claim to fame

sophomore year, cameron, shannon, and i spent our time getting our priories straight. jamming to orson. laying out at sewell park. living and eating at the outpost. bahama bucks. mooching at carnivals. drinking like it was going out of style. parking our car at jhhones. buying baby cats as friendship pets. oh, and stalking people with eating disorders on myspace.

well, one of my friends with an "ed" is alli. i dont know her from adam, but it turns out shes pretty weird and, cool fact- shes from spring, texas. she loves drawing, painting, nose bleeds, baby cats, and freaky-deaky photography. anyway, we are close. i added her as a friend so that shannon, cameron, and i could look at her pictures. not stalker-ish at all..

with that being said, i got an email from mr. r today. (since cameron no longer blogs, i will fill yall in on his life. he is now a permanent sub with a real work email address. i have never been prouder! some of the kids refer to him as "mr. r" and ask why he is so tall. he lives a very lovely, yet busy, life in needville, tx. we all wish he would take some time to blog more often but, we also realize that mr. r has tooo many emails to check. after all, he is a permanent sub living in needville, tx with a real work email address. i miss him living in san marcos, tx. but being such a good friend, i understand that he needs to live and work as a permanent sub in needville, tx.) he informed me that our little friend is now on cycle 12 of americas next top model!! i did the research, watched last weeks episode, and yes-sir-re, thats alli! big, blue eyed, eating disordered, allison on antm. and shes my friend! and its not even like shes a myspace legend like jefferee starr or tila tequila. were just normal myspace friends that share a love for nose bleeds. allison won the first photo shoot competition and lauren, jill, and i rooted her on the whole way. although, tyra did say that "shes the type of girl she gets emails about. but that the world needs to know that modeling is not all about being pretty." im not sure if that was supposed to be a compliment or what but it came off a little harsh.

anyway, watch antm this season! its on wednesday nights at 8/7c. if for nothing else, to laugh at/root on allison. you cant miss her. she has absolutely no emotion. and as one of her competitors said on the show, "her eyes are so big they scare me."

cool story, i know.

♥ lauren

saturday hellos

while the rest of the world is sleeping off the mistakes of last night, i of course, find myself awake. ..and watching barber shop. staring queen latifah (ooo i love me some queen la-teef-a) and alicia silverstone. what a combo.

so, how about a few updates?

> sephora opened!! its reallly exciting for the citizens of san marcos. lauren and i went for opening day ceremonies and got our very wimpy free gift that we were too excited about. we have seriously been looking forward to march 6 for about a month. annd sephora is not even free standing, or in a mall, or something legit like that. its in the new jc penney. watch out, sunny san marcos its getting up-town! and i am embracing the change with gratitude. first pennies, now sephora, and very soon a new target. so that pretty much covers all my shopping needs. life is good.

> okay scream! im going to see taylor swift at the rodeo!!! yep, i got invited by a girl from work whos grandma has connections and got free, ground/dirt (row three) tickets for friday night. its reallly lucky for me and the other three junkies that are going. im obviously super excited and with good reason. *oooi-ooi*raise the roof*

> i guess my spring break plans will consist of working? im doing all i can to change that though. dont worry.

> it was a gorgeous thursday afternoon and jimmy and i had plans for lunch. i was on my way to meet him while also talking to him on the phone. i came to the light under 35 on aquarena and just happened to glance in my rear view mirror. it was weird. there was this motorcycle with red and blue lights blinking (im describing what i see to james). ohh it was a cop... wait, i think hes pulling someone over. but there are no sounds and hes just sitting right behind me. i didnt know what to do . should i try to get out of his way? then, i turned. he turned too. weird. ok so jimmy chimes in with a totally ludicrous thought- maybe youre getting pulled over, lauren. (you know its serious when someone uses a name at the end of a sentence ha) i said, jimmy, i think im getting pulled over. well, sure enough, i was getting pulled over. so into a gas station i go. and he got off his bike and marched up to my little window. i was trying so hard to cry. every freaking movie i watch, i end up crying. i used to fake cry all the time to get my sister in trouble. but no. not one glistening tear. anyway, i got a ticket. 44 in a 30. ouch. defensing driving here i come. maybe thats how i will spend spring break?
and i didnt let it ruin my gorgeous thursday after noon. or my lunch plans with jimmy.

> my room/our apartment could use a good cleaning. just so you know. oh, and our little living situation has gotten nowhere. so thats good. what to do, oh what to do?

nothing more. enjoy today.

xo. lauren

emergency in 911

planning next years living arrangements has been somewhat of a nightmare. let me explain..

there are four of us that live together now and only three of us are for sure coming back to texas state in the fall. whitney is pivotal due to the fact that she is applying for a masters program called fellows. if she gets in, thats great! but she still has to be placed into a school district. three of the four districts require her to move out of san marcos. in the case she gets put in anything besides hays county, she will say screw it and her dreams of having a masters in education are shattered for the moment (only, not so dramatic). if she is in hays, she will accept the program and live happily in sunny san marcos. she might have a small advantage because she is student teaching in hays this semester? were not really sure. so she first has to get in the program, and then get placed in the right district. annnd she finds nothing out until the end of the month.

now heres more of the problem. we love where we live. we like the location of not only our complex but also our apartment in the complex. the large living room and open kitchen. HUGE rooms and closets (we wish! but were willing to slightly sacrifice for other good stuff.) laundry room. neighbors, who are actually only temporary. unshaded pool. big patio. first floor. etc.
oh and were lazy and dont really want to pack everything up and move into an apartment that we dont totally love. [a lot of the three bedroom apartments have just two bathroom-not an option for us. or one room is waaay bigger compared to the others-not an option for us. or come unfurnished-not an option for us.]

so, march 15 is the day to sign a lease (hence the emergency part, seeing as it less than 10 days away). its the last day that all the deals are good. and here go our options:
1. sign a lease in a perfect three bedroom apartment. this includes equally large rooms, walk in closets, and bathrooms. large living spaces. and a great location. reasonable price.
...and then we work up and realized we are living in san marcos, texas. that apartment doesnt exist. and besides, that still requires moving. but it would be worth it if the apartment is juust perfect.
2. resign here at the villagio, in a four bedroom (we hate the three here), without whitney. we would just hope that she gets into fellows in hays county and can then live with whitney again next year. or if she doesnt, and decides to pack her bags and head back to bay city, then we would either a) find a girl to live with us. b) hope that our randomly assigned roommate isnt an anime loving, emo, kleptomaniac, 19 year old. or c) there is a verrrry slight chance that they would leave that room empty.
3. wait till the end of march, or later, to see where whitney is placed. this might mean all the good apartments are booked and that were up a creek without a paddle or a place to live. and sign then.

needless to say, were kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place. any advice?

let me know, lauren

hello blog world,

so, its march?! it scares me but at the same time its really exciting because were getting soo close to it being spring break!! not that i have have any huge spring break plans but i am always excited for that small taste of summmer :) and of course, showing off my bikini body.

my sister has made it very clear that she no longer has spring break, or summer, or any break for that matter, now thats shes in the real world. all she has is the weekends and the only thing she has to show for it are those real world checks. poor baby. it makes me reallly want to do something good for sb09, but im just not sure what. maybe ill spend it at the hop? that could be fun.

welp. thats all fo now..

oh btw happy birthday to dr. suess, sam houston, bon jovi, and of course, texas, our texas!!

happy march,

lauren

a very ashy wednesday

after much contemplation and consideration, ive decided to give up the snooze button this year for lent. it may seem redic to many, but i literally snoozed 13 times on monday. i have a serious snoozing problem. i set my alarm early on purpose so that i can "slowly wake up." being that it was the first day of lent and my night was a little rough, i naturally snoozed. but just as i remembered about it being wednesday, i jumped right out of bed. i consider it a good start to changing myself for the better.
what are yall giving up for lent? i would just love to know :)

also, i love this so i thought i would share..


♥ lauren

fresh flowers. legally blonde the musical. the smell of my new body wash. matt nathanson. design blogs. pizzazz. softball games. good bras. a weekend full of fun. the weather. the beat by burberry. new lion shoes. neighborhood olympics. coldplay. scribble projects. tolerance. nude nail polish. robocops. chicken salad sandwiches. roommate love. good days for sunsets. my nifty box. perfect play lists. good grades. party decor. this little deer..these are a few of my [current] favorite things.

happy tuesday.
xo, lauren

oh how i do love this day

lets see. ive had some pretty exciting valentines days in years past...

freshman year. this one is rough. shannon, cameron, and i stayed up all night the night before valentines day to make camerons gf (at the time) a picture frame that was just too expensive to buy. and we just knew it would be fun/easy to make. like i said, we were up all night. because of the lack of sleep, (i think he also had a test the next day) cameron was more delierious than ever before, and also more annoying. he would not shut up. right before kelsey and him went to dinner, he had a crash. he claims that verrry few words were exchanged at dinner and it was pretty much a misserable time. meanwhile, shannon and i went shopping at the outlets, like always. i somehow fell and cut my leg while looking at the jewlery at charlotte russe. and i can remember cracking up laughing and making quite a sceen. if you can imagine that. afterwards we decided to take our single sleves to a nice romantic, grizzly dinner at dairy queen. probably only the third time ive eaten there in all my life. obviously it was a valentines day to remember.

the adorable frame, happy couple, and totally mainstream friend who helped both make it and break it . ha.

just in case yall wanted to see my cut. it went through my skirt!
sophmore year. actually, when i started writing this, i though the frame happened the first year and shopping was the second. i realized i was wrong through pictures. so i cant really remember what that valentines day brought in 2007. i probably dyed shannons hair or something. however, i can remember that cameron went out. i was only 19.

junior year. kacey and i thought we were real smart by getting austin and jimmy to go out with us. well, as out as we could go seeing as we were both still underage. we got dressed cute, and headed over to austins. jimmy and he were playing darts ha ha and seemed supprised that kacey and i looked so hot. then they realized it was a double date :) at dinner, im pretty positive that jimmy actually paid for austin? cause he owed him? kacey and i went dutch. and jimmy left his number for our waitress who then turned into jimmys gf. to top it all off, they boys headed to the square and left our single asses home. that was a good year too!

so now, senior year. well for starters, i work from three to close. so we should be getting a lot of valentines day shoppers in on the day of? then i will probably find myself at the square. i just cant wait to see was cupid shoots my way!

enjoy your day of love.
♥ lauren

humpday

for the past seven days, i have been having so much fun.

it started with wednesday: i went to dinner with hilary, whom i havent seen or talked to in some time. we had tons to talk about and were basically kicked out of chuys at close. we decided to start really taking advantage of how close we live to each other and to make dinner more of a regular thing.

thursday: instead of going to our normal happy hour at palmers, us girls (haha) met at grins for dinner and drinks. there were a few more of us than normal and as always, a good time was had by all. but really, how can you not have fun when margaritas are only a dollar?

friday: started with class and straight from there, becca, lauren, jill and i went to lulling, texas for our feild trip friday. not only did we eat bbq, shop, visit the school, and of course buckees, we also pretty much met jills entire family. and by they way, all look identical. at 3 i had to work. when i was cut, i met up with a bunch of people at the movies to see hes just not that into you. i was like 20 minutes late due to a pesky customer, but i still liked the movie for the most part. i will say, i just think of it like a romantic comedy and not as following the book. i seem to like it better that way. after the movie, 5 of us went to a very funny dinner then headed home to get dressed. we ended up going to our neighbors. needless to say, it was a loong day.

saturday: kaite and erin came in town to go to austin for staceys birthday. kaite and i went shopping while jessica and erin ate. then the two of us headed to austin to eat at chuys (i know, again) and then shop a little more. we met jessica and erin at our free hotel after valet parking for free. the four of us got dressed there and headed to the bars for our night. it was fun and a really cool atmosphere. and we ended up seeing like 8 people from high school :)

sunday: once we woke up, jessica and i came back to san marcos while kaite and erin left for cs. right when i got home, i started running my bath water (i looked a wee bit busted) when i realized that i had to work. ughh it put me in a bad mood since i had planned on laying around doing nothing all day.

monday: after classes all day, we went out to eat for mikes birthday. after dinner, becca, jill, lauren, whitney, and myself, had the worlds longest "pow-wow."

tuesday: nothing too exciting. class. lunch at jimmys. work. kaceys. you know, the usual.

and today: class all day. realized (actually jimmy realized) my car had been egged. carwash. dinner with whit. basketball game to cheer on my bobcats :)


..once i re-read that, i was bored. sorry. but its the best i can give right now.


and things to look forward to..

• feild trip friday in boerne.
• spending valentines day at work instead of the alternatives: citizen cope concert in austin, buying my first/second-if-you-count-bunnie cat so i have a nice collection by the time im 50, schlitting, or making countless memories with my longtime boyfriend.
• legally blonde the musical next weekend.
• our un-themed (so far!) party on february 27. plan to attend.
• the concert of a lifetime: miss britney spears!
• 4 weddings. one involving a trip to new orleans. one involving a trip to new york!!

keep the good times coming!!

dont waste the pretty

young money..

i finished reading the book, hes just not that into you, and although it was brutal, hard-to-swallow, beyond honest, and almost even sad; it was also witty, personal, and definitely liberating.

gregs blunt advice on dating and understanding guys is exactly what wimpy women everywhere need to hear. even if you dont think your a wimpy woman, i guarantee greg will prove you wrong and then inspire you to go out there and get what you want and deserve because youre a catch!!

oh by the way, i think im a feminist now..question mark

each chapter has some clever/slightly rude little title like hes just not that into you if hes not dating you, or having sex with you, or if he is breaking up with you, or only wants to see you when hes drunk, etc.. and at the end of each of them, there is a checklist with things you should have learned in that chapter like, better than nothing is not good enough for you! or, theres someone out there that does want to have sex with you, hot stuff. ha ha.
okay so all im saying is there are a lot of lessons to be learned that seem so simple and obvious but when i really though about it, i was that girl. i was that girl who needed to hear it over and over again because it clearly wasnt sinking in. that i have no time to waste on the wrong guys because that will just keep me from finding the right guy. in the past, i have made excuses for guys that they sure as hell didnt deserve. im the type that cant stay mad because its so much harder than just sweeping it under the rug and moving on with all the fun. but i just cant do that anymore. greg and liz have opened my eyes. and now, i realize that i let guys get away with so much more than i should have.
not no more. i have been revitilized! and now i realize that he really is just not that into me. the best part is im not even upset about it because i know their is someone out there who will be that into me. i would much rather be with him anyway. i seriously wish i would have adapted this theory long ago..

need examples? hes just not that into you if hes constantly making you feel like crap. its not that a lot is going on in his life, or that he just had a bad day and youre getting the brunt of it all. no. its just that he doesnt care enough about you to treat you with respect. hes also just not that into you if you only get texts at 2:30 am (well because it is after midnight, they are technically "sexts" anyway) asking if you want to come over. and he definitely is just not that into you if he never calls or texts you at all. he didnt loose your number or drop his phone in the ocean, if he wanted to talk to you, he would. dont dare call/text him first. that would just be "despy" and pathetic. when he wants to get in touch with you, he will do all he can until he does.
i realize that it all sounds like one big game, but for some reason, reading the book makes complete and total sense. i am just not doing it justice. my apologizes. please, please read it for yourself!

anyway, like i said, there are many lessons to be learned and most of them are mentioned time and time again. but one that stood out to me seemed to be just a side note yet it hit me like a big yellow school bus; when people show you who they are, believe them. oh, and also, dont waste the pretty :)

and for your sake, do not waste your time on someone who continuously disappoints you in some way, shape, or form. chances are, he is just not that into you. and you shouldnt be that into people who arnt that into you. right? right!


so way off topic- i change my anwser. if i could live in any decade, it would no longer be the 50s. i now choose the roaring 20s. and i give all the credit to pop culture. although, we havent studied the 50s yet...im still saying 1920s.

xo, lt

last night was a blur. a total, surreal blur. i woke up, still drunk, with a huge rubber band around my wrist, scratches all over my arm, no car, and no memory of my night. actually, just very little memory. and those memorys are beyond embarassing. so that may explaing why i am a total wack job right now. maybe i was drugged? ive just had the weirdest thoughts/conversations all day. and, like i said, i lost my car, so the best thing for me to be doing is blogging...question mark.

oh yeah, i almost forgot; i changed my nyr. instead of having a long list of everything i hope to improve on or change in two thousand nine (ew. see perfect example of how off i am today. i mean 2009), i have simplified it. my new near years resolution is to get my priorities straight! obviously i havent started yet.

earlier today i actually got out a pen and paper and made a list of all the holidays that fall on a different date, same day of the week, each year. i came up with thanksgiving. and of course it is always the third thursday of november. sidenote: of the three team members who played (and lost) against me in cranium last night, none of them knew that. unbelievable isnt it? also, easter, mothers and fathers day, 4th of july, and christmas. kidding of course about the last two. then, i wasnt sure about mothers and fathers day so i went as far as to look them up. and i was right! mothers day is the second sunday in may and fathers, well i couldnt figure it out for fathers day. anyway, theeen i really started thinking about that. i know, what a very peculiar thing to be doing on a wednesday morning, but i was just enthralled i guess. so, i know christmas is just one big birthday party and same with 4th of july so it would be weird to change the date, but i hate when they fall on weird days of the week, like sunday. that is possibly sacrilegious? isnt that true though? it just feels strange to me to wake up on a sunday morning and go to a parade. or do you go to chrch and miss the parade? if you do that, you cant really call it 4th of july. or go to church after the parade? its so annoying and totally throws off my week.
okay, enough about the holidays.

i miss watching mean girls all the time. and some days i miss living in the dorms. i love my apt. but living in lantana was a good time. there was nothing better then staying up all night with face masks on, crafting, never having to lock our doors, trying hard to steal from vending machines then giving up and just stealing food from the freezer, spending hours at jones, never being able to fall asleep and knowing kasey was in the same situation, aw-zzz talk, peeing our pants, peeling paint from the door frames, dealing with cassie, climbing up the walls, and of course, skipping class to stay in all day to catch up on sleep and even more importantly, to watch mean girls! but growing up and moving on is necessary i suppose.

i think of myself as a pretty creative person. (yeah, pretty and creative.) but lately, i have been noticing these commercials that are so well thought out and my creative confidence has really taken a hit. i hope to get it back soon because there is lots that needs to be done to this room of mine.

..after hours of this sitting on my computer screen, i think ill just stop there and go ahead and post it. i know its way random but i figured it was written and ill never finish it, so i might as well just put it out there...