I am sorry for the ridiculous rant of my last post.  I really should connect my brain, mouth and fingers at times...lol.

So this one cute guy in my class said something really weird the other day and I'm trying to interpret it but I don't think I should.  I really think that guys are more complicated than girls.  They just are.  So the guy's talking about where he went to school (which is where my brother goes now) and I mention that my brother goes there.  He's like "who's your brother?" so I say "Adrian - but you wouldn't know him: he's a freshman this year".

"Oh yeah, I wouldn't know him... But that'd be weird," says he, "I'd be like 'I know your sister.' "

"Yeah," say I, "and he'd be like, 'who are you?'"

"Ah well, he'll know soon enough," says he and quickly changes the subject.

He'll know soon enough? What kind of statement is that?  Like, what does that mean???  Girls do not have such cryptic comments.  I've been trying to come up with meanings of what that means but have yet to come up with a reasonable one.

This kid is the same one who insists on calling me things like "Fearless Leader" and "Special".  And he's always rolling his chair into mine, using my computer, etc, etc.  It's pretty funny.

Flirt.

Anyway, other than that, life goes on.  I'm doing really well in my classes.  I have a 98 in one and an 80-something in the other.  Wohoooie.

Life Goes On

So my life goes on.  I am really, really enjoying my classes.  The guys are really friendly.  However, they are guys and guys will be guys as was discovered today in my class.  We were discussing hardness testing and our professor asked the definition of hardness and I was like "the amount the object withstands penetration" (which is the definition, :D).  And the guys all snickered.  Then, the professor's like "so, what does it mean if during penetration the penetrator hits a 'wall'?" and the guys kinda fell apart... (like, "idk...it's an 'unused' material?", lol)

So then in my next class, the guys were all lovely and nice.  Some of the guys are major cute but they all have these really dirty mouths so...idk.

I recently found out that one of my friends may be on pot and it's really bugging me.  I like want to tell him to stop and all but he's like "it's not addictive" and "i've been doing it for two years..." So I'm really annoyed.  I don't know what to do.  I guess I can't really do anything except pray for him...but yeah.

Thankfully, I finished my applications for nomination to my senators/representative.  And I've submitted all my college essays (except for my ROTC app) so it's just waiting.  Except I still have to submit a resume for ROTC, an essay for ROTC, a PFT for ROTC, a CFA for USAFA and a CFA for USNA.  But not much really.  Oh, and pay two application fees of $70 each.  (Sigh.)

I've begun to "want" a bf again.  Like, I go through these cycles.  I think I generally want one when I'm starting to get stressed out and just want to disappear.  So I want a bf who will take me out and pay attention to me, lol.  Sounds kinda self-centered but yeah...

I've just realized I'm kinda ranting right now but I just need somewhere to dump my thoughts.  Like, I think the thing that bugs me the most, even though I try not to let it bug me, is that my 'rents get my name wrong.  I mean, I get it - there's five of us; it's hard - but it still bugs me.  I think years of being called "Alis-Karen" are finally starting to wear me thin.  I almost can't wait to go somewhere where I'll actually be called my name (even if it is just my last name, lol).  [The worst part isn't that they get my name wrong, but that when they're apologizing for it, they get it wrong again, lol!  It's like "Alis-Kar - oh, I'm sooo sorry, Alis-Karen - I mean, Karen..." SIGH.

End Rant.

So, I've decided that I spend an exorbitant amount of my time thinking about guys.  And it's sad.  I really should do other stuff.  And I don't.  *sigh*

Opened a checking account today.  Because.

Talked to KOMS again.  Even though he isn't KOMS anymore, lol.  We've been talking a lot lately.  I'm trying to convince him to come down for the Cadet Ball.  So far, I've gotten a "maybe but where would I stay, how would I get there...".  I'm like "take a greyhound bus or the amtrak and you can stay at my house.  In a completely seperate part of the house, of course. :)"  Ah well...it's up to him.  Funny guy.

See?  I can't even post a blog entry without relating it back to guys!  That's how pathetic it is...sigh.  Whatever.

So I haven't posted in a while but I have a ton to say:

1) My classes are going well.  I think I'm doing the best in my Intro class and I'm not sure about my Graphics class but will find out tomorrow.

2) There is this kid in my Intro and Graphics class.  And he was always kind of cute but had long hair and was therefore not cute.  Because I don't like long hair on guys.  Well, yesterday, he came into class and he had cut his hair!  And it looked really nice.  And he's like way more cute now.

Anyway, we joke around a lot (flirt - as my sister would say) and he's really nice.  I just have to remind myself that in about 2 more months, he will forget he ever knew me as the sememster ends, lol.  But he is cute.  And nice.  And smart.  And taller than me. *sigh*

3) My parents came home from Colorado yesterday and said that they had fun.  My mother liked the Air Force Academy, which is definitely a good thing!

4) My applications for nomination to my senators have been turned in.

5) I need to take my CFA for USAFA and USNA.  Other than that, I'm done.  :)

6) I'm going through one of those times when I really really wish I had a boyfriend.  Like really wish.  Groan.

That's it for now!

Update!

So, today my family went to tour the United States Naval Academy. This dude my dad works with graduated from there in '79 and offered to show us around. It was super cool.

I'm really confused now. Everyone I talk to says they have these "I'm home!" moments when they arrived at the college they eventually went to. My older sister did with UD. My younger brother who is a freshman in high school had one such moment today at Annapolis and has since decided that if he isn't drafted out of high school for baseball, he'll go there! And then, there's me. Never having felt such a lovely emotion. (lol) I'm kinda worried that I'll never find the perfect college for me. I've visited like 5 colleges now and never felt that way. I wonder if it is because I tend to be an analytical person. My mom and dad say it's probably because I tend to try to logically think of things, not let my emotions decide. Like, I know I'm only there for four years so a deep emotional attachment to the place is unnecessary. Whatever.

I've passed all my tests and am officially a C/Maj come October, which has me quite excited. Speaking of CAP, our wing is hosting another Cadet Ball this year (it'll be in January) and we're inviting other wings (like usual). Last year, we invited Maryland. This year we'll also invite New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and NatCap (that is, as long as we get approval). :)

I'm looking to buy myself a typewriter and just need to find one. I've always wanted one.

Work tomorrow - toodles!

Boys, Life, Etc.

So, I haven't updated in a while because I haven't had anything to say.  Now I do.

I talked to the A-Man the other day.  He was all like "sorry I haven't talked to you lately".  Anyway, he's homeschooled now!  Like, how incredibly awesome is that?  Of course, I'm going to be a lot more careful.  I think we kinda rushed into our "non-relationship", lol.  Although, I definitely do want to see him again.

As for other guys, I definitely want to see the Jew-Jitsu Sensei again as well.  And the Slackerhorn.  And, of course, the KOMS.  But definitely the Jew-Jitsu Sensei.  :)

And, of course, in my lovely engineering classes, I'm one of one girl and one of three.  There's this guy that I think likes me in both of my classes.  He'll wait for me to finish so we can walk out to our cars together.  He'll help me with my drawings, etc.  I don't know.  Maybe I just want him to like me, lol.  

In my other class, this guy sits next to me but didn't previously.  On like the third day of class, he moved to sit next to me and has sat there since.  We joke around a lot too.  He rebuilds old cars - like Model T's!  How cool is that?  Very cool.  lol

And, then of course, there's the random guy at church.  But they're all like shorter than me.

My brother is going to a public school now.  He really likes it too.  And, benefit: he asked me to homecoming with him!  lol.  Not as a date but because I *really* wanted to go so he finally said he'd take me but I have to go as a "date" or else I can't get in 'cause it's a school thing.  lol.  But yeah, I'm going to go to a real homecoming!  I'm uber excited.  I'll have to find a dress...  Exciting!

Class is going well.  I'm doing well and am ahead in my homework as my professor gave us a chart at the beginning of the year that says: 'here are all your assignments and when they are due.  turn them in.'  I like my professors too!

Work is going well.  There's a sale going on at the store so I'll get more chances to be cool.  :)

Speaking of work, I have to leave for work now.

Happy September!

Happy September everyone! Hope y'all enjoy it muchos. I'm enjoying it so far.

Yesterday I went to Old New Castle with ma famile. It's quite nice there. I really like it. It's a quiet little town with a lovely park and the Delaware River just there. We all got on swings and passed a water bottle back and forth (all being my four younger siblings, my mother and I). We took up all but one swing. Then, when my dad showed up (to pick us up), we all linked arms and started skipping around singing "skip, skip, skip to my lou". On the line "lost my partner, what'll I do?", we all disconnected and skipped around alone. It was so fun. I loved it!

I kinda got a bit of a wake-up call about my attitude/persona today when my older sister told me that sometimes I act like a "perfect Christian girl breaking out". I guess in some ways she's right. Like, I started listening to Billy Joel (which really isn't moral at all) and dressing a bit more...idk, "fashionably". So, I've recently gone and removed almost all of the Billy Joel off my iPod (except songs like "Piano Man" and "Uptown Girl" which are ok) and I'm going to go through my clothes and toss out all the ones that I don't really fit, are too tight, etc.. I'll just have to watch myself. I guess Satan can be incredibly subtle. Like, one of my fav. Billy Joel songs was "Only the Good Die Young" which has a ton of "bad" lines like "I'd rather laugh with the sinners, than cry with the saints, the sinners are much more fun". Which isn't very good at all. 0:-)

Classes are going well. There's this guy who always waits for me and walks out to the parking lot with me and talks to me about classes and everything. He's not someone I'd date, per se, but it's nice to have a "friend"/"class buddy", lol.

I may be having my last day of work at the caterers on Friday! Yay! I'll have to talk to them.

Toodles!