Five for Friday: Misc.

Sorry about the lack of posts this week; between my work schedule changing every day, preparing my apartment for a new roommate, and studying for a very important final exam (I got an A in the class!), I couldn't spend much time doing things for myself, or you! At least I can relax a little now.

At my school, the Communication major operates strangely. You are first a COMM Interest major, and have to take these 4 classes. Then after you take them, you are eligible to get into the major. But only the students with the top 100 GPAs get in. Getting an A in this class was the only chance I had left! After it's factored into my GPA, I will have the lowest GPA they are expecting to accept. Now I can relax a little, but I still have to wait until June to find out. Ahhh! Anyways, I couldn't come up with a unique idea for a Friday list this week, so I'm just going to suggest to you a few of the websites I've been interested in lately.

1. College Candy -- Ever since I discovered this blog, I haven't been able to get enough! The website is perfect to browse on for hours; sometimes I lose track of time at work! Many different college (and a few post-college) girls contribute posts, giving it a variety of outlooks. All types of views, interests, and fashions are blogged about, so you are sure to find a lot of articles that you can relate to perfectly! Today, they posted 2 articles that I love: one about being a sober girl in college, and another about the wonder that is chick flicks! After I read each of them, I just had to go, 'Wow,' this article was made for me to read!

2. Mr. Beer --my boyfriend's roommate has a Mr. Beer home-brewing kit brewin' in the kitchenette, and it looks really cool. I had never heard of it and had no clue what it was at first, but now I want to make beer! It's right up my alley. It's sort of like crafting cause you're making something, cooking where there isn't much room for you to mess it up, and the product can be enjoyed by all! :P I love just browsing their website at all of the different kits and products they offer. I've always been interested in fermentation and stuff, and they have a wine kit too! It's like 200 dollars, though, and is probably a lot more complex. They have beer kits starting at 30 bucks, and can buy refills after you've used up the ingredients included.

3. Farmville -- Yes, I'm one of those people. I can't get enough farming. I realize how pathetic it has made my life, and that now that I've realized you can play on Farmville.com with the same account as Facebook, it will get worse. Playing directly on their site gives you more reward and gifting options, the screen is bigger, and it runs a little bit faster, for me at least. What I also like is that I haven't noticed my activity from the site on my Facebook feed, so it's not annoying my Facebook friends and broadcasting how much procrastinating I do. Hello, hiding an addiction.

4. Weather Forecast -- Usually, I hate talking about or reading about the weather. I don't really care about weather that does not affect my immediate plans unless it's a big deal sort of thing. I just wanna know how I should dress, if I should walk or take my car, and if any of my plans will be affected. But right now, it's a big deal sort of thing, and the forecasters are not exaggerating. The first weekend of winter break, we got like 20 inches at home in Maryland. When 18 inches was predicted. It has snowed a few other times there and at school, usually the same amount since there's only 80 miles in between. But everyone was so confident in the predictions that my home county declared that school would be let out 3 hours early. The last time I spoke to my parents, there were a few inches. There's a few inches here now, too. And the university has cancelled all Saturday activities and finals, moving them to Monday, and now the semester doesn't start until Tuesday! Awesomeeee. The weather forecast says 100% chance of snow, so I'm very excited!

5. StudyBlue -- StudyBlue randomly followed me on Twitter, most likely automatically based on who and what I follow. I decided on a whim to check it out but was getting ready to block them from my Tweets, cause I get paranoid, ya never know. It's a study resource site. There are a bunch on Facebook and campuses each have their own, but this one has a huge network. Not many at my school know about it, so resources are scarce, but I can still find help. You can upload your own study materials, and get rewards based on how many other people use it and give it a good rating. You can also get materials from people at other schools by entering what textbooks you use. That way, you can get chapter notes and stuff from other schools with similar classes. If you sign up please select that you were referred by a friend on the sign up page, and use my referral code: 732246. I admit that referrals will increase my standing on the site, but with my school's specific reward system I do not get money from getting people to sign up. I am telling you about this because I think it's exciting! Add me as a contact, too, and be my study buddy!

No More Flossing!

R.I.P. Thongs. I will not miss you. I always hated you, no matter how popular you were. You were uncomfortable, painful, and in my personal case, didn't even do anything for me. You can't even be considered a real piece of underwear; I own headbands with more fabric than you! Boy shorts are everything you are not: comfortable, sensible, and actually a garment.

According to my Bible (aka Cosmo!), the multi-decade trend of thongs has now bitten the dust, and I will be the one dancing at the wake.

Have You Heard

It turns out there are still people out there looking for chivalry.  They haven't found it either.

CBS doesn't care that we couldn't hear our boys Drake and Weezy last night (people don't care so much about Eminem anymore)

There is NO excuse for lip syncing after Pink could do this.  If you can't sing and walk around at the same time, maybe you shouldn't be famous.

I get dizzy just watching her!  Yet I keep watching it over and over...

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The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards: Part 3

So I haven't been paying full attention...but where are the actual awards?!  It has been performance after performance after performance.  Don't get me wrong, I like them, but I want to know who had the "Best Female Album of the Year" etc.  Some of the performances are phenomenal (Elton and Gaga, Beyonce, the Michael Jackson thing, etc.), but a lot of these performances differ very little from the performances on their concert tours.

And now I don't remember what I wanted to write about because it made me think of how little actual awards were given out!

I really like the performance of Roberta Flack.  I don't remember who the guy is.  My bad, my boyfriend got online lol.  I haven't seen him in a few weeks and haven't really talked to him much today, *tear*!

I guess I'm going to be pretty vague for the last half hour, I'm sorry!  I really like the girl singing the Les Paul tribute.  Can anyone tell me who that was?

Drake. is. yummy.  So is waynee omg.  I'm going to be a fangirl right now.  They are both so hot haha.  I met Drake back when he was Aubrey Graham on Degrassi haha. I love Canadians!  As for Eminem, I'm super ready for his career to be over.  I was with my friend the other day listening to the new Weezy song that has him in it, and he said something about "now he'll have to get used to tolerating Eminem's voice all over again."  I thought that was pretty fucking hilarious at the time.  Now, I still think it's funny!  Who's idea was it to have Travis Barker drumming for them? It is brilliant!

Uh oh! Taylor beat Beyonce again!  Someone keep an eye on Kanye, wherever he is lol

The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards: Part 2

Aw, I need to start my homework and at least pretend to be concentrating on it, so my commentary will be briefer for most of the remainder of the show. The more I love something, the more time I'll take away from mass comm research methods :P Hopefully, I'll be able to rewatch the show online tomorrow. I wish I had DVR here at school :(

The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards

The Grammy's are the one award show I get completely enthralled in. The past few years I've been disappointed with the performances and stuff, but this year is already amazing and it is only 20 minutes in! I will be blogging live about some of my favorite parts of the show tonight, but publishing it all in one post together afterwards.

Comment with your favorite/least favorite parts of the show!