Ahh Halloween

So, we had the Halloween Dance Party last night. It was amazing how many people there were! Just quite insane actually. But it was fun. Although the severe lack of boys who were worth dancing with was very sad. But, we made it fun anyway. And Jerome showed up! It was very exciting to see him again. And Adam came too, and Dan! So there were a few awesome boys. Huge Yay for our alumni. :)

Anyway, the best part were the costumes, so, here are pictures:



Aren't we so cute?! And the pink hair will grow on you, I promise.
Chris decided that we should have switched it up and made me the evil one, but really, I wouldn't have been nearly so hott as Troy was.

Here's one of me being a superhero:


And here's one that made Troy decide she should start taking pictures for Playboy:


We also had the wonderful Lisa:


Her shirt said "Avert your eyes". It was fabulous.

Altogether, a fun night. The costumes were fun, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, which is the ultimate goal for me, since I'm still in charge of these party things. Not for long! Enjoy the pictures. :)

Back

Well, I am back from break, and crazy as always. I have major projects coming up in all my classes, and a thesis presentation the first week of November. Insanity! So, lots of crazy work with those things.

The weekend was fabulous. Andrea and I drove up Friday afternoon, and when we got up north, it was gorgeous, the drive through mid-CA was boring of course, but at least we had good company. Sandor called just as we were starting to wonder if we were actually lost. Turns out we were in the right place, but it was amusing as I had both him and Andrea talking to me at once about different places and things.

The dancing on Saturday was fun. There were two really good guys besides the guys I already knew, and one really sketchy guy, whom I fortunately only had to dance with once. I had three guys comment that I wasn't "from around there was I?" I was amused. Because I definitely don't dance like I'm from there. Which is fine. But I'd like to learn. There was one girl who was absolutely amazing at blues. I wish I had the control to dance like her. I'd have to do a lot of work to get there though.

Seeing Sandor was wonderful. We had a really really good time. Including having lunch with Nana on Sunday. But we ended up breaking up Monday morning. Long distance was just too hard on both of us. But, we're still working things out, and we'll see how it goes. Neither of us wants to stop being friends, so I think it will work out well in that regard. But it's very very sad. I wish it had worked out, he's an amazing man.

Of course, the trip back was a little insane, and our mood was not helped at all by the weather, which decided it needed to rain so hard we couldn't see the car in front of us. There were so many cars flipped and run into the guardrails, up the hillside, and into each other, and yet I couldn't believe the number of people who were still driving recklessly. It was just insane. But, we made it back safely, fortunately.

And now I'm back, and working hard. Going to Justin's housewarming party this weekend, should be fun. But, must run off and do more work....

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Well, it looks like I'll be able to get my files off my computer, with a lot of hassle, but who didn't expect that? Especially since my computer is so screwed up that it will no longer allow me to burn CDs, let alone anything else. So, flash drive it is, although it won't let me use my new one either. So, it's the long and tedious process of put as close to 128 MB of files on my little one as I can, shut down the computer since it won't allow me to eject the drive, put the files on the network. Restart the computer, and start process over.

From there the plan is to burn CDs, however that will only happen if they increase my network space so that I can put more than 180 MB on it. So yeah. We'll see how it goes. Probably won't be many posts until I get my computer wiped and working fully again. When I'm on the dorm computers, like now, there's usually not as much time to do things like post here. And with three huge midterms next week, not like I'll have much time to do anything but study much anyway.

We saw the standard medley dresses yesterday. It was funny because we all walked in and thought Oh. OK, this will be interesting. But after talking about design and jewelry and such things, we all decided that it will work out really well. And as long as the dresses fit everyone, we think they'll turn out really nicely. Cross your fingers for nice fit. :)

Anyway, must run off and start studying. Wish my luck with my computer, I'll need it. Have a good day everyone!

Not so Serene thoughts on Serenity

So, I saw Serenity last night with lots of fun people. And my thoughts immediately after the movie went something like:
They took my Firefly and broke it. Lost and abandoned. This isn't what they wanted. Not just about loving the ship, it's about loving the people in it. They broke it.

Sandor can attest to the broken way my thoughts were flowing afterward.

Since then, I have decided that, for a movie, it is good. They did an excellent job with the movie they made. It's incredibly intense. I spent a good portion of the time looking between my fingers not breathing, and then crying. Troy had to give me kleenex. It wasn't what I had wanted or expected for my Firefly, but, it's a good movie. If I see it again, it won't be in the theatre, and I'll watch it with someone who isn't as emotionally connected to the movie itself, so that I won't be able to feed off their emotions as well. But I'm not totally against seeing it again sometime in the future, although it definitely won't be right before I go to bed.

I was a little peeved that they changed the look of the show, and some parts of the original storyline, but, I understand why they did it, and overall it was a good movie, for a movie. I just have decided that it will be judged in a different context than the Firefly that I know and love otherwise. Part of the problem too was that I was disappointed afterward, because I had expected something different from the movie, and that's not what it was. So it's possible I may eventually grow to like it. Although I think it will never fail to make me cry. I'll be really interested to see what happens. Whether there's another movie or not. We'll see.