bad cable, romantic cold case, wet rain and s'mores

I believe it is time for another fabulous post by yours truly. So today there was an NCIS marathon going from 11 to 8, it was wild. I started watching at 12, but then the cable went out at 1, so I got to watch one episode. Then the cable came back at about 1:05 and I got all excited before it went out again five minutes later. That's the worst, when they let you watch a little- just enough to really get into it- and then take it away from you. I called the customer services people and they couldn't help me fix it over the phone so a cable guy is coming tomorrow or something to fix it. I was very upset, but whenever I talk to customer service people I try not to show them that I'm upset because it's not their fault my cable isn't working and they must get a lot of angry people calling them (like my mom) to deal with so I don't want to add to that. It must be a very stressful job having to deal with all these angry people. So I play nice and we get along and everything is happy. I've even made one customer service guy laugh- well... it was more of a chuckle. Anyways, I went out to lunch with my mom came back and tried the tv and it worked! I have this theory that the cable only works in the afternoon. Anyways, I was able to watch like 4 or 5 more episodes. I was really sad at the end of the marathon though because Law&Order came on and it was just criminal intent so I flipped around and found an episode of cold case to watch (I know, good night for tv right?). The episode was about a guy from the marines who was killed (I think the marines are way cool btw) and I when I found this out I actually said out loud "This is a job for NCIS!" and half expected to see Gibbs & Co. show up (they didn't). Anyways, it was a really good episode of cold case, it was one of the ones where it's got that romantic love story background to it that ends up being really sad... but before it gets sad you see how absolutely wonderful it was and how perfect they were together and stuff (very mushy I know). Seriously though, it was one of those cold case love stories where you just go 'awww' and then at the end when you see the old woman all alone without the love of her life you go 'whyyyy????!!' Anyways, very good tv watching tonight. 

So, I'm thinking about going to Ankara sometime soon (I really want my mom to try their pizza), I'd really like to get a calzone cuz the one AP got looked really good... and maybe some fro-yo too. mmmm.... 

In the beginning of this week I went camping with some friends. It was really fun even though it rained and we ended up leaving a day early. And that we (well I sat in the middle of the canoe so not really me) had to canoe in the rain for about an hour and a half and it was freezing cold (I only had flip flops on - should have brought the rain boots). And when we got to the checkpoint where the canoe people were suppose to pick us up they wouldn't pick up the phone (apparently the guy had gone to lunch), so we had to stand in the cold rain for an hour wet until he finally came and got us. We even tried hitchhiking at one point, but failed.... yeah, but once we got back to our cars we stopped at a mexican restaurant and ate lunch/dinner (delicious!). But yeah, the trip was still very much fun and very much worth it. 

Okay, talking about camping reminds me of my newest obsession, s'mores! They are so absolutely delicious and wonderful. I still marvel at whoever thought up this amazing creation (note to self, wiki that shit), the perfect combination of marshmallow, chocolate and tasty graham cracker... mmmm.... i've started making them almost every night at home over the oven... my mom doesn't like this- she says I can't be eating all this sugar... and she can tell when I make it too cuz it makes the whole house smell all sugary and delicious. Just talking about them makes me happy... I could go on and on about how wonderful they are (just ask my mom). It's kind of funny because most people gain weight at school while I gain weight at home... is this happening to anyone else? I've decided to go to the gym tomorrow (lets see if that works out).

Okay it's almost midnight so I've got to get to bed so I can wake up and go to work *sigh*

Miss everyone I haven't seen in awhile (determine for yourself if that's you),

Blasian out.

p.s. I so want to become an NCIS agent... seriously considering that as a career option... 

strawberry shortcake, gossip girl, mosquitos and cars

Dear Life, 

I am enjoying summer very much. I haven't really done all that much so far- perhaps that's the reason I'm enjoying myself so much, you know, getting to do absolutely nothing. Yesterday I checked out a condo my mom is thinking about buying and I really loved it, but my mom isn't sure if she wants to get it because it doesn't come with a parking space. Earlier today I make strawberry shortcake. I was going to make a blueberry pie or some fancy cake from martha stewart's website but I didn't have all of the ingredients I needed and was too lazy to drive to the market place (yes, I call it a market place), so I made strawberry shortcake and used milk instead of heavy cream (whatever that is). I hope that was an okay substitute- it came out okay. Then I watched some of the office (season 2). I was planning on going into Boston to go shopping with my mom but then realized right before I got on the highway that Gossip Girl was --

Oh, My, God. Right as I was typing that I realized (again) that Gossip Girl was on at 8 and it was 8:05pm! Sorry, minor freak out, now that I have the tv turned on everything is okay. Wow, that really would have sucked if I had forgotten to watch Gossip Girl just because I was typing a blog post. Anyways, there was a minor incident on the drive back from the highway. As I was driving, I noticed there was a mosquito in the corner of my car. I just had a very minor freak out. My mom did not enjoy it. When we got back to the house and she had killed it she looked at me and said very seriously "I'm not sure if you should drive again Maxine," she was very very upset. I thought it was pretty funny though. That totally would have been good material for my reality tv show (if I had one), you know, with me swerving down the street and trying to swat at the mosquito with one hand while driving with the other hand... haha... anyways, hopefully she'll forget about the whole matter and I'll be driving tomorrow. 

Also, I've been looking around for stables that give horseback riding lessons so that I can prep for the equestrian team try-outs. Also I signed up for the COM intro class for summer 2. So that's the update on my life- I'm very proud of myself for actually signing up for the COM class and looking for riding lessons, finally I'm organizing my life. 

Anyways, better give my full attention to Gossip Girl, 

The Organized Maxine 

finished, sunglasses, NCIS, the middle ages and summer!

I have officially finished freshman year. Had my last final today (mandarin), and it just feels so good to be done. Now I can just relax until Saturday when I leave. I've found something to occupy my time until then too. I'm going to call kiss108 every hour to try and win tickets to kiss concert. So far it's a lot harder than I thought it would be... Anyways, for the next few days I'm going to try to send stuff home- there's a lot of stuff. Ever since my double turned into a single I've completely taken over the room, it's a little ridiculous. Also, just noticed I have about 10 library books sitting in my room that I still need to return- not looking forward to carrying those all to the library... You know what's going to be really weird? Seeing my room empty. Oh and I have to remember to clear out my fridge and unplug it and melt all the ice in the freezer. 

Oh, so I came up with this new genius idea. Whenever I use my laptop right before bed and I have the lights turned off, my computer screen is always really bright even though I turn the brightness down all the way. So, a few nights ago I looked over on my desk and saw my sunglasses sitting there and wondered... I put them on and suddenly my computer screen was nice and dim. So from now on I will wear my sunglasses when I'm using my computer late at night. This is for two reasons. 1.) the screen is really bright and 2.) because the light from the screen can keep you up long cuz your body doesn't register it's time to sleep or something... so, it has not only one, but two positives. 

So, I just turned on the TV to see what's on and it looks like there is an NCIS marathon on that I'll watch until the office. I'm starting to get tired so I don't think I'm going to write much more- also because I finished writing my post but lost internet connection and lost half of the post so now I've got to write another one- and I hate doing that because the second one is never as good as the first. I'll quickly sum up what I had written though... 

I talked about how I'm reading a book that is set around the Middle Ages or something so people in the book talk a little differently and have weird phrases. So whenever I read this book before I go to bed, everybody in my dreams talk in this old speak and I even think in it. It's really weird, for example instead of calling the bathroom a well bathroom, it'll be called a privy in my dream. It's weird... also because it's like street folk talk (lower class and all) so it's even weirder... but yeah, like I said, I think in it too. But I finished the book so that didn't happen last night. 

Okay whatever, I'm not going to spend more time trying to write this post again, I'll just try to remember to save my posts in the future so they don't get lost like it did today. Just want to mention that I'll be updating my  blog hopefully more frequently during the summer so look out for new posts!

Enjoy your summers everyone, and i'll miss all you BU people, and I look forward to seeing all you Lex people. 

Bye, 

Maxine