Feb 21st: Home - Day 2

More laziness ensues.
I didn't get up until around noon. :)

In other news, yesterday was my parents' anniversary, so tonight we went out to dinner to celebrate. Food was great. Then we picked up my bro's gf, who I hadn't yet met, so that was pretty cool. She's wicked nice! And even brought everyone candy. :D

Nothing else of much interest to report. Nothing ever goes on in my town. So I think I'll study for my 3 exams next week... on a Saturday... night. *facepalm*

I'm so cool/FML

Feb 20th: Laziness!

I am so lazy.

Seriously, I take sloth to new heights.

What DID I do today???
Hmmmm.

Well..........

I shot my vlog last night and spent most of the morning editing.
Then I took a rather lengthy nap... oh yeah! ;)

Drove home rather late....
I made it on a quarter of a tank!
Just barely though....
My tank was nearly empty when I reached town...

Penny, as always, was thrilled to see me.
Tail wagging.
Sniffing everything.
I swear to God, she's not a cat.
NO cat acts like that.
i.e.
Jumps on you at the door
Begs for food and treats
Follows you around
Rolls over, plays fetch, & does tricks
Likes chewing stick-like objects
Enjoys bones even more
Howls when she thinks she's alone...

Seriously. I'm going to start introducing her as my dog.
And I've been pretty lazy. Maybe I'M the cat.
Meow.

<3 Penny

Feb 19th: SNOW!

Yep. More snow. And this is already New Hampshire's snowiest winter in 135 years... Earlier tonight my campus hosted a bingo game where you could win a flatscreen tv or any number of 90s cartoon DVDs. I almost won once, and my roommate won Season 1 of Pinky and the Brain. We got pretty competitive.... :P


It was still snowing on the way back and we ran around and played in the snow. Then I went inside and got my camera, came back outside and filmed my TWOA vlog in the snow. At midnight. I am sooo mature for 20, don't you think? ;)

Feb 18th: Silent Pictures

Feb 17th: The Secret Life of Frogs

Big lab exam tomorrow. It's on something that some may find pretty ridiculous: frogs, toads, and salamanders. I'm serious. Sooo I have to cram. Lot's of Latin. Ugh.... I'm gonna be up for a while.



Random side note: Did you know that poison dart frogs are only poisonous because of the toxic bugs they eat? So if you feed them nontoxic bugs, they will no longer have significant chemical levels as they can't synthesize their own toxins. The more you know. (NBC jingle)

Feb 16th: Happy as Can Be!

(v click on me! v)

Hey Mr. DJ keep playin' this song for me
Out on the floor in my arms she's gotta be
Let's get it on (let's get it on)
Jam all night long
Mr. DJ, Mr. DJ
Play it play it for me
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

- The one, the only, the Backstreet Boys

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Tonight I went to the first meeting of the semester for my campus's radio station, WUNH. In just a few short weeks, I will be a full-blown professional DJ and will even have my own show! At the moment, I am in training and will be putting in some observation hours. Then (in two weeks maybe?) I will start at ridiculous o'clock (sometime between 2 and 6am) with my own show. Then after a few shows, I will move to a regular slot during the day. I'm so excited!

And I feel a little more at peace. In high school, I was a part of our morning news team. My school had a legit studio with all the necessary equipment. I usually worked as an anchor, but I've also held the positions of sportscaster, cameraman, and mostly head director. I also have a lot of experience working with mics and soundboards, so I'm not completely green.

But since I've graduated, I've missed the homey, comforting sense that the studio gave off. The family of friends I had made. The thrill of going live and talking to 60,000 people in the surrounding area (yeah... we went out to the surrounding towns).

Working at the radio station is giving me back some of what I thought I had lost. And it's a great feeling. Sure there won't be any video elements as with a tv station (like my campus's SCAN-TV, which I considered joining before realizing their studio REALLY needs funding), but as Gavin Rossdale so appropriately sings, "the love remains the same."

And we broadcast a 100 mile radius, so swing on through the area and listen! You can also stream music (usually live) from the website.

Feb 15th: Baby Animals Know How to Milk It!

Ahhh so much work, so little time! I got it all done, though, which is good. I do have some ridiculous exams coming up, so I'll be pretty preoccupied with them over the next 2 weeks...

After meeting some friends for dinner, I went with my friend Lindsay to visit her cow at the barn. My school has a herd of dairy cattle and offers a program called CREAM. Students are responsible for the health, breeding, milk production, feeding and costs of running a working 26-cow dairy herd (out of however many there actually are - maybe 100?). Also, each student gets an individual cow to care for in particular.

So we visited her cow, Vache, for a little bit (<= that's her, off to the side). She's the sweetest thing! She's really big, but gentle (well... for a cow). She loves having her ears scratched! And you can tell that Linds is taking excellent care of her. She's so clean and her tail is so fluffy! Trust me, it's VERY hard to keep a cow clean!!! (& she's even won "best groomed" a few times) ^_^

We also visited some of the calves, although you can only pet the males (as they won't be joining the herd and will be purchased). SOOO CUTE. The one male who was there this time was only about two days old! I scratched him all over and played with his hooves, which were still soft! As soft as say, your heel or the balls of your feet rather than a hard hoof.

::A bull calf I met last spring::

It's kind of weird because I was going to be in the program if I hadn't changed my major from prevet medicine. Actually, I would have done it regardless if my new schedule wasn't filled until graduation, with no free time to spare... but then I'd have to get up at 3am some days... err, maybe I can live with my current situation!