Valentine's Weekend: The Breakdown

Valentine's Day 2009

(I guess I should have sent this to Ali BEFORE she purchased a dozen eggs for our first romantic event of the weekend: chucking eggs and happy couples.)

Dates: Ali, Michelle, Katie

Locations: Pour House, our apartment, Green Dragon, Big City

Memories:
(at Pour House) 

Strange Man: (consoling his friend who just faced rejection) Dude, it's ok. You know one thing about tonight. If they're out, they're single.

Maria: I wanna wake up where you are.
Ali: You do. Every day.

(at Green Dragon) 

Bouncer: (to Ali) That's a lot of singles. I know 

what you do for a living.

(a 75 year old man tries to pass us)
Ali: Sorry
Old Man: For what?
Ali: For being in your way.

(old man starts stroking Ali's torso)
Old Man: You'll never be in my way.

(an ex-convict takes a stool next to Ali)
Ex-con: I just got kicked out of Sissy K's for being in a bar fight.
EC's Scrawny Friend: Stop scaring the girl!

Two nights of dance parties to oldies in our apartment.

OJ: Tip your bartenders! Two dollars, not one. For giving you the nectar of life!

(at Big City)
Hot Bartender: You girls are nursing those beers. Do you need a shot to get you going?
Ali: We've been drinking for six days straight...
(bartender snaps around and begins pouring shots.)
Ali: I'm going to leave him your number.

Michelle: Ugh! The pole is in the way. DAMN YOU POLE!
(puches pole)

The Last 24 Hours

Things I've done:

• Become obsessed with Manhunters
• Given a presentation on the protests in Greece
• Taken a final exam
• Reintroduced the "Maria's excited bark" after seeing snow on the ground
• Made my Christmas list (it's in your inboxes, mom and dad)
• Had a dance party to Safety Dance with Ali

Conversations I've had:

Maria: Oh! You know that swimmer Michael Phelps? He's shooting a commercial right next to my apartment.
Yai: Why aren't you talking to him!
Maria: I can't just talk to him. There are security guards and police everywhere.
Yai: You go. You tell them your Yia-yia is 90 years old and wants an autograph.
Maria: Yai... you're not 90.
Yai: Lie.


[Via e-mail]
Dad: Please remember to bring the gift certificate when you come home.
Maria: It's already in my wallet beeyotch.
Dad: That is improper spelling.


Maria: EEEEPPP.
Ali: You make weird noises.

Countdown to Freedom: Maria’s Checklist

12/9: Theories and Processes of Communication final paper presentation

12/11: Theories and Processes of Communication final paper due

12/12: Office party (woo)

12/13: Secret Santa with 426

12/15: Cultural Anthropology final paper due

12/16: Conflict Res and Negotiation presentation

12/16: Conflict Res and Negotiation final exam

12/18: Cultural Anthropology final exam

12/19: Theories and Processes of Communication final exam

12/20: FLY HOME

All hopped up on caffeine

I am dizzy.

Perhaps it's because I've consumed 1/2 bottle of Mountain Dew, 1/2 bottle of Coke and 1/2 giant bag of peanut M&Ms while accumulating bed sores from sitting on the couch since 10 AM writing my cultural anthropology final paper.

Aah, finals week. You slay me.

Let me tell you how Ali saved my life. One word.

EasyBib.com.

WOW! So glad this was kept a little secret until my last paper during my second to last semester ever!!! Sweet! Bibliographies would have been so much easier (and more accurate) if I had discovered this little beaut earlier. So it's my Christmas gift to those of you still crying over bibliographies.

Anywho.

Tomorrow is my first real actual final. So I figure this will come in handy. Although technically I have studied. But that's ok. If all else fails...

This is how I'm sure we're all feeling about finals '08:

Countdown to Freedom: Maria’s Checklist

12/9: Theories and Processes of Communication final paper presentation

12/11: Theories and Processes of Communication final paper due

12/12: Office party (woo)

12/13: Secret Santa with 426

12/15: Cultural Anthropology final paper due

12/16: Conflict Res and Negotiation presentation

12/16: Conflict Res and Negotiation final exam

12/18: Cultural Anthropology final exam

12/19: Theories and Processes of Communication final exam

12/20: FLY HOME

GOOD LUCK ON THE LSAT ALI!!!!

Left on the fridge for my smarty-pants roommate who will be taking the LSAT in the morning. Wish her luck!

Dorm Design with Ali and Maria

One of my top 5 methods of procrastination is decorating. Which is to include organizing. At this point in time, I have so many things to do that my room is almost spotless. An extremely rare phenomenon. [Does anyone else get stressed out by their blog readers? I can't keep up with the 100+ blogs I'm following right now.]

Dorms don't exactly yield favorably to my design genius. BUT my roommate Ali is a clever and resourceful asset when these problems arise. Which is why we decided to form one Super Team of Fantastic Design. Here is one example of our mastery at work.


PROBLEM: Hanging pictures without a hammer.

SOLUTION: Find something else.

YOU'LL NEED:






INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO:

Dorm design with Maria and Ali from Maria F on Vimeo.



FINAL RESULT:




E-mail Ali and Maria all your dorm dilemmas!

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Senior Hard Hat Party

Friday was one of the longest days of my life.

After work, Ali and I went to the senior reception. We were very excited for the StuVi 2 Hard Hat event. The new dorms won't be finished before we graduate so it was a way of giving us a sneak peak, even though the interior is not finished.

We walked over, were given hard hats and joined a huge crowd of seniors, who were dancing, decorating their hats, drinking and eating. We got a beer and mingled with friends and people we hadn't seen since freshman year.

The event was a lot more fun than I expected. It was great to see everyone and it was a really relaxing but fun way to get seniors together. AND we got to keep the hard hats. Sweet.



When the Hard Hat Party ended, the BU band showed up outside and played some rally songs. That experience was unusual since traditional school spirit is almost non-existant outside the hockey games. It was fantastic! A string of drummers ushered everyone down the street to the basketball game. We followed the music and then peeled off to get ready for Com Prom.


BU Band from Maria F on Vimeo.