Showing posts with label Fantasy Friday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fantasy Friday. Show all posts

20100130

Thankful Thursday + Fantasy Friday + Snapshot Saturday

Um, so this is the weekend before midterms which really means I shouldn't be hanging out on the internet doing things. I've sort of had a lack of ideas about anything besides interpreting regression coefficients... so I am just going to let this weekend slide on by... though I'm not thrill to do so. Oh, well, such is life.

However, to somewhat cover Fantasy Friday and Snapshot Saturday, I have a plan with pictures. The tenant above me does a lot of drawer closing and door slamming (with pocket doors? I am perplexed) as late as 3:30 AM and as early as 9:30 AM. It would be fine if it was one of these two extremes. But I require at least 8 hours of sleep to be human. So I searched for ways to muffle sound from above. Most were for condos where people can install second ceilings and such. Obviously, I can't do that. But another option is to drape fabric across the ceiling...
While I am not sure how well that would work, I love the design idea. I have a large piece of fabric above my couch effectively imitating art and distracting from the bland walls. But what if I got an even bigger piece of fabric and drape it across my ceiling all the way to the other side of my apartment? I think it would look so, so cool. I already have two fabric ideas picked out:
This one is the what I currently have above my sofa.
Another idea...

So this project is going to take some thought and most definitely another person, but I think it will look really cool... and maybe make my apartment a little more peaceful.

I hope to have enough time to blog tomorrow, but if not, I will blog again Wednesday night or Thursday when midterms will officially be OVER! Wahoo!

20100123

20100115

Fantasy Friday - No Plans!

Dear Bee-logosphere,

A few people have asked me what I'm doing with my long weekend. I don't know... and it's Friday, so I ought to have a plan. I am thinking about going to San Francisco tomorrow but San Francisco isn't very much fun without my sisters and I don't want to spend any money... get Natalie anywhere near an H&M, Sephora, Tiffany's, or Nordstrom and all bets are off. Somewhere, some money will be spent. Money that she definitely shouldn't spend. Well, also Stephanie and I are planning at trip to SF next month to check out a fantastic piano bar. So, I think I will hold off.

So, I am going to spend this weekend kicking back and *maybe* getting ahead in my classes. Emphasis on maybe... haha, there is just something about deadlines and me! We love each other. We like to get as close as possible.

I suppose I'll update the blogosphere on stuff and Davis...

I've been back in Davis for a whole two weeks now, and my body has finally adjusted back to the carless Davis lifestyle! I've done quite a bit of walking and found my new favorite walking spot: the arboretum. It is so peaceful and quiet - I can hear my thoughts! I can't wait to see the arboretum in the spring. Gorgeous. But always on my walks I run into a plant that we used to grow in our kitchen or a fruit tree. A few days ago I walked past a little spinach patch. Mmm, I think I'll just snip a little here and there!

Speaking of lettuce, if you were wondering what the Farmer's Market is like during the winter, lettuces seem to take over. I bought some arugula last week... so tasty. There are also loads of oranges and clementines (California, the home of the cutie), dried fruits, nuts, and winter squash. But no zucchini or bell peppers to be found. I am so happy that the farmer's market continues during the winter! It's marvelous.

One of my favorite things about Davis is the trains. Sometimes at night I can hear them in the distance.

Well, that's about it for Fantasy Friday. I hope you, my dear reader, have a great weekend! Do something out of the ordinary!!

20100108

Fantasy Friday - Gray Days

It has been perpetually gray lately. I love the low morning fog, but not seeing the sun for 3 or so days is making me a little blue. But fortunately, it is raining today. Hearing the rain hit my windows reminds me of a cheesy love song... something about rain falling on the tin roof. Late 1990s. Agh! What is the name of that song??

Well, the plan for the day is to complete everything for my middle childhood and adolescence class for Tuesday. If I can get all of that done, I can spend tomorrow lazily doing assignment #1 for stats. Then spend Sunday lazily reading for behavioral genetics. I feel like this quarter is going to be a lot more mild than last quarter.

For fun this weekend I'm going to get some 5x7s and 4x6s printed up. I found a steal at Target - 20 frames of various sizes for $12 so I'm all excited to go through my iPhoto library and pick out some good ones. Probably get those printed up at Rite Aid, where I will buy some Command hooks and figure out how to hang these really cool paper lanterns my mom gave me for my birthday.

Good times! See you tomorrow for Snapshot Saturday!

20100102

Fantasy Friday - Past, Present, Future

I have been experiencing difficulties coming up with a topic for Fantasy Friday. Enter mindless Myspace quiz (reformatted, of course).

~PAST~

I was born one dark gray morn... in Salt Lake City. As a child, my favorite toys were Polly Pockets, Barbies, and stuffed animals (remember when Beanie Babies were big?). My favorite hobbies were making mud pies, playing, listening to music, playing the piano, and tormenting adults. My childhood in one word? Epic. I went to preschool for two years and remember it being a lot of fun. My two most vivid memories of preschool are playing at the water table (it seemed soooo big when I was little!) and "putting on our thinking caps" to learn the alphabet. The first school I attended was the Coppertop, but I went to the late Rosslyn Heights for kindergarten. I never moved during my childhood, though I did switch schools for 6th grade. The biggest part of my childhood, I would have to say, is when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. It changed my life. My first "boyfriend" was Nick in preschool.
I have changed a bit in the past year. I feel very autonomous and strangely powerful. In a way I feel lost but I don't mind it. I don't feel like I found my identity during high school... rather, I think I'm just starting to figure myself out. It's exciting. I have really changed in the last five years. I feel like I spent adolescence at one extreme or the other. I think I have found homeostasis.

~PRESENT~

I currently attend the University of California at Davis. It rocks. I live in Downtown Davis in a cozy little flat. I have many friends, some closer than others. My current style... for my apartment it's modern/Scandinavian, though it has been interpreted as "Asian," for clothes it is simple but changes with the seasons, other style? I guess I just like things clean and bold. And I will never say no to something burnt orange or avocado. :-) My current mood is content. Though, ask me that question in two days and who knows what you'll read! Current hobbies are walking, traveling, reading (though, is it a hobby if it is assigned?), and socializing. My talents include: a vicious clown laugh, reading large quantities of academic literature, cooking tasty food, and the ability to take part in lengthy sleep sessions. My current philosophical beliefs are somewhat... unstable at the moment. I guess the easiest term to describe them is agnostic, as I don't know what I believe. I have a lot of hope, though, which is probably all that most people attain anyway. My favorite food varies by moment, but right now I will say enchiladas. Ooh, craving 'em! My favorite drink is probably Diet Coke but I love a lot of different things! My least favorite food would have to be anything with gluten in it. Yuck. My least favorite drink is wine... but I've only had it once.
Something that you may not know about me... well, I already told you. My clown laugh. It is similar to Krusty's. No one outside of my immediate family will ever hear it though. Another thing you may not know about me... I don't like heights but I love flying in planes.
Last year, I would have never expected everything I have learned in the past year. Holy cow.

~FUTURE~

I am very excited for the future. "The good old days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems" (Billy Joel). I expect very little in my future mostly because of where I am right now. I know what I'll be doing next year at this time, but the year after that? I have no clue. What do you want to do with your life? the quiz asks. Well, I want to make a big ripple in the ocean of humanity. I want to find out something new and share it with the world. I want to help people. Attempt to give back everything the world has given to me, though I know that is an impossible task.
My dream house is a small Victorian or Tudor, three-ish bedrooms, filled with wonderful people. I'd like for it to be an older home with walls full of memories.

...The rest of the questions in the quiz thing are about death which, frankly, I'm not in the mood for! Ha ha. Well, there's a wordy post for you! See you in a few for Snapshot Saturday.

20091226

Fantasy Friday - Plans for Next Weekend

In one week, I will be home (?) in Davis. So I need to make some plans for January 1st, 2nd, and 3rd...

So I have to do probably two trips to the grocery store, one trip to Target and another to Save Mart. Stock up on rice, pasta sauce, tofu, etc. I will try to get those done the first day I'm back. I need to have a Sims 3 day... an entire day devoted to the game. Then, probably on the night of the 3rd, I am going to do one of my favorite things and hang out on my couch watching a movie or some just some TV. Then the next weekend, Sarah, Kevin, John and I are hopefully going to have an Amelie and Fondue party. The weekend after that, Stephanie and I are going to go to lovely San Francisco to window shop and go to a supposedly fabulous dueling piano bar.

After that, I will have to start studying for a genetics midterm. Gah! Crazy quarter system...

I don't know when I'll be back in Salt Lake. Stephanie and I are thinking of going to San Diego for Spring Break which would be a blast. Just lay on a beach... oh, how I'd be so up for that right now (why is Salt Lake so cold?!).

But, at the moment, I haven't regained much steam. I really need to kick back this next week and muster up the strength for winter quarter. I am afraid I might start it in procrastination mode... which is never, ever good. So I think I'm just going to relax until the 4th. Then I will be pumped for what is sure to be a fantastic 10 weeks!

20091219

Fantasy Friday - Summer Plan A

Dear Blogosphere!

Happy Fantasy Friday!

So I am in the process of applying for an internship for this summer. It is paid (yay!) and is at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. For those of you who are nerds, this is the home of the General Social Survey!

I'm not sure how well-known or competitive it is, but I am hoping I land it. It's 10 weeks of learning about surveys in a new city that can't possibly be as hot as Davis. Cool!

And there is the first Fantasy Friday!

-Natalie