Tuesday, September 2, 2008
My fun-filled Labor Day weekend
I might need a new pencil sharpener. I bought some nice new Prismacolor pencils last week, but my current pencil sharpener doesn't get them as sharp as I want them. I might go looking for one later in the week.
Anyway, last week was my first full week of classes, and it was super busy. So far I haven't had too much trouble keeping on top of my assignments while still balancing a bit of a social life at the same time, though.
My roommate went home for Labor Day weekend (and still isn't back yet; I'm starting to get just a little worried about her), but one of the girls on my floor (who is also an art major and in one of my AFO classes) invited me to go thrift store hunting with her and her ex-boyfriend on Saturday, and I ended up spending most of Saturday and Sunday hanging out with them.
I found three good pairs of jeans that I originally planned to wear in the woodshop this week, but I like them all so much that I really don't want to risk ruining any of them. In the end I narrowed it down to the one pair that I liked the least as my woodshop jeans for tomorrow, and when I go home for the weekend to trade out some of my summer clothes for more fall clothes, I'll bring some of the jeans that I don't like as much and save the newer ones.
The jeans I plan on wearing tomorrow night are a pair of medium blue SO brand (I think it's a Kohl's brand) bootcut jeans. They were about three inches too long so I cut them off for convenience, though I'm kind of regretting it because I don't like ragged hemlines and I won't be able to hem them for a while. I really hope I didn't ruin them by cutting them like that. :\ I bought them at the first thrift store we went to for about $2.08.
The second and third pair of jeans I bought were significantly more expensive because they came from a store owned by Goodwill; one was $10 and the other was $5. They're both dark wash jeans, one is another pair of bootcut jeans by Delia's, and the other is a pair of high-waisted straight leg jeans by Sarah Jessica Parker's Bitten brand. Both of them are also too long and to be honest, I think the Delia's jeans are an extra long size because I had to roll them up twice to keep them from dragging on the floor, but because I was already regretting the alterations I'd made to the first pair, I didn't bother cutting them off to be the right length. I wore the high-waisted ones to my drawing class today, and I must say that although I'm really not used to wearing high-waisted or straight-legged jeans, I think they're very flattering on me and I'm glad that I picked them up. I wonder if they'll look good with some of the older tops that I have that aren't quite long enough to cover my stomach when I'm wearing low-rise jeans. I might have to wear some of my older tops more often if they do, haha.
After we were finished looking for good deals in Carytown on Saturday, we went to Ben & Jerry's and although I really wanted ice cream after walking in the heat all day, I was also thirsty so I ordered a mango teazer instead, which was something like a slush with tea in it.
We all got together on Sunday again and went to the anime club, which was significantly smaller this week than the first club meeting. To be honest, I was a little relieved for that. The first meeting was so crowded, and I was very uncomfortable with all of the people making comments and other sounds at all of the lame and obvious fan service in the first series they showed. If the second and third series hadn't been awesome, I probably wouldn't have returned this Sunday.
After the club, we went to Lowe's to pick up our next set of supplies for space research. My friend's ex was a great help; I basically showed him our list and he picked out almost everything we needed without question. He also carried the big pieces of wood (4x4' pieces of 1/4" thick wood) all the way to our classroom for us because we couldn't fit them in the car. Luckily the building was only about maybe a block away.
We then went to try some bubble tea at a little cafe on Cary Street because when we were driving around town the day before we saw some places advertising it and we all decided that we should try some. It was pretty good, and very different from what I'd imagined. I guess I probably would've figured it out if I'd looked it up before, though. It was a nice surprise, in any case. XD
After the bubble tea, it was getting to be time for dinner, so we went to Kobe (a Japanese restaurant) on 13th Street for sushi, and it was great, as always. :3 I felt kind of bad that my floormate treated us, but since she called it an early birthday present for me, I'm planning to return the favor for her when it gets closer to her birthday, which is later in the month.
Yesterday I actually worked my butt off trying to finish my space research project, which is due tomorrow night. Luckily I got most of it done and today I finished up everything that I wanted to add, though I'm still not completely happy with it. I'm just not very passionate about the theme of the assignment, and I'm not very interested in working with cardboard, so no matter how hard I worked on it, it'd be pretty hard for me to be completely happy with it. I do feel a sense of accomplishment from completing it, though.
Anyway, I need to go read some more Tulip Fever for my literature class now, so I'll write again whenever I have the time. :3
Anyway, last week was my first full week of classes, and it was super busy. So far I haven't had too much trouble keeping on top of my assignments while still balancing a bit of a social life at the same time, though.
My roommate went home for Labor Day weekend (and still isn't back yet; I'm starting to get just a little worried about her), but one of the girls on my floor (who is also an art major and in one of my AFO classes) invited me to go thrift store hunting with her and her ex-boyfriend on Saturday, and I ended up spending most of Saturday and Sunday hanging out with them.
I found three good pairs of jeans that I originally planned to wear in the woodshop this week, but I like them all so much that I really don't want to risk ruining any of them. In the end I narrowed it down to the one pair that I liked the least as my woodshop jeans for tomorrow, and when I go home for the weekend to trade out some of my summer clothes for more fall clothes, I'll bring some of the jeans that I don't like as much and save the newer ones.
The jeans I plan on wearing tomorrow night are a pair of medium blue SO brand (I think it's a Kohl's brand) bootcut jeans. They were about three inches too long so I cut them off for convenience, though I'm kind of regretting it because I don't like ragged hemlines and I won't be able to hem them for a while. I really hope I didn't ruin them by cutting them like that. :\ I bought them at the first thrift store we went to for about $2.08.
The second and third pair of jeans I bought were significantly more expensive because they came from a store owned by Goodwill; one was $10 and the other was $5. They're both dark wash jeans, one is another pair of bootcut jeans by Delia's, and the other is a pair of high-waisted straight leg jeans by Sarah Jessica Parker's Bitten brand. Both of them are also too long and to be honest, I think the Delia's jeans are an extra long size because I had to roll them up twice to keep them from dragging on the floor, but because I was already regretting the alterations I'd made to the first pair, I didn't bother cutting them off to be the right length. I wore the high-waisted ones to my drawing class today, and I must say that although I'm really not used to wearing high-waisted or straight-legged jeans, I think they're very flattering on me and I'm glad that I picked them up. I wonder if they'll look good with some of the older tops that I have that aren't quite long enough to cover my stomach when I'm wearing low-rise jeans. I might have to wear some of my older tops more often if they do, haha.
After we were finished looking for good deals in Carytown on Saturday, we went to Ben & Jerry's and although I really wanted ice cream after walking in the heat all day, I was also thirsty so I ordered a mango teazer instead, which was something like a slush with tea in it.
We all got together on Sunday again and went to the anime club, which was significantly smaller this week than the first club meeting. To be honest, I was a little relieved for that. The first meeting was so crowded, and I was very uncomfortable with all of the people making comments and other sounds at all of the lame and obvious fan service in the first series they showed. If the second and third series hadn't been awesome, I probably wouldn't have returned this Sunday.
After the club, we went to Lowe's to pick up our next set of supplies for space research. My friend's ex was a great help; I basically showed him our list and he picked out almost everything we needed without question. He also carried the big pieces of wood (4x4' pieces of 1/4" thick wood) all the way to our classroom for us because we couldn't fit them in the car. Luckily the building was only about maybe a block away.
We then went to try some bubble tea at a little cafe on Cary Street because when we were driving around town the day before we saw some places advertising it and we all decided that we should try some. It was pretty good, and very different from what I'd imagined. I guess I probably would've figured it out if I'd looked it up before, though. It was a nice surprise, in any case. XD
After the bubble tea, it was getting to be time for dinner, so we went to Kobe (a Japanese restaurant) on 13th Street for sushi, and it was great, as always. :3 I felt kind of bad that my floormate treated us, but since she called it an early birthday present for me, I'm planning to return the favor for her when it gets closer to her birthday, which is later in the month.
Yesterday I actually worked my butt off trying to finish my space research project, which is due tomorrow night. Luckily I got most of it done and today I finished up everything that I wanted to add, though I'm still not completely happy with it. I'm just not very passionate about the theme of the assignment, and I'm not very interested in working with cardboard, so no matter how hard I worked on it, it'd be pretty hard for me to be completely happy with it. I do feel a sense of accomplishment from completing it, though.
Anyway, I need to go read some more Tulip Fever for my literature class now, so I'll write again whenever I have the time. :3
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