That's amore!

I'm in Italy!!!

That's about it.

School's Out For The Summer!

Well, not quite. But we're definitely getting there. Even though Wednesday is the last day, people are dropping like flies. Or flying like drops. Well, you get the point. It's interesting to watch people's reactions to leaving. You start to figure out who doesn't say goodbye. There are people who withdraw and there are people who cling tighter. I'm not sure what kind of person I am. I can go both ways very very easily. It helps that I'm already kind of a recluse.

Just a side note: I feel as if there should be a return of penmanship classes and letter writing. Seriously? I have pretty bad handwriting, I know. I would have enjoyed a penmanship class. But what is it with this day and age where no one seems to know how to spell a word. Either it is a misspelling or an abbreviation or a different representation of a word through syllables. Pretty sure I'm guilty of all of these as well. Where is my class to correct them? I am hesitant to write notes to people that I am attracted to (though this isn't really something that happens in college) because there have been so many instances of misspellings and horrible handwriting and stupidity. It's quite a turn-off, not gonna lie. (See?! There! I did it too! Oh the shame.)

Look up Taylor Mali. He is on his way to becoming one of my heroes. And I try to personally know my heroes. Which would be AWESOME! Haha.

That's all for now. Just some musings.
<3Katy

There's no need.

Well, actually there is a need.
For towels.
And soap.
Not to be mean, but when the cleaning ladies come and clean the bathroom they usually put in new toilet paper, towels, and soap and take out the garbage. So why do we have two of those things covered and not the others? I miss soap! It does good things!
But at least our bathroom no longer smells like rancid strawberry vomit. That makes me very much happy.
But I would like some soap.
And towels.
Well, I can make due without the towels.
But not the soap.
'Kay, thanks.
<3Kate

That burnt out rock and roll.

That's how I feel right about now. Burnt out. Who decided that lots of hugeish things should be due at the end of terms? Seriously? Ban finals! Ban final papers! Ban final projects! Ban attendance policies! Support learning what you want to, when you want to. Support just hanging out, exchanging thoughts and beliefs. Support not having to pay to do this. Support getting a degree to do this. Ban requirements. Support school, ban school.
I'm so very excited to come home in a bit over a week. You have no idea. I keep wavering between wanting to come home and wanting to stay but right now I NEED to be at home. I love summer in the cities. Just lazing around, sitting outside, knowing how much stuff you could go do if you really cared. In Beloit you can't really do much without a car. I mean, there are things to do, but not a lot of it is free, close, or fun after the first five times. Spring fever. Though it feels more like summer. Summer fever? I'm ready to be done with this semester though, there is no mistaking that.
On to that math paper. Do not want.
<3Kate

Oddities.

Things that are weird:
Eating crumbly rice-crispy bars with a spoon.
Birds chirping at three in the morning.
Getting homework done in a productive and (somewhat) timely manner.
The fact that school is nearly done for the year.
Being somewhat excited for a final.
Being somewhat excited for two finals.
Being somewhat excited for three finals.
Being bombarded with requests for an accompanist (moi).
Summer weather.
Being excited about being in Botany.

Yeah....

Ponder.

I feel like I'm supposed to have an opinion. Aren't you supposed to have an opinion when you have a blog? Well, I'll just have to find something to be opinionated about. Right?

I laugh in the face of danger.

Okay, so, some things are really scary.
Flickering lights.
Zombies.
Static.
Not being able to see.
John Travolta.
Dragonflies.

But some things are really happy.
Friends.
Tea.
Yellow sunglasses.
Big earrings.
Discovering that you have a B+ in math class rather than the D you thought that you had.
Sunday being over.

<3Kate

Who invented Sundays?

I don't know why it is, but I never seem to enjoy a Sunday. It's very strange. It used to be because I'd get in terrible arguments, and non-arguments, over going to church. Plus there's the leading up to Monday thing. But it just seems that, no matter what my mood when I wake up, I spend the majority of the day hiding in my room. It's more than slightly frustrating. Seriously. How hard is it to have a good Sunday? It doesn't help that the weather has been pretty dreary here lately. Too much wind. I can never see when it's windy because I have hair. A lot of it. Haha. Lately I've been wearing earrings that jingle in the wind though. Which is nice. :)
Recent acquisitions:
1 pair yellow sunglasses
2 pair earrings
1 pair grey corduroy pants
1 jar honey
2 count new sheet music

Needed acquisitions:
1 motivation for laundry
1 motivation for homework
1 motivation for going to class
1 motivation for practicing
1 motivation for not thinking
1 million dresses :)

Seriously. What is with Sundays? They make everything sad.
Oh well, tomorrow's a new day.

<3

Sing with all the voices of the mountain.

Hey all!
Some interesting facts from this past week:

• It can be over 60 degrees during the day, but the ground is still cold at night and one should probably wear shoes if one wants to avoid freezing to death.
• Apparently, if not well taken care of, paper cuts can re-open. I had never experienced this until my Thursday morning shower. Ow.
• Getting ready to declare early feels kind of like selling your soul. Also, Sonja now feels old, since she's had both Tina and myself as advisees.
• French class after break is one of the strangest things to ever happen. Also, why aren't they called 'pieces of camembert?" Someone failed.
• Facebook is addicting. Though I already knew that one.
• I have a devil of a time getting my homework done early. I seem to be more of a "Oh class is in an hour I should start that paper" kind of person.
  Sigh. We're working on that.
• Saint Patrick's Day is racist. Or something. And these were the ramblings of a sober person. :)
• My silver heels from junior prom aren't as easy to play piano in as I think that they are.
• Skipping breakfast and lunch is something that I will never do again.
• C-ish on three midterms totally doesn't matter as much if you get an A+ on the fourth.
• The weather is a fickle, fickle thing.
• Staying up late sucks no matter when you have to get up in the morning.

Squirrel earrings!











These four are from a photo shoot that I had. With myself. Because I was bored. :)

A Picture is Worth One Thousand Words.

Have 12.







Dorm door.













First henna everrrr! It was free, too. :)












Paul Simon Dance Party!













Halloween decorations, meet Beloit. Beloit's kind of friendly.....












Remember, remember the 5th of November.

















The gunpowder, treason, and plot.













Also, the goofballs.

















All dressed up for to see a play.















I love those tables with signs that say "Free! Take some!"
















Hair dying party. Here's Schyler.











Here's Allen.













Heeeere's Johnny! I mean, uh, me. Hehe. :)

















Poor Leah. :(
She grieves how unfunny we are.











Or does she?
Haha.
:)










Butter fail.
Seriously.
What the heck?
Come on Denny's, you can do better than that.

I've joined the dark side. Where are my cookies?

I should first begin with this: I know, I know. I made tons of fun of Daddo and Tina for getting a blog and now I've gone and gotten my own. So, for this post (and this post only please) feel free to make as much fun of me as you want, call me a hypocrite, whatever. Get it out of your systems. After this post, I'm deleting any mocking comments that aren't mocking the content of that post. .... Yeah.
Second, my reason for getting a blog in the first place. I am terrible at keeping in touch with people. Terrible! It's shameful. I don't think I've emailed anyone besides my mother in months. I love you guys and want to keep in touch with you but, apparently, email isn't working. So. We're trying something new. Blogging. *shudder*
Third order of business, how life has been. Well, life has been great. I'm loving my classes this semester (French 215, EDYS [That's Education and Youth Studies] 151, Anthro 100 [Society and Culture], and math 103 [Cultural Approaches to Math. The mocking window will never close on this one, I promise]), my roommate and I are getting along swimmingly, and I'm doing things besides homework. Go me! Haha. I'm thinking about changing my major again, however. Well, it's not really changing since I haven't declared yet but..... shh. I was going to major in both French and education, but then it was that with a minor in music and now I've settled on a major in education with a double minor in French and music. My music requirements I'd be able to get out of the way easily, especially with my piano ensemble. I'm excited about that too, because then I have an excuse to take some theory classes and a conducting class. There's a conducting class! Isn't that awesome?! My main reason for wanting to switch from a french major to a minor is the “recommended” habitation in French house for a semester. I love French house, it's a wonderful building. I've met some of the people there, they're nice. It's great. It's a cool plan. None of my friends would be there and I would be lonely. Not fun. Though it would just be a semester. I was planning on having a frenched out junior year..... We'll see. My main concern is with education though. It looks like the track I should be following has 8 class requirements. Now, I didn't take an EDYS last semester, nor will I take one the semester I go away. That's a year of EDYS. I refuse to be at Beloit for 5 years. I love it, but not millions of dollars of love. I've emailed some people about all of this though, so it should be working out. The other day I sat down and planned out which classes I want to take for the next year and a half. Did you know they have a class about dinosaurs? YEAH! I'm excited. Plus, it'd get my interdisciplinary requirement out of the way. Woo! Bonus! Haha.
So, nothing too major happened this semester. Just doin' my thang. Figuring things out. Learnin' stuff. My hair's getting longer? I guess that's important. Haha. Next post will probably just be some pictures because I'm on break but I'll make sure to do that soon. :)
Love and kisses!