Lactococcus lactis sbsp. lactis
That’s right. I discovered what my unknown bacteria is. Can I get a what What! Now I just have to finish the 10 page paper that goes along with it. I only have two sections left though, so I don’t have much more!!
I’m getting chubby again. lol I’m going back on the all salad diet. Good thing Woodworth is open. Their salads are AMAZING! Today, my salad consisted of spinach, feta cheese, Greek olives, mushrooms, egg, croutons, and poppyseed dressing. What are your top favorite salad toppers?
Meanwhile…I wrote a creative piece today. I’m not that proud of it because I think it is poorly written, but it felt nice to actually write one of the many ideas going through my head. I’m sure my creative writing will get better though, so I wont get too down on myself. Yet.
Working Out
In the past month, I have lost 7 pounds!! I think that is a sign that I need to see the new Will Smith movie–well, maybe not.
Chyeah
My mother and sister are back from England. Hooray! (Sarcasm) I’ve already been bombarded with constant dumb questions. I was up at 5am listening to my mother’s coffee grinder. Nice. I bought dinner for them last night. Just because I’m complaining doesn’t mean I don’t get along with them or engage my mother in her pointless questions. Okay, I’m being a bit harsh. Sorry.
I’ve gained ten pounds since last year. I need to check my eating habits. It seems like I’ve lost control over something I’m usually very disciplined about. I’ve been running though as usual about 4 miles a day.
I’ve recently been joining chat rooms and talking to people. Its really cool getting to know other people, but you get an awfully lot of nasty guys trying to get u to talk dirty to them. Bluhh..Some of them are like 40 years old. I got into a really good conversation with a 21 year old the other day about politics. lol You know that makes me happy. I recommended Cormac McCarthy to some guy who likes dark literature so i got to tell him about my two favorite teachers. (He is a philosophy teacher)
Oh yeah…!! I have my new laptop! Even if it isn’t a Mac like English majors are supposed to have. Oh well. My dad says he’s going to take this laptop and buy me a mac when the time comes. I’ve kinda grown attached to this one already though. Super Cr3w is my wallpaper!
Chyeah
My mother and sister are back from England. Hooray! (Sarcasm) I’ve already been bombarded with constant dumb questions. I was up at 5am listening to my mother’s coffee grinder. Nice. I bought dinner for them last night. Just because I’m complaining doesn’t mean I don’t get along with them or engage my mother in her pointless questions. Okay, I’m being a bit harsh. Sorry.
I’ve gained ten pounds since last year. I need to check my eating habits. It seems like I’ve lost control over something I’m usually very disciplined about. I’ve been running though as usual about 4 miles a day.
I’ve recently been joining chat rooms and talking to people. Its really cool getting to know other people, but you get an awfully lot of nasty guys trying to get u to talk dirty to them. Bluhh..Some of them are like 40 years old. I got into a really good conversation with a 21 year old the other day about politics. lol You know that makes me happy. I recommended Cormac McCarthy to some guy who likes dark literature so i got to tell him about my two favorite teachers. (He is a philosophy teacher)
Oh yeah…!! I have my new laptop! Even if it isn’t a Mac like English majors are supposed to have. Oh well. My dad says he’s going to take this laptop and buy me a mac when the time comes. I’ve kinda grown attached to this one already though. Super Cr3w is my wallpaper!
Another boring one…
So, in response to a question I was thinking about last night, “Does trying alcohol make me less of a decent person,” I guess if someone decides I’m any less of the person I am because i experimented with alcohol once before college, than they have their priorities messed up. I tried it so i knew how much i could take and how it would effect my body and i don’t think there is anything wrong with that.
I just got back from hanging out with Becky at the golf dome. Gosh, we have the best conversations. It is so nice to be around someone that understands why the dumbest things are so important to me. We were sharing our opinions on people and the effects of families and early mentors on the psychological growth of children. lol. Good putt-putt conversation. It took us quite awhile to get through the course. The batting cages were a lot of fun too. lol. I still haven’t lost my good softball swing.
I’m hanging out with Broq tonight. I’m really excited. i already have my outfit picked out. I just haven’t figured out what we are going to do. I don’t really want to see a movie because they are so expensive, but i don’t want him to come over because my dad will be there. Last time we didn’t get much time to ourselves because my mother and sister were home.
My friend Ali invited me to go camping with her Friday night and to cedar point Saturday. I’d be there with a group of people i don’t know in an area I’m not familiar with. I think if it was anyone else, it would be a definite no. But, I love being around Ali soo much. I just love the way we interact with each other and her openness to people. I think that I would have one of the best times of my life, for the hundredth time in the past two months, if i went with her. It seems like any time we spend together is one of the best times of my life. Maybe i need to go about this decision in a more logical way.
I swear my next post will be more interesting.
Another boring one…
So, in response to a question I was thinking about last night, “Does trying alcohol make me less of a decent person,” I guess if someone decides I’m any less of the person I am because i experimented with alcohol once before college, than they have their priorities messed up. I tried it so i knew how much i could take and how it would effect my body and i don’t think there is anything wrong with that.
I just got back from hanging out with Becky at the golf dome. Gosh, we have the best conversations. It is so nice to be around someone that understands why the dumbest things are so important to me. We were sharing our opinions on people and the effects of families and early mentors on the psychological growth of children. lol. Good putt-putt conversation. It took us quite awhile to get through the course. The batting cages were a lot of fun too. lol. I still haven’t lost my good softball swing.
I’m hanging out with Broq tonight. I’m really excited. i already have my outfit picked out. I just haven’t figured out what we are going to do. I don’t really want to see a movie because they are so expensive, but i don’t want him to come over because my dad will be there. Last time we didn’t get much time to ourselves because my mother and sister were home.
My friend Ali invited me to go camping with her Friday night and to cedar point Saturday. I’d be there with a group of people i don’t know in an area I’m not familiar with. I think if it was anyone else, it would be a definite no. But, I love being around Ali soo much. I just love the way we interact with each other and her openness to people. I think that I would have one of the best times of my life, for the hundredth time in the past two months, if i went with her. It seems like any time we spend together is one of the best times of my life.
I swear my next post will be more interesting.
What a night.
First of all, how do you post youtube videos on here? Ugh…I can’t figure it out.
Last night was my first drinking experience. WOW. I’m a major heavy weight I think. Mandy kept calling me a “tank.” It took me three shots of tequila to feel anything and I wasn’t completely drunk until the sixth shot. Trust me though, i was really responsible about it. I was mentally still able to think clearly and I kept track of how much i was drinking and what it was doing to my body. I just wanted to see how it felt before college and see what my limit was. I would say 4 shots is my limit.
I was also curious about how i would act drunk. I don’t think I acted much different except I could barely walk and i cursed a bit more than usual. I asked the friends I was with what they thought and they said i was funny…I’m not sure what that means. Well, I might have been a bit more open than usual, but I was still able too keep certain things to myself and control what I was saying. My favorite quote from the night was, “A drunk Mandy is just like a sober Lindsey, except more mean.” I have no idea what that meant, but i found it quite humorous at the time. lol. That actually could be quite offensive, but oh well.
I am actually really glad I did that overall. I think it was a good experience. I’m not about to go out and get drunk though any time at all in the near future.
The one downside was the fact that i was paranoid about getting caught the entire day and evening. We spent the night at a campsite near Lake Michigan and there were “alcohol prohibited” signs everywhere. Actually, at 3am, i woke up and heard what I thought was a cop going through our cooler outside. I mean, i pretty much finished off most of our alcohol, but i was freaking out. Then at 4am, I heard it again and went outside to investigate and found out it had been some animal. lol. we left our trash out there. (Dummies) I think other than that though, us three girls did a good job with our nature skills. Our fire lasted for hours. Props to us.
Mes pauvre amis
I think that is correct french. Oh well. Its not like I’ve learned much about french these last two years. I went online to reserve my college textbooks today and by itself, French costs about 250 dollars. Geesh!
There is a new Aerosmith version of Guitar Hero out. I totally want that. But, what would the point of that be? lol I wont be home to play it. I still haven’t beaten Guitar Hero 3. I’m almost to the end of the medium level so I have two more levels until i’m done.
Lauren is leaving tomorrow. 
She doesn’t get breaks longer than one week and she goes to college year round. She’s my one best friend who has been around and there for me since I was five. Its going to be hard saying bye to her. I’m going over to her house at 6:30am tomorrow morning to watch her leave. Hopefully I’ll get in a visit to Chicago before I leave for Ball State. I will definitely be visiting her during my breaks or on the weekend. She has weekends off too.
I went on a couple dates with my x-bf Jake. Not a good move because now he keeps bothering me about hanging out again. Thats what I get for leading guys on…again. I thought I would like messing around with him, but I just found that I’m not attracted to him anymore. He used to be, in my opinion, one of the sexiest guys at homestead. I just don’t think our personalities mesh together well and i don’t like the way he treats other people. Its nice to be around someone that isn’t shy though for once, since i typically go for the shy guys.
Also, my other x-bf Ryan called me the other day. I answered it because i thought maybe it’d be Gabby since i didnt recognize the number. Well, it wasn’t. It was pretty much the worst possible alternative. Now he’s messaging me asking me to hang out. I really don’t like being around him because of the way he behaves. He can never be himself; he always has to put up a front.
Man, its too dark to run outside so i guess i’ll have to run on the treadmill again tonight. Its just hard for me to motivate myself on the treadmill when i’m facing my computer. Too much of a tease. I only ran about a mile last night. BAD LINDSEY!! I ate a healthy lunch though. A six inch turkey sub without cheese from subway. and then I had Subway for dinner, but that wasn’t as healthy or as light. I was starving!! I need to control these hunger cravings.
Such n Such
I’ve been a bit self conscious about my weight lately, but I’ve been running and cutting back on my food. I doubt I’ve actually gained weight, but I feel like it. I ran 4 miles today pretty easily. I want to drive to Homestead’s track and run up and down the bleachers like Heather has been doing. I think it would be good to work my muscles in a slightly different way.
I hung out with one of my xbf’s tonight. Probably not a good move, but it was fun. He turned out to be really sweet and not too pushy. It was nice. We went out for ice cream and then we went and swung on some swings at the park at Deer Ridge. We tried to go to the park off of Aboite Center but as soon as we pulled in, a cop car turned on it’s lights and told us we had to leave through its megaphone. What on earth? That place is usually my hang out spot. I’ve never run into cop problems there.
I started picking out my classes for the next four years. I don’t know when I’m going to fit in my creative writing courses I must take or i’ll die. I really want that creative writing minor but I’m already double majoring and have a french minor….it looks like I wont even be able to take intro to creative writing until about my junior year. Maybe I need to add on some summer classes because i really want to take poetry/advanced poetry and creative non-fiction.
Haven’t heard from Gabby at all since the fourth of July.
Back as a Matter of Fact.
Lets see…
-New Mexico was gorgeous!! who knew the desert would be so beautiful? lol. I mean, it wasn’t the safest place to be, but definitely a lot of fun. I was honked at 8 times, hit on 4 times…but oh well. I ended up meeting some 40 year old women by asking her about a book she was reading and she ended up driving us around to most of the places. Lol. so much for not talking to strangers. We actually kept out of trouble for the most part. lol
-Hand massages: the best thing ever. I hold all of my stress in my hands so it feels like thousands of pounds are being massaged away. Hopi gave me like 5 hand massages. I felt like i was in heaven.
-I don’t know whats going on with Gabby. He blew me off before he left for the Philippines…but he messaged me the other day asking what i was doing for the fourth of july, so i got all excited that he wanted to hang out…and then i saw that his status was, “if you’re not doing something on the 4th of july, hit me up because i don’t have plans.” that made me feel reeaal good. I guess it doesn’t matter who he’s hanging out with, as long as he’s doing something.
-so, my hard core exercise plan is coming into play tomorrow. No sweets, no pop, every other day i’m going to alter running two miles with an ab workout and running 4 miles. I think this plan should work. I’ve decided its important to mix in the ab workouts to add a bit of toning.
-I’ve been watching America’s Best Dance Crew. That show rocks…straight up. I wish i was in a dance crew. I love to dance so much and it sucks that i never get to. I think i could be extremely good if i had money to take lessons. You have no idea how much i love it.
-I go back to work tomorrow.
