I am a musical genius.

DIANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :)

i finished my song =/

yikes!

i'm so scared haha. :)

i can't belive it's done. my vocals are finally recorded with my instrumentals. now all that's left is to send it out to people. let people other than myself HEAR me . . . HEAR it.

yikes!!

i think i'm gonna send it out tomorrow night :) and then . . . wait . . . and see what the world thinks of my "music." i'm scurrrred. but i'm also excited. to have someone other than myself and my dog hear me.

yikes!!!

hmm, as i'm reading your last post over, which i have in a separate window adjacent to this window, i'm realizing i already responded and we pretty much discussed most of what you commented about when i saw you last saturday. last saturday was FUN! i enjoyed you very VERY much :) :) :) hmm, there are some things though i need to address so read on :)

i want iceeeeeeeeecreammmmmmm and chipotleeeeeeeeeeee and bruschettaaaaaaaaaa and youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu :)

anyways, yes, read on.

so i want a siberian husky too! you get a boy and i'll get a girl and then we can have them mate :) it'll be like we're family. more family than we already are.

i am very intrigued by what you wrote about Confession, and the Act of Contrition, and absolution and all. i wish i could get me some of that.

i dunno about that House of Night series either. i probably will read it someday too, but i think i'll read Harry Potter before that :) i really wanna try and read it before the movie this year. wait. it comes out like sooon, right? as in, i thought it was coming out in december or something, but i think you may have mentioned recently that it comes out in the summer. yikes.

i love that you love cocoa puffs!!! i just had to let you know :)

i hope you went to Bhangra again this week! you need to teach me some moves.

zac efron is a GOOD claim. i feel like his latest movie is gonna be very cute and very good. very enjoyable in a very funny way. prolly not oscar worthy, but i think it'll be far from a "Crossroads." i can't believe i didn't claim ewan mcgregor :( i could shoot myself for that.

hmmm, i don't know if i have anyone to claim in this post. but that would be unacceptable. the whole point of this blog is claiming. hmmmmmm, i . . . . claim . . . . *thinking* . . . . JOSH FARRO. he's the lead guitarist for Paramore :) he's a cutie. i know you're not really into Paramore, but if you ever DO get into them, he's taken.

i'm starting to lose zeal on my diet. my diet is only successful when i'm in a good mood. but i've been kind of down/angry pretty often the past few days so i've been eating junk food and not drinking my required amounts of water to boot. if only i could lose my apetite when i'm feeling negatively, and only gain my apetite when i'm feeling positively :) that would prolly help me to lose some pounds MAD FAST haha.

i saw a commerical for these quiznos subs that are longer than a foot and cost only $4. i need to get me some of that.

The Nanny is coming to Nick at Nite. did you ever watch that show?? i used to be pretty into it. i hope when it comes, it doesn't replace george lopez though :( i'd be very sad.

ohhh guess what? my parents bought me a guitar for like $20 in a garage sale. we probably should have used that $20 for food or to pay bills, but how often do you come across an electric acoustic guitar in good shape for $20? i certainly don't have the money for a $300 guitar at this point in my life or for that matter, in the next few years of my life prolly haha. now all i need to do is teach myself how to play guitar. i'm excited!! but also nervous =/ i'm not writing any more songs until i can play guitar along with it.

i'm getting really sick of the excel book i'm using to learn the program. INFORMATION OVERLOAD. it keeps giving me like 2 million shortcuts and different ways on how to do everything. and now my mind is all jumbled and i haven't even gotten to the really good stuff yet. oh dear.

i'm excited to learn accounting :) it seems intriguing! i dunno how much SCC will teach me, but hopefully i'll learn a bit :)

alright mi amor, i'm gonna bounce, my bed is calling to me. look out for my song in your inbox hopefully tomorrow night or friday morning. be gentle on me haha. no, be BRUTAL. :) i need the truth haha.

*love love*

We run a little hot.

Hey Am,

I hope you’re not as boring in real life when people ask you how your trip was. I guess we’ll see this weekend, but a little excitement would go a long way. I’m glad you enjoyed the Grand Canyon – what do you mean you want to live there? Like in the Canyon (bc I would support that)? Or in the general Arizona area. Bc I think the southwest is a really beautiful area although I can’t say I’ve been to Arizona. I want to go, but like I’ve said before - thats a “wholesome family trip” for the future. But Vegas needs to be done before any kiddies and w/o the parentals.

And I fully support the all-you-can-eat-buffets. And I definitely don’t even understand how you lost 6 pounds since you’ve been back. That’s a LOT. What's your secret?? I can’t lose six pounds even if I tried. Although I’m so anti not eating.

Where did you go in California? I’m excited to see your pictures, I’m sure you look just fine. I’m very happy you’re coming! Even though it’s actually to see your OTHER friend and I just happen to be a side stop, but I guess I’ll take what I can get since you clearly can’t make a trip out here simply for MY benefit. It’s okay, I realized a while ago I’m way down on your list even though you’re like first on mine. Unrequited love. Not bitter. At all. Obvi.

I can’t make up my mind about the werewolves. I mean, in the book I LOVE the werewolves (team jacob!) just as much as the vamps bc that’s just hot. And Native American guys? Shit, FUCKING hot (I think it has to do with the fact that shirtless tan people > pale cold people AND the fact that I've always loved wolves as kid and decided I needed to get a Siberian Husky when I got older bc that's as close as I'm going to get). But in real life, sometimes I see them and I’m like meh. Like in the links you sent… meh - they look a little too Mexican. Maybe if you had actually found a descent looking picture like say perhaps this one:

Now see, this is something I can actually work with. Umm, the one all the way on the left is alright. The front & center one is okay. The two on the right are a little small. I still think Jacob (with short hair) is hotter. But maybe they'll look better in the movie.

I hope your singing goes well. I’m sure it sounds beautiful and when will you be sharing this wonderful song?

The “opening line” at Confession, huh? Yeah there’s a standard way to do it. You go in there make a sign of the cross and say, “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It’s been (amount of time) since my last Confession.” And then you just sort of tell him everything. When you’re done you say something like, "I am sorry for these and all the sins of my life." That’s how he knows you’re done. Then the priest might talk to you about what you said, like he might give you advice on how to try to avoid repeating the sins you’ve committed. Then he assigns you a penance and then you say the Act of Contrition, “O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended you and I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell, but most of all because I have offended you, my God, who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve with the help of your grace, to confess my sins, to do penance and to amend my life. Amen.” And then (this is the big part), the priest gives you absolution. I had to Google it bc I don't actually know what he says. All I know is the last line which is the important one, but Google says it goes something like: “God the Father of mercies, through the death and resurrection of His Son, has reconciled the world to Himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgiveness of sins; through the ministry of the Church may God give you pardon and peace, and I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” The end.

I’m glad you like the name Catherine. I like it too, I don’t know about the name Siena.

I looked into every vampire book/series I could find after I read Twilight. But they all just sound so… cheesy. I have heard of the House of Night series, but I’m too lazy to read it. It has something to do with a girl having to become a vamp right? Like she goes to a school? I remember looking at them at the Barnes & Noble around here. Sounds a lot like Harry Potter to me except they’re witches/warlocks. I feel like… I might read it someday, but I’m not in a hurry.

You moving to the city would be amazing. I’m surprised your parents would let you, but I support it! Even though you’d probably ignore me. Sigh.

Cereal is awesome. And by cereal I mean sugary cereals, mostly cocoa puffs. I love it. I also love donuts. My favorite is the vanilla frosting at Dunkin Donuts and the glazed at Krispy Kreme. YUM. I’m hungry just thinking about it. This is why I'm fat. Oh, have you seen that website? This is why you're fat. It's great... and sad, lol.

On Sunday, I think I’m going to do the March for Babies. Would you like to come? Let me rephrase that – could you come? Bc I realize hanging out more than one day in a row is scandalous but you know, it’s out there for your consideration.

I took a two hour nap yesterday evening after work. It was glorious.

Did I tell you that I decided to go to a bhangra dance class? Yeah, I get these urges once in a while to do something outside of my comfort zone and more adventurous. So on Monday I decided to look up some bhangra classes in the area and then I went on Tuesday. It was a lot of fun, good workout. And as for the ‘more adventurous’ part, I decided it would be fun to go white water rafting this summer. Care to join? Oh, we should go to Six Flags too. I’d like to actually DO things this summer. We’ll see how that pans out. What did you want to do this Saturday, btw? You should probably get a subway day pass.

I’m claiming Zac Efron (I know, I know. I caved. I’ve been on Zefron overload lately with his new movie coming out. He’s everywhere and he’s grown on me), James Marsden, Antonio Banderas, Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp, Captain Jack Sparrow, Patrick Dempsey, Denzel Washington, Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Colin Firth, and Hayden Christensen. Also, I heart young Tom Cruise. But he’s like a quack now with his Scientology shit. But he was just so cute. Eh.

Yeah it’s a lot. That’s what happens when you don’t blog for weeks in a row. I have to make a list of everyone so I can remember. If only you blogged more often...

I want to go back to ND for a game this year. Esp since I didn’t go last year. Hm, yes. We’ll see, I just had the idea today so it’s still in the planning stages, but I would love to go. Oh, ND football.

I'm going out for drinks after work with a couple of people which is nice. We've been going out for 2 hour lunches everyday this week. Fantastic and so much better than being in the office. It's sooooo beautiful out today and I think it supposed to stay this way through the weekend. I really hope so bc it's been raining way too much.

So this has been REALLy long. I'll stop now and leave some for next time. Adieu.

I love cereallllllll

hey hottie,

“how was my trip?” you ask? i’m so bad at answering that question whenever people ask me. i just say, “it was gooooood, you knowww, it was coooooool, yeaaaahhhh.” i think i’m just not good at talking in general? ehh, but i do enjoy talking. hmm. maybe i’m just bad at describing things.

i’ll try though :)

i heart the Grand Canyon. i want to live there when i grow up.

so the trip was monday to saturday. monday, wednesday, and friday were spent in vegas, and tuesday was a road trip to california and thursday was a road trip to arizona. saturday was pretty much non-existent because we had like a 7am flight that morning.

i loved the drive over to california even more than california itself. just staring out the window at desert and nothingness really gets my heart pumping. and the drive to the grand canyon included driving over the Hoover Dam, which was hottt. man triumphs over nature, scoreee. my favorite part of vegas was, clearly, the all-you-can-eat buffets. soooo many buffets. i love fooooooooood. i’m glad i ate my heart out there though because i’m really depriving myself of almost everything i love to eat these days. i’ve lost like 6 pounds since i’ve been back, but this is around the time i would normally quit a diet and gain back any weight that i’ve lost. so i need to control that urge cause i have like a million pounds left to lose still. wish me luck.

i just made an executive decision to stop talking about vegas and save the rest to tell you in person when we go through the slide show of pictures from my trip. prepare yourself though because i look pretty scary in hmm mostly all of the pics. i’m so excited to show them to you. *deep breath*

i was in the grocery store a few days ago and i was flipping through some random tabloid (a favorite hobby of mine) and oooooooooh emmmmmmm geeeeeeeee, I CLAIM ALL THE QUILEUTE BOYS/MEN. they are surely going to steal the scene when they appear in New Moon. i can already feel it. i found pics online of the exact images i saw in the magazine. i’m definitely in love. and super hyped for the movie. as if i wasn’t before this.

http://www.twilightgear.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/chaske-alex.bmp

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GORGEOUS RIGHT??!!??

GOD.

anyways, i plan on recording my “singing,” if you can call it that, tomorrow morning, as in it’s already tomorrow so actuallyyy later THIS morning. i was supposed to do it yesterday morning but i spent all the time before work folding laundry. and i spent all of my time before work today at the hair salon. so i’m shooting for tomorrow. my recording studio will be in session. yeah, my computer will be on. tis all.

so you confessed EVERYTHINGGG??? tell me more about this confession! what was your opening line? like “what i’m about to tell you, mr. priest, you must keep secret.” yes, tell me more :) um, and yessssssssssss, of course i remember alanis’ “Forgiven.” i loveee her, and i loveee michael the man jackson. alanis is weird in like a super cool way and michael jackson is a psycho in an entirely . . . psychotic way, but seriously, i can’t hate on the music. good music is good music and i will listen if it is good.

i love the name Catherine!!!!!!!! it’s so classic, so classy, so upper-class, so elite, so sophisticatedly royal. along with me calling you Catherine from now on, can i also call you Siena??? i think Siena has a sexy ring to it.

i promise i’m gonna read harry potter :) it is in my destiny. i hope it changes my life. i have high hopes for it; i’m really looking for my next reading obsession.

have you heard of the “House of Night” series? i saw the authors (mother and daughter pair) on Rachel Ray yesterday. it’s another vampire series . . . . i dunno if i should even bother attempting it because i know nothing can compare to our Twilight. the fifth book in the series came out last month. also, i’m pretty sure i heard on the show that the series got picked up to be made into a movie. i dunno; one of us should try this out and let the other know if it’s worth her time :)

ahhhhhhhhhh, i can’t wait for you to read The Host :)

anyways, you know what’s funny? i just noticed on facebook today when i was on some of my indian friends’ profiles that they’re attending the facebook event of the Indian Summer thing you posted on my wall. so you should totallyyyyyyyyy go and just when you get there, yell out that you’re a friend of Amrita <3 and i will join you for the next one once i have my apartment in the city :)

i really enjoyed the picture of Jonathan Rhys-Meyers that you placed in your last blog post. i saw “August Rush” last week and he was pretty darn adorable in it. deliciousss.

alrighty, before i head to bed, i just have to say that i love cereal. i’m substituting that for my dessert these days and it actually is way more enjoyable than i thought it’d be. i’m not gonna lie though; i dream about donuts.

and on that sweet note, i bid you adieu <3

Team Jacob

Hello, peasant.

Yes, your picture is much better now. Cute and adorable, but loser-esque. Just like the wine picture, but whatever.

HOW WAS YOUR TRIP?? I want to hear ALL about it.

Regarding Twilight: I mean if Stephanie Meyer is just going to be a bitch and not write anymore Twilight books, wtf are supposed to do? Sit around and wait for her to decide if she might want to write another Twilight book someday? No, some of us don’t have the patience. I mean, I’ll probably end up reading it too bc the temptation is just too great. But my fear is that it will suck. And I heart Jacob so I’m kind of glad it’s from his point of view. But at the same time, no.

You know when we were talking on the phone about No Doubt… and how I feel old bc its like so exciting when the bands actually tour bc they haven’t done it in so long? Yeah, I think it was a solid point: I told my brother I was thinking about going to see No Doubt and you know what he said? He was like… “Who’s that?” That’s almost as bad as you and the “I’ve heard of them” Coldplay comment. Almost. At least he has an excuse… there’s like a 6 year gap. So yeah, now I feel old. But I put Don't Speak up as the new song bc it's hands down, my fav.

Excel is incredibly important to any job, especially any job involving any numbers (and even those that don’t). The business majors were required to take two courses on like computer applications at ND. It’s not very difficult and you already know the basics so I’m sure you’ll pick it up quickly. And accounting is also very important to any business position – business majors were also required to take two courses on accounting regardless of your major. Econ majors aren’t “business” majors at ND, they were part of the Arts & Letters school so I don’t think they had to take it either, but business majors had to take THREE fucking econ courses. It sucked. Econ is so much more… abstract. Accounting is much less theoretical and finance is somewhere in between the two. So… the point of all those words are: so how is it going with the whole… summer classes thing? Have you thought more about it?

I like the name of your song! Very cool. And I’m sure you’ll make it perfect just like you do with everything else. I want to be the first preview-er. =)

And I’m sure Vegas will be a big change in scenery from Coram. Very exciting! I don’t know how you look forward to plane rides, especially ones that go across the country – so freaking long. I also hate JFK. Every time I’ve flown out of there, it’s always a delay or something. Ugh. And it’s not clean or organized. Yeah, definitely one of the worst airports ever. You know what makes flying cross country bearable? Jet Blue. I love this airline. Free tv/movies the entire flight?? Count me in. I hope your trip goes/went smoother than all of mine tend to.

I didn’t like Casino Royale very much. I mean, it was like one big poker game and I was just like… omg. I mean I like Bond movies very much, but that one just didn’t do it for me. I haven’t seen Quantum of Solace either. Hot guy though, good claim. =)

I claim Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney, and James Franco.

I went to Confession last week. And I told the man *everything*. Like… everything. I was in there for a good half an hour at least. Do you remember Alanis Morissette’s song Forgiven from one of the greatest albums in the history of all time (Jagged Little Pill)? And that line that goes “I confessed my darkest deeds to an envious man”? Anyway, I thought about that. Not that I think he’s an “envious man” or anything, but I think the song just stuck. When will Alanis be back, btw, can we ever force her to go on tour??? bc she was kind of absolutely incredible. Well… she’s a little weird, but her music is fantastic. You know who else is a totally freak, but had one of the best albums ever? Michael Jackson - Thriller. I mean I know the man is a nut case. But I can't hate on the music.

Anyway, regarding church things, I picked my saint - Catherine of Siena. It wasn't easy and I don't know if it was right, but I mean... I like her so I feel good about it.

I hope that Jacob is hot in the next movie. And I hope he isn’t fugly as a werewolf bc that’s a big fear. Do you remember in Harry Potter… oh, wait, that’s right you HAVEN’T SEEN/READ it. Well, anyway, the werewolf in harry potter was ugly… UGLY, like nasty. I guess they went more for half human/half wolf than dog-like, which is what I imagined.

Speaking of HP, I just saw the new trailer for the upcoming movie. OH. MY. GOD. It is soooooooooooo amazing. Every time a new HP trailer comes out (bc there are multiple ones for every movie), I get goosebumps and I get incredibly excited. And then I have to talk to JudeAnne and Angel about it. *heart* I sort of want to claim some people from the HP series, but like... not bc they're hot but bc I love them. Sort of like... Seth Rogen. So yeah, I'll do that bc I don't want you claiming them when you've realized what you've missed out on these past 10 years. Ummm, so here's the list: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Cedric Diggory, Neville Longbottom, Seamus Finnigan, and Oliver Wood. Can't think of any others at the moment... hmm, yes.

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers is so fucking hot, I can’t even stand it.


Too bad he's an alcoholic. Anyway, I guess that's all for now. Ciao. <3

How dare fanfiction!

you may have won the carlisle battle, but who will win the carlisle war?

that was an empty threat; take it how you want. i myself don't really understand what it means. moving on . . .

haha, and i changed my picture! this time my picture is silly-looking (my synonym for your "loser" haha) like the original one you chose for me, but i feel my face looks less grotesque than it did in the other one. half of my silly pictures usually involve my face looking like the ugliest woman on earth, and the other half of my silly pictures involve my face looking like maybe the 15th or so ugliest woman on earth. i always choose the latter for posting purposes. this way every time i log on to this, i don't have to look at extreme ugliness. it makes my day go a little better :) you look adorably cute and even sexy in your silly picture. and you know it.

does Manny know how to count cards? i really need to learn. you and i should learn together!

i agree that Across the Universe got too psychadelic. i had trouble staying focused around then. the only thing that kept me going at that point was the fact that i was putting off writing a paper. it was an easy decision which one to put myself through.

and what is up with the Twilight fanfiction!!! i mean, first i should say, i probably will read it haha. but i'm still appalled and stunned at the thought of someone tampering with Twilight. and what if Meyer does decide to add another book? then i'm gonna have to block out everything from the fanfiction. and what if i can't sort through the real Twilight and the fake Twilight?? what if lose the sense of the real Twilight! what if i can never go back and re-do the mistake of having read the fanfiction in the first place! the horror!

i'm still gonna read it. i'll just have to worry about the repercussions later. oh life.

i love Twilight.

i think you should totally go to Coldplay because i know how much you love them! i on the other hand don't . . . really . . . know them too well =/ i know i know, Coldplay and Lost . . . two things i need to get into. and Harry Potter. so much to do, so little time.

you know what else i have to do! finish my song!! i've been working on it off and on for the past two weeks. i'm really limiting myself on the amount of time i spend behind that though because as my work situation grows more dire, my focus on doing something more productive for my future increases exponentially. i recently "discovered" craigslist and so i've been doing a lot of applying to jobs on that. i'm trying to also get a second job for the time being to supplement my income.

i borrowed this like 900 page book from the library called like the Excel Bible. so many positions require intermediate or advanced excel so i really need to learn this nonsense. so many positions also require accounting knowledge so i think it would be in my best interest to take an accounting class or two this summer. i just don't think i'm gonna get hired for a serious job without some accounting knowledge. it's way more crucial to economics and finance than i realized. why wasn't it a core course in my major??? wtf cornell?!

yeah, so i'm deciding between taking an online undergraduate course or two at suffolk or taking one graduate mba course at stonybrook. i really want to take the mba course. the benefits of the suffolk online courses though are that they are muchhhhhhhhhh cheaper and money is definitely a serious factor in my decision because i don't have a spare $1500 to spend out-of-pocket for an mba course. and another benefit of the online course is that if i did find a job, day classes wouldn't get in the way. but i know the quality of education would be much different :(

also, what's the difference between managerial and financial accounting? i know NOTHING about accounting at all :(

but yeah, i'm realizing after talking to different people that in order to get into business school next year, i'm gonna need work experience that proves i deserve to be in and want to be in business school. and i think i'm gonna need great excel skills and accounting skills to get a job like that. so i really need to decide on this course thing and register.

long story short, hopefully my song will be done soon :) like i said, i haven't been allowing myself to spend much time on it lately, but i think i'm gonna do some more work on it tomorrow. i figure, i'm gonna bring my gmat book on the plane so i have a good 10-12 hours round-trip of gmat practice set out for next week so i can allow myself a few hours tomorrow of music writing.

i've written the instrumentals for the first verse, then the refrain, then the chorus, then the second verse, then the refrain, then the chorus, then the bridge, and that's as far as i've gotten with the instrumentals, but the lyrics are all done. i probably only have another 20 measures or so to write. BUT, i'm re-thinking my chorus. i think it's too simple. and i don't want to play it safe on my BREAK-OUT PIECE haha. i could be being overly critical but when i listen to it with all the parts put together, it just seems too predictable. i want insane melodies and beautiful harmonies and much unpredictability. so yeah, i might need to re-write my choruses. and i need to fix some transitions. i don't have much experience with drums and so i think i overdo them a little at some points. much fine tuning is needed. i'll give you a preview once the full rough draft is done. then i'll do the rest of the fine-tuning. i can at least tell you the name of the song :)

"Justice Heals"

there you have it! i'd send you all the lyrics as it is now, but i'd really rather you heard it with music. and plus i really do want to expand the chorus' lyrics.

i think we should put Utada up on the site :) how about any song we put up needs to be up for at least 24 hours, but after that, it's fair game to be changed? i like Utada actually; "Come Back to Me" is pretty catchy. good choice!

i guess i am starting to get pretty excited about vegas :) i like being out of my comfort zone every now and then and i've been seeing a whole lot of coram for a while now so i'm looking forward to a change of scenery. i'm also looking forward to the plane ride. i hear it gets pretty bumpy when you're flying across the country so that might be an exciting feeling. this will be my fourth time flying so it still feels very exciting to me haha. jfk always excites me too . . . just seeing everyone on their way to new destinations and new adventures . . . there's so many different people going different places. very fascinating to my brain.

i think for tonight, i only have one claim. Daniel Craig. i was a big fan of Casino Royale, but i still need to see Quantum of Solace. that's something else to add to my to-do list.

i wish i clamed taylor lautner :(

i'm gonna go wash my face and head to bed . . . i'd go to bed without washing my make-up off but . . . i'm gonna try and be good tonight.

<3