I apologize in advance for any grammatical errors. I'm not going to proofread this because I'm working on something new and exciting as well as homework. Don't tell me I fucked up. I know that I did. Deal with it.
Next week, I will be flying from LA to Oklahoma and from there driving to Denver then to the Vegas.
I love to travel, but one thing that I hate more than spending any amount of money on anything other than poker or booze is packing. I absolutely loathe packing. So today's top ten list will be on why I hate packing.
10. Laundry
I make it a habit to do my laundry about every two weeks or so. Not because I am conscious of water preservation or because I don't have the time to do it, but because I am lazy. I firmly believe that it is perfectly acceptable to wear your clothes more than once in a week. Jeans were invented to to be worn on more than one occasion. If I haven't done much that day, haven't been drenched in sweat or hugged a super smelly dude, then it is perfectly OK to wear those clothes at least one more time before you wash them. I hate doing laundry. Like, really hate it. I never pay attention the buzzer and I don't like having time constraints. If I start doing laundry, I have to make a day of it because if not I'll just leave it in the washer and forget about it until I run out of socks.
9. "I need all of my possessions at all times"
For some reason, people feel the need to bring all of their possessions with them when they travel. "I'll bring my lava lamp because I never know when I'll end up in the '70s." Yes, it's good to be prepared in case of an emergency. I get that. But you don't need 8 sweaters and 12 pairs of underwear in addition to your other clothes for a 3 day weekend in sunny San Diego. Don't take your dog's chew toy in case you meet another dog on the beach. You don't need your bicycle shorts if you're going to Antarctica. Over-packing is especially irritating when you're flying somewhere. Some airlines charge $25 to check a bag in addition to your ticket and fees and taxes. Assholes, right? Don't bring a thousand things with you. Pack an extra set of clothes just in case. Don't be that idiot.
8. I only own 5 pairs of jeans
Two pairs of black jeans and 3 pairs of blue jeans. If I'm going somewhere for longer than like...6 days I feel the need to bring all of them in case I rip them or spill something on them or the smell like cigarettes (I don't smoke but my friends do and they reek). I always think that if I don't take all of them and something happens then I'll have to buy new ones and I am not into that.
7. Planes are stupid
Did you know that you can take a small pocket knife on an airplane as long as it's not concealed from TSA? But shampoo, hand sanitizer, and toothpaste are highly dangerous weapons.
For the trip I'm taking next, I'm taking a small suitcase so I don't have to check it. But it sucks because I can't take everything I need on the plane. My dad asked me the other day why I need shampoo because I'll be in a car for most of the trip. I'll be gone Tuesday-Sunday. Gross, Dad. Gross. Anyway, because I can't take my already paid for stuff with me, I've decided to just buy it when I get there. There goes some of the money that I was saving for my trip.
6. Lists
Every time I go somewhere, I feel the need to make a list of what I'm packing because if I don't I'll forget socks or worse---my phone charger. Not only do I hate people who make lists, but I also hate doing things in advance. Efficiency is not my thing, so when I have to be efficient I get super grumpy.
And I don't just make one list. I've been known to make up to 6 lists. Each with a different category and with an array of different things. I think I have a problem.
5. Time Consumption
I would much rather spend my time frolicking in a field of puppies or drawing on the paint app on my phone or reading or counting the change in my change jar or watching this video.There are so many other things I would rather do than spend time throwing my stuff into a suitcase.
4. Folding clothes
Anyone who knows me is fully aware that 99% of the time, all of my clothes are thrown into a chair in the corner of my bedroom. When I pack, in order to fit all of my clothes into my suitcase, I have to fold them. But what usually ends up happening is that I ball them up and throw them in because I get bored.
3. Does the shoe fit?
I tend to want to take multiple pairs of Vans and only wear one pair the whole time. My feet are bigger than they look so my shoes take up a lot of space.
2. How the hell do I get all of this into one bag?
How do I fit them all in there? Stuff.
1. I never know what to bring
I never look at the weather for where I'm going so I never know what kind of clothes to bring. Should I bring a beanie? Will it be hot? (Not like heat matters. I wear the same things everywhere I go, no matter what the climate is) I just don't know.
Packing is the worst.
Since I will be traveling without my laptop next week, I will either elect someone to guest write a Top Ten Thursday for me ooooor just skip it and do another Top 20 the following week.
Either way, see you guys in two weeks.
4.18.2013
Top 20 Excuses For Why I've Been AWOL
My diet for the day so far is 92% caffeine, 2% hard-boiled egg, 4% sandwich, 2% cheez-its and I've slept for maybe 6 hours in the last 3 days so if I start to stray from the point of this post, you know why.
Also, I might be hallucinating a little bit.
It's been awhile since I've posted anything, so to make up for it today is going to be a list of 20 reasons why I haven't written anything in two weeks. I lead quite an invigorating life so prepare to be riddled with jealousy.
20. Last Thursday I hung out with Caroline all day then went to Sarah's for dinner
Caroline convinced me to skip my English class and hang out with her all day. We got sushi, she went shopping, she broke her sunglasses, and we hung out in her boyfriends apartment.
Then at the Bruins residence, there was a small gathering of peoples. Sarah made fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and veggies. We watched South Park. It was a deliciously good time.
19. After dinner last Thursday I got drunk off whiskey and tequila and watched scary movies and YouTube trailers with The North Star gang
The North Star is an apartment inhabited by 3 grungy yet hilarious college boys. I, among a number of other people, spend 90% of my weekends there.
We watched YouTube trailers for live-action '90s cartoons that should be made into actual movies. Specifically Pokemon, Doug, and Hey Arnold!. After we were done with that we watched The Blair Witch Project and the original Ghost Adventures movie.
18. Courage the Cowardly Dog is on Netflix
HE HAS TO SAVE MURIEL!
17. I played Portal: The Flash Version for 3 days
You don't know frustration until you attempt science.
16. The more I listen to Drake, the more I want to watch Degrassi
New goal in life: I want to go to a Drake concert and watch him roll out in a wheelchair singing the Canadian National Anthem.
15. One of my many birds died
I came home from school today and it looks like the rest of them ganged up on him. As much of an annoyance that these birds are, it's still kind of sad. Especially because I'm deathly afraid of birds, so it's just going to sit in the nest until my Dad gets home tomorrow.
14. Vacation planning
For the last month, I have been planning a flight to Oklahoma, a road trip from Oklahoma to the Vegas for a bachelorette party, a trip to the Vegas two weeks later for my birthday, and a trip to San Diego for a wedding the weekend after that. There goes my tax refund.
13. I've had the house to myself for a week
My parents have been in Big Bear on vacation. Fending for yourself is hard. I've eaten a whole lot of hard-boiled eggs. My cholesterol is probably through the roof. I burned my hand when I was boiling water the other day.
YOLO.
12. I have to go to school sometimes
Emphasis on "sometimes."
Since I've been home by myself, I've taken several personal days this week because I want to have as much time to myself in the house as humanely possible
11. I've been doing school-work in advance
I'm still in school during my Oklahoma-Vegas-Long Beach trip and I'm flying out on a Tuesday so I'll be missing 4 classes that week. I have 2 papers and a ton of small assignments due when I'm gone so I've been trying to get all of them done ahead of time so I don't have to take my laptop with me. With my extremely short attention span, it's been a challenge to keep my concentration. Having the house to myself has helped, though. My books are all over the living room.
10. I spent 9 hours playing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword last Friday
I have friends. I swear I do.
9. After Zelda, I spent the next 9 hours watching horror movies on Netflix
Never watch The Haunting of Whaley House. It's probably the worst movie I've ever seen. I only picked it because I have been to Whaley House.
8. I got incredibly trashed on Saturday
Drunkxican was in fine form. Here are some quality conversations:
7. I was incredibly hungover on Sunday
I almost died in Orange County. I couldn't eat until like...8pm. I made my mark in many expensive Orange County bathrooms. It was terrible.
But I bought a top for Vegas. So that was good.
6. Text Messaging
It takes time OK?!?
5. I haven't changed my jeans in a week
That's a lie. I've changed into my work khakis. And the shorts that I sleep in.
But I haven't had time to do laundry so I just keep wearing the same pair of jeans. I might do laundry tonight. I should do laundry tonight.
4. Poker has taken over my life
I think we've already established that I have a minor gambling addiction. I've had to turn it down twice this week. It was painful.
3. I watched half a season of Roswell last night
Because that's productive.
2. Yesterday=Swedish movies and homework
I skipped my night class and came home at 3 when my first class let out. I watched/listened to 3 out of 6 parts of the original extended version of The Millenium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo etc.). It's so long, that each of the 3 films are cut into two 2 and a half hour increments.That's 7 and a half hours of Swedish. I do not speak Swedish. But it was the most productive I have been all week. I caught up on 80% of the stuff I wanted to get out of the way before I leave, so that's awesome.
1. CANDY CRUSH
I LOVE CANDY CRUSH! It's so addicting, that I refuse to connect the mobile app to my Facebook solely so I can play on my phone when I run out of lives on the computer. Have you played it? You should play it. It's like Bejeweled, but better because there's missions and fun music and candy. It's amazing.
To be perfectly honest, this is pretty much all that I've been doing for two weeks. I just sit around and wait to get more lives so I can keep playing Candy Crush.
Now you know what I've been doing for the past two weeks. Not really eating, not really sleeping, sort of working on school stuff, getting drunk (no surprise there) and playing a whole lot of Candy Crush. And poker.
I should make food. That's a thing I should do.
Also, I might be hallucinating a little bit.
It's been awhile since I've posted anything, so to make up for it today is going to be a list of 20 reasons why I haven't written anything in two weeks. I lead quite an invigorating life so prepare to be riddled with jealousy.
20. Last Thursday I hung out with Caroline all day then went to Sarah's for dinner
Caroline convinced me to skip my English class and hang out with her all day. We got sushi, she went shopping, she broke her sunglasses, and we hung out in her boyfriends apartment.
Then at the Bruins residence, there was a small gathering of peoples. Sarah made fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and veggies. We watched South Park. It was a deliciously good time.
The North Star is an apartment inhabited by 3 grungy yet hilarious college boys. I, among a number of other people, spend 90% of my weekends there.
We watched YouTube trailers for live-action '90s cartoons that should be made into actual movies. Specifically Pokemon, Doug, and Hey Arnold!. After we were done with that we watched The Blair Witch Project and the original Ghost Adventures movie.
18. Courage the Cowardly Dog is on Netflix
HE HAS TO SAVE MURIEL!
You don't know frustration until you attempt science.
16. The more I listen to Drake, the more I want to watch Degrassi
New goal in life: I want to go to a Drake concert and watch him roll out in a wheelchair singing the Canadian National Anthem.
15. One of my many birds died
I came home from school today and it looks like the rest of them ganged up on him. As much of an annoyance that these birds are, it's still kind of sad. Especially because I'm deathly afraid of birds, so it's just going to sit in the nest until my Dad gets home tomorrow.
For the last month, I have been planning a flight to Oklahoma, a road trip from Oklahoma to the Vegas for a bachelorette party, a trip to the Vegas two weeks later for my birthday, and a trip to San Diego for a wedding the weekend after that. There goes my tax refund.
13. I've had the house to myself for a week
My parents have been in Big Bear on vacation. Fending for yourself is hard. I've eaten a whole lot of hard-boiled eggs. My cholesterol is probably through the roof. I burned my hand when I was boiling water the other day.
YOLO.
Emphasis on "sometimes."
Since I've been home by myself, I've taken several personal days this week because I want to have as much time to myself in the house as humanely possible
11. I've been doing school-work in advance
I'm still in school during my Oklahoma-Vegas-Long Beach trip and I'm flying out on a Tuesday so I'll be missing 4 classes that week. I have 2 papers and a ton of small assignments due when I'm gone so I've been trying to get all of them done ahead of time so I don't have to take my laptop with me. With my extremely short attention span, it's been a challenge to keep my concentration. Having the house to myself has helped, though. My books are all over the living room.
10. I spent 9 hours playing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword last Friday
I have friends. I swear I do.
9. After Zelda, I spent the next 9 hours watching horror movies on Netflix
Never watch The Haunting of Whaley House. It's probably the worst movie I've ever seen. I only picked it because I have been to Whaley House.
8. I got incredibly trashed on Saturday
Drunkxican was in fine form. Here are some quality conversations:
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| Fun fact: I have never met Kelli. |
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| I didn't know this existed until I saw Sam today. |
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| Not the first time she's gotten a text like this. |
7. I was incredibly hungover on Sunday
I almost died in Orange County. I couldn't eat until like...8pm. I made my mark in many expensive Orange County bathrooms. It was terrible.
But I bought a top for Vegas. So that was good.
6. Text Messaging
It takes time OK?!?
5. I haven't changed my jeans in a week
That's a lie. I've changed into my work khakis. And the shorts that I sleep in.
But I haven't had time to do laundry so I just keep wearing the same pair of jeans. I might do laundry tonight. I should do laundry tonight.
4. Poker has taken over my life
I think we've already established that I have a minor gambling addiction. I've had to turn it down twice this week. It was painful.
3. I watched half a season of Roswell last night
Because that's productive.
2. Yesterday=Swedish movies and homework
I skipped my night class and came home at 3 when my first class let out. I watched/listened to 3 out of 6 parts of the original extended version of The Millenium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo etc.). It's so long, that each of the 3 films are cut into two 2 and a half hour increments.That's 7 and a half hours of Swedish. I do not speak Swedish. But it was the most productive I have been all week. I caught up on 80% of the stuff I wanted to get out of the way before I leave, so that's awesome.
1. CANDY CRUSH
I LOVE CANDY CRUSH! It's so addicting, that I refuse to connect the mobile app to my Facebook solely so I can play on my phone when I run out of lives on the computer. Have you played it? You should play it. It's like Bejeweled, but better because there's missions and fun music and candy. It's amazing.
To be perfectly honest, this is pretty much all that I've been doing for two weeks. I just sit around and wait to get more lives so I can keep playing Candy Crush.
Now you know what I've been doing for the past two weeks. Not really eating, not really sleeping, sort of working on school stuff, getting drunk (no surprise there) and playing a whole lot of Candy Crush. And poker.
I should make food. That's a thing I should do.
4.04.2013
Top Ten Reasons Why I Might Have A Gambling Addiction
Today is currently one of the last few days of my Spring Break. I had intended on taking this time to get some school work out of the way before I go on my big adventure at the end of the month, but instead I've drank a lot of beer, watched a lot of baseball, bought a plane ticket, and watched two seasons of Batman Beyond on Netflix. You want to know what else I've been doing? POKER. Texas Hold 'Em to be specific. I cannot get enough of poker these days.
My friends and I started playing last Saturday, and so far it's all we've done the last 3 times we've all hung out. I am one of 2 people in my group of friends who have been to all three poker nights so far.
Last night as we were sitting in Derek's dirty, smoke-filled garage playing poker, we started talking about our Vegas trip next month. Lam and I are completely fucked if we start playing. We just can't get enough of poker. Keep in mind, we're just playing nickel and dime games with a $2 buy-in right now, but in Vegas we're shit out of luck.
Since that's all I can think about these days, I've decided to make this weeks Top Ten Thursday about my pending gambling addiction.
10. I didn't write a review or watch Secret Life this week
Well...I had been drinking all day because I went to the Dodgers' opening day in a limo stocked with beer. Then I ate tacos and drank more beer after the game. Then I watched The Hunger Games with Matt because he's never seen it. Then we played poker.
9. I can't stop betting once I start
I'll place a bet, someone will raise, and I just keep matching even if I have a low hand.
8. I'll place a bet even when I don't have a good hand
I'll keep betting on pocket 2's. Why? I have no idea.
7. I keep buying in when I lose my money
Buy-in is $2. I'll bleed my chips dry until I get down to like 50 cents, then I'll just put in another $2 to keep playing.
6. I have successfully managed to gain back the $5.50 I lost last Saturday
I've been playing so frequently with the goal of winning back the $5.50 I put in on Saturday. Last night put me over what I had originally put in. I am excited. BUT I MUST KEEP PLAYING.
5. I get way too competitive against other players
If the bet's not too high, I'll just keep matching it to try and get other players to drop out even if my hand is complete shit.
4. I should not be spending money on poker right now
I hate spending money in general, but I love poker. I have 3 different trips to fund in the next month. Luckily, I've won and gained back a total of about $10 so far.
3. I really hope there will be poker after we finish watching the Kings game tonight
I do not follow hockey, but I like hockey. I'm going to Derek's tonight to watch the Kings game and hopefully there will be poker afterward. And I left my beer there last night. So I should probably go drink it.
2. I'm still upset about the 4 of a kind ace hand I had a few days ago
The other day, I was dealt a hand of pocket aces. I was really excited about it until Lam fucked up while dealing and showed everyone his hand so we had to re-deal. Everyone saw the fuss on my face, I showed them what I had, he pulled the cards out of the deck just to see what would've been on the table. The last two cards were aces. I would've won with 4 of a kind aces.
1. I really want to play poker right now
It would be much more entertaining than the paper I'm working on.
So, there you have it. I may have developed an addiction to gambling. That's probably a big reason why I love the Vegas so much. Hmm...I get to go to Vegas soon....mmmm Vegas.
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