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** Our World **: February 2007

** Our World **

Hey!! This is Natalie, Lindsay, Sarah, and Leslie. Ummm this is just our new lil space. Read. Enjoy. But if u dont like it, dont blame us, cuz this is OUR blog, remember??

Monday, February 12, 2007

Ophellia Parish and Stomach Pains

so I am sitting in the art building at truman with my friend rachel who is an art major. I am bored. Anyways, my stomach hurts also. It feels rather weird, like i dont know how to explain it. but really weird pains. In better news, Sarah is coming up to visit this weekend. And I am excited. NATALIE, you should come too. LOVE EVERYONE AND MISS YOU buNches!

Sunday, February 11, 2007

What? Que? Quoi?

Having some roommate problems. I guess it's to be expected when four girls live together in one room, but it is really getting tense around here. How is it that three of us can get along so well, and then there is one person who cannot relate to us or who becomes the source of so much ill-feeling?
Not that I'm trying to deny our role in all of this. I know it takes more than one person to create these petty battles that we fight, but it gets so out of hand sometimes. And although I am not averse to verbally sparring, it is difficult when the other person doesn't play fair. Such is the world of girls in which I live.
I have a lot to finish for this week. Midterms are coming up, too, which seems absolutely ridiculous. I feel like we haven't been back for very long, but when I think of Christmas break, it seems worlds away. I guess it all balances itself out. Sigh.
On another note, you guys soo want to come visit me. New York is the most amazing place in the world, and I want to show it to you! Let me know. I think my Joey is coming this weekend, which will be wonderful. I love him.
Natalie

Thursday, February 08, 2007

Round House Kick Mark Schwann In The Face Day

I feel like I haven't blogged in forever; I feel like I've practically been consumed with all the new, pseudo-adultlike responsibilities that I've had to deal with in recent weeks. First of all, there's The Ram. Being the Features editor is really amazing, don't get me wrong. I actually enjoy editing articles and working with layouts, and all the emailing and article idea scouting I have to do doesn't bother me. I even like sitting in the office until all hours of the night, gorging myself with pizza and caffeine as we struggle to get the issue done before 5 am. "Ramming," as we call it, is wonderful; it also helps that the term has undeniably dirty connotations as well, which is always useful in making people uncomfortable. It's just...when did we get so old? When did all of this become so important?
I miss you all so much, and I feel helpless knowing you have problems I can't help with. I even feel helpless thinking about my own problems, as pathetic as they are. It's almost like that in-between time that characterized the summer is actually gone, and BAM! There is actually something expected of us. I don't know if you guys feel the same way at all, but everytime I sit back and think about what is going on in my life, I feel it all the more.
In (much) lighter news, I am looking forward to the weekend with all of my heart. Going out to dinner tomorrow, and the rest is all...hazy...at the moment. But it sure beats the school week!
I miss and love you all.
Natalie
P.S. I am about to stop watching One Tree Hill because Mark Schwann ruined it. You might not know or care what I'm talking about, but let's just say...I'm pissed beyond belief. That is all.

Monday, February 05, 2007

Out of my Element...(wait-isn't that part of a song?)

I don't know what it is, but I'm feeling very NOT confidant about everything right now. I don't know why, but the past few days I've just felt so out of my element. I feel like I'm falling behind in school, even though I'm not really. I have 3 tests next week (on the same day, no less) and I have no idea how to prepare for them. First tests are the worst. And not to sound like a broken record here, but it's ridiculously lonely here at school. I'm just bored and restless and ready to be done with this place. Hanging out with Sara on Saturday night at school was amazing. Sooo much fun. I can't wait for it to be MY school. And more than all of this, I'm beginning to doubt my relationship with Tim. I love him. I know that. I'm just beginning to wonder if that is enough. I can't see myself ever being with (or even wanting to be with) anyone other than him. But lately I just feel like he doesn't care anymore, like he's just with me because he doesn't have anything else to do. It's not like it was before, last March/April when we fell apart. It's not that he's being mean or not trying, exactly. It's just like he's just here to be here. (Before it was more like he seemed to think that he HAD to be there...if that makes any sense at all.) I know he loves me. And maybe this is what happens when you're with someone for a long time. The excitement fades away. I just wish I knew how to bring it back. To be fun again. I try to bring it up, but I don't know how. It makes sense in my head, but when it comes time to talk about it, all the words get jumbled up, and I confuse myself. Any ideas?

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Three cheers for everybody else

Here's to weekends home, blind professors, and cute boys. The three things that have oddly been on my mind lately. Weekends home are amazing, like a refreshing drink of water. I like school and being away, but sometimes it just feels good to get away from the so-called norm and run back to the familiar for just a few hours. Blind professors, on the other hand, are a pain in the butt. I cannot learn chemistry from a man who is not capable of writing on the board or working power point presentations. He recites his notes from memory, which in turn, are a jumbled up mess that, more often than not, trail off onto tangents completely irrelevant to the subject what-so-ever. The TA's are useless, sometimes not even bothering to show up, thus making the class pointless to go to. Here's to a test over two chapters we never covered! But, as for cute boys....I see so many of them, and I know that I cannot have them, much less pursue them, which, inevitably, only makes my desire for them that much stronger. I am giving up all that for love? Pah....what does love mean anyhow? Apparently more than I thought.