Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Today it was 73 degrees outside. It’s about to be Thanksgiving. Does that bother anyone else? GLOBAL WARMING! Anyway, the past two weeks have been very busy for me. I’ve had so much homework to do for all of my classes, and I’m glad it’s only two days until break! I’m ready to relax. My busiest time of the semester came at a terrible time because, as you all should know, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 came to theatres last week. Needless to say, I was distracted. By some miracle, I managed to not get behind and to stay on track with my work. I took my last regular test in Computer Science this morning, and I’m hoping it went well. When an English major tries to stray from books, the outcome can be disastrous. I’m hoping I defied the odds and made a decent grade. Dr. Thorne, I know your deepest desire is to give me bonus points on that test. I won’t complain, I promise.

Surprisingly, there is some homework that I’m excited about doing. In my Performance of Literature class we are preparing for our last performance, which is a group performance, and my group just happens to be doing one of my favorites—How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Yay! I get to play the role of Cindy Lou Who, and I’m really excited about it! 

            Aside from class work, I’ve not done much else because I’ve not really had time. This past weekend I went to Lizza’s basketball games, which are really fun. I actually get excited to go to them, which is weird because I’m not exactly a fan of sports. Maybe I will even start watching the UK games with my family? Who knows. After both of Lizza’s games, her parents took us out to eat, which we always look forward to. I love her parents so much! They’re the best. Thanks for always taking us to dinner, Lee and Jill! 

            Several of my friends and I went to the Harry Potter midnight premiere. We all made shirts to wear to the movie, and ended up buying Wal-Mart’s entire stock of gold glitter fabric paint. Also, my mom and brother came up to see it with me, which was so awesome! My brother, Kyle, and I even dressed up as Harry and Hermione. I love my nerdy family. I’m excited that I’ll be getting to spend a few days with them during break. I miss them all, especially my little brother Brandon. He and I have a movie date planned when I get back home, and I’m very excited to spend the day with him J.

            It’s so strange that my first semester of college is almost over. I’ve registered for my classes for next semester, I’m about to take finals, and then it will be… Christmas?!? Where did you go November? I guess I was too busy counting down to Harry Potter to enjoy all 30 of your days. Oh, by the way, don’t forget to be reading Project Moon Shoes! November is almost over, which means our novel is wrapping up! It’s coming along so well, and I love our creation so much. I’ll be writing the last chapter. I hope you’ll all support us and read along! 

Until next time, just remember “Hakuna Matata.”

XOXO, K

Kyle and I :)

Whoa, it's November the 8th.

I still don't understand how time flies by so fast here. I literally feel like yesterday it was August 19th, a.k.a. move-in day, when Lizza and I were having trouble fitting all of our/my stuff into what was then known as just room 138. It's not just room 138 now though, it's our "home" in every sense of the word. I've grown quite attached to Knight Hall and the people in it, and my life has been forever changed by them even though it's only been three months.That's one of the things I love most about Georgetown. I feel like I'm at home here. I love that no matter where I go, I'm going to see someone I know, or even someone I don't know, that will smile or wave at me. If I'm having a bad day, I almost always end up passing by Georgia Wartman, Allie Englert, or Betsie Phillips somewhere on campus, and they never fail to make my day somewhat better. This is why YOU should come here--to find you own Georgia, Will, Allie, Betsie, Tasha, Jerrica, Mason, Drew, Ashley, Lindsay and Lizza. I highly, really highly, doubt that you can find that many special people anywhere else. I love all of you guys, and I'm so thankful you're a part of my life :).

This past weekend was probably my busiest yet, because my homework load was pretty heavy. I had essays to write, a project to do, a performance to prepare for, and sleep to catch up on. I got most of it done, minus the sleep :P. After Wednesday of this week, after my performance of Wuthering Heights is over, I'll be able to breath a little easier and relax. 

On Friday and Saturday night, I stepped away from my homework to go support Lizza at her first two basketball games of the season. She got to start the second game, and I was so proud! Yay Lizza! Our girls also won both games :). Goooo Tigers!! After Lizza's game on Saturday, we both worked on homework... for wayyyy too long, and I mean way to long. We decided to take a break from being responsible college students, and went to the UK hockey game to watch her brother play. The game didn't even start until midnight, so needless to say we didn't last through the entirety of it because our brains started to shut down, and I kept seeing zzZZzzzZZzz's  everywhere. Overall I had a very productive, but fun, weekend, which is an accomplishment in my book.

This weekend I'll be nerding it up again as some of my fellow alumni and I travel to Indianapolis to support our favorite marching band at the Bands of America Grand Nationals competition :). I'm SOOOOOOOOOO excited! My little brother won his first state championship two weekends ago, and I was so proud. All I could do was cry! I know great things are going to happen again this weekend when they perform in the Colts' stadium. I can just feel it! I love you, Adair Band. Go kick brass, and bring back another Class A National Championship trophy, why dontcha? A special shout out to my brother, Kyle, and the drumline. Good luck, guys! 

XOXO, K

PS- Don't forget to support me and my fellow English majors as we continue writing our novel :). Yay PMS, errrm, Project Moon Shoes, I mean.

   Kyle, Mom, Me and baby Brandon at State Finals!

Me and Lizza on the way to the UK hockey game :).

Me and my "little" brother at State

My little baby brother Brandon. I love you!

 Me and Kyle after he won his first State! Yay! Go Adair!!!

        (Notice the Harry Potter references....)

I'm working on my roar.

I bonded with my wonderfullyamazinglyawesome FFG family last night :). We watched the Lion King, which is one of my favorite movies. Our family definitely wins the "Best Family Ever Award" because almost all of us knew the movie  verbatim, and those that didn't at least knew all of the words to every song. We also had pizza, which is always good. I love my family :).

Today is a busy day! I have a Project Moon Shoes meeting, followed by a Sigma Tau Delta meeting, then English class, and finally my sure-to-be-wonderful overnight will arrive, at which point we will attend my close reading group.

I don't think I've talked about Project Moon Shoes (PMS) yet, but it's a collaborative novel that some of my fellow English majors and I are writing. The beautiful, talented, infamous Dr. Bolden is assisting us, of course, as we attempt to use our not-yet-Nobel-Prize-winning writing skillz to make the best novel EVER. We are writing this because November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). This is one of my favorite things I've EVER gotten to be a part of and I'm so lucky! Every day of November, a new chapter will be added to our blog, which means it will (hopefully) be finished on the last day of the month. Please support us and follow/read along as our novel unfolds. Here is the link: http://projectmoonshoes.blogspot.com/
Happy Thursday!

Quote of the Day:
"Hakuna matata!"
-Timon & Pumbaa


Picture of the Day:
Some of the members of my FFG family, getting ready for the scavenger hunt :).

XOXO, K


P.S.- 15 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AH!

I gotta pocket full of sunshine... Kind of.

It's been so cold and dreary the past couple of days! Don't get me wrong, I like cold weather and scarves and hot chocolate, but I don't like having to walk to class in cold weather one bit. So, I came up with the perfect idea to avoid walking to class on icky days like today--Apparation! I need to learn to apparate/disapparate, ASAP! Wilkie Twycross, could you please help me master the three D's (destination, determination, and deliberation)? I'd be really grateful, unless I splinched myself, of course. 16 days, 16 days, 16 DAYSS!!!!

If all else fails, I could always call up Aladdin to take me to class on his magic carpet.

I wonder which would be quicker?

Also, I have an overnight tomorrow who's interested in English/Creative Writing! Emily, I may not know you yet, but I bet we'll get along just fine :)!

Quote of the Day:

"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace."
-John Lennon

Picture of the Day:

XOXO, K

P.S. -Please excuse the excessive amount of Harry Potter references in my current and future posts. It will only get worse as November 19th approaches, folks.

(Insert Harry Potter theme song)

17 days!

I've decided that I'm going to (try very hard to) start posting on a daily basis. My daily posts won't be long unless it's an actual "post day" (which is every other Monday), but hopefully they'll make your day better in some way! Maybe they'll even convince you to come to Georgetown simply because I'm here and I'm awesome, which would in turn make YOU awesome. I'll also have a Quote of the Day and Picture of the Day for every post :). Be excited.

Quote of the Day:

"When I get older I will be stronger. They'll call me freedom, just like a wavin' flag."

-From "Wavin' Flag" by K'naan

Picture of the day:

XOXO, K

Just so you know...

EIGHTEEN DAYS!!!!!!

DEATHLY HALLOWS PART ONE COMES TO THEATERS IN...

EIGHTEEN DAYS!!!!

In case you can't tell,

I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!

XOXO, K

24 DAYS AND COUNTING!

Readers, stalkers, and friends,

As you all have probably realized by now, I'm obsessed with Harry Potter. If you're a Harry Potter fan, then you know that the fact that it's ALMOST NOVEMBER is a HHHUUUUGGGEEEE deal (24 days, 24 days, Deathly Hallows Part 1 comes out in 24 days and counting!!!!). If you're not a Harry Potter fan, I'm extremely disappointed in you, and suggest that you invest in some serious soul searching. Now, you may be asking, "Why is she telling me about Harry Potter? I thought I was supposed to be reading a blog about life at Georgetown!" Trust me, this is extremely relevant to my life at Georgetown! Before I came to this school, I didn't have many friends who were true Harry Potter fans, meaning that most of my friends had just seen the movies; however, at Georgetown there are SO MANY HARRY POTTER FANS. Almost all of my friends (Tasha, Lizza, KP, Ashley, Betsie, Allie, Mason, and Shelby) love Harry Potter with a passion that's almost comparable to mine :P. We choose to ignore the two who don't like HP (YOU NEED TO CONVERT, JERKA AND LINDSAY!). Anyway, the point is that Georgetown helped me to make new friends who have the same interests as me. I'm willing to bet that you can find your "group" here too :).

Life here has been pretty busy lately. I've had plenty of homework to keep me company every night, and have been trying to decide which classes to register for next semester. I'm glad I have the best advisor/boss on campus to help me out. I love you, Dr. Burch! It's really hard to believe my first semester of college is almost over. Where has the time gone? As Dumbledore would say, "Time is making fools of us again."

Last week Dr. Barbaccia invited me to start attending her Thursday night close reading group, which I really, really enjoyed :). We studied Shakespeare's Sonnets! I love you, Shakespeare. You're so brilliant. This week we're reading John Donne, which I am also excited about. Who doesn't love metaphysical poetry?! I know I do.

I also have two Sigma Tau Delta meetings on Thursday and Sunday of this week, which is definitely something I'm looking forward to! At the Sunday meeting we're going to be reading scary poems or pieces of prose because Sunday is HALLOWEEN, a.k.a the best holiday ever. In case you didn't know, Dr. Seuss can be pretty darn scary. Anyway, YAY for English majors with no real social lives uniting on Halloween to read to one another!

Before I go, I want to mention one more important thing. This weekend, my little brother and the Adair County Marching Band will be competing in the KMEA State Marching Band competition. As someone who proudly sports an "Adair Alumni" window sticker on my car, I couldn't be more excited to come support you guys! I can honestly say that I've been excited about this for weeks now, especially after watching you win Regionals AGAIN! I want to wish each and every one of you the best of luck, and I know you'll do fantastic. I'll be supporting you every eight-to-five step of the way :P. Remember, eyes with pride!!!

XOXO, K

P.S.- DO NOT GO SEE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2! It's TERRIFYING!!!!

Brandon, Kyle, and me :).
I love my brothers!

Snape is my very, very favorite!!

The Adair Band's 2010 Show, Story People!

24 days and counting!!!

Amazing Weekend Pictures Part 2: PHA Homecoming and Etc.

Back again!

First off, I feel I need to emphasize how excited I am about Lizza being the Homecoming Princess better than I did in the previous blog. So, here it goes:
Lizza, I AM SO PROUD OF YOU AND I'M SO HAPPY YOU WON. YOU'RE THE BESTEST ROOMMATE EVER AND I LOVE YOU :D!

On Saturday, Will and I went to the PHA (if you don't know, PHA is the President's House Association) Homecoming Dance, and I took lotsss of pictures with amazing people. I made this second blog because I wanted to share them with you guys :). The dance was great, and I had a wonderful time, except for the fact that I couldn't talk because of the laryngitis! Have YOU ever been to a dance with no voice and sinus problems? It's not cool. Other than that, I just have one thing to say: Since you only formally asked me yesterday, a.k.a. the day of the dance, and I said yes despite being dress-less, you BETTER be asking me to the PHA formal (and give me plenty of notice), Henry William. Okay, okay, I'm done teasing. In all seriousness, thanks for taking me, Will!. And an equal thanks to my best friends Tasha and Jerrica for making him look presentable :P. Here are some pictures for you to feast your eyes on:

Aaaalllllliiiiieeee :)

Auntie Georgia!

Too freakin' cute :)

Me and Catherine!

KP, you look beautiful :)

Dude, Grant, we blog together!

Rachel, you're the bestest. I'm
so glad you came, and thanks for letting
me borrow that necklace!

Kim-bahhh

William

Jon and I :). (Jon and Will are roommates,

and we're all in the same FFG group,

along with my roommate, Lizza!)

Caliesha, you're such a sweetie.

Mason, I used to like Allie more than
you, but it's a definite tie now :P.

You guys are wonderful.

Jon and Caliesha :)

:D

After the dance, Will and I went to Applebee's with some of our friends. Applebee's was almost as fun as Songfest and the dance. Good friends, good times, good laughs. Tasha Padgett, Jerrica Rowlett, Lindsay Gray, Ashley Parke, Will Sanders, and Lizza Jonas, I love you all so much. You're wonderful, and the best friends I could ask for.

The amazing ice cream "thingy"

Jerrica ordered :)

Family!!

Will, you look so creepy.

Will, stop looking creepy in my pictures!

Lindsay and Jerrica :)

Gingers unite!! (Will, Tasha, and Ashley)

the Will and THE Kelsey

The whole gang:

Jerrica, Lindsay, Liz, Me, Will, Tasha, and Ashley.

Thank you all so much for reading, and I hope these two posts showed you who are interested in Georgetown how wonderful and fun it is here :).

XOXO, K

Amazing Weekend Pictures Part 1: Songfest

Dear friends,

As promised, here are pictures, lots of pictures, from this past weekend's Homecoming festivities. I hope you all enjoy them :)! This blog is part just part one, and only has pictures from Songfest, which was an absolute blast! I can't wait to do it again next year (INDEPENDENT WOMEN WILL DOMINATE). Knight Hall's skit was awarded Best Georgetown Spirit, and I am so proud of all my KH ladies! Everyone worked so hard, and we did wonderful. I love all of the girls that participated in our skit, as well as the RA's of Knight who were always at our practices to help us prepare. One of them, Becca, even took my lines because I have laryngitis! I was really sad that I got sick and didn't get to be more involved/have my lines on Thursday and Friday, but I'm pleased to say that the show went just fine without me :). Thank goodness for the Wellness Center!!

Overall, Songfest was a really great experience, and I'm so glad Georgetown offers activities like this for its students. I knew Songfest was a big deal, but up until Thursday and Friday when we performed our skits, I had no idea how big of a deal it was. Every hall went all out with costumes, props, dances, and make-up. Now, when I say they went all out, I mean they went all out. Body paint, teased hair, glitter wigs, huge decorated props, and amazing dances are what this year's Songfest was all about. Everyone's skit was hilarious and very "jungle-y," and Knight Hall's Fresh Prince rap went over well with the audience :). So, without further ado, here are the promised Songfest pictures:

Those ladies and myself worked on that

bench for many, many hours. It looks great!

The artists :)

Lizza is the Homecoming Princess, YAY!!

Songfest-ers gathered in the Caf, waiting to perform.

Evan performed in PHA's skit,

and Mason in Collier Hall's skit.

PHA and Collier were my two favorite skits.

You guys are hilarious :)!

Our RD, Ashley, brought us

cookies and pizza during Songfest practice!

Chayna, you did amazing

performing with the Step Team :)

Becca is one of our RA's.
She makes me laugh :).

Kelsey <3>

Sorna is part of GAC, the Georgetown Activities Council,

which organized and ran Songfest for everyone. Thank you, GAC :)!

Some of my fellow freshmen and I,

with two of our RA's, Meredith and Shelby!

My FFG Pops, Sizemore

My FFG Auntie, Georgia <3

I love you, Betsie! You always make my day!

(She's an RA as well.)

Hannah's sorority, Phi Mu, won

the Overall Homecoming award!

Leanndra in her "nerd" attire.

One of our leading ladies, Ms. Catherine

Alex, my RA, Penny, and the two leading ladies, Cat and Kandice!

Our "greek" girls :)