I wouldn't trade one stupid decision for another five years of life

Graduation is this week. Get ready for a week of overly sentimental posts of songs that are currently making me cry.

Turn around, bright eyes

My roommate Hana always buys meal points every semester (even though we have a huge kitchen and 4 fridges and 2 freezers) yet never ends up using even close to all of them by the end of the semester. So during finals week, the whole house ends up going on expeditions to the dining commons, those far-off lands we only ever enter when she decides to buy us all a nice fattening, salty, yet-somehow-also-bland meal.

So tonight we went to have dinner at Crossroads, the dining hall closest to our freshman dorm, to re-live that crazy time four years ago when we would get five plates of food for every meal and like no wonder I gained fifteen pounds freshman year.

Hana said it felt like The Freshmen* were giving us funny looks, like they could tell we are seniors and don't belong.

Or maybe it was because we were talking about The Freshmen really loudly and singing "Total Eclipse of the Heart".


*Yes, with Capital Letters.

Any old time you keep me waiting

Saw the Black Keys/Arctic Monkeys show at the Oracle Arena last night. It was amazing! I didn't think the Black Keys could sell out an arena! The last concert I saw in an arena was The Who!

The Arctic Monkeys played for almost an hour, even though they were technically just the "opening act".  Alex Turner, my future husband, was cute and charming as ever. Although they didn't play "Fake Tales of San Francisco" which I think was a major MISSED OPPORTUNITY.

And the Black Keys were awesome! They played mostly their more upbeat songs, which kept up the temo and energy. My friend had told me she had seen the Black Keys at Cochella last year and they weren't very good which had ruined her taste for them. I don't know what they did then, but this show was amazing and has only served to further solidify my love. I also went with my friend Jeren, would had never been to a concert before. Maybe I've set his standards too high now.

What

Thesis was turned in. Awesome weekend was had, with my friends from high school visiting and going to the last frat party I will ever go to and going for a swim at 3 a.m. You know, landmark shit. Going out with a bang. Etc., etc.

The home stretch

My thesis is due on Friday. I am, predictably, behind and feel like there's no way I'll ever finish it on time. But obviously I will. Because I have to. And then on Friday I will start drinking at noon and not stop drinking for about two days. I think that is a fair and reasonable way to handle this situation.

Also, I had a phone interview on Thursday with a bilingual school in Kansas City to teach fourth grade. I scheduled it for 9 a.m., not thinking about how that meant 9 a.m. Central Time instead of Pacific Time and how it was really going to be 7 a.m. Oh well. I have a Skype interview with them tomorrow at 7 a.m. again. I hope I get this job. I want to teach children science in Spanish! I'll have to teach myself science in Spanish first, but hey, todo será posible después de esta pinche tesis.

Things that made today good

• It's not even 11:30 p.m. and I've pretty much finished the next part of my thesis that is due tomorrow! I just have to find some citations and proofread that shit. I'll probably go to bed before 1 a.m.!
• I studied with my friends Sarah and Luciano and ate a delicious torta and this cream cheese puff pastry.
• I had a good workout at the gym (yes, I am one of those people)
• I cut my bangs myself, and I think they look pretty cute

Música cachonda

ca-chon-da: adjective
1. Ruled by sexual appetite; in heat (hembra).

No se necesita plata pa' moverse, necesita onda y música cachonda
No tengo mucha plata pero tengo cobre
Aquí se baila como bailan los pobres

Live fast die young, bad girls do it well
My chain hits my chest when I'm banging on the dashboard

You pulled out my heart but I don't mind bleeding
any old time you keep me waiting

These songs are probably not the most productive for trying to write a Spanish essay, but I'll be damned if they aren't sexy as fuck.