Braces and Bugs

ok- i have a permanent retainer on my bottom teeth...like, behind my teeth. it's basically just one thin wire running across the back of like 5 teeth. now.....what is the purpose in this. and when they say "permanent" do they MEAN permanent??? because let's think about this. i got my braces off in like march of senior year of high school (i think). this was 3 years ago. shouldnt i get this thing out now??? i can't imagine that there are 50 year old people walking around with permanent retainers on the back of their teeth. honestly. who does that?

so, should i go request to have this thing removed from my mouth? i dont go to the orthodontist anymore, although they still hound me to come in for my regular "check-ups" to see how my removable retainer is fitting. ok......do they honestly think i still WEAR my retainer? i stopped wearing that thing like 2 months after i got my braces off. i dont even know where it is anymore. the last couple times i went to the orthodontist....i didnt even bring my retainer with me because i had no clue where it was. and the guy yelled at me. ok, im sorry, but im 20 years old (21 in a month). how long do you expect me to wear this thing??? certainly not my whole life.

and Lord knows i've had ENOUGH of the orthodontics. i got braces on when i was in 4th grade. i got them off in 8th grade, wore a retainer for 2 years and then got braces back on in 10th grade, then finally got them off at the END of senior year. i had braces or some sort of orthodontic device in my mouth for my ENTIRE school career. i've had enough of my orthodontist.

alright. on to my next topic of discussion. katie figured out for me why i am so deathly afraid of bugs. and this really is an unnatural fear. im not talking, "ew, there's a bug." i FREAK OUT and scream and run around like a damn fool and i refuse to go into a room where there is a bug on the wall. and not just huge bugs or spiders...im afraid of freakin ladybugs. i cant kill bugs either. when i try to even come close to them, even if it's just to swat them with a shoe, i literally have a panic attack. i will start breathing really heavily and get shaky and get this horrible feeling in my stomach that they're gonna jump up on me and crawl all over me. i know, this is really weird and psycho.

when i was home for easter, i was going to go to bed, and there was a ladybug in my bedroom. it was on my wall near my dresser. now, any normal person would either kill it or ignore it......no, not me. after freakin out and jumping around thinking i had ladybugs crawling on me, i went to grab a tissue and attempted to kill it. however, i couldnt come nearer than 6 feet to it without hyperventilating. i then had to resort to writing a note to my dad who was in bed, asking him to kill the lady bug when he woke up and then come wake me up........i slept on the couch.

yes, yes. this is strange. so the other night after katie and i saw a bug on katie's wall and i freaked out and ran away and katie killed it, i told her that when i was little and my dad would squish bugs with tissue, he would chase me around the house with it and try to scare me with it. he would make noises like "ugh! watch out, it's still alive!" and then like go to toss it at me like it was going to crawl on me. katie determined this is where my inhuman fear of bugs stems from. and i think she's right.

almost the weekend!!!

the rest of the week is going to be a joke for me. wednesdays and fridays i always have just one class at noon (the good part about having two night classes), and my english class is canceled tomorrow so i only have one class tomorrow as well. yay! the weekend will be here before i know it!!!!

i would also like to say that i just love my friends so much. i got a letter from tina today....i seriously think it was an answered prayer. i was really upset yesterday, and then today i get a letter from my best friend out of nowhere talking about precisely the things i've been upset about. and it just reminded me of how wonderful she is and how lucky i am to have her!!!! i love her so much.

well, how about a rundown of my day. it's been wonderful. it was about 70 degrees today. i went to my one class and did a fairly decent job on my spanish test in spite of the fact that i did not study AT ALL. then i came home, katie and i went to subway and brought it out to the river where we sat at a picnic table and ate. then we went for a walk along the river. it's so pretty out there.

then we went to the mall. i got a new pair of flip flops which is so very exciting. we saw ben and sam there as well and managed to scare them. haha. then we came home. nikki came to visit after her class, which was nice because we hadnt seen her in FOREVER. then i watched my shows....american idol, the o.c., and newlyweds.

THEN, katie and i decided out of nowhere that we should move off campus next year and get an apartment since she's not going to be an RA anymore. so we went out at like 10 at night to look at apartments and houses. we couldnt do much because it was dark, but we're leaning toward copper creek i think. it's so nice out there.


and now here i sit. i guess i should go to bed. i dont know why i stay up so late all the time because i can never wake up in the morning. and i have nine o'clock class tomorrow. soooo......goodnight! :)

Back to school...back to school, to prove to dad im not a fool........

well well well. back in evansville after a very uneventful spring break in lowell. so pretty much nobody was home when i was. everyone from usi went on trips but ME. and no other school in this solar system had the same break as us. i was forced to hang out with JULIE. ugh. haha. just kidding. i was so happy to spend time with one of my best friends!


friday night i got to see tina who was home for the weekend. we watched the junior miss tape from senior year. boy is that some funny shit! we were laughing the entire time. how embarrassing. i miss high school so much. oh we watched our graduation video too. THAT is sad. i cant believe it's been three years! everyone looks so young in that tape.

i also got to watch the tape of showcase 2001. now THAT brought back some great memories. bethy, jess, or em, if you read this, do you know how lucky we were to be in that kick ass choir? we were the FOUNDING members of Premiere Distinction!!! i think we took it for granted. ok, so maybe our choir couldnt quite measure up to crete monee...

but what other choir in the world will ever have mike vitoux's antics (ronnie dig my clothes here boy), nick collum's facial expressions (while sitting in class), or those spangly dresses? only us girls could get away with wearing gorilla masks during dress rehearsals, taking pictures of andy during class (with the flash) while he's trying to yell at us, or responding to his requests for "more party noise" in songs by screaming out phrases like "Where's the chips!" oh and Ruphio at Crete Monee of course! please dont get me started on fridays in the little theater with mrs. hughes and her dance classes. i will never be able to hear "Kiss from a rose" by Seal again without thinking of weird stretching and leaping.

ok enough about old times! im sure no one cares anyways. well i think im gonna do some reading then go to bed. goodnight everyone!!!!

Mmmmmkay?

I love julie naddy!!!!! julie decided to take a road trip tonight and drive the 4 and a half hours all the way down here to evansville just to visit me and katie!!! she got here around 1:30 in the morning....stayed till about 3:30....then left to go back home. hahaha. oh but it was so much fun, it reminded me of old times when she still lived with katie and i! i miss her so much! but it's ok because im going home for spring break in 2 days and i'll be able to hang out with her for a whole week! YAY!!! thanks for coming julie. mmmmkay?


well now it's almost 5 in the morning. i was gonna go to bed, but im not really all that tired. katie and i decided to pull an all-nighter. i have a test at 9 in the morning that i did not study for. not only did i not study, but i didnt read anything. not only did i not read anything, but i didnt take any notes in class......not only did i not take any notes in class, but i dont listen to anything he says. i also skipped about 5 classes. soooo.....it's not lookin good folks. why am i so irresponsible this semester? gosh i just need to get away from evansville. this spring break will hopefully do something for me....refresh my spirits. because i cant take much more of these hicks with the southern accents and the inability to drive.


im getting a little tired but im going to fight it! when it gets light out katie and i are gonna make a big breakfast. it will be loads of fun!

p.s. i also want to say that i love you beth shelhart!!!!!! cant wait for the mary kay party tomorrow! :)




You are WILD AND CRAZY KIDS. You couldn't get
through life without a little fun... or a neon
colored t-shirt. You are a team player and
really into Omar Gooding. GO YOU!


Which old school Nickelodeon show are you?
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I WAS ADDICTED TO THIS SHOW WHEN I WAS LITTLE

Ghetto Towers....not Golden Towers

so of course my plan of going to bed early tonight didnt exactly pan out. i should have known better. when you live in the ghetto as katie and i do, it's impossible to sleep before 3 a.m. because of all the ghetto-fabulous drama that goes on. it's not just the music. no no. we are surrounded by ghetto-ness, except for the arab that lives next door, and besides all the music that is played throughout the night, you've got the ghetto-ful couple on the other side that has a baby and fights all night long. then there's the ghetto-tabulous boys upstairs. tonight they both had mad drama going on with their "women". and it's kind of hard not to listen when they're in the hallway that echoes!

katie and i decided that since we no longer have drama of our own to deal with in our lives, we can live vicariously through other peoples' drama. it's funny to be on the other side of it for once. and when its GHETTO drama....it's extra fun. we need to get a video camera so we can make a documentary on what it's like to live in this place. it's seriously so funny. a big culture shock from LI.

"Good luck finding a DJ who can move and shake like THISSSSS"

You're Elemant is Wind. You're light-hearted,
care-free, kind, sensative, and mysterious. You
have friends and most absolutely love you. You
can be calm and soothing one minute and ragging
in anger the next so no one wants to get on
your bad side. You're beauty is inspiring and
magical.


What's Your Element(girls)? (PICTURES)
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i saw this quiz in beth's blog so i decided to take it. this makes me laugh. first of all, there are about 6 spelling errors in it so im not really sure i trust the girl that made this quiz to determine what my "element" is, because she's dumb. aside from that, i think it's funny that it says "you have friends, and MOST absolutely love you." hahaha. nice.

what a weekend! got to spend quality time with bethy which is always a positive thing! and now im sitting here realizing i have a brit lit midterm tomorrow that i did not study for ONE BIT. procrastinator should have been my FIRST name instead of my middle name.

i also want to say that i absolutely love my friends, once again. erica gave me a pep talk tonight and i just love that girl.

Insomnia BITES

song of the moment: once again, not listening to anything
on the tv: The Wedding Singer!

after the last time i blogged, i finished my laundry around 3:30 a.m. i went to bed, and i couldnt fall asleep! what the hell! i tried to fall asleep until a little after 4:30, when i realized that even if i DID fall asleep exactly at that moment, i would still only get about 3 hours of sleep. now, i know that getting no sleep is sometimes better than getting very little sleep, so i gave up. i turned my lamp on and sat up and watched Robin Hood Prince of Thieves on the USI channel until about 5:30. then i went for a drive around the block with my windows down to keep me awake. well then i still had about 2 hours to kill so i took random quizzes on emode.com to kill time. Turns out I'm most like Chandler from Friends, my personal theme song is "Walking on Sunshine", I'm a people pleaser, my true color is, what else, PINK, and my IQ is 149. but who knows how reliable those online IQ tests are.

so i was in good shape when i went to my first class. i had a pepsi to keep me going. by my second class, however, i was feeling the crabbiness set in. all i wanted to do was go home and sleep. and i didnt really care to listen to people talk about chinese immigrants!

so i was able to come home and take about a 3 hour nap before my night class, which probably wasnt a good idea because i was even more tired when i had to wake up and go to class...but i had to go. and THAT was annoying because im in a group for a project and this really annoying girl (the over-achiever type) asked the teacher after class if we could talk to her about our presentation (without even asking the rest of us). so we met with her, ended up not even talking about our presentation, but about sexual harrassment, and the girl was telling stories about how she used to get stalked in New Jersey. so we stayed after class for a HALF HOUR talking about nothing. i was so tired and irritated. well finally when we decided to go, i asked my teacher if i could have my book that she had (long story), and she said that she had it in her office. so i had to stay even longer, help her pack about 30 books into a suitcase, carry them to her office on another floor, then wait another 20 minutes for her to tell me stories and find the book. well it ends up the book was actually in the SUITCASE that i had just packed up, not her office, so i couldve gotten it about 20 minutes earlier. GEEZ.

well that was a really long and not interesting story. haha. ok bye!

My bed is sooooooooo comfy

song of the moment: no song
on the tv: nothing!

i want to go to bed!!! i was planning on going to bed early tonight, but stupid me decided to do laundry. well, i ran into a few problems with that....and i've now been doing laundry for ummm.......4 and a half hours. im waiting on my final load in the dryer and then I'll finally be able to go to bed! and i have early class tomorrow. dammit!

today i realized i really miss my friend Ryan! he used to be my neighbor, but he doesnt go to school here anymore. he lives in indy. katie and i decided to give him a call and tell him to get his ass down here this weekend. he is such a funny guy. he's like the male version of julie naddy to me. haha. it's really surprising that i miss him this much! weird. this semester has just been such a huge contrast to LAST semester. ryan and i both liked to stay up really late, so i was over there every night until like 3 or 4 in the morning playing video games or just watching tv. i even went home with him for a weekend and got to meet his family. he's just one of those friends i know i'll always keep in touch with.

i had the first half of my brit lit midterm tonight. i think i did pretty well on it. hopefully! i need to start memorizing some stuff though, cuz i have to recite 100 lines of literature by april 5th. i really dont understand why that should have to be part of the grade, but whatever. it's not like as an english teacher im going to have to stand in front of my class and prove that i have stuff memorized. soooo gay.

ok well i have about 20 minutes left until my laundry is done. soooo im gonna get ready for bed. goodnight!

Lesbian/hooker serial killers are disturbing!

song of the moment: Both Sides Now- Joni Mitchell
on the tv: nothin tonight


Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere,
I've looked at clouds that way.

But now they only block the sun,
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done,
But clouds got in my way.

I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's cloud's illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and ferris wheels,
The dizzy dancing way that you feel
As every fairy tale comes real,
I've looked at love that way.

But now it's just another show,
You leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know,
Don't give yourself away.

I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud,
To say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds,
I've looked at life that way.

Oh but now old friends they're acting strange,
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
Well something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day.

I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all


awesome song. boy do i listen to some random music. i like everything though. some of the weirdest songs are the best ones out there!

well...today was a good day. i saw Monster with Bethy. we were both perplexed by the movie....and the ugliness of Charlize Theron in it. boy is she ugly in that movie. its just so disturbing. the entire movie is disturbing. i really dont know what else to say about it. it was just a confusing movie experience. at one point in the movie- as beth pointed out to me- i actually had my hand over my mouth for a good 5 minutes straight. disturbing stuff. not necessarily scary.....just.....ugh. i dont know the word for it.
i love bethy! she is so funny. we really need to start hanging out more often!


i got a strange phone call from my sister today. i answered the phone and she said "hi is Linda there?" and i said "hey whatsup." and she said "Oh, she's not? ok." (really fake-she's a bad actress). and i was like "what???" and she's like "Ohhhh she 's at class? ok." and i was like Keri what the hell are you doing. and then she just hung up. it was so funny i was so confused. then she called back like 10 minutes later and said she acted like i wasnt home because jake (her husband) told her to call me, and she told him that i probably wouldnt be home because i never am when she calls. so they made a 20 dollar bet on whether or not i would be home. so she acted like i wasnt, made 20 bucks, then called me back when Jake left for work. hahaha. smart girl. runs in the family.


well....some other things on my mind. grrrrrrrrrrrrr thats all i can say. im just mad tonight. some people just really dont care how they make other people feel. and that makes me so........sad.

yo

so it's getting late i should be getting to bed. im watching dumb and dumber. i love it. earlier i watched the wedding singer. thats another favorite of mine. i have a lot of favorite movies i realized. im just a movie lover i cant help it. i think i've seen every movie ever made. or almost every movie. im really upset though, because one of my all time favorite movies is Savannah Smiles, and NO movie store carries it. i used to have it on VHS, but i seem to have lost it. i have to find that movie again it is so cute. if you've never seen it i highly recommend it. i know i've forced a few people to watch it in the past and they enjoyed it. :) the little girl in that movie actually inspired me to want to name a daughter Savannah. although im sure my husband wont agree with me on that one........haha.