Scrambled Brains

When statements like "Why Is There So Many Cups On The Table?" make people roll on the floor in laughter, you know there is something wrong.

Its the moment when sleep deprivation meets being overwhelming amounts of assignments.

I take time for things that offer comic relief:

......obviously friends are good for this but other sources offer similar solutions at a connivance.

....Dear Blank Please Blank
....Grouchy Rabbit
....stumble upon
.....Facebook

All these things offer just the relief I need when I start scrambling all the details together. 

So to keep from really scrambling my brain ill resort to my options for some much needed laughter and some much needed comic relief.

 

Peace and Love,

The gal in the red glasses 

T-Minus 15 Days

In 15 days.... I will no longer be an RA.

In 15 days.... I will officially be moving towards my FINAL college semester!

In 15 days... I will be free of homework, classes, cafiteria food, teachers, dorm rooms, etc. (at least for a while).

In 15 days.... I will be able to spend time with my family....and then see my younger brother graduate high school.

In 15 days.... I will take off on my first real journey as an adult....free and completly on my own.

In 15 days.... I will be working as an intern for The Greater Los Angles Habitat For Humanity....

In 15 days....

But for now ill have to enjoy having class outside and basking in the glorious San Diego sun.

Oh what a life I live.....

Peace and Love,

The gal in the red glasses 

There's No Bunny In This Celebration

Resurrection Sunday..or as most people know it....Easter.

I was given the opportunity to celebrate early (thank goodness I did to because it rained today).

A celebration that is so widely known for a big colorful bunny that leaves brightly colored woven wood baskets filled with trinkets and goodies...we'll it's much more than that.

The back story of Christ's death on a cross is well know but not often recognized for its true significance. The idea of someone being hung out and nailed to a tree to grant me my eternal freedom...leaves me awestruck in his mighty power!

So I recognize the sacrifice and embrace the celebration...for HE lives!

Easter....

Time with my eclectic family out in the back hills of rural Southern California. My 97' civic bottoms  out at the dirt pot holes in the road. I kick it in to a lower gear and push foreword, my car howling in complaint the entire time.

Few words can describe the experience of the overall day; the company, the food, the location: all wonderful! But the image that sticks in my mind is the animals. My Aunt, a doctor Doolittle of sorts has a very unique assortment of friendly little critters.

I'll try to list them:

• Taranchula
• Snake
• Dog
• Cat with 5 newborn kittens
• Bull frog
• Baby squirrel (yes a squirrel....she found it on the side of the road, picked it up, put it in her purse and took it home)
• Bird
• Pig (which was on the show Chuck, and also lives inside her house)
• Desert Tortoise (which is actually mine, I got it when I was 11 as a baby, but when I moved she needed room to grow and ended up here..go figure)
• Rabbit
• Horse(s)
• Donkey
• Chicken(s)

So, as you can see it was very overwhelming..but pretty exciting. It's like going to an exotic zoo, where the mix of every animal you could want is at hand for your enjoyment.

And that's what I did for Easter! Crazy huh!

I was so blessed to see my family and to have my RA partner in crime there to experience it all with me. Christ's sacrifice on the cross gave me the ability to celebrate and spend time with the people I love. I know because of what he has done for me and everyone there that day, that I will be able to spend eternity with them.

So, sure my mom made me an Easter basket....and sure I helped hide eggs for the little kids to hunt. But, the day was a celebration about something much more. And that's a celebration I wouldn't have missed for the world!

Peace and Love,

The gal in the red glasses

Study Seshhhh

A very wise person said to me, "I'd rather spend all Friday stressing over getting the work done for next week, than spend all week stressing over what's due next week."

With this in mind an all Friday study session was planed and set in place.

Today we left school around noon; books, computers, notebooks and papers in hand. Ready to spend a day together, focused and determined to finish all we had set forth.

We arrive at the local coffee shop, order our dirty chai lattes and begin to work.

Adele blasts through my eardrums, the motivation to finish my fifteen page paper relational communication paper and my forty page senior project paper growing stronger with every tap of a guitar string.

Hours pass...my small group of friends grows hungry.  So, we order lunch and a second round of coffee.

More time passes and more coffee is ordered...the motivation starts to fade as I flip on my recent favorite show: Dexter. I watch an episode and then return to my work. This same pattern continues for a few more hours.

The clock reads almost ten o'clock and the employees of the coffee shop are starting to look at our group a little funny, but I guess ten hours in the same place does have that effect.

The best part about the study session, besides the productivity is the...company.

Chai Tea Latte: $5.12

Breakfast Croissant: $5.89

Another Chai Tea Latte: $5.12
Cheese Danish: $1.75
Black House Coffee: $2.10

Ten uninterrupted hours with my friends: Priceless!

Peace and Love,

The gal in the red glasses

Feeling A Little Off



The Darkness of My Closet Size Room



The funny thing about anxiety is that it can sneak up on you at any moment.

At about 6am I had that moment.

Panic attack/ Anxiety attack whatever you call it, nothing makes the experience more enjoyable. It can sneak up on you when you're least expecting it. Like when your fast asleep, like it did to me.

You feel you chest tighten, your lungs constrict, your thoughts race as you body is covered in a hot sweat. You wait for it to be over...because eventually like everything in life, there is an ending.

I tossed an turned for hours too uncomfortable to go to my first class. Somehow I pull it together enough to make it through my last class and lunch. I crawl back in my dark, newly cleaned room,  and try to relax. But I can't. I can still feel the tightness in my chest, I remember the discomfort. I worry about it happening again. 

Days like today...when I'm so completely "off" I can't put cohesive thoughts together.  I carefully and hopefully crawl back into bed. Praying I sleep long enough to recover from the discomfort of trauma, wondering if ill awake ready to begin my day again.

Peace and Love,
The gal in the red glasses

Just A Gal With A Guitar

I like to consider myself fortunate enough to be musical. Out of all the God given talents I could have been blessed with, I am so thankful for the gift of music.

I've heard it said that some are just "born from a boom box"...(B.F.A.B.). Where the music is born with them and through them.

I live life like that...appreciating every sound, every movement,  every (heart)beat.

My heartbeat was granted the opportunity to sing, to play, to worship. It is with that passion I approach life. I live to serve...and I serve through music.

Those moment where my vocal chords vertebrate the notes so perfectly matched by the stokes of fingers on guitar strings....hummm that's bliss.

That the blissfulness that is only found in those born from the boom box. Those connected to something more than just notes on a page or written words.  The connection to music like I'm talking about is something God given.

So tonight I share in the passion of angles...I worship.
              I sing.
              I play.

Just me, my voice, and my guitar.

Peace and Love,
The gal in the red glasses

 

Alternate Tear Cryer

Its just one of those day where laughter is uncontrollable once it begins...the best part of this being the fact that everyone laughs differently!

Its gets out of control so quickly when certain individuals laugh, because then the others around them laugh just because of that one specific persons unique laughter. Or at least I always do this, maybe I'm the only one.

I love those times! I am so excited to live with this group of girls, the main reason being our diverse group all has very unique laughs. At one point in today's conversations we made the very real joke that we will probably have noise complaints about out laughter once we live together.

I also loved the comment today about people who cry when they laugh, some people cry alternate tears...only letting one tear drop fall from each side at a time...so laugh hysterically -wipe left eye-....laugh some more -wipe right eye-...repeat pattern....see where the hysterical laughter comes into play????

Even when I spent the rest of the evening outside in the chilly weather the laughter continued...partly due to past references from the weekend. It just happened to be so ironic that the plants were as blue as my "party" drink.

Even with all the laughter and madness the quality time with two girls I love was the best part. Making jokes, doing homework and just enjoying the company. These little moments are what really important. I sit back sipping my bubbly drink...diet coke of course....and recognize what a blessing every moment of my life is.

Peace and Love,
The gal in the red glasses

It Flows Through My Veins

Coffee that is...

Its Sunday once again and I'm at work. After the weekend I've had waking up early to go to chuch is not the mosy desirable activity to partake in. Therefore coffee is a must!

I have come to the conclusion that there are many things to be addicted to. Things from drugs and alcohol, to shopping and being busy.....for me it's coffee. And to be honest I'm completely alright with that.  In a world of evils, this addiction ranks as the lesser of evils in my book.

So I've said it. I'M A COFFEE ADDICT!!!!

I don't think the Starbucks on every corner helps with my addiction but the reality is that I adknowldge its existance. I start every morning with a pot of coffee...yes a pot...which is 12cups. See the problem already. During the day I sometimes have a "pick me up cup". And at night or in the evening (especially after Zumba), I swing by Starbucks for a vente treat.

Although some might see this as a delema, I just see it as a part of my life. I'm a senior college student getting ready to graduate, my potential for greater hazards is much more likely than other peoples.

Which is why I say...let the coffee flow...drink it up and drink it in. ENJOY!

Peace and Love,
The gal in the red glasses

My Long Lost 36 Hours

What started as a normal Friday, ended as an extra ordinary Saturday.

Today...well should I say the events that started yesterday, was the all night Junior/Senior Extravaganza.

The night would commence with ice cream Sundays, then proceed to cosmic bowling and laser tag, then finally conclude with Denny's.

Refreshments provided included a variety of energy and coffee drink; I couldn't resist so I snagged two red bulls and a coffee frap from the stockpile of goodies. This was the beginning of the all night insanity theme for the night. I'm sure the ice cream Sundays and constant sugar consumption didn't lend itself well to the situation.

Anyway, after the ice scream Sundays we moved to cosmic bowling; an activity I have ABSOLUTELY NO!!!! skills toward....my highest score of the evening being a 59. :) The event was accompanied by the most random assortment of music I have ever heard in my life; from Hannah Montana and High School Musical, to 50s bubble gum pop and classic Journey. That radio DJ got no points in my musical score book.

Next, I gulped down my first energy drink of the night (one of the red bulls I snagged earlier on) and headed to laser tag. The car ride topped over a hundred miles per hour, thanks to my very enthusiastic pilot friend's driving expertise.

Laser Tag!...well this was my first experience and let me just say how fantastic it was. I might seriously have found a new hobby. Besides it being a rush its also is kind of a work out (at least to my out of shape thighs). The flashing lights and siren noises were the perfect addition to the forty college students running around. This actually tool place at about 3:30am. Crazy right?, but the excitement and experience of it all canceled out my exhaustion. Just to be save though I drank another energy drink (the second of the red bulls I had grabbed earlier) and headed toward the final destination of the night...Denny's!

The car ride this time involved windows down,PINK blaring, and voiced belting....SO WHAT I'M STILL A ROCK STAR I GOT MY ROCK MOVES AND I DON'T NEED YOU, GUESS WHAT I'M HAVING MORE FUN AND NOW THAT WERE DONE I'M GONNA SHOW YOU TONIGHT!

Oh Denny's. The conclusion, yet highlight of the evening. The ten dollar per person limit seem like a banquet to back room packed with forty(ish) college kids. I ordered the most random assortment of food possible; a fried cheese melt (cheese sticks included in the sandwich), pancake puppies (the set of 6, not 10) and a bright blue coconut/banana/pineapple flavored drink. The combination of that drink and the two red bulls, honestly made me loose all sobriety for the night. I can hardly remember anything besides the hysteria of laughter after that point.

At about 5:30am the final stragglers of the evening pulled back into school. The lucky few of us would have to be up in exactly three hours for a ladies tea party.

Regardless of my long day(s) of sleeplessness, it was a wonderful experience. It was a one time event for me, as a senior graduating in the fall I will never get the opportunity to have a school sanctioned event like this again,which was why I had only one shot to make it memorable...and it SURE WAS!

Yay! for picking the blue drink....oh your going to toast now....well you can't toast as good as me cuz you don't have a blue drink, blue, blue, blue....hahaha (yea I guess you had to be there for that memory).

Peace and Love,
The gal in the red glasses

We Got Spirit ..Yea Yea...We Got Spirit

 

West RA's going full fledged in SpIRiT!!!

I'm going to let the pictures do the talking for today. So, here you go.....enjoy!



LARP CREW 2011



All your 2010-2011 RA's @ LARP!

West Chicks got the SPiRIT!!!

Readying Ourselves for the Battle....



I took down the guy in spandex in the background! (notice my awesome sunglasses, they come in handy during battle...they keep the threatening sun from blinding my precious eyes).

CHARGEEEE......

Wooo! It's Over!

West took 3rd Place overall! Now we have a nice $25 dollars to spend on whatever we please!

Peace and Love,
The gal in the red glasses

 



Why Did The Peacock Cross The Road

Well besides the fact that I think my friends are on imaginary drugs (the effects of which are still the same)....

Peacocks....

Who could have thought that one colorful animal could come up in conversation so much.

So..I'm LARPing tomorrow. I have to admit I still have no clue what the heck it is but my hall is making shields tonight. And being the artistic group of girls we all are we decided to decorate the front of our shields.

Keep in mind the joke of the night was the imaginary peacock that was "seen" crossing the road.

So, out of this new found interest in peacocks I was asked to paint one of the extra shields for the LARP battle with peacock feathers.

Then a friend of mine also decided to paint peacock feathers on her shield. Remember this is for an EPIC LARP (Live Action Role Playing) battle where the brave heart theme is taken very seriously by the boys partaking.

Well that's not even close to the theme of my hall. There will not be dragons and skulls, or war and blood. NO. There is flowers, rainbows, clouds, lightning bolts and clouds on our shields. Oh and don't forget the peacock feathers.

With this kind of destruction, we're sure to win the battle! Because realistically who looses with peacocks!

Peace and Love,
The gal in the red glasses