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Name: Lauren
Birthday: 4/26/1989
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Friday, May 16, 2008

Okay...so the last 3 days of my life have been AMAZING!!!!!!  Wednesday morning I woke up at 5 am to get ready for Lost in the Woods (a trip for Tau Beta Sigma, my sorority).  Colleen W and I left at 6 am to drive an hour to where Ashley Sass lives so we could pick her up.  We then started the 2 hour drive from Sass' house to Bear Creek.  We got there around 9:30 am and met up with the rest of our friends.  We chose our cabins and just lounged around until everyone showed up.  I ended up sharing a cabin with my Big, Grandbig, Staci, Ashley, Susie, and Kelcie.  The room that connected to ours had Katie L, Steph, and Emily R.  It was a great group to share a cabin with.  We had so much fun in that cabin.  We then did lots of bonding activities in the morning/afternoon.  Later on, we played a game of TBS kickball.  I ended up injuring myself 3 times during the game and my body is in pain now because of it... >.<'  During the first inning, I kicked the ball and started to run to first only to find myself flat on my face on the ground a few seconds later...I'm not even quite sure what I tripped on...XD  but it left scratches all over my arms, and my ribs hurt for the rest of the day.  2 innings later I was pitching and we were using a tree stump in the middle of the field for the mound.  The kicker kicked the ball back at me and as I ran to get it, I tripped on the stump and fell on my face again...this time whacking my shin on the stump and leaving 3 bruises up and down my shin.  They hurt so bad.  Then a few more innings later (we played for 2-3 hours), I tried to catch a fly ball in the outfit and it smacked into my arm and left a giant red mark...XD  And after all that...my team ended up getting completely destroyed...XD but it was still fantastic.  We stayed up until about 11 on Wednesday then went to sleep.  We got up around 7 on Thursday for breakfast and a service project.  We got to set up tents and build bunk beds for other campers...it was actually kinda fun until it started to rain.  After lunch we did more activities that involved me climbing a weird giant ladder thing that swung between two trees.  Ashley Sass and I were partners for climbing and our goal was to get to the 2nd rung of the ladder (they were really far apart and you had to jump, stretch, climb to get up...while attached with harnesses and helmets to to a rope that the other sisters held onto from the ground).  I got on the first rung easy, but got really really nervouse 'cause I hate heights.  I really didn't want to go to the 2nd rung and almost started crying 'cause my Big and Grandbig wouldn't let me come down until I made it to the 2nd one...so I finally ended up getting up there, but then got really dizzy and started screaming for them to pull me down...so they did.  But I did feel really accomplished after it....although my whole body was shaking violently for the next hour....XD  After dinner we did some more activities, then toasted marshmellows at a bonfire, which was cool.  Then we stayed up 'till around midnight, then went back to sleep.  Got up at 7 today and ate breakfast, did our last activities, had lunch, then took a bunch of pictures and said our goodbyes.  I'm really gonna miss all of them this summer...they all live so far away from me.  T_T  But whatever...it was a GREAT 3 days.

In other news....MY GRADES FOR THE SEMESTER ARE POSTED!!!  I'M SOOOOOOOO HAPPY!!!  In Concert Band I got an A, in Theory and Field I got an A-, in Electricity Lab I got an A, in Public Speaking I got a B, and in Critical Writing I got an A-.  My GPA for the semester ended up being a 3.602...which I believe means I'm on the Deans List for the semester!!!  *squee*  and it shot my cumulative GPA up to a 3.299...which is much higher than last semesters GPA.  I'M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW!!!!

Mia ish coming over tomorrow......YAY!  I'm very excited for that...XD We're spending the night at Aoi-chans....should be a good time.  ^____^<3


Sunday, May 11, 2008

So last night was another night of amazingness!!  After dinner, I drove over to Aoi-chan's house and picked her up, then drove us to Chrno's house.  We left my car there, and Chrno drove us out to Springfield to see The Forbidden Kingdom (only theater it was left at).  The movie was absolutely FANTASTIC!  Jackie Chan makes an excellent drunk....XD and the movie was hilarious.  The movie got out around 9 and Chrno and Aoi-chan both had texts from Matt asking if they would help him hunt for this rare kind of gum he wanted to get for his mother for mothers day....so we drove to his house, left Chrno's car there, and had Matt drive us out to Aston to find this gum.  The first place we tried, had the gum, but it wasn't registered in the computer with a price, so the guy wouldn't let us buy it....>.>  weird.  So we went to 7-11 instead and found it again with a price this time, so he got to buy it.  As we were getting back into the car, Chrno was like: "I want Ice Cream."  So we determined that there was a Bruster's a few feet up the road that was closing in 10 minutes...so we drove there and got ice cream.  We sat out in the cold on a table and just had fun convos and stuff while we ate.  Then we drove back to Matt's house, got Chrno's car and went back to Chrno's house so I could get my car...then I drove Aoi-chan back home, and ended up getting back to my house at 11:05 when I was supposed to get back at 11...but that's pretty darn close, so it was okay.  XD  Overall, a fun night!!!

In other news, this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday is Lost in the Woods with TBS...it should be a good time...I'm pretty excited for it...especially since it'll probably be the last time I get to see most of my campus friends this summer since they all live pretty far away from me.  So we'll see how that goes...I'll update about it when I get back....unless I find out I'm not allowed to say anything about it...^^'

AAANNNNNDDDD!  Mia-chan ish coming over again on Saturday!!!  YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! <3   *ish excited about that as well*

And then I go back to work on Sunday.  Boo.  XD  j/k.  I need the monies, so I'm glad to be going back....^_^' 

88 Days 'till Otakon!  <3


Wednesday, May 07, 2008

So my first full year of college is now finished!!!  It's been rough at times, but overall I had a lot of fun living away from home and enjoying college life.  Today I had my last final, a public speaking presentation.  It went pretty well...several members of the class told my group that they liked our speech the best, which made us really happy, 'cause we were all nervous and very stressed, but worked hard on it all week.  Tomorrow morning, my Dad is coming to finish getting me moved out, then I'll be back home for the summer.  I'm so ready for summer!!!  Plans that I have so far include:
-Lost in the Woods with TBS.
-Starting back at Zoup!!
-Hawaii with the family and GV band.
-Michigan for my brother's karate tournament.
-Ocean City with the family.
-Otakon!!!!
And there will be many fun times with Aoi-chan, Chrno, and hopefully a lot of other friends too!!  Unfortunately I'm not allowed to do anything fun until I completely unpack, and clean my room at home first... >.>  So I'm gonna spend all day tomorrow doing that.  Well...I'm saying that now...we'll see if it actually happens...^^'

In other news....I have a crush on someone new....I do believe Aoi-chan is the only person who knows about it other than my college roomie...unless one or the other of them decided to tell everyone else...^^'  I don't know what to do about it though...I'll probably end up doing nothing 'cause I'm too shy...... but I shall talk to Aoi-chan about it upon seeing her again...XD  <3  So yea.  

Oh....and eating half a turkey and cheese sandwich, 6 oreos, then a bunch of red sour patch kids while drinking a root beer is not a very good combination of food....I now feel sick....whoo!  XD  but whatever....XD  I'll go to sleep soon then I'll feel better.  

Dum dum di dum.....yea.  XD  That's all for now. 


Sunday, March 30, 2008

So this weekend has been full of ups and downs.  I was excited for it at first because I figured I'd thought I'd be able to get all my work done on friday so saturday and sunday could be full of service projects, meetings, and the TBS Formal...but I never expected that I'd wake up on Friday to some news that made me spend almost the entire day in shock and crying off and on.  I ended up getting absolutely no work done.  However I did attend one service project and a fun activity with some friends to help take my mind off of things.  Things will be okay though...they have to be right?  Friday I spent a good portion of the evening at my Big's with my Twin just to try and be happy for a few hours.  I ended up getting really sleepy around 11:30 though so I went back to my dorm and fell asleep.

Saturday ended up being a pretty awesome day.  Woke up at 7:15 for Adopt-a-Highway #1 for the semester.  It ended up going extremely well.  Anamaria, Tiffany, Blandy, Snack, and I make a very efficient team for highway cleaning.  We were done in under an hour and our portion of the highway was about 10 times cleaner than any of the other sections.  Go us.  Came back from that and took a long shower to get rid of road scum, then took a nap for about an hour and a half.  After that I started getting ready for the formal while waiting for Aoi-chan to arrive (she was my date for the dance...lol <3)  She arrived around 3:30 and we went down to my Big's to finish getting ready for the formal.  The formal was a lot of fun!  The food was quite good compared to some other formal events I've been to over the years and Aoi-chan seemed to have fun even though she didn't know any of my college friends.  My favorite part of the night though had to be when Aoi-chan, Anamaria, her friend Gaby, Tiffany, Tizzle, Blandy, her date, Susie, and I busted out white and blue glowsticks, shoved our way to the middle of the dance floor and started raving for a song.  It was HILARIOUS because none of my college friends other than the others raving with us knew that I was a raver (they also learned that I speak a hell of a lot more when Aoi-chan's around)...the whole room like stopped what they were doing and stared at us with the weirdest facial expressions...then they started taking pictures of us.  It was pretty epic.  We then went about the rest of the formal normally...just with the glowsticks stuck in random places.  The dance ended at midnight and Aoi-chan's dad picked her up.  I HOPE YOU HAD FUN AOI-CHAN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING!!! <333  Pictures from the night are up on my facebook and myspace.  Check them out.

Today instead of having a day to relax and sleep before my meetings, I ended up having to do all the homework I missed on friday when I was too upset to work.  I just finished my speech like a half hour ago.....it was the most annoying thing ever.  Now I just have a few hours left to relax before Sisterhood meeting takes place...

Ne...in other news....I have now finalized my cosplay lineup for Otakon...I'M NOT CHANGING MY MIND ANYMORE!!!  XD  I still don't know exactly what days I'll be doing each one but I'm going to be cosplaying:
-Chizuru Uruha (costume to be made by Sylus <3)
-Filth in the Beauty Uruha 
-Nakatsu (Hana Kimi)
-Secret cosplay with Aoi-chan (totally excited about this one!!)
-Azmaria (maybe)
So yea..Otakon should be pretty fantastic....except when Aoi-chan has to put make up on me...day of formal proved very funny when Aoi-chan was trying to apply eye make-up to my face...I scream and squirm too much and it took her a REALLY long time....XD

That's all for now.  :)


Monday, March 24, 2008

So I went home Thursday evening after my last class ended for Easter weekend.  I spent the earlier hours of the evening seeing my family and playing games on the Wii, then at 8 I picked up Aoi-chan at work and went back to her house.  We spent about 2 hours watching D'espairs Ray DVD's that she had bought...I now have become re-obsessed with Karyu, and have weird thing for Hizumi's crotch...for some reason...can't figure that one out...XD  *dies*  After that, I suddenly got very hyper...and we decided to call Sylus up on the phone...I the proceeded to creep Aoi-chan out a bit while we were on speaker phone still...I hope I didn't creep Sylus out too...but she's still talking to me so I guess it's okay.  XP  Went home around 11  and went to bed since I hadn't gotten much sleep the previous night.  

Friday I was woken up at 9:45am by Aoi-chan texting me saying: "Are you alive yet?"  I laughed for a moment and of course replied with "I am now...thanks...XD"  we then decided that we'd hang out again later in the day.  So at 3pm-ish I picked her up and we started our "Aoi and Uru Adventures."  Our adventures went something like this:
-Aoi and Uru stop at Wawa for gas and learns that Uru fails at pumping gas.  (Aoi also sets off Uru's car alarm)
-Aoi and Uru visit Chrno at work and make plans.
-Aoi and Uru come up with brilliant cosplay idea.
-Aoi and Uru go to the mall.
-Aoi and Uru take Aoi's sister to Thorton (4th time driving through Thorton in one day).
-Aoi and Uru go to Friendlies with Aoi's family and Chrno.
-Aoi makes Uru and Chrno watch Hana Kimi.
That's about all that I can remember...I left Aoi-chan's house around midnight to pick up my brother from church...then came home and crashed.  I must say I am also now very obsessed with Hana Kimi...thank you Aoi-chan...and thanks Reita-buddy for making Aoi-chan obsessed with it first...XD

Saturday I did the equivalent of nothing...I played more video games around my house and watched Hana Kimi most of the day.  I also took my brother out for a bit after dinner to buy Easter cards for our parents...but we didn't stay out long.  After I got home, I talked to Aoi-chan for a bit, then went downstairs to find my parents talking about how my Dad had just won ping-pong and my Mom had just won Wii bowling and they were gonna play darts to break the tie...so I walked over, stood in the middle of the room and announced that I would be winning darts to throw off their tie breaker.  Funny part was...I actually won the game of darts!!  XD (usually sucks at that game).  So that made me laugh a lot for a while.  After that I watched more Hana Kimi, then went to bed.

Sunday was Easter and we got up early to go to church.  The service was pretty nice.  My brother and I sat with Ashley and her brother Drew so that was fun, I hadn't seen them in a while.  After the service ended, we came home, got changed and went into NJ to our Aunt's house.  That was fun!  I got to see all the cousins on my Mom's side of the family again!  We don't see them very often!  We started out by playing Super Smash Brothers Brawl for a good long while.  We decided to play on teams and the losing team would switch with the resting team after each match.  It was my brother and Kyle, Courtney and I, and Megan and Bridget on the teams.  Courtney and I had the longest winning streak in the world...which was funny 'cause my brother usually wins everything....and up until dinner, the other teams still hadn't come close to beating us.  We then ate dinner, my aunt made a very delicious Easter Lasagna yum!!  After dinner, our little 7 year old cousin Bridget wanted to play Apples to Apples (she doesn't really understand the game that well, but she likes it) so we played that for a while.  My brother ended up winning by A LOT.  After that we went back to Brawl and Courtney and I were finally defeated.  Then we switched up the teams a bit and Alex and Megan started a long winning streak...only to be upset by Courtney and I eventually.  >=]  After that, Bridget, Kyle, and Megan started a game of Wii bowling, so I started talking to Courtney about Otakon...I roped her into being our FitB Ruki!  So now we have 2 complete GazettE groups for Otakon!!  I'm very excited for them!!  Yay!!  Came home from that and talked to Mia for a bit while watching...you guessed it...more Hana Kimi!!  XD

Today I came back to school...and it's been pretty boring so far...I haven't seen any friends other than the ones who are in my band class...my roommate hasn't even made her presence known yet...but I know she's on campus somewhere...so I'm sure I'll see her later...So I've spent all my free time today watching more Hana Kimi and talking to Sylus.  So I guess it hasn't been that bad a day...hehe.

We'll see what the rest of the week brings....

Is it Otakon yet?  T_T



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