"Congratulations Universe, you win."

SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHY.

Having a Fat Tuesday, Literally

QUICK, WHILE YOU STILL CAN -- IHOP, serving you delicious pancakes and other things of a breakfast-y/Denny's nature, is having a free pancake giveaway today. Free short stacks (3 pancakes) for all. More info here.

This is where science ends and magic begins.

Hopefully you don't end up with these kinds of pancakes. [NOT SAFE FOR WORK, OR IN LIFE, REALLY]

Guyana representin'

The International Club really knows how to make me smile. Their newest country-of-the-week(ish) is Guyana. Don't think of the country whose soccer team beat ours at the World Cup, though (that's Ghana - in Africa) - this is Guyana, which judging by the poster is in South America. Who knew?

Snow, y u so slppry?

Today after Journalism, Kristine and I decided to slide on the frozen snow/ice. Too bad Kristine's balance was on vacation.

I heart instant messaging

Instant messaging has long been a favorite pastime of mine. I love getting amazing IMs that just make you want to share with the world.

Last night I was talking to my friend Kristin. Here is what happened to her yesterday.

MostAngelicLove: well
MostAngelicLove: at least you didnt faceplant it on the treadmill
x primo pat x: right
x primo pat x: that must have been unfortch
MostAngelicLove: my ankle, leg, arm
MostAngelicLove: are really bruised
MostAngelicLove: and it was embarassing
MostAngelicLove: like 3 people stopped their treadmills
MostAngelicLove: to make sure i didnt die
MostAngelicLove: bc i didnt get up right away
MostAngelicLove: not bc i was hurt that bad
MostAngelicLove: well
MostAngelicLove: i was actually
MostAngelicLove: but i just wanted to disapper
x primo pat x: this is like uncomfortable for me to hear
x primo pat x: it is so awkward
MostAngelicLove: i was running
MostAngelicLove: and i reached for my ipod
MostAngelicLove: and tripped
MostAngelicLove: and bounced twice
MostAngelicLove: on the treadmill
MostAngelicLove: while i was being thrown off
MostAngelicLove: and i hit the wall behind me
MostAngelicLove: and my ipod
MostAngelicLove: flew
MostAngelicLove: and fell into like 10 pieces
MostAngelicLove: bc the case broke
MostAngelicLove: and my headphones were still on
MostAngelicLove: and some girl turned and look
MostAngelicLove: ed
MostAngelicLove: and another girl went to save my ipod
MostAngelicLove: and when i didnt get up
MostAngelicLove: the girl stopped her treadmill
MostAngelicLove: and stopped mine
MostAngelicLove: and kristi stopped hers
MostAngelicLove: and i just sat there
MostAngelicLove: but my ankle
MostAngelicLove: has this weird bruise
MostAngelicLove: its like
MostAngelicLove: the diameter of a penny
MostAngelicLove: but it sticks out at least a centimeter
MostAngelicLove: and its solid black
MostAngelicLove: and very painful
x primo pat x: weird
MostAngelicLove: i know
MostAngelicLove: i didnt cry though
MostAngelicLove: i wanted to bawl
MostAngelicLove: like yest
MostAngelicLove: i burnt my elbow
MostAngelicLove: and cried a lot
x primo pat x: wow

Then Allison, as drunk as she was last night (allegedly), IMed me. Like I am not familiar with drunkenness in general, but I guess people laugh a lot when intoxicated? At least Allison does.

x primo pat x: how was your night
alyolios: hahahahahah it was god iguess
alyolios: good*
alyolios: havent' thrown up yet
alyolios: lol
x primo pat x: what's so funny?
alyolios: hahaha nothing i'm like really drunk

Anthony also IMed me, and while I can't say he laughed a lot, he certainly turned into a liar. I don't have his IM anymore, but when I asked him if he were drunk he said no and that he doesn't drink. We all know that's a lie.

Retaining instant message conversations is an amazing way to create entertainment for other people and also for blackmailing purposes perhaps. I will be on the lookout for funny/embarrassing IM conversations that are worthy of appearing on Big Tuna.

Grammys 07: my favorite performances

Even though the Dixie Chicks were five for five on Sunday, the Grammys were still spectacular. Here are my favorite performances that helped make it an amazing awards show.











Source: youtube

Snow Day!

NO SCHOOL! Sort of.

Where Everybody Knows Your Na-a-ame

SUCCESS! First off, OK Go has officially turned into Grammy™ Award-Winning OK Go. [The Will to Rock]
Millions? Floored.
Kristine? In awe. This is a good day to be living on Mother Earth.


And I really can't pay attention at the moment, because Ryan Seacrest and the rest of the music industry are really bugging me out. In that, 'wow-super-awkward' kind of way.

Moment of the Weekend: Being called 'mija' at the Steak Escape in Tyson's Corner. And this wack-assed conversation I had in Nordstrom's:

Kristine, wearing a beret: [wandering around]
Nordstrom employee: [comes up to Kristine] Cute hat...did you buy that here?
Kristine, wearing a beret: Huh? No.
Nordstrom employee: Where'd you get it?
Kristine, wearing a beret: Umm...in LA.
Nordstrom employee: ....................Oh.
Kristine, wearing a beret: Why, do you have any here?
Nordstrom employee: No.

Come on people, wtf? You can buy normal looking purple berets anywhere -- I just happened to get mine in Downtown LA. Just honestly answering.

HEY PAT, LOOK. I MADE A POST.

Picture Post: A day with Sarah in Georgetown, National Mall

Today I met up with Sarah in Georgetown for lunch. I won't even go into my morning drama with leaving my card in the ATM (I did get it back, by the way), so I will just get into the photos.

We ate at Pizzeria Paradiso after Clyde's took way too long. It was a little unfortch.

Then we drove over to the National Gallery of Art.

U.S. Capitol: 3 o'clock.

Here are some photos from the NGA.

That's what she said??

And here are some pictures from the U.S. Botanic Garden.

Can I also say that the NGA has an awkwardly large elevator. It is the size of some bedrooms. Here is a picture of Sarah on the opposite side (I don't know what those weird spots are on the photo).
It was very cool. After our excursion we met Allison at Cosi in Ballston, and then Sarah drove us back to MU where she visited some people.

I have to go, though. The Grammy pre-show is on.

Please don't burst again, pipes outside my door

This picture adequately describes what happened to me today.

At first I thought that someone was taking a shower outside my room, which was odd because the bathroom is all the way down the hall. Then my roommate checked out the sitch and a pipe definitely burst or something directly outside of my room. Like it was terrible. The water stank and it was just a really unfortunate situation. Water started coming into my room and I had to basically put all of my belongings on top of my bed and get out. I stood at the other end of the hallway for a few minutes and just stared in disbelief at the water pouring down right outside my room. Then I went outside, called my mom, then called my friend to go stay with her. I checked out what was going on after dinner, and it looks okay now. The water didn't get very far into my room and I think I will survive - although I think I did have this one very life-flashing-before-my-eyes moment. Whatever.

Also when I was standing there, staring in disbelief, someone from my hall came up the stairs and saw what was happening. This drugged-up freak saw the emergency door was open and said something like 'that door better not be open all night.' Let's break it down: One, he lives at the opposite end of the hall, where an open door would have no effect unless his door were open or his heat weren't on, but two, he acted as if my room being flooded was not a big deal or something. I was like 'please don't make the door being open the issue right now.' He is a really unfortch individual.

At least I'm hanging out with Sarah tomorrow! That should be amazingly fun.


Photo: SOURCE

more Lebanon flyerage

Okay I know this is a bad picture. But there is legit a whole bulletin board filled with these flyers on Gerard 1. Come to Lebanon, where there are trees? I don't get it, and I also feel like they have had more than a week now to be recognized. New country, please.

Cold Day on the Hill.

Why, hello! I've come out from hiding in the depths of hell and decided to post because the internet connection in the library is truly delicious. (Also duly noted is the fact that my Airport Express sucks. That's all.)

Easten Market, happiest place on earth.
Time to (belatedly) talk about Saturday's adventure at the Eastern Market. It was fun in the sense that 1) I'd never been to a farmer's market on the east coast, and 2) I'm so in love with my NFT: DC book that I'll do anything it tells me to. This was a popular choice, so Allison, Pat, and I decided to sacrifice much-needed sleep to wake up at 7:30 in the morning to take the 8:30 shuttle.

Except for the part where the bus driver left us as we were walking out of the lobby to get inside. I'll give semi props to Pat for "running" to "catch up" with the shuttle. Defeated as it drove away, we went into the Lee center to play a quick game of pool before it came back. I say play as in, Allison and Pat will be playing for realsies, but Kristine will just be in the corner trying to hit all of the balls into the pockets.

So eventually the bus comes, we get in, I see some kind of dirty foreign object on the floor (10 points to the person who can actually guess what it was -- YOU CAN'T ANSWER IF I'VE TOLD YOU/YOU WERE AT THIS EVENT.), we hop on the metro, listen to iPods, etc. We arrive at the Eastern Market...and have no idea where we're going.

A bunch of tourists are in front of us during our state of confusion, and all of a sudden, I get this major boost of energy from the fact that I actually kind of live here! We start walking aimlessly, and as I hear them say, "We should follow them!" I felt so ridiculous. And awesome. But we eventually find the farmer's market -- and oddly enough, they beat us there. Place that number in your WTF file. We ended up not buying anything (hot apple cider doesn't really count), but it's a really great place for people to buy meat and authentic Mexican chips Allison was raving about. We don't own pans. It's a travesty.

I also made them walk in the extremely cold weather to visit the Capitol, and it was truly lovely. Then we went back home to reality and worked on some hardcore homework. Another fun Saturday accomplished.

Conclusion: Farmers Markets are fun when it's not cold. DC is rich with culture! People shouldn't leave gross things out on the streets. :(

Snowalicious

It's snowing, basically.

oh hello, Lebanon

In case you didn't know, there are people at Marymount University (and apparently the rest of the country, too?) who are from the country of Lebanon.

Can I just say that this sign is ridiculous? Like not to be racist or anti-Lebanon or whatever, but I feel like there is a better way of saying this than having signs plastered all over campus saying "Featuring: Lebanon." Seriously?

If I didn't have work tomorrow, I would probs be casually walking through Gerard Lobby at about quarter after. I'd also probably take some pictures and say it's for the yearbook (if they asked)? Like you know that meeting is going to deliver like Dominoes.

Dwight Schrute + Ben Franklin = amazing

'Let's watch Titanic,' said the college kids on Saturday night

What is there to do on a Saturday night when in college? What is there to do on a Saturday night when in college in Washington DC? Clearly nothing. That's why we decided to watch Titanic. What's better than a 3+ hour movie in which most people have a British accent? Not much. It was an obvious decision, I thought.

Having a good time: that's what DC (not she) said

Allison told me that she and Kristine were doing
something while the rest of the school was at Snow Ball, so I basically invited myself to go with them. We ended up hopping on the Metro to DuPont Circle after I called Sarah and she suggested a diner semi in that area (although we definitely didn't follow her directions and ended up not where she suggested).



After aimlessly walking around for a while, we decided on Luna Grill and Diner.

It doesn't look too fabulous from the outside, but it really is pretty amazing on the inside. We got seated at a nice little booth-ey/table thing and ordered our food. Allison and Kristine both got Baked Ziti and I chose the chicken tenders and cheese fries appetizers. It was REALLY GOOD.




We then made our way to Starbucks where Allison and I got some hot chocolate. It was perhaps the largest Starbucks I have been in, but we didn't stay there for long. We had more important business to attend to, like looking for wall calendars (some people still don't have one for 2007). First we walked back towards the circle to Books-A-Million. The search was fruitless, although there was a pretty cool labradoodle calendar? On our way to Books-A-Million, we crossed over P Street. Jokes were made.

So we headed over to Borders. Allison definitely found a calendar, but I won't link it here. It was inappropriate. But she is like that, apparently.

We COULD have just gone down the escalator to the Farragut North Station, but Allison had to go back down the outrageously large DuPont Circle escalator. So we walked back, but before we went down the escalator we stopped in Krispy Kreme for some doughnuts. They were pretttyyy delicious. On the metro ride back, we almost decided to just ride it for a while past Ballston Station, but it's good we didn't. Right when we got off the metro the MU shuttle was there waiting for us: we timed it perrrrfectly. And that was about it.

Other things happened, but I don't really feel like going into that much detail. Tomorrow we are going to Eastern Market? Like really early in the morning. Kristine will let you know how and if that goes...

Thursday Night Means 'The Office,' Unnecessary Fangirling, Food.

I just went to post this over at my foodie blog, but I just had to post this on here. Take a look at California's finest.

100x100, or commonly known as the quickest way to clog your arteries
How amazing is that?! (The right answer: Very.) I just wanted to show the DC area how a real hamburger's made --In-N-Out Burger > Five Guys, ALWAYS. Don't give me your bullshit on how the grease (or various toppings, blech) makes it better. I just really wouldn't recommend getting a 100x100 (100 meat patties with 100 slices of cheese) -- 4x4s will suit even the hungriest of High School football players. Like my brother.


In other news, Pat and I saw this in Journalism. This was the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. I feel like I went back in time to the 5th grade or something. Major Lesson for the Day: Elementary and College? One in the same.

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And if you couldn't see where this post was going from the title: The Office is new tonight, I am excited, and my television boyfriend Jim Halpert (did you notice the obvious Jim references in this blog? Did you?! DID YOU??!) will be plastered all over my 13-inch screen of Hello Kitty goodness. I live for nights like these.

If you depend on rails, good luck getting up/down these stairs

The Marymount University all-male dormitory never ceases to amaze me.

I came back from lunch and saw this. Ridiculous. I am one of those people who uses the rails even though my body is perfectly capable of going up and down stairways without them. So you can imagine the devastation I felt when I witnessed this tragedy.

Whatever. I have more important things to attend to. Like judging people.

'Harry Potter' series to conclude THIS JULY

I awoke today to an email from Barnes and Noble, alerting me to the fact that Harry Potter 7 (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) will be released on July 21, 2007.

AND I ALMOST LOST IT.

This is just eight days after the release of the fifth movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which will open July 13.

The book's sales rank is already listed as number one.

July is too far awayyy.

Snow in dorm hallway predicts weather outside?

This is what I saw when I got back from work today.

Clearly it's been snowing in the dorms. Otherwise it would be styrofoam that's been arbitrarily thrown onto the floor by some crazy college guys, and that just doesn't sound logical to me. This is what happens in college. Private schools in and around Washington DC are no exception. Although, I hope for as much as they're paying over there at George Washington University the dorms are better kept than this. If you didn't hear, those GW kids (slash their parents) are paying more than anyone else in the country. Forbes just announced recently that it was the most expensive schoool nationwide. But hey, if you're that close to Georgetown, who can complain? Seriously though, there is snow predicted for the next day or two here in the DC area (and south of us). Will it close school? Probably not. But whatever. Oh Mother Nature, don't be cruel, be cool.