What? No headline? You can't have a blog without a headline!!

Alright! So one week of school is officially finished. Here's my schedule overview for this fall - 12 hours of classes, 25 hrs of work, and Women's Law Caucus (I'm the events coordinator now.) I'm not quite sure how I'm going to have the time to just do that, much less do that and get in my required social time...as I'm already beginning to see. It's alright, if you all can bear with me for about 2 more years I may actually have time to see you and do something slightly more fun than a 2 hour visit. After all, I've already known most of you for about half a decade if not more, so I think 2 more years isn't bad, is it? Of course by then, everyone will be married or something and I won't...so I think I'll move to California.

California's a good place - as long as it doesn't break off the country and float into the ocean.

Okay, so I can't think of anything witty or sardonic to say today (what's wrong with you Michelle? Are you dead?) so I think I may go ahead and find a picture. But before that, I will say something that will shock everyone into their grave...

I will beat EVERYONE in my fantasy football league!!!!

That's right, I said it!! FOOTBALL!! Where's my rocker, you're asking??? Well, (a) I've been informed that I have to learn about the game before I'm allowed to go to see the Bengals play (and I REALLY Want to see a professional football game...seriously just cause)and (b) one of my guy friends invited me to play in their league since he was leaving the firm and it would be a good way to keep in touch.

For the last couple of weeks it's just been in the back of my mind, nothing important - just mess around with it every once in a while once the draft goes...I didn't even really pick my own players...but then Ed (study partner guy) showed me his excel sheet for his fantasy football team. And I want it. And I'm going to get it. He's won in his league...thus if I manage to get mine down like that, I should have a good chance of winning.....we all know how dangerous this is for me kids. It's just bad.

In any case, I would LOVE it if I won because *1* I never really liked football and *2* I'm one of those typical girls that knows nothing about it. So how pissed would every other guy be if I beat the crap out of them?? HA!!!!

Random Comment #45 Does anyone know of a place in Cincy where you can get belly dancing lessons that aren't on Monday nights??

Me love you long time! -- Really? Sure doesn't seem like it, oh evil chinese buffet

Tip of the day:
Don't eat at any chinese buffet which calls itself the "Best Value in Town." You will end up sweating beads and sitting/laying on the couch for the rest of the night just waiting to die. And it's not good for a hangover.

Yeah yeah so the hangover was gone by about 11 this morning, but all I'm saying is English muffins and lox (cream cheese and salmon) simply do nothing for curing the nausea which comes with mixing tequila and rum. It was a good idea at the time! (Do you have a flag?)

Anyway, for a comment that should make everyone involved highly uncomfortable (and perhaps risk running off my boyfriend - which could be happening regardless) - the situations of all my friends as compared to mine completely irk me. Alright, so Babcia tells me that I shouldn't compare other people's situations, love or otherwise to my own since I am usually in completely different circumstances in the first place, which is certainly true with my love life.

What brings this up? The fact that it seems that everyone I know is in a seriously committed, mature relationship and I am not. Now, this is not to say that we are (a) not committed, or (b) not mature, but all of my friends seem to be either living together or married, save a couple. All his friends are either in our status (I kinda assume, as I never hang out with his friends...) or single.

Okay, yeah, so this can be a little frustrating for a girl, especially one who has been craving stability for at least a year. But, our situation is a tad different than everyone else's, mainly in these two aspects: (1) We're in a long distance relationship of a whopping 5 hours (he's in MI) and (2) Both of us are still in school. In those respective states. So while I crave stability, I'm not even in the state to actually have that in the first place - so I know it's going to be at least 2 years no matter who I'm with. And while I'm glad others are happy getting married in the middle of school, I know I just can't do that.

I suppose I should minimize the risk of being told "Uhh Hey Michelle. I've had a good time with you, but I just don't think we should see each other because you're SCARY" by making a disclaimer: I'm not interested in marriage at this time. I'm just jealous that others have seemed to further (is that the word?) their lives in ways that I cannot. Suffice it to say that I feel that I've plateaued at being a perma-student who earns a mere $10/hr and that I will die alone, eaten by wild dogs.

Apparently a thing that comes with a mild case of food poisoning is a serious case of verbal diarrhea. Let's hope no one reads this.

Raw fish is good for the soul!

Sushi and wine have to be the best combination in the world- especially after a stressful week of stuffing envelopes and getting yelled at about "duplicates" and people not doing their job, and blah blah blah...speaking of which, apparently I need an attitude adjustment.

It seems the boys are starting to complain about my response to being given work - I'm being told I grunt, say something smart-ass, or whatever. It's true - and it's not intentional - and I think it's a response to not having a break at all this summer, and the fact that the people giving the work are generally sitting on their ass doing nothing while I'm doing 3 things at once. Maybe I'm just negative and having an "ego-trip" like I'm being told. I don't know. In any case, I suppose I should work on that if I want to keep my job - right? Cause the only way you can keep your job is if people like working with you...regardless of the quality of work you put out in the first place. This is very odd to me, because generally I don't have a problem with people since I'm usually pleasant and all that. Maybe I've just gone hateful.

Also, we're in the middle of the whole political fundraiser going on next weekend (what's sad is I didn't put his name so my page couldn't be googled - which is in the dictionary btw)and finally managed to get the invitations out - all 1,100 of them! Yayyy!!! I'm halfway excited about it, and I'm halfway tired - but all in all I think it's a good experience and probably better than the 8 weeks I spent studying for finals that I probably did mediocre on. :)

Another awesome thing is I managed to get in touch with a couple of friends from high school within the last week - and that excites me so much! I've missed them, and I'd like to see them again. By a couple, I mean 4 - including my hs boyfriend and his wife, who were both best friends of mine in school. I hope I get to see them soon - it would be kind of nice to remind myself of where I come from.

School in 2 weeks again! Ack!