i keep having the weirdest dreams lately.

Last week I dreamt there was a Walmart by my school and a terrorist blowing up cars in the parking lot, including my own. Lots of people got hurt, I escaped to the Walmart where my friend worked and we were trying to hide out and be discreet because we didn't know if there was an accomplice or not yet.

Last night I dreamt I was in Mexico somewhere and a bunch of us were at a restaurant just off the marina, but it was just under sea level so you could see all the boats and creatures that came swimming by. We saw this huge sea lion, about the size of a baby whale and then this woman jumped into the water by the sea lion. First of all, you shouldn't jump in water by a marina, its just dumb. But she did. And she swam back up and a dog jumped in after her, the dog then got out of the water after seeing the sea lion and got on the boat. Then the sea lion jumped on the back of the boat, they looked at each other and then the sea lion got back in and swam down. Then the woman swam down and started slapping the sea lion's tale and then it bit her arm. For some reason I went to the marina where the rescue plane was and told them what had happened and we went and got the girl. I told them the truth and why she had gotten bit. Then they said I could water ski behind the plane if I wanted so I did, this other girl did it with me, she was a rescue girl too, so she had different ski's hers actually sank because they were so heavy so after a few turns they had to drop us in the water and we had to let go of the ropes. Well when they took her rope she started to sink and as I was standing on the water a big shark came up and tried to eat me. They threw the rope back down to her to get her above the water and then she grabbed me and we were off again, they pulled us up into the air as we were flying. I was standing right on the edge of the door that was open and almost fell off a bunch of times. I wasn't strapped in or anything so I was just holding on to this big guy as tight as I could, completely terrified. We finally got back to the ground and my mom was there waiting for me, it had been so much I started crying.  Then we were walking back to the restaurant and we saw this door that we thought would take us across the marina... it opened up into a polar bear pavilion. It was slippery and there was a drop off so we tried to hurry out of there before a polar bear could jump up on its ledge and get us. We got out just in time and closed the door and held it shut as a polar bear almost walked out. After that we decided to walk on the beach the whole way back. I woke up and didn't want to visit Mexico.

h-a-double l-o-w-double e-n spells halloween

Well Ben left yesterday. :( I've been sad ever since, not too mention I got a speeding ticket right by the airport which resulted in a large and expensive ticket. Not excited. Seriously, lottery, I need you. Yesterday I got home after the airport and went back to bed for 3 hours. It felt so so good. Then I made some delicious white cheddar macaroni and cheese. I'd been craving it since Ben got here, so it was good to indulge. I ate the rest of it for dinner and the chicken that Ben made me the other night. What a keeper, he takes such good care of me. And topped it off with some chocolate cake, yum. I also watched a ton and a half movies yesterday, I was just in the mood to relax I guess.

1. The Proposal- 2 stars
2. The Black Dahlia- 0 stars. Please save yourselves from this film.
3. Sorority Wars- 0 stars
4. Law Abiding Citizen- 4 stars. Seriously good and mind boggling.
5. Obsessed- 2 stars
6. Passengers-1 star
7. Iron Man 2- 1 star

Today I've been catching up on homework and watching the Husker game. Go Big Red!! 6-1 now, not bad, though that 1 could have been avoided. I just got a card in the mail from one of my besties from Homaha. It's a Halloween card and it has 4 witches sitting at a table drinking martinis, underneath it reads "New Series: Sex in the Coven". The witches are saying to each other "I'm dating a wizard, but he can't get his wand to work." "I got dumped by a vampire. He said I had garlic breath!" "I'm seeing a werewolf, but we only do it once in a full moon." "I slept with a hunchback last night. He was hung like a church bell." So clever, I loved it. I miss her so and I'm really sad not to be spending Halloween with her this year. Partner, you celebrate in style for the both of us.

Song of the Moment
Do It Again- Stroke 9

27 Days til I see Ben

i'll eat you up i love you so.

Loveland Pass. And it's cold.

Ben and I hit Breck

Breckenridge

i'm a sucker for football films

Tonight I watched The Express. It was amazing, I cried. Surprise surprise. But it really was so so good, its the football story of the first Black Heisman winner, Ernie Davis. (Interesting fact... Ernie Davis when he becomes a Cleveland Brown player is wearing the same number as Rudy at Notre Dame.) So now I'm watching Rudy and have decided I need to watch the 10 Greatest Football Movies of All Time as decided by Sports Illustrated. So here they are:

1. Rudy (1993)
2. North Dallas Forty (1979)
3. Brian's Song (1971) Fun fact, my Mom worked with Gale Sayer's brother, Roger. And he's just as amazing as his brother.
4. Horse Feathers (1932)
5. The Longest Yard (1974)
6. All the Right Moves (1983)
7. Jerry Maguire (1996)
8. Heaven Can Wait (1978)
9. Friday Night Lights (2004)
10. Remember the Titans (2000)

And here are those voted by the LA Times:

1. North Dallas Forty (1979)
2. The Longest Yard (1971)
3. Rudy (1993)
4. Friday Night Lights (2004)
5. Heaven Can Wait (1978)
6. Jerry Maguire (1996)
7. Horse Feathers (1932)
8. Number One (1969)
9. Paper Lion (1968)
10. Brian's Song (1971)
11. Any Given Sunday (1999)

Any other suggestions?

meet my new friend: jon.

Big Boris' Intern Depot

just love hearing old songs pop up on itunes so much i had to share

The Difference- Matchbox Twenty

• I love the lyrics in this song. "And for all you know this could be the difference between what you need and what you want to be"

Leaving Town- Dexter Freebish

• We used to listen to this song nearly every day when I was in high school in my carpool.

Your Name Here (Sunrise Highway)- Straylight Run

• I bought this cd when I was probably 14 or 15 and loved it. And now I never listen to it, and it surprised me coming up on my iTunes and I just remembered how much I loved their sound.

Breathe- Faith Hill

• There was once a time I dropped everything to listen to this song. I guess some things never change.

and there will always be a part of me nobody else is gonna see but you and me

So here's my random week. Last week I was on retreat for school--hiking, volleyball, mountain climbing, repelling, scary heights from telephone poles and jumping off, and realizing my ass needs to drop a few- yadda yadda yadda.

Wednesday- So Wednesday my friend Emily got in town so I had to get up super early to pick her up from the airport. NBD. We go back to my place made lunch, showered (separately), and watched Glee. Then she went to the Rockies game and I went to class and then busted out early from my 2nd class because its super lame. It's like the adorable old man you want to be your grandpa but all he does is talk about verbs and adjectives that will boost your resume. So I bounced. We all got home about the same time, and Laura and I didn't feel like cooking, but there's this little bar/restaurant down the street from our place and Wednesdays is Wine Night. $4 glasses. And I've been getting really into red wines lately, I don't know if I'm becoming my dad, but I just really enjoy the taste more than the whites. Maybe I'm just a graduate level drinker now. We also shared mac and cheese fries, which maybe don't sound good but it had bacon (bonus) and cheese (checkmate) and they were awesome. Then we all just got small stuff and went home after that and hung out. I did homework.

Thursday- I had class all day but Emily and I took a tour of campus for a while, I showed her the first Chipotle and we ate at a little hot dog place. Then she left and I went to class, I have a 4 hour break between my classes so one of my new friends Jonathan, he's HILARIOUS. We actually seem to have a lot in common so he feels like a brother or twin or something. Anyway 4 hour break so we usually hang out, this time we just went to his apartment to write our papers and hang out. We made dinner for each other too and then went to class... late. Meh. We also bought concert tickets which I will get to shortly. So Laura and Emily pick me up from class b/c Emily and I were going to go out and Laura ends up not coming and just drops us off at Jacksons which is this bar that is from 10-12 $10 all you can drink. So naturally I had 3 vodka sours and some of the greatest people watching. 

There was an entire booth of drunk asses behind us which made it so much more entertaining. Then Jon calls, he ended up going out, so we go to meet him and my other friend Jimmy at Lodo's. Jimmy has a tab open and this bartender is taking care of us. Two more vodka sours, one that was whiskey and just did not sit well, 3 white kamikaze shots (which are surprisingly good order them), and dancing. And more people watching- we saw this ugly couple find love, so there's hope. And we saw a lesbian fight. Jon and I were RIGHT next to it just STARING and loving it. We also narrated it for our own entertainment. 

Best part of the night is a tie :Lesbian fight and the fact I only paid $10 all night.

Friday- Emily and I get up and went to this breakfast place, its pretty popular because we were like 20th in line for a 30 minute wait and no one seemed to have a problem with it. Then we get to sit and they had the bestttttttttt tea. Organic, of course?...Oh Colorado. And then we ordered, she ordered this eggs benedict with mozzarella, balsalmic vinegar, olive oil, and basil and I got salmon hash. Every meal this guy brought out we just stared at, hopeful. We were starving, finally he comes over to us and is like "Ok clearly I see you guys are hungry and I think you might kick my ass if I don't bring out your food next, so I'm going to go get it right now." BEST. MEAL. EVER. We even went out for sushi later that day, didn't even compare. 

Ok so after lunch we went shopping at Nordstrom Rack. Eff me for spending my moneys. I got some super cute new brown boots, Marc Jacobs sunglasses (I needed these, I broke all my cute ones and my replacements are from Walgreens, not ugly but they squeeze my large brain), a loofah ($1.29?), and a cute tank top that really makes the girls say HOLA PEDRO. So then we went out for sushi and invited Brian and his brother. We had a good time, it was a long dinner. Then we decided we'd all meet up at our place and pregame before going downtown. So Emily, Laura, and I get ready and listened to B.Spears (Spears is fierce yo). An hour and a half goes by and they still haven't showed up so we decided to peace out and went to a house party down by school. Plus: free beer. Negative: Underage undergrads all dressed as nerds. We heard this statement "When did you clean the walls after the Intergalactic Party?" That's when we knew it was time to go. We managed to play some beer pong beforehand though and hung out with Jimmy 2. 

So we call Jon, he's at a bar... so we walk to this bar, he's leaving to go to a bar back by the house party. Ok, so we decide to grab pizza slices before. Laura meanwhile is talking to this creeper dude and she's so friendly and like eager to talk to men, she talks to him about KC and her grade school and her job... finally we peel her away and head to get pizza. Creeper comes RUNNING up behind us and is like "Hey guys, I thought you were going to the other bar guys. Why don't you hang out with me guys? We could have so much fun guys." P.S. Creeper needed to invest in some deodorant AND cologne, no OR. We ditch him as we duck in to get pizza. Then we walk all the way back to this other bar. We go in, o hey they have Blue Moon bottles here, well hey in my handy dandy purse I happen to have 3 bottles of Blue Moon, so we bust those open in the bathroom and walk out like we're the bomb. Which we are. We hang out with Jon til close and Laura pours her heart out about the one date she went on and he didn't text her back that night... 

I'll take the time now to describe this (Laura went out with a guy she met last Saturday at a Rockies game who was friends with someone she works with to an Avalanche game on Sunday. He played hockey at CSU and Laura hasn't ever been to a hockey game so she said it went well because they had plenty to talk about. Then he dropped her off and she said there wasn't much of a chance to kiss her, Emily and I guess that she jumped out of the car immediately, and he said to let him know what she was up to the next weekend (he lives in Boulder). She tells me about it on Monday and is FREAKING out because he hasn't texted her. I was like so? And she was like well they always text like right after they drop me off or the next day or something but I guess he has a job and I was like and he's older... and a guy... and a HOCKEY guy. So I told her to calm down and just text him Wednesday or Thursday and tell him what we're up to Friday so he can join if he wants. And she was like but what if he doesn't call first? And I was like well Laura, welcome to the 21st century when girls have the power too. I don't know if this was too harsh, but I'm not dumb like that. I mean I get crazy and sometimes yes I text Ben all about my day or tell him everything, but I don't wait for him to call me first? Like where are your balls, girl?) So Jon says he's not that into her. And Laura goes on about it and asks why he invited her to the game in the first place and Emily goes, "Maybe none of his friends could go and he just had an extra ticket..." Jon looked at her and was like WHOA dude that was harsh. But it was hilarious. And though I'm sure he already had plans on a Friday night by the time she texted him and was already busy doing those plans to text her back she was like I'm just going to delete him out of my phone and I was like that would be childish... and so she's still talking about it and thinking about it, mind you they went out once. 

Closing time- so we have to take the light rail. So we walk back with Jon and its the last train. While we're waiting for it Creep#2 sits by us and of course starts chatting it up with Laura. She's trying to lie about where we live and I tell him 22nd and Franklin (which is where Brian lives). And he was like o cool cool and we all get on the train. This train doesn't go downtown b/c its late, so our options are taking the bus or a super long and expensive cab ride. I started yelling at Laura about taking a cab, because she never pays her fair share, and so we took the bus. This bus driver must be hating his existence because he was a total dick. The good news was Creep#2 couldn't make it on the bus because he had no money on him. So we take the bus which wasn't as bad as you'd expect but it was still THE BUS. We get off about 2 blocks from our apartment and walk the rest of the way and Laura is whining the whole time about her shoes, meanwhile Emily and I have been walking as much as she has and are fine. We get in at 3. Emily leaves the next morning and I wake up at 11:30. 

Saturday- I write a paper finally that probably didn't turn out too great, but I'll manage. And then went to a Ben Folds concert with Jon. He was performing with the Colorado Symphony. I've seen him twice before but Jon never had and begged me to go. We paid $80 for our tickets only to find out later that school was selling some for $15. Major buzzkill, but still a sweet concert. He opened with Zak and Sara, then mellowed it down with songs like The Ascent of Stan, Brick, Smoke, Narcolepsy, and Gracie.  Then he pumped it back up with Not the Same, Landed, and Steve's Last Night in Town.  It was great because someone yelled "Rock this Bitch" which had me rolling because it was after all a symphony concert as well.  He encored with The Luckiest, he had to play that one. Then he sang a song he made up on stage about the Colorado Symphony including the 50 foot bear that stands outside the Convention Center and included some of Rock this Bitch. Then he continued to play with Army and Kate. Then I got home at 10, painted my toes and watched How I Met Your Mother episodes. Went to bed.

Sunday (today)- Laura and I went to church at the Cathedral which was SO much nicer than the church we went last time. And then we played some touch football with Brian and his brothers and friends and some girls I knew in high school.


Playlist of the Moment

1. The Luckiest - Ben Folds
2. Not the Same- Ben Folds Live
3. Love Like Woe- The Ready Set
4. Sunshine- Steve Azar
5. I Miss You- Blink 182
6. The Only Exception- Glee Cast
7. Uncharted- Sara Bareilles