NerdFest 2011

Dear GuyInTheLibraryWhoIsTalikingWayToLoud,

You're really starting to get on my nerves. For the past hour and a half you've filled the basement of the library with your incessant speech. Even if you think your group project is really cool, the rest of us down here are about to start a mob and march you right back to the prehistoric sludge you crawled out of. Though I do admit, your idea about making a mini-movie of a video game based explanation of the history of Confucianism is pretty creative, but your dreadlocks and receding hairline are keeping me from truly appreciating your full potential.

On behalf of the rest of the library, I feel as if I should inform you that talking VERY LOUDLY about manga and video games and the wardrobe (or not-wardrobe) of that geisha in that one video game does not make you sound as intelligent as you would like to think you are. In reality, you're just driving the rest of us crazy. So please, do us all a favor and either:

1. Change the topic of your video from Confucianism to the history of Christianity between the end of the fourth Crusade and Copernicus, which most of us in this library actually care quite a bit about right now, or
2. Go outside and talk to your group. The overcast weather and chilly temperature will probably suit your taste and they won't mess up your pasty complexion, keeping your status as an incessant video gamer intact.

I wish you and your group the best of luck on your project, and for Christmas, I hope Santa brings you a soundproof room for working on group projects in.

Love,

Solange

P.S. Asian couple making out on top of the table next to mine... You're next!

Amy's Purls

Hear ye, hear ye!

 My best good friend, Miss Amy, has recently become inspired to start a blog. She knits a lot. Currently, she and I are in a trade agreement. I'm painting her a lovely series of paintings for her room next year and she's knitting me some wonderful winter woolies to help me bear the freezing winter here in Wacko Waco. Yes, folks, it actually DOES get freakin' cold in Texas. Anyway, you should totally check her out at Amy's Purls, and while you're at it, "like" her Facebook page or even order one of her fantastic headbands, earmuffs, hair clips, or beanies! Totes presh.

Amy, dear, I hope you appreciate this free publicity. Obviously, since I have sooooo many followers, people are going to flood to your Facebook page and buy you out of yarn. Speaking of which, if you aren't doing so already, you should totally follow my blog and become an official "Super Stalker" of the wonderful and amazing ME! *DISCLAIMER: Solange is normally not this narcissistic but has recently consumed more than 3 cups of coffee, so watch out world, here I come!*

I apologise for not being more diligent with my posts on this loverly blog, but being a music major is super-duper stressful! For all of you out there who laugh at the thought of going to a school of higher education to study music, I encourage you stuff your throat with socks and count to 1,000,000,000 before removing them.

Moving on from that random outburst of violence...

I've gone for 3 entire weeks without a piece of meat passing my lips, and even though I felt like I was going to die for about the first week of Lent, this no-meat diet has had far more benefits than not-benefits. Before you get all judgemental and start ranting and raving about how I am using Lent as an excuse to go on a diet: hear me out. I am in college, therefore I eat like a teenage boy most of the time and make poor health decisions. Thus, the giving up of meat is forcing me to eat more green leafy things (nom nom nom) thus chosing much better eating habits.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, but how does faith in God come into this?

Hold your horses, I'm getting there! By making better eating choices, I am becoming more healthy, thus treating my body better and building a better temple of worship for the Lord. If you don't believe me about this being Biblical, check out this site. Totally empowering.

Now, it is getting a bit late and I have a workout to get to at 6 tomorrow morning! So, here's a piece of greenery to help you keep it klassy!

This is my father. Holding a lot of lettuce. Itsn't it charming?

Ashes to Ashes

For those of you who haven't looked at a calendar, Facebook, or Google, today is Ash Wednesday, the Holyday beginning the 40 day season of Lent that leads up to Easter Sunday. It's a pretty big deal in the life of the church. This day is most memorable because it is the day that Christians everywhere "give up" something for Lent so that, through their suffering, they will become closer to the suffering Jesus went through before he died on the cross. I'm giving up meat. It's going to be tough, but I pray that I and all of the other folks who are giving up stuff for Lent remember the real reason that we are making such a small sacrifice.

In other news, it's only 52 days until the Royal Wedding.

Keep it classy Will and Kate. Keep it classy.