

I hope no one hates me for not posting about Charleston. It was just becoming a chore and I had so much Italian homework!!!! Wah!

Also, I got the internship I was interviewing for. Let's all let out a huge "PHEW". I am so unbelievably happy.

Until tomorrow (I promise),

Caroline

I'm at home!

We made it back yesterday from our trip to Charleston (in record time too, 6 and a half hours! Wow!!) and breathed in that wonderful Virginia air. It was a long trip and I am very happy to be home. I did love Charleston though. What an enchanting city! The romantic houses with the wrap around porches were quite numerous and so unbelievably beautiful. The people were so nice. The food was AMAZING. I don't think I've ever eaten so much good food in my life. I was in a constant food coma the whole time (in a good way). If I had unlimited amounts of money I would live in Charleston and go out to eat every night. I'm going to go over everything about the trip but I'll do it in three posts. The first will be about the food, I know you're curious now, the second will be just a day-to-day summary, and the third will be a bunch of pictures I took throughout the trip. Oooh, it's gonna be good.

Here. We. Go!

Day 1:
Dinner - We arrived in the evening and were starving so we headed on over the Hominy Grill. It was such a cute restaurant, so rustic and very close. Here I ordered a beer (I don't remember what it was called) and a curry chicken salad sandwich with fries. Never have I loved a chicken salad sandwich as much as I loved that one. Two thumbs way up!

Day 2:
Breakfast - Breakfast was eaten at the hostel. I had an English muffin and a normal muffin. Both were good.

Lunch/Dinner - Next we had a late lunch/early dinner at a restaurant downtown called Magnolias. This was such a nice restaurant. Really good cocktails too. I ordered the East Bay Mojito (my very first mojito. It was the best alcoholic drink I've ever had. Close second: grape Four Loko) as a drink and we all split fried green tomatoes as a starter. It was served with pieces of ham in between so two of us couldn't eat them (one, vegan, the other, Muslim) so I ended up having two pieces. What an incredible combination. For my main course I had a crab cake sandwich. Very solid, I enjoyed it very much.

Dessert - We went to a place called Belgian Gelato and I ordered a cup of cappuccino gelato. I haven't had ice cream or gelato or anything in such a long time. I wanted more immediately. I also had some of my friend's peanut butter gelato. Also very good.

Day 3:
Breakfast - We wanted to venture out for breakfast so we looked on Yelp and found Wildflower Bakery which was right down the road from our hostel. We got ready and walked over. While we were there we "oohed" and "ahhed" at the giant cinnamon buns they make for their Cinnamon Buns Sundays. People are literally lined out the door for these bad boys. Unfortunately no one ordered one but I did order iced coffee and a coffee cake muffin. I was pleased.

Early(ish) Dinner - We went downtown closer to the water for dinner. We ended up at a restaurant called Amen Street only a block from the water. I got the fried oyster po' boy. It was good but I felt like they were skimping on the oysters. I enjoyed the meal but it was no means anywhere close to the best of the trip.

Day 4:
Breakfast - I ate breakfast in the hostel again. I had a bagel with jam and a Sriracha croissant. It was SO GOOD! Where can I find more?? I also had some coffee. It was nice.

Was there lunch?? I don't remember.

Dinner - Get ready. We went to a place that was right across the street from the Hominy Grill called Fuel. This place was amazing. It is a little diner where Diners Drive-Ins and Dives actually stopped by! We ordered drinks, I got a dark and stormy along with Ho Cakes (Guy helped make these on the show) and an order of salsa. Everything was amazing. For the main course I ordered Mahi Mahi tacos. They came with a slaw on top and sweet potato fries and it was the best meal of my whole life. I would eat that everyday if I could. So freaking delicious. Also, our waiter was so cute. Big Willie, if you ever find this, I love you.

Day 5:
Breakfast - We decided to go back to Wildflower because we enjoyed it so much the first time. This time it was a little later in the day so we had lunch there. I got a spinach and feta quiche, a cappuccino, and a donut muffin. All very good.

Dinner - We wanted a sort of nice dinner so we went to a place called CO Banh Mi on King Street. It was a Vietnamese place that was also probably a little Asian fusion. I ordered the Com Chien which is pretty much just glorified fried rice but by golly it was the most delicious brown rice I have ever eaten. I decided to go a little out of my comfort zone and order tofu with the rice instead of chicken or shrimp. I was pleased. My friend didn't finish her pho and didn't want any more so I then took over of that plate. I almost finished it. Our waiter laughed at how much food I ate. Story of my life.

We went home the next morning. Goodbye Charleston. Goodbye amazing food every night. In a few days it will be back to my own amazing cooking every night.

Look out tomorrow for another Charleston post. Also I'll have my outfit for my normal Thursday posts and my likes and dislikes of the week.

Until tomorrow,

Caroline