By the way, my hair looks like it's behaving because I blow dried it, that's why it's all fairly uniform in texture. I styled it into submission! Ha!
Loves.
All of the First Days
2 months ago
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
I Dyed!
My hair is odd. And I am not referring to the fact that it's not sure if it's straight, wavy or whatever. I am referring to the fact that my hair gets unhappy and in need of some attention but deep conditioning masks don't seem to satisfy its needs. The thing that does: dying it. Odd right? Normally dying hair damages it but my hair always feels better and refreshed once I add a little color. So Thursday I did a little nice'n easy action so my hair is now a medium mahogany brown. It's not too much darker than my natural but it has a bit more red to it than my hair normally does. I dig it. Plus I'm impressed that I only managed to add two small spots of dye to my already stained towel. I'm getting better, less collateral damage.
By the way, my hair looks like it's behaving because I blow dried it, that's why it's all fairly uniform in texture. I styled it into submission! Ha!
Loves.
By the way, my hair looks like it's behaving because I blow dried it, that's why it's all fairly uniform in texture. I styled it into submission! Ha!
Loves.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Earth Day Ensemble
It's not often that I get to dress for a holiday. I mean sure, there is Halloween, but I don't own any Christmas sweaters or themed vests so whenever I can dress up a bit it's kind of fun. Especially considering that most of the time I don't put thought into what I'll wear before I'm going to the closet or dresser. For Earth Day I knew what I was going to wear and even did laundry to make sure that it would be clean on Wednesday. Not that I don't do laundry otherwise, but I did a special mid-week load.
Side note: I was pointing at my plant (yes that's an AquaGlobe!) not my boob!
Loves.
Side note: I was pointing at my plant (yes that's an AquaGlobe!) not my boob!
Loves.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Get With The Program: It's Spring, Not Summer
Today I did my part to try to convince the weather that it is still only spring and not yet summer. This week has been really hot. And not just hot, but stuffy open a window to the coast hot. Today I worked on reminding Mother Nature that it's only April and it has only been spring for a month now. We can't ignore the season like it's the red haired step-child. We must give it the love and respect that it deserves. So to send a polite reminder I sat outside in the 100 degree heat and planted snapdragons. Take note Mother Nature, I want my flowers to grow and be happy. Not to need me to drench them hourly so that they can beat the heat.
These are not my snapdragons, my snapdragons are currently only seeds.
Loves.
UPDATE: Hi, I've noticed quite a bit of activity on this entry and was just wondering what brings you here?
These are not my snapdragons, my snapdragons are currently only seeds.
Loves.
UPDATE: Hi, I've noticed quite a bit of activity on this entry and was just wondering what brings you here?
Spring Quarter
I have finally received my second, and final, textbook for this quarter. I ordered it during the first week of classes and it arrived mid week three. Luckily we didn't have a lot that I needed to read but this does allow me to finally do the reading and make my study flash cards.
This quarter I am only taking 10 units. Generally I take 12-15 units but I couldn't find an additional class that fit my needs and schedule. Though I think that it'll work out well since my two classes are a bit more demanding on my brain. I am taking Research Methods II and Social Psychology.
Last quarter I took Research Methods I and we focused on when we'd use specific statistical analysis and trying to understand what all the data is about. This quarter we are focusing more on putting into action the statistical analysis and conducting research. It's a challenging class but I find it to be fun at times as well. I like that we have already done three experiments. First experiment we measured reaction time using a ruler. Second experiment we compared speed and accuracy from dominant hand and non dominant hand on a particular task. Third experiment we measured the Stroop effect. Since I am enjoying the experiment factor of the class I am thinking about trying to work on some of the research that the professors are doing in either social or behavioral psychology. In order to get school credit for aiding in the research I'll have to wait a quarter. I won't dump my long term plan of being a practicing psychologist in order to be a career researcher because I don't want to feel the pressure of "publish or perish".
This quarter I am only taking 10 units. Generally I take 12-15 units but I couldn't find an additional class that fit my needs and schedule. Though I think that it'll work out well since my two classes are a bit more demanding on my brain. I am taking Research Methods II and Social Psychology.
Last quarter I took Research Methods I and we focused on when we'd use specific statistical analysis and trying to understand what all the data is about. This quarter we are focusing more on putting into action the statistical analysis and conducting research. It's a challenging class but I find it to be fun at times as well. I like that we have already done three experiments. First experiment we measured reaction time using a ruler. Second experiment we compared speed and accuracy from dominant hand and non dominant hand on a particular task. Third experiment we measured the Stroop effect. Since I am enjoying the experiment factor of the class I am thinking about trying to work on some of the research that the professors are doing in either social or behavioral psychology. In order to get school credit for aiding in the research I'll have to wait a quarter. I won't dump my long term plan of being a practicing psychologist in order to be a career researcher because I don't want to feel the pressure of "publish or perish".
Monday, April 20, 2009
Happy Easter Just A Teensy Bit Late
This Easter was the first time that I have ever hard boiled eggs myself. I think that once I knew what I had to do it went fairly well. Though one of my eggs ended up cracking and lost about a quarter of its contents during the process. Oh well, it still left me with 10 hardboiled eggs.
My plan was to hit Rite Aid or Longs on Monday to buy my Cadbury eggs at a discounted post-holiday price. I absolutely love the Easter treat but I don't like buying them all at regular price. On Monday I stopped by Rite Aid after school only to find that they had no leftover Easter candy only decorations. So then I walked over to Vons and didn't find any leftover Easter stuff at all. That day's mission was a bust but hope was not lost.
Tuesday I went to Target because I needed a few things and was able to parooze the leftover Easter aisle. There were a bunch of baskets and odd "Easter" candy but again no eggs. On my way home I stopped at Longs, partially to pick up something I forgot at Target, but mainly for my egg mission. They had Easter cards similar to the cute Valentine cards that kids hand out at school and two shopping carts full of Peeps and only Peeps. In my opinion the only thing that Peeps are good for is sword fighting in the microwave.
After my hunt came up dry I texted Dad about the lack of eggs and requested that he be on the lookout. Yesterday just as I was getting to work I had a message from Dad. He went to the store and found me Cadbury eggs! He also, most importantly, bought four 4-packs of eggs for me plus a multi-pack of mini-eggs. Thanks Dad!! Now please guard them for me.
My plan was to hit Rite Aid or Longs on Monday to buy my Cadbury eggs at a discounted post-holiday price. I absolutely love the Easter treat but I don't like buying them all at regular price. On Monday I stopped by Rite Aid after school only to find that they had no leftover Easter candy only decorations. So then I walked over to Vons and didn't find any leftover Easter stuff at all. That day's mission was a bust but hope was not lost.
Tuesday I went to Target because I needed a few things and was able to parooze the leftover Easter aisle. There were a bunch of baskets and odd "Easter" candy but again no eggs. On my way home I stopped at Longs, partially to pick up something I forgot at Target, but mainly for my egg mission. They had Easter cards similar to the cute Valentine cards that kids hand out at school and two shopping carts full of Peeps and only Peeps. In my opinion the only thing that Peeps are good for is sword fighting in the microwave.
After my hunt came up dry I texted Dad about the lack of eggs and requested that he be on the lookout. Yesterday just as I was getting to work I had a message from Dad. He went to the store and found me Cadbury eggs! He also, most importantly, bought four 4-packs of eggs for me plus a multi-pack of mini-eggs. Thanks Dad!! Now please guard them for me.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Why They Don't Mix
Just in case you ever wondered why you don't mix whites with colors in the laundry...
This was a very white towel. Whoops. Though I must say that it really performed the needed duties when water was trying to attack through the doors and windows. I had so many towels all over the place when the apartment was being pressure washed pre-painting. I only regret not having been wearing my M*A*S*H t-shirt, that would have been fun.
This was a very white towel. Whoops. Though I must say that it really performed the needed duties when water was trying to attack through the doors and windows. I had so many towels all over the place when the apartment was being pressure washed pre-painting. I only regret not having been wearing my M*A*S*H t-shirt, that would have been fun.
View of My Apartment
This is what I came home to after my mini-spring break trip down to B-town.
They're doing repairs and improvements on the apartment buildings and it was my building's turn to get a new roof. This lovely dumpster for all the roof garbage was blocking my front windows. It was there for two days (that I was here) and made my living room dark like I lived in a cave. Fun.
I think they put it in front of my apartment because it'd be easiest to get a truck backed up to that spot but the apartment next to me is currently vacant, it would have been much nicer if it was blocking those windows in my opinion. Luckily it was only there for two days but when they came to take it away it was six in the morning. That's right, I had a big, loud, I beep when I back up vehicle outside my place at six in the morning on my day off! I was not pleased. (You may have seen my Twitter to the left about that)
On the plus side, my apartment building is done with operation spiffy-up. It's now re-roofed, replaced (they changed out bad siding) and repainted. The only sounds of improvements are in the distance or simply echoes in my mind. I'll post a photo of the new paint, I didn't like it at first because it looked like they were going for olive drab but with the trim and green doors I kind of dig it.
Loves.
They're doing repairs and improvements on the apartment buildings and it was my building's turn to get a new roof. This lovely dumpster for all the roof garbage was blocking my front windows. It was there for two days (that I was here) and made my living room dark like I lived in a cave. Fun.
I think they put it in front of my apartment because it'd be easiest to get a truck backed up to that spot but the apartment next to me is currently vacant, it would have been much nicer if it was blocking those windows in my opinion. Luckily it was only there for two days but when they came to take it away it was six in the morning. That's right, I had a big, loud, I beep when I back up vehicle outside my place at six in the morning on my day off! I was not pleased. (You may have seen my Twitter to the left about that)
On the plus side, my apartment building is done with operation spiffy-up. It's now re-roofed, replaced (they changed out bad siding) and repainted. The only sounds of improvements are in the distance or simply echoes in my mind. I'll post a photo of the new paint, I didn't like it at first because it looked like they were going for olive drab but with the trim and green doors I kind of dig it.
Loves.
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