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I AM DONE WITH MY FUCKING FINALS.

YES!

and this means that i'm just going to be living the life until friday/saturday.

with some cleaning/packing along the way.

i am so incredibly relieved to be finished.

my life has come full circle. 





PEACE,
maryann

life is twistered upside down
i can't wait for this quarter to be over
take one final today (biology; i hope i don't fail it)
and two tomorrow (history and estu)
then i am finished with fucking fall
YES

next quarter is going to be awesome
i can feel it in my bones
belly dancing = amazing times
man o man

party saturday was mass successfulness
we got drank out of house and home
and our place was utterly trashed
but it's coo

peppermint schnopps + coke = delicious
butter + brown sugar + vanilla ice cream + rum = delicious
but choclate fondue = bad (because it burns, which sucks)
one of my plates got broken in half
i don't know how
i was pretty drunk and stoned, so
good times
and vanessa's camera got stolen
and semi-promptly returned

i had a miyazaki marathon the next morning
that was awesome
and then i made dinner with a bunch of friends
and played board games
and played hide and seek
apple popsicles are good too

i'm going to miss people over break
and i'm to miss the rock wall too

whatever; i need to study like a mofo.

PEACE,
maryann

wish list:

-a digital camera
-the complete collection of sex and the city on dvd
-lead climbing carabiner thingies
-and maybe some moolah

new year's resolutions:

-get pumped for spring time climbing
-be able to hit V1+/V2 and 5.9 routes by end of coming quarter
-get belay-certified
-go outdoor climbing (lead too! mt. eerie, here i come!)
-take belly dancing lessons with Minami
-get better at bicycling
-go camping/hiking
-learn how to swim
-declare english major first thing after x-mas break
-apply to woodring college
-and kick winter quarter's academic ass!



so, i lead climbed for the first time today.  it was an easy route so it wasn't too scary, but it's still a little daunting to think that if you can't make a move, or miss clipping in you could seriously hurt yourself; it puts a lot of pressure on you truly sticking the moves.  i want to keep doing it; hopefully it'll give me more confidence on the wall.  the second route i tried to do was a lot harder, so i couldn't even make it to the second clip (FRUSTRATING).  i'll hit it next time though.  i think i should top-rope more so that i can get more endurance.  my foot-work is getting better, which is nice, but even so my balance still needs a lot of work.  man, i want to take this stuff outdoors, but am glad that winter is here and bringing poor weather so that i have time to actually prepare for it; hopefully by the time spring comes along i'll be able to look like a real climber. 

man.  finals next week.  i'm sorely unprepared, and yet surprisingly at ease about it.  i'm sure the reality of it all will hit me in due time, but until then here's to simply enjoying life.  i'm promising myself though that starting tomorrow i'm going to write myself out a plan of a attack, a schedule for the weekend to get my ass in gear.  i'm mostly worried about, well... all of them. hah.  i need to study like hell for the biology exam (i have a poor enough grade already, and don't want to fail, so i need to score highly on this final).  environmental studies shouldn't be so bad, as long as the final is conceptual rather than factual (although i'm not sure how it's going to be, so... eek).  for history i just need to put together a thorough-as-hell note sheet that i can reference during the exam, and just refamiliarize myself with everything from the lectures (i hope i did pass-worthy on that huge essay i just turned in; it was a pretty big deal, so i need a decent grade on it to pass).  finally, english shouldn't be too bad.  it's my last one, and i have all of wednesday to prepare for it; all i really need to do is decide what stories margaritis deemed important, reread them, and then analyze the crap out of them before i have to for real in the exam.  rereading all that, it seems like a lot, actually... i'll make it through regardless though.  everyone is entitled to at least one shitty quarter, right? i just don't want F's, or to have to take biology all over again... if i do poorly, i just hope my folks aren't too upset at me (that would suck).

life's been good lately.  i've been to a few shows, hung out with a ton of awesome friends, made new ones, gotten better at climbing, enjoyed the snow (and the ice's departure soon thereafter), and i'm excited to go home to spend time with my family too.  oh, and i can totally make smoke-rings when smoking hookah now (whoa, accomplishment)! now for the french inhale...

so much to do, so little time.  life is only just beginning. 

lalalove you,
maryann

Dear Santa,

I have been a good woman to the max.

It really wasn't my fault what happened at Vanessa's Christmas party. It was Carissa who spiked the punch with too much vodka. I can't help it if I drank 48 glasses. It was so good---smelled and tasted just like patchouli.

I thought it was funny when I put Jason's panties on my head and danced the booty-shake on the coffee table while singing `Bohemian Rhapsody'. I didn't mean to break Vanessa's vibrator and don't know why Vanessa would sue me for vandalism.

I don't remember calling Shidon's wife a stupid horse ---even though she looked like one with aquamarine eye shadow and magenta lipstick!

And when I threw up on Amy's husband's elbow, it was only because I ate too much of that baklava.

After all that fun, I admit I was a little tired. So I fell asleep on my way home and drove my bicycle through my neighbor's porch. I don't think that was any reason for my neighbor to call me a silly geoduck and have me arrested for nudity!

So, Santa...here I sit in my jail cell on Christmas Eve, all great and sexy. And I'm really not to blame for any of this beastly stuff. Please bring me what I want the most---bail money!

Sincerely and totally yours,
Maryann (Really a nice woman to the max!)

P.S. It's only 1 000 000 bucks!



Write your own letter !!!

i think i have it figured out; it's 14 credits (shouldn't be too bad), and they are.....

- english 282: intro to medieval lit. (with that gangsta Margaritis again!)
- east asian studies 210: nomads of eurasia
- geology 101 w/ lab: some intro. bullshit

do you know what else is bullshit? the fact that they are only offering one art 110 class, and that class only has 12 seats. leaving me with zero chances of taking an art class next quarter (here i am left out of art AGAIN). whatever, i'll get on the waiting list anyway and see what happens.

lalalove you,
maryann