Haunted Hayride

Last night the UMaine Animal Club hosted their annual haunted hayride at the Witter teaching Farm, which is just down the road from campus. To be honest, it was rather low-budget and not very scary. Which, is saying a lot because I get scared by just about everything. BUT, this did not really scare me. We screamed a lot because it's fun, but not because we were terrified. 

Next weekend is Halloween, woohoo! I am going to be a Black Eyed Pea...wear a shirt with a P on it, and make myself a black eye. Clever, right? =) 

Okay, I really need to clean my room and do homework/laundry. Later, gators!

Apartment Tour & Emily's Game!

For starters, here's a tour of my apartment:

Secondly..I just got back from my first UMaine atheletic game in 2 years. Tonight I went to see my good friend, Emily, play volleyball. She's a Music Ed major and a UMaine athlete, which is practically unheard of (because both things take up SO MUCH TIME) but somehow she gets it done! =) So, tonight Kate, Karin, Chelsea, Alan, and I headed over to "the pit" to watch the lady Black Bears beat UNH. Emily's roommate, Amanda, even threw me a little signed volleyball when they called her name in the starting line-up.

Of course, I made a fool of myself in my attempt to catch it. Alas! So, it was fun and I'm glad I went to support my friend. To see Emily's UMaine athletic page...click HERE!

Later, gators!

"The future of this republic...

...is in the hands of the American voter." -Dwight D. Eisenhower

I did, indeed. Vote, that is. Today was early voting day at UMaine and I took advantage. Because I am no longer a campus resident I would have had to vote at another location in Orono, but today we were able to vote on campus (through absentee ballots) as long as we were residents of Orono. It was nice to get it out of the way and know that on November 4th I won't be standing in mile long lines. You can definitely tell who the popular candidate on this progressive campus is. All of the advertisements about Early Voting had Barack Obama's logo on it. I found that a little bit unfair and bias, but whatever. I love Obama and obviously I voted for him, but again...it was a tad unfair. This was my first time voting in a presidential election, I was 17 in 2004, just shy of being able to vote for Kerry. So, anyway..wahoo! I voted! =)

On another note, I just got finished watching "The Happening" with Cory & Gab.

I practically peed my pants 89 times. The storyline was horrifying, but the horrible acting also made it a little bit funny. Mark Wahlberg should just stop trying. Anyway, it's about these plants that are omitting toxins that make people (in large groups, usually) kill themselves. It's so scary. AHHH! But again, Mark Wahlberg...just stop. Just stop it. 

School is going pretty well. I'm busy and stressed and am looking forward to Thanksgiving. I had a concert last night and then my friend, Jesse, and I went out for drinks...you know, cuz I'm 21. And by "drinks" I mean I drank 1 drink at Margaritas. But, still it was fun. Jesse is one of my only friends who is 21, so she and I decided to celebrate that fact. 

Okay, I need to finish some homework and hit the sack. More soon! Later, gators!

I'm 21!

Holy moly, everyone! I'm 21 years of age! Yesterday was fantastic. I had a great day filled with awesome people. I feel very blessed to have the tight-knit group of friends that I have. I love them all very much. =) 

Thursday night I spent the night at Alyssa's so that she could give me my gifts at midnight when I officially turned 21. She got me some really cute and funky things. I then had class, got sung to many times during the day, got a few more gifts, etc. After singers Alyssa and I came back here and got all dolled up for my dinner at Margaritas. Before dinner we had our first Side Show cast meeting, so we went to that looking like a million bucks. Good times. After that we headed over to Margaritas and I had my first drink of the night, a Russell Rita. It was so good.

I had about twenty people at my dinner, there actually wasn't enough seating for everyone..I made the reservation for 18 people and a few more showed up. SO, they had to get another table. It made me feel nice though that all these people had come for me. =)

After the dinner we went over to Jesse & Craig's for the first installment of "Classy to Trashy" weekend. Last night was "classy" night..tonight will be "trashy" night. It was a lot of fun. All in all, I had a great birthday filled with wonderful friends. 
Later, gators!

College is a time to be thrifty...

My friend Liz is funky. She marches to the beat of her own drum and that's what I love about her. She also has the most unique style I've ever seen. Almost daily I find myself saying "Liz! That's so cute! Where'd you get it!?" and almost all of the time her answer, with a smile on her face, is "Goodwill!" So, tonight...Liz, Cory, and I ventured to the Bangor Goodwill to do a little "thrifting" as Liz puts it. It was super fun! I found a really cute black dress for 6 dollars and I also bought Alyssa a few records (she has a record player). Liz found a couple really cute things as well; she's a much more seasoned "thrifter" though, so she finds cute things more easily than I do. Anyways, I think I'll have to hit up Goodwill more often. You can find some really fantastic things in there for ridiculously cheap. It's funny to think back to middle school and high school when I wouldn't dare dream of shopping at Goodwill for fear of being "uncool" or whatever and now it's a blast. One woman's trash is another woman's treasure. :)

More soon! Later, gators!

Zebra love...

later, gators. =)

Welcome to the jungle!

Hola! Saturday night was the Singers JUNGLE FEVER dance! It was pretty fun! Cory and I went as dates and were decked out in zebra print. I don't have that many pictures uploaded from it yet, but I'll include a couple.
Me & Andrew (...I helped him pick out that DOPE costume at Goodwill, I'll have you know)

Me & Liz doing a lil choreographed dance sequence...


As soon as the "before" pictures are uploaded, I'll post them up here. There's some great ones of Cory and I in our zebra get-up. Cory's costume was out of control. I have to include a photo...
He wore Liz's shower curtain as a toga, a mask from IParty, his Dansko's, short shorts, a red earring...he was just...out of control.

I love my roommate. :)

On another note, Side Show auditions were last night. Callbacks are tonight. I shall find out about it sometime this week and as soon as I know I'll be sure to let ya'll know. For those of you that don't know, Side Show is the musical that UMaine is doing this year. The music is fantastic. I LOVE IT. It's a show about a circus and the 2 main characters are conjoined twin sisters, Daisy and Violet (based on the real Daisy & Violet Hilton). For more info on Side Show click HERE and for more info on Daisy and Violet Hilton, click HERE. They lead pretty interesting lives. It's a great show and I'm really excited about it. So, stay tuned!

Okay, I've got Euphony rehearsal and then callbacks so I gotta wrap this up! More soon! Later, gators!