It's the little things like seeing an Orchestra play with your boyfriend that make you appreciate life.

It's also realizing that the guy you know as, "that one thatharassed you to go out with him from your geology class even though you told him you had a boyfriend a thousand times" is now engaged to the girl you know as, "that stupid ass blonde girl in the bunny outfit" from a few Halloweens ago...

Oh, life. I love you.

Using my twitter these days. Okay I just started, but my account name is: stolenatalanta

Big shocker,eh?

Anyone else use it so I can follow you?

I won't be around LJ for a while. April and May are likely to give me hell in the form of school.

This means I won't be around HiH for a long period of time. And sorry, but I can't do my shop at the moment.

I haven't been around HiH much lately.I have an outstanding shop order I need to make. Perhaps I need to go on hiatus after that.

I have been doing work for my papers, and this month is going to be... BUSY.

I have a paper that analyzes why Mussolini's Italy went to war with Ethiopia in 1935-6.
I have another that analyzes the difference between political active, leftist women in the Weimar Republic, and the general female population.
Another that talks about French women's reproductive rights in the Inter-war period.

And then the big thesis paper that examines immigration in the European Union.

Sigh.

One day I will have a life.

I'm meant to have a topic for my paper later on in the semester to turn in to class tomorrow for Modern German History.

I'm completely blanking, or just not able to decide.

Sigh.

So I have a Kodak V1003 camera. Last semester the screen was cracked, so to speak, and is broken. I've discovered that it is $80 plus shipping and handling to repair it. OR I can get 15% off of a new camera, which ultimately costs more than the $80 dollars. There is nothing wrong with my other camera than a broken screen.

So should I just get the screen repaired?

Opinions?

It makes a whole hell of a lot of sense, actually.

Stolen from eowyn_rain

Your result for The Harry Potter Wand Test...

12", Holly, Dragon

You scored 37 wisdom, 56 bravery, 5 emotional, and 17 martyrdom!

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Honestly, I still remember the three things that I was most terrified when I was little. Snakes, Tornadoes, and War.

Snakes. I grew up just outside of a town, so around tons of woods and fields. It wasn't uncommon to run into a snake, but I've always been terrified of them. So much so that if I DID see one on a certain part of our property I wouldn't go in that area for years. No, I am not exaggerating. I'm not sure what freaked me out more, that you could get bitten and die? Or the way they moved, which I've always found to be really creepy.

Tornadoes. Once again a product of my environment. I live in a part of the U.S. that is frequented by tornadoes. I blame it on the 30-something Farenheit degree weather to 70-something Farenheit degree weather that happens in the winter. (It's 50-something, today). Mostly I was afraid we'd loose our home or that someone would die.

War. Growing up in the 90s, I was young and unaware that there actually was the Gulf War going on. Still, I was terrified that the U.S. would get in a war. I didn't know much about war, except that people died in it. And that sometimes Daddies have to go away and fight in them, and sometimes they die. I was always, always a Daddy's girl, and my Dad was really, really young. (20 when I was born) So, I was always afraid that he'd be forced to go off to war, and die. I didn't know very much of the mechanics, like I said, but I think this was a pretty legitimate fear for a little girl to have.

Most of mine are related to Death. So, I guess my overarching fear was Death.

(It still is)

Bret. Because I want to jump him. Also he wears the funniest things. His slight cluelessness reminds me of L, sometimes.

Jermaine is funny though. Never want to do him though.

Last night my best friend said to me. "I don't like people anymore, except for you."

Which is highly similar to L's claim: "I don't like anything or anyone. Well, I like you." Which he says... a lot.

This makes me wonder what this says about me.

Stolen from prettyliquor


Harry Potter Personality Quiz by Pirate Monkeys Inc.

When I take these tests, whether I'm Thinking or Feeling always changes, everything else stays the same.

Otherwise I would have been Remus Lupin.

Stolen from cesaretech

( Tarot Card Quiz )

Stolen from drippingcherry

Stolen from hellkat75.

( one word meme )

So it's been a while since I've actually let my fingers do a bit of typing.

I am giving up my job at the call center. Which is silly in this economy, I know, but I just can't do it. I can't call people and ask them to donate money even if it is only to scholarship and academic funds. I just feel BAD asking people for money. I feel bad asking my own family for money. I do have some other job opportunities, so that is very very good. Plus, I should be getting my refund from student loans in so that I can pay for rent and utilities and such.

My car hasn't been starting. I was just going to try to replace the battery, but my dad is pretty certain that isn't it. So he says he might come this weekend or next to fix it. Which I know means he has to buy the gas to come here and go back home AND he'll be paying for the parts. My dad lost his job last year, he worked in commercial heating and air (HVAC). So he's been doing odd jobs since then, tiling floors, building fences and decks, the frame molding in houses and around doorways-- he's really good with that kind of thing. I just worry, because I know that he is always worrying about money being tight.

I KNOW IT'S SILLY, BUT I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE RESULTS FROM MY ANIMAGUS APPLICATION ARE.

Silly, yes, but there it is.

Now for a final rant. I had been in Senior Honors and our Prospectus is due this Friday, and I'm not sure that I can do it. I don't feel like I got much of a good foundation last semester in our prospectus class. That poor professor is more of a science man and didn't know what to do with all of us liberal arts majors.

Sigh. So that means I might be dropping out of the Honors Program, though I don't really want to do that... at all.

Generally life is pretty good though. Those are the small stressors in my life... money and honors. Who would have thought?

I might go see L or play around with sigtags. :)

This idea was stolen by: cesaretech

Unfortunately I do not know what each of the planets stand for...


( Astrological Analysis )

Any fantasy series/book recommendations? YA or older that is?

How fitting.

Your result for The Sorting Hat Test...

Gryffindor

You scored 16% Order/Chaos, and 58% Moral/Rational

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Now that my classes are all settled, here's what I'm taking

History of France 1815-Present
History of German Lands 1815-Present
Foreign Policies of the Major Powers
International Studies Seminar (Senior Capstone course)

plus two hours of Honors Thesis research hours.

So 14 hours. Freshman and Sophomore year I was consistently taking 18-19 hours. My Sophomore self would think my Senior self was a slacker.