bon

things are still going quite well. brandon is still being great to me, calling when he says he will and actually wanting to see me and nice things like that.

finished my first draft of my second short story... it's fairly decent, i think. got back my first story and he gave me a 95, which is the highest grade he gives out. said some nice things about it too, so i was happy.

i've lost my reading glasses and my eyes are KILLING me. it hurts hurts hurts.

nothing else really going on. spring break begins this weekend- we'll see how it ends up going. i'm probably going to have to do a lot of homework while i'm there. oh well.

love
lindsey.

un banc publique!

so tonight brandon (aka THE NEW GUY) and i made our first "public appearance." it was the intramural IFC wrestling tourney, day 1. i had chaucer class till 8:30, then i called him and he met me outside the old gym so i could throw my books in his jeep, and then i STOOD ON THE FLIPPIN PIKE SIDE WITH HIM INSTEAD OF THE SIGMA CHI SIDE. it might sound trivial, but it was a pretty big deal for me. i've NEVER EVER been on a different fraternity's side, since i came to tech. i met a few pikes (met some at breakfast today too, different story) and received several text messages from some sigmachi girls joking about me being a traitor now (they were with the SAEs so they didn't mean it). my friend kevin (EX) flipped me off whilst his girlfriend erin waved at me. brandon was joking about death stares from the sigmachis, but i didn't see any.

so then i come back to the room and i'm talking to erin online and she said that a bunch of the guys were asking if i was dating brandon now. it's nothing official yet, so i said no to her, but it was still funny. she said all the guys around her were asking what i was doing on the pike side. so then i send an IM to john (EX). i said: 10 days?! meaning spring break, and he said, "yes ma'am." and then immediately afterwards, "are you dating brandon?" hahahah i about laughed my head off. brandon will get a kick out of this. we joke about me being sigma chi seconds. it's all in good fun. and it's mostly true ;D

so last night brandon and i watched tombstone. it was good. went to bed. woke up for my first class, and i treated him to breakfast at the grill (huzzah for the meal plan!!). we ran into like 4 pikes there, and they ended up eating with us. it was odd. bizarre. i'm not used to not knowing people. i know all the sigma chis. i live in a bubble. but there was much pike drama to be discussed and so i didn't have to say much. i was glad of that. then he drove me to the next building over (sweet, but unnecessary) and i went to class.

after that, apt hunting with CODY D!!! we found some good ones to check out. then i went and worked out, brandon helped me with the machines, ran into another sigmachi there, not sure if he put two and two together or not. then i left, showered, and met joanna for dinner before class. all in all, an interesting day.

things are going well. only 10 days till spring break, i need to remind my boss that i need off, and then BEACHY TIME!!!!

OH! tonight in chaucer i was talking with this old woman about cats and mentioned mine that lived in rock island. she was like, oh, that's funny, i'm from mcminnville. and i said, oh, that's where my dad grew up. and she asked his name, i told her, and she said, WOW! i was two years behind him in high school! and we talked about what a great guy he was and who he married and how i looked exactly like him and my uncle and who he married and all. it was funny and really neat. i love going to tech.

love
lindsey.

je dors

i'm so sleepy. i'm so BUSY! i love it!!!

work again tonight... i need to shower before then, i just got back from the fit. love my roomie, cara is absolutely the best. everything's so busy though! v-day was incredibly random.... hung out with patrick, matt, and joanna (all eng majors with me). left them early to come hang with cara, then we walked over to outtakes (little on campus gas station like food place) ran into THE OLD BOY, then saw joanna et al... was devious and tricky... went over to the pike house to see the NEW BOY... have seen him again since then... hahah, it's great. everyone's warning me off of him but you know what, i'm going to go for it. he treats me well. i appreciate their concern... but i think i'll try it and see. he's been wonderful so far.

ummm.... yeah. i'm working tonight, tomorrow, saturday, AND sunday this week. and the NEW BOY only works tomorrow with me. i'm nervous. i don't think i'm ready to hostess on my own yet!

but no time! i need to shower and get beautified in case i get to see THE NEW BOY tonight after work. chances are no, but we'll see.

love
lindsey.

la neige!

we had snow again last night!!! it was so gorgeous- i walked out of creative writing at 4 and it was flurrying, and then drove to work at 4:30 and it snowed pretty much the entire time. so very pretty!!!

i got back the comments on my story from my professor and he didn't have anything bad to say at all! i was really really happy.

and work was spectacular! i had so much fun, and really enjoyed the whole time i was there. it was great.

directly after 5 hours of non-stop standing i went and stood at the sigma chi basketball game. it was very exciting and they ended up winning after 2 or 3 overtimes.

directly after THAT was movie night at vandergriffs! i FINALLY got to eat dinner (wendy's, mmmm) and we watched the red violin. excellent movie. excellent.

today has been ok. american lit was booooooooring. then i had french club meeting, with FREE subway sandwiches and fun times, and then joanna and i went to walgreens for an experiement of sorts and then wasted a whole meal for ice cream in the caf. it ended up being a lot of fun though... we ran into my friend robert, a sigma chi, and he ate with us, and then patrick, another english major, ate with us too, so it was a nice little random group of 4 that was very fun, all told. i gave patrick a ride to his dorm, said bye to joanna who had class, went to the gym, and now i'm just chilling before i do some laundry, eat dinner out with erin, and then go to (get this) one of the english prof's rock band's concert. it should be a gas.

anyways. things are going alright. i actually met a guy at work last night, and whether or not he's a long-term guy, he seems nice and he was a pike here, so maybe i can gain a new set of friends too. i think work will be very good for me. my friend josh (pierre) who's in my french class, is a cook there, and he's a lot of fun. and my friend shaina is a server, and another girl from my french class is a server there too.

i'm going to make it. 22 days until spring break!!!

love
lindsey.

raison

catherine and everyone is right.


I CAN DO BETTER.

watch me, i will.


love
lindsey.

l'argent

went shopping today with terri in knoxville. it was a good time. got some good stuff for work. i'm really excited about this job!

you know, this anonymous person- whoever you are, and i'd like to know who you are!!- is right. i do have my answer. from too many people. i guess i'm just trying to save my wounded pride. and i do think i might have found someone to help me move on ;D

also- i'm starting to be sad that i won't get asked to the guys' formal. i'd really like to go!!! i hope SOMEONE will ask me. i'll say yes.

i haven't been out yet tonight, and i may not go at all to the house. i'm working on getting a snowball fight together with a guy i met the other night. i think it'll be fun. he seems like a nice guy. and he actually got in touch with me after asking for my number.

the snow is sticking to parts of the road. EXCITING!

when we were driving across the cumberland plateau (cookevegas is on the very edge, and to get to knoxville you drive across the whole thing) on our way back tonight, we saw about 47849572804 cars that had ended up off the road from the snow. it was scary and intense, but we made it ok. so i dropped terri off, and after having driven in snow and all, i almost got taken OUT by some renegade car whilst attempting to park. i was pulled to the left side of the lane so i could get in a spot on my right, and right as i turned to pull in, this crazy car came up on my right really quickly and i just BARELY slammed my brakes in time to avoid it. i was scared out of my mind, and really pissed off. seriously. who does that?!

anyways. i love kelsey to death- she's the best sister ever. i love my family. i love tennessee. i'm excited about everything here. mostly. still trying to move on, but it's hard. i don't write down everything in here. there are other mitigating factors that are hard to get past. yall have to understand that. but i am trying.

love
lindsey.

qui

so the guy i talked to on the phone the other night never called me. surprise.

i've got apartment plans all situated, all that remains is finding a place to live with cody for the fall.

still up in the air about the guy. confusing, but i have developed a new theory. and i'm trying to work out a way to test it. we'll see.

btw- who left the anonymous comment on the last post? just curious ;D

love
lindsey.

travaille

i just got hired as a hostess at nick's, the really nice restaurant in town. i'm pretty excited about it. it should be good times.

i'm supposed to be meeting a guy tonight. if he calls. we'll see how it goes. he's a pike. you know what they say about pikes.

still haven't heard from the other guy. i'm pretty bummed about that, because i still really like him and i'm struggling not to call him and ask him to come back and treat me like crap again... it's hard.

spring break plans are... not moving forward. and my apartment plans fell through today when sarah told me (after i asked) that she wasn't making enough money to move out. so now i'm feeling pretty lost about all of that. it's a sort of depressing day.

i went to go volunteer at the animal shelter today, but i don't think i'm going to follow through with that. the hours are awful (11:30-3!!!) so i would only be able to just make it if i hurried through lunch. i think i'll ask my friend (an ADPi) if they have any tutoring partnerships with local schools. that might be fun. i don't know. we'll see.

anyways. going out tonight. i need some fun times. hopefully it will be fun.

love
lindsey.

a la treizieme

1. i love my new roommate!!

2. i can't wait for basketball season to be over so we can actually be in the room at the same time and she's not always on the road to... somewhere

3. i just finished my first short story, and it's weird. we'll see how workshopping goes. if you want to read it, drop me a line and i'll email it to you.

4. why HAVEN'T we discussed lowering the drinking age again? i mean seriously! i just read an oped piece on the red and black website (UGA's paper) about that, and the guy was right. there are these 3 years where kids just bounce around without parental guidance but they're still illegal, and schools and everyone sends conflicting messages. at UGA, for example, if you get caught with alcohol underage, you go to jail. period. YET they also tell everyone how to drink responsibly and what alcohol does to you with each drink, etc etc. like 'we're going to throw you in jail, but you'll do it anyways, so here you go.' it's not cool at all. i really do think that lowering the age would help with this conflicting message. then again, i like to drink alcohol. but seriously.. i live on a dry campus, in a DRY COUNTY and i still drink. putnam county is weird about it all. we can't have any straight bars, they have to serve food at some point during the day, including the clubs like cotton eyed joes and the factory. my friend adam is a DJ and is being courted by a guy about to open a new club here and he was telling me about how strict they are about liquor licenses in putnam county. it's pretty ridiculous. someone's even bought up the license for hooters so that we'll never get one here. we do have a toots coming in though. it's just very strict here... and this is totally off my subject about lowering the drinking age, but whatever.

5. i love apple juice

6. i applied for a job as a hostess at nick's yesterday, i hope i get it! i need a job.

7. i'm applying for mortar board, so i'm going to volunteer at the animal shelter today i hope (we'll see)

8. my friend adam (different from above) is setting me up with some guy... i'm supposed to meet him thursday. he told me to come by the house... not sure what the house is, but ok. we talked on the phone briefly and he called me megan at the end... i'll have to chat with adam about that! ;D

9. i told the previous guy "if you like me, act like it!" and i haven't heard from him after he said he'd have to think about what he was going to do. i wish he'd just call, i really liked him a lot. mom said be prepared to wait weeks and be prepared that he may not do anything ever. it's just still hard. at least there's nothing else i can do now.

time to get ready for french phonetics. still wearing clothes from aerobics class... probably not going to change.

love
lindsey.