Saving the World Through Psychedelics...

Yesterday I had the "pleasure" of going to a football game.  This was only my second ever, and both times have been fairly lackluster.  First time the band - one of the highlights of our school's football matches - was suspended, and yesterday there was a serious lack of competition.  If we had lost...well, I don't think we could have lost.  I was however all psyched up for the drunken undergrads figuring I would see some interesting sights and rather happy that I couldn't yet recognize my students.

But really, they were all pretty chill.  Nothing super extraordinary happened.  One girl almost fell down the concrete stairs due to her drunken stupor, but was helped by a very nice gentleman.  And someone before the game told me that he was "saving the world from nukes through psychedelics."  Only other extraordinary sight was the girl whose boots looked more like Furbies wrapped around her ankles than actual shoes.  I wish I had a picture b/c they might have been the ugliest shoes I have ever seen (in the U.S. at least). 

Despite the lack of excitement, I did have a good time especially as the day was sort of a post-birthday celebration.  I have not been having the best few weeks since around mid-August and didn't really do much on my actual b-day, so it was nice to socialize a bit.  I also discovered my new favorite vodka.  Wish I knew where to buy a bottle.  It was flavored with blood oranges!! A bit sweet, but I like sweet drinks so it was perfect for me. 

Oh, and I am ABD now, I finished my scarf/wrap thingy, and ... I was trying to think of some more good news, but drawing a blank.  How sad. 

Geaux Saints

Who dat won the SuperBowl?!! The Saints, the Saints!!

Ok, I am done. Just a moment of euphoria for the boys back home.

I might decide to wear Saint's colors tomorrow, some random combination of black and gold. To make things more interesting (and tacky) how about gold Mardi Gras beads? Hm....

Football Madness

As if everyone didn't already know - yes, the Saints for the first time ever are going to the Superbowl.

But I'm not going to tell you about that. The funnier story is how I have thought for the past year that my t.v. didn't work, but actually it does. I really am just a moron.

So, there was that stupid "digital t.v." nonsense, and I got a converter box. And I thought I followed the instructions, but apparently I am illiterate (though what would the word be if you can't read/understand pictorial instructions?).

I was talking to my mom about my lack of t.v., looked some up at a few stores on line, realized how expensive they were now, and decided not to worry about it. However, over the phone I should point out, mom was all like did you do x, y, z. And I was all like "my t.v. doesn't have that"....."oh, wait, yes it does." Mom - you should connect blah blah blah. Me "if this works you are not allowed to make fun of me." It worked of course. Mom- in the background trying oh so hard to pretend that she wasn't laughing hysterically b/c to make sure you understand I must point out that she has never seen my t.v. or this converter box thing.

On the positive side, I was all set to watch the Saints game (but actually watched it elsewhere and embarrassed myself even more by failing at a Wii game). On the negative side, watched random t.v. shows all afternoon. At least, I did get to see The Big Bang Theory, which is the funniest show EVER (no, I don't care if you disagree). And now I can see new episodes of Criminal Minds considering I became addicted over break. More ways to procrastinate - not a good start to a fun filled semester of supposedly writing 90+ pages. But it never is....

...Of Cats and Corsets and Chocolate Ice Cream

I used to have two other cats. I had them when I was an undergraduate, but left them with my parents b/c I couldn't have cats in my apt where I live now (i.e. Kishka is a secret, so don't tell my landlord). Their names are Nikolai Ivanovich and Ivan Nikolaiovich - and no I didn't make those names up to be mean. It is from a book. What I noticed was that they would always sit on the things that I needed. Like if I were reading a book, or if there were some papers on the floor. Apparently Kishka has this problem too, except that he gets mad when you try to move him. Like today. I moved him off of my makeup, he sat on my purse, I moved him from there (all the while he is making these fussy not quite growling not quite meowing sounds), he tries to sit on my glasses, and I have to intercept. Finally he storms off to sit on the corner of my bed after swatting at me a few times with his paws. B/c I found the entire incident amusing I took a little video - well, and also b/c I kinda like playing with my new phone.




The other stuff referred to in the title here is that I went to a mini food festival type thing today. I went a few years ago - both times it was fun. Of course it was though b/c what could be better than all the restaurants in your town gathering in one place, and offering samples of their food? I had some squash curry, buttermilk hush puppies, eggplant fries...oh, and some dark chocolate ice cream. All really really delicious.
However, today was a game day. So all the crazies were out (and all wearing red). Got asked a few weird questions. The first I won't type out here b/c I have no clue what the girl was talking about, and my luck it is some sexual position that I do not want to know about.
The second question was "could you buckle my shoe?" Strange enough having someone ask you that who is waiting for a bus at 10pm at night. Even stranger was that she was wearing a tiny plaid school-girl style skirt and a white corset. I am thinking she couldn't buckle her shoe b/c the corset was too tight, but I mean really if you are wearing something that prevents you from getting properly dressed - i.e. buckling your red 4 inch heels - then you probably shouldn't be wearing it. But maybe I'm just too conservative...

Results of Game

My school lost, it was ridiculous b/c they were soo winning, and then somehow just screwed everything up, the ball was intercepted in the last minute, on top of them already losing, thus making it totally impossible for them to do something miraculous in the last few seconds. Not a disappointment though in the sense that I still had a really fun time. Watching the student section move en masse was entertaining - almost as much as the game itself. Guess I have been missing out all these years.

still looking for a Halloween costume - suggestions, suggestions?!!

Halloween and Football

Any suggestions for costumes? I haven't been thinking about it much, until now that is, and I have zero clue what I should dress up as.

I will be going to my first college football game ever this weekend. Wish me luck!