Safe travels!

Hope everyone who is on their way home today has good roads, excellent weather and no turbulence if you are flying. Have a wonderful break!

I have to watch an Oprah episode a week for one of my classes and happened to come across this. Please enjoy (the video and the hairstyles):

25 Years of Oprah Screaming Celebrity Names - watch more funny videos

the last 24 hours = d day. without the french.

These last few days have been rough. Just when I caught a glimpse of hope that the day was coming to an end, I reached down into my coat pocket and realized I had lost my phone. Really. I cannot tell you how stressful getting everything finished has been - I'm sure everyone else out there who is a college student is relating. I think these last couple of days have been worse than any finals week I have ever had, though. Whew. I made it!

If you couldn't tell from the last post, my right eyelid has decided it wants to break dance regularly. It has been twitching since Sunday. Yes, this is still happening. I have never had anything like this occur before in my life. Any suggestions on how to make it stop would be greatly appreciated. It really hindered my productivity and made everything that was due twice as hard to complete in the time I allotted for it. But again with the previous sentiment: I made it!

In other news, I'm beginning to get addicted to online shopping. I was always too afraid of it for some reason, so I never even tried it. However, the intense want of a few pretty things from an online vendor led me to take the dive and I have to say, I'm liking the water. This could get really bad, really quickly, especially with Christmas coming up so fast! Yikes. Put the card down, girl...

annnnndddd big news! I'M GOING HOME TOMORROW! I haven't been home since August and I seriously need my big bed, homey home, delicious food, no skyscrapers, and silent, star-filled nights back. I always realize how quiet it is where I grew up whenever I go back. This is the first time K and I will go back together, and I'm excited to see how that changes my view on the commute back and forth. It is probably a good thing she will be with me considering my eye situation. We already talked about it and as long as I get us out of the city, she is ok with driving the rest of the way. This is very good news. Ah! So excited!

So! Wanna listen to some new music?






I'm in love with these soulful voices today.

And just in case you were wondering, I did find my phone, it just took me a couple of hours (I had left it on a shuttle during a work errand.) Silly girl. Tricks are for kids.

dear right eye,

gaga is in my head now, you no longer need to try to keep the beat with your constant spasms. it has officially been 28+ hours since you started twitching. i think you proved your point. i will try to sleep tonight. but, you must STOP twitching. must. stop. twitching. i don't want any permanent eye damage due to stress, fatigue and prolonged staring. i am almost finished with my law paper, law brief, feature story, discussion notes to lead class, quiz, editorial and scholarship appraisal. each one of these is due before 5pm tuesday. it is now 5:30pm monday. let's make a truce. no more spasms for the next 24 hours and i will play gaga once every hour so you don't forget the wicked beat. we will rock the world together, but i need to be able to see in order for this to happen.

sincerely,
janaetime.

oh, hi.

I've never done an "about me" section on this blog, so I thought that through the "10 things" I'm doing this month, I could make that happen, miniature style.

A few things you may not have known:
1. I do not like pickles.

2. I crave chocolate daily and had never craved yogurt until this week. (I have a friend who craves yogurt daily.)

3. I'm in the medical school more every day/week/month than in the journalism school. My major is journalism.

4. I get a new nickname with every new group of people I am with. "Nae" "J" "Ja-nay-nay" "Sha-nae-nae" "Red" "Grandma" and "Nae-nae-poo-poo" are a few examples. I wouldn't have it any other way.

5. My favorite color is yellow. I also really like yellow roses, no matter what they say about you. (Apparently yellow roses are something you give your grandmother. See nickname above and realize I'm okay with that.)

6. If I could hoard anything, it would probably be scarves and rings.

7. I hate walking up stairs and go to great lengths to avoid them. Consequently, I love walking down stairs.

8. I really want to get back into dancing.

9. My favorite part about being a journalism student is that I get the privilege of talking to people I never would have known and asking them all of the questions I can about their life. Hearing and telling people's stories makes it all worth it. There are some REALLY cool people in this world.

10. I woke up with the song below in my head today.


And a few days ago I woke up with "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga playing over and over and over again. It's super catchy.


Yes, I do have an eclectic taste in music.

Ok! Share a quick "you might not have known..." with me in the comments and give me something to do other than my crazy research papers this weekend!

p.s. thanks so much for all of the thoughts on the not quite knowing what I am going to do after college post. many of them were given to me in person/on the phone/on facebook and all of them meant a lot. so thanks, friends. :)

busy today.

Picture a girl running around, trying to get through all of those cars. That's me today. But! I needed to give a BIG shout out to my dear friend JOE for his amazing accomplishment! AND to Joe and Stacy for the exciting news they will be receiving today! Whoo! Congratulations!
And, friends, please remember:

=)
photo cred.

The word of the year.

If you haven't heard this already, the New Oxford American Dictionary's word of the year is:

*drumroll please....

UNFRIEND

Seriously.

If you live under a rock and have no idea what this means, the dictionary's definition is:
unfriend – verb – To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook.

Other notable words used were things such as hashtag, tweeps, funemployed, sexting, teabagging, tramp stamp, and Obamamama. See all of them here.

It's an interesting world we live in.

Good day

I've seen some really wonderful people.
I've been productive at work.
I'm excited for an interview.
I'm going to research many things.
I wish it was warm enough to swim.
I've laughed incredibly hard.
I left silly voice messages to people I haven't seen or talked to in awhile.
And all I really want to do, is dance.

(images ffffound and flickr.)