If only in my dreams.

Im in Clarks Summit PA today for the house finding trip...joy. The best part about the trip? The Wegmans sub that I couldnt even work through last night. One of the big turn offs I find in deli meat is the colors they develop after a while. I do not know what it is, but roast beef, especially from subway gets this irridescent pink sheen on it. Well after picking through my turkey lurkey last night, I found it and couldnt go on.

Also, for all of you who read Kath eats or eat run live, them skanks got NOTHIN on wegmans, They make this awesome toasted chickpea salad.....yum.

Well, to start off, I think that Twilight is seeping its way into my dreams. I know what you are thinking...Kate, what could you have possibly done last night? Answer: read 214 pages of new moon. AND to top it all off, it transferred into my dreams. I dreamt I was back in high school and was hanging out with the cool crowd. I remember being really sneaky with them, but that was because it was lunch time and it was the only time we felt relaxed from the stress of dealing with teachers etc. As we are conversing etc, I find Linda schadler and some of her faceless teacher clan behind her, circling my crowd (which is in like the middle of a meadow). I have a large stack of tests in my hands, which are old AP exams. And she thought they were qualifier exams. So she started chasing me...and here I am running with all these exams in my hands. What could I do? So I stopped dead in my tracks and threw them up in the air and let the wind take them. She nearly shit a brick. All the students were grabbing a few and running into the shadows, etc. I was so pleased with myself that I woke up smiling....if I cant only defy Linda schadler in my dreams, so be it.

Now I must go apartment hunting. Gonna gas up my beast if I can find a station and head over to the realtor's office.

mario galaxy

I really love these days off. I am catching up on Mario Galaxy and it is pretty intense...Ive collected 15 stars in like 3-4 hours...which is big shit for me. Because, for anyone who has played video games with me, you should know that I am awful at them, but I do like to play them. And I am on to the main one!

I also like watching Home Improvement in the early afternoon. I didn't realize how funny that old show was. "You know, youu don't have to understand a woman. All you have to do is love her." Wise little snippits from that show.

I am excited for next week! On Friday I am going to go to Bonnie's for the holiday weekend. Following that, I am going to go look at getting an apartment in Scranton. I am looking forward to the visit because this means that I am on my way to growing up. And moving further from everyone I know and love unfortunately. I am scared about the new phase in my life, but maybe not how you think. I am scared that I will be isolated in small little Mehoopany, Pa. I am relatively a bigger town kind of gal, and I don't want to blink out of existence in Mehoopany. I also am scared that all of my days will blend together and that my life will consist of a series of indistinguishable days and events. I hope that there are a few new hires coming along with me and that we can band together, but I have learned to not bank on anything anymore.

I'm officially freezing cold. I'm off to get a star, then I am onto some Turkish lessons and back into the magical world of edward and bella (*eye roll* I actually like the book, but I am not crazy crazy about it ...yet.)

You make the sound of Pulling Heaven Down

Ok, so. I am a huge Blue October fan...and I was listening to Balance Beam this afternoon while just taking a small vacation from my hustling and bustling around. And I usually look at the "related videos" in the corner of the window....and there was a Cedric diggory video to blue october music.

Now, I do have small obsessions with some movie stars (I also had no clue that Cedric Diggory = Edward Cullen.) I enjoy the stylings of Hugh Jackman, the occasional Brad Pitt, but Im more of a Gerard Butler kind of gal....you know, the guys that look like they were mechanics in the middle of new mexico before being discovered and smell like two cycle engines and 5W30. THAT is another story in itself....back to original rant.

So I understand about having crushes on actors. But this video was all about cedric diggory....like, an unhealthy amount. And the credits afterward....ugh. Like, I get that he is cute, but don't you have real boys you can lust after? I do not think that this boy is particularly cute. He makes a good vampire, but I do not think that the actor who play Cedric Diggory/Edward Cullen deserves to have essentially his own music video. Especially since he did not have a HUUUUGE part in the Harry Potter movies. I like some of the music videos people dedicate to actors....i.e. if you are a Lost fan, there is a good music video of Sawyer and Kate that I like with David Gray. (Sidebar- I am not a Lost fan, but the music video does make me a little sappy) Anyways, with all this CD/EC talk, I think I am going to start Twilight now. I do know the ending, which is a little bit sad because it won't be a surprise, but oh well!

Heartbreaker.

I am trying to learn turkish for when I go to Istanbul and tried to continue with it last night. Unfortuantely, I have been well trained in the ways of French and Spanish, but Turkish is completely different. And the book I am reading from slash learning from does not have great units. I think most of it is I need to build up my vocabulary, but there is no way for me to practice saying it. Lame.

I have also not told my father about going to Turkey for a long time. I know that this was not a wise decision, but I really want to go to istanbul for two weeks and I am positive I would fight him tooth and nail the whole way there. I am not afraid of going, but he thinks there is some sort of stigma attached to the country. He also thinks that I am going to end up a Turkish bride and never come back home. The fact is, I am coming home and will not end up converting to Islam, etc etc. Not that there is anything wrong with that. But I feel like my father does not trust me...and that breaks my heart. This was followed by asking why I do not want to get my PhD and if it was male related. He is disappointed in me, I know it...I am a smart, capable, independent woman! And I know what I am doing! Ugh. Its not about boys, or PhD, or slaughtering american people....and I do not know how to get this across to him.

On a completely unrelated note...Our house is freaking cold! It is like 70 outside and in here? Maybe 60. I am wearing a sweatshirt for crying out loud! But in a few mins, after Kerem calls, I will go outside and thaw my poor appendages. I am excited to see Ian tonight. I havent seen the little guy in a few weeks and cant wait to catch up. OH! Tim and I went to Washington Park yesterday....I had no idea there was such a great big place to be! In fact, I think that will be my thinking place tomorrow (Yes, I will bring my Turkish lessons and other reading, as well as tanktops so I can work on my base whitegirl tan) I will bring some food for the baby ducks and fish and turtle, etc etc. Theres a lot of cute little wildlife there and I will go back, fully loaded tomorrow.