Status Quo

Tonight's post is just lyrics written by Darren Criss for the Starkid production "Starship." Starkid is amazing. You should all check out their productions. (http://teamstarkid.com/) (Note: At the end, the song refers to being a starship ranger. To find out more, watch "Starship.")

This song is beautiful. It really just speaks for it's self. (A link to Darren singing is at the bottom.)

 **here is a link to how it's performed in the play http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkQg18qbMQk&feature=autoplay&list=PLF5BDC95E3C0BB504&lf=plpp&playnext=5

It starts with not questioning the answers
And giving up before you've begun
It locks all the doors
Increases the pressure
And in a flash
Your time is up before it's done
And you won't know how it can feel
To feel at all

So I say no to status quo
Who wants to be like the rest
And deny the best that I'm meant for
I will show the status quo
Who wants to be normal
I'll never conform
I will be content to resent the status quo

I'll kick down the walls around me
They don't know how strong I am
I'm not defined by boundaries
They will never understand
I'm so much more

Than status quo
Who cares about being another pipe dreamer
Stuck on the bottom floor
And I know
It's time to go
So maybe I've gotten everything that I wanted
But I think that I might have made it so
When I said no, no, no
To status quo

Cause I am a starship ranger
I'm gonna do everything I can
To always be a starship ranger
Cause it's everything
It's everything I am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSVYe7V8Dl4&feature=player_embedded

A Note

I am wearing a Perry the Platypus t-shirt and Lucky Charms PJ pants. Today I put signs above all 4 toilets on my hall saying "This way to the Ministry of Magic." My ringtone is "Hedwig's Theme" and my desktop background is of Serenity, the firefly ship from the 2002 show "Firefly." I am obsessed with Starkid and I sing their songs all of the time. I watch Avatar: The Last Airbender when I am getting ready for the day. I make bad jokes and puns. I laugh at everything because I usually find something funny about the situation. Sometimes I am anti-social, but I really like to hang out with friends. I love, love, love movies. I really enjoy reading; I also read really fast. I have a Coco Chanel perfume and I have been planning my wedding since I was little. I am a nerd, but I am also a girl. I love traveling and exploring new places. I have desires to travel sometimes that I just cry because I can't go right now. Europe is magical to me. I am not naive, so hush. I don't like the beach because I always always get sunburned and the ocean and I just don't get along. I love the mountains though. I wish I was more "outdoors-y." My sister can make me laugh like no other; she is the greatest. My  boyfriend is amazing and the smartest, hardest working man I've ever met. He makes me want to be a better person. My friends are hilarious (well, I think so) and I can tell them things without obvious judgment from them. (haha). I wish I could do magic. I make this silly little blog because sometimes, when I am cold and alone in my room, I just need to get some perspective.

Pros and Cons: Roommates

I live in the (primarily) Freshman dorm on campus (I'm a Junior. It is cheap. Shush.) I chose not to have a roommate this year and here are the pros and cons I have experienced so far.
Pros:
I haven't unpacked yet and it's okay.
I can be naked whenever I want.
My music, movies, etc can be as loud as I want them to be.
I can leave lights on
I don't have to worry about being quiet if someone else is napping.

Cons:
I haven't unpacked yet

Lonely

So far so good!!

My Thumb

So, last night a "friend" threw his dang iPhone in the general direction of my hand. Well, it hit the base of my thumb...hard. Needless to say, there was a lot of yelling and questioning of friendships and threats to call the police for a domestic violence report.* It was already starting to swell, so I put some ice on it and now, the next morning, it is just bruised. Now, this has given me time to really appreciate what separates us from the dogs, birds, and bees: opposable thumbs. This little appendage takes a beating throughout our everyday activities. I was digging around in my purse to find my phone and kept hitting my bruised thumb against everything. Texting is ALL thumbs. Typing (this whole post is painful) uses your thumb for more than just the space bar apparently (maybe I type weird?) Pulling back my hair has also become a pain. I really don't mean to sound like I'm whining, but I am just amazed at how much we use our thumbs. I cannot even imagine not having a hand, or an arm. My bruised thumb will heal in a week or so, but some people will never, have never, used thumbs, or fingers. Wow.

*Joking. Duh.

My Current Obsessions

Harry Potter
Firefly
Avatar: The Last Airbender
FullMetal Alchemist: Brotherhood



Artemis Fowl
The Hunger Games




There are more, I just cannot think of them at the moment

Things that keep me up at night

After my rant about work, I'm sure no one wants to read this anymore. But I'm having trouble deciding somethings.

I can't decide what house in Hogwarts I would be in.

and

I can't decide if I would be an Earthbender or an Airbender. 

These are the questions that keep me up at night.

Let me tell you about my day.

So, I go to work at the museum at10am. Today, I arrived at 10:01. Stepped out of my car, and realized that I left my wallet at home. So, I head back to my house and catch every red light on the way. I grab my wallet and then head back to the museum; once again, i catch every red light. SIGH. So that was that. Then, I had to help set up the mazes and that took forever and it was really difficult. I'm not a handy girl, lol. Then I had a lovely lunch with my friend who is getting married. So that was a highlight. Then I had to just wait upstairs for another employee to get back from lunch (an hour and a half lunch). Finally, I was able to back downstairs to do my job: accessions. But then I remembered that the work from the pottery camp last week was on the floor where the basement flooded. (It's nice to know that the basement of a museum floods when there are very valuable things down there.) Finally, I was left with 2 hours to work on accessions.  UGH. Now, all I want to do is sleeeeeep