Fresh Eyes

I got new contacts today!

They replaced at last the one remaining pair in my posession, which were riddled with miniscule holes. I had no idea how bad they were until I put in my new ones about 5 minutes ago...

Feels like I just stepped on Pandora, everything is so sharp and colorful.

(yeah.. nerdy reference. whatever.)

Now I'm wondering what I missed out on during the last.. month... that I had to wear my

"holy contacts".

Did it affect my test scores?

Did it make my driving even worse?

(Is that possible?)

Did people wave hello to me between classes completely unnoticed thanks to my foggy vision?

On the down side, I can now see all the lint on this black shirt I've been wearing all day.

When I put it on this morning it looked quite sharp and lint-free.

Huh.

On another note, I'm pretty sure I rocked my Poli Sci mid-term today!

I walked (danced) home to the song "You Make My Dreams Come True" playing in my head. such was my joy.

Gotta love head radio.

Well I'm leaving for California in.. well pretty much now! Exciting.

So I guess I had better be going.

I will try to take lovely pictures. We'll see how it goes.

“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.”

- Jack Kerouac

You're Late for a Very Important Date!

Alice in Wonderland was an interesting movie, which would probably not surprise anyone.

I wasn't as impressed as I'd hoped I'd be. The storyline seemed choppy, most of the characters dry and underdeveloped, and whole movie seemed to skim over the top of what could have been a deep and engrossing film. But...

Things I was a fan of:
The feel of the movie
the 3-d
The MUSIC!!! Sooo good.
The Cheshire cat and his creepy over-huge smile.
And, inexplicably, I LOVE Johnny Depp's character, the Mad Hatter. I'm not sure if that's because I have a soft spot for most roles played by Johnny Depp, or because, to me, he was the only character (ironically) that seemed to have depth.

Also I think his makeup and costume in general are just delightful. I love his creepy eyes!

Speaking of costuming, My friends and I did a little dressing up of our own for the event.
Miss Sarah Singleton graced the theater as the Cheshire Cat, Melanie as THE Alice, And I was the malicious Red Queen....who, now that I think of it, wasn't too bad in the movie either. She was tempermental and unkind and, in an unexpected twist, clingy and desperate for love.

I also am of the opinion that the Red and White queens may have a historical connection to Elizabeth and Mary of England back in the fifteenth century - a nice "perfect" queen who just wants to stop killing, and her crazy, vengeful, psychotic (redhead) sister who is older and thinks that's enough to give her rights to the crown.
Yes, this interpretation could be entirely from my history nerd brain. But I think it would be excellent if this connection was intended!

I guess I achieved my goal with dressing up, as I turned heads and EVEN had a couple people ask to take a picture with me! Now I can cross that off the bucket list.
Sometimes it's just fun to dress weird.
To finish off, I'd like to admit that I found the movie entertaining, and was not sad that I went to see it a second time this weekend with cousin Kelsey (dressed in normal clothes...). Overall, I didn't love it, but I definitely liked it.
(confession: this could be because I generally don't like Tim Burton's fondness towards the creepy and grotesque.)

Quick update for those who like to know (a.k.a. mom, :D) I have only one more day of school til my early spring break begins, as well as a Political Science mid-term that I have to take on Wednesday which worries me slightly, but should be ok. I hope. I'm excited for the 2ish-week break I have coming up and the chance to hang out with my favorite people - my family! Both immediate and extended. I'm going to California Wednesday which I'm thrilled about (warmth, please!) And that's pretty much all that's new.

Mad Hatter: Have I gone mad?
Alice: I'm afraid so. But I'll tell you a secret.
All the best people are.

Sign Language

Thought I'd post about seeing Alice in Wonderland yesterday..but I think I'll do it later.
Instead here's a video I enjoyed :)

Because I wanted to post again....

I have nothing of significance to say. Just wanted to blog.

Today was a good day. Mostly because it was beautiful! As I walked back to my apartment this morning
(after having to park in the outer limits of the parking lot)
the sky was spitting cold and heavy raindrops, sparse though they were, on my hoodless head.
I decided that was preferrable to snow, and so was optomistic about the day.
Then! I closed myself in my apartment for an hour or so and waited for my classes to begin, and when I emerged at last, my eyes were flooded with sunlight. I eventually decided my coat was overkill for the temperature; That's right - I was outside in short sleeves, and it was pleasant!

The student government elections have been going on this week and last. I'm slightly less than proud to say I got suckered in to voting for people I'd never even heard of.
There's one sidewalk that is a vortex of student propaganda and manipulative pressuring. This sidewalk just happens to lie directly on the shortest route from Old Main to my apartment.
I eyed warily the mass of homemade billboards and "Vote for [fill in the blank]" shirts swirling around. There was a possibility I could bypass the madness...but I would have to be sneaky.
I hunched over and pretended to be completely engrossed in my texts - clear signs that I was someone who shouldn't be bothered, right? Quickly I began the walk around the crazed circle, glanced to my right.
No one was approaching. I was almost there!
I eyed my goal: a small tree-sheltered sidewalk on the other side of the vortex.
So close! I began to speed up
"Hey there! Have you voted yet??"
Caught.
The painfully chipper young man was smiling at me triumphantly. He had me now.
I could have lied. I could have said yes, could have said I had a class to get to.
"Uh... no, not exactly" was my quick-thinking reply.
The grin grew larger and he threw a friendly arm around my shoulders, leading me over to his favorite's area of the vortex. I was not to worry. It was so easy - he had a computer, his friend was the best for the job, it would only take a few minutes!
Caught.
I sighed in resignation.
To my credit, I made him work for my vote, demanding that he convince me that I should vote for his friend. He did a very poor job (asking "why would you want a guy who has already been president before?" [his opponent is currently president], is NOT a convincing arguement.) but luckily his friend was nearby.
"Here he is now, your future president!"
My "future president" was nice. He said hello, asked how my day was, then very sincerely told me he was glad I was voting at all. He didn't want to pressure me into voting for him (unlike his friend) so he moved away while I voted.
That was good enough for me. I voted for him, then gave my manipulator a hug (cause he said he had to have one)
thanked him for manipulating my vote (cheerfully - he took it with good humor)
then meandered on my way, out of the voting vortex.
I was able to vote for some other people that I wanted to and had actually heard of, so overall it was good. Plus I got Costa Vida coupons and an extra ten minutes out of doors.
My "future president", by the way, did not win.

I went home and slept for an hour, missed dinner (whoops), went to my NRHH meeting, and finished off the night with a green star sticker on my hand and some cookies and cream ice cream (part of a program mel did for our floor about discrimination..)


To quote Jim Halpert of The Office,
"Overall...not a bad day!"