the post where i plug/apologize/share/nap

it's that time of year again. the end of the semester when papers are due, tests are overloaded and taken, and i fail at blogging.

the semester has picked up right at the end and I've had very little time to do much blogging. I go to class, maybe have some meetings, sleep (including naps even though i said i wasn't a nap person), and plan out the future.

but no future talk today.

today is a quick catch-up day!

first i would like to enter to win a book contest. I've been following an author on twitter for a couple months by the name of Jackson Pearce. while I would love to say I have read her book, I have not unfortunately. I would love to be able to read it along with many others she is giving away in this month's contest (well almost last month since it's april 30th). so help me in saying Hi! and I can't wait to read your book/soon-to-be-books-with-an-S Jackson!

As You Wish and Sisters Red (due out in June 2010)

second i would like to apologize for not reading/commenting on all those blogs i love to read and comment on. please bare with me, i'm almost finished at school.

third i'm excited to say i'm the new Director of Marketing for Program Committee next year! I'm really excited to bring some new ideas into my position and help PC thrive more in the coming semesters =D

and fourth, that's it... for now. i'm about to fall asleep at my laptop. it's been a very busy last couple of weeks!

Have a great weekend!!

=) Meghan

birfday

my birthday was last friday on April 2nd.

I turned the ripe old age of 20.

(I kid it's not old =P )

but I'm no longer a teenager anymore.

did I feel older when I turned 20?

not really.

I actually felt older on my 19th birthday last year.

that was because it was my first year away from home for a birthday. and it was on a thursday so I couldn't go home because I had class.

anyway I kept calling it my birfday. it made me feel younger than I was turning.

I ended up going home for the weekend. it was also Easter weekend so I head home for that too.

I had dinner and cake and ice cream with my parents and younger brother. we hung out and caught up on the last couple weeks since I was home.

then my friend Jac and I went to the local shopping area and she told me that was how I was getting my present. we had a lot of fun =)

my family and friends know me so well based on the gifts they got me.

I got the new moon illustrated movie companion, a new moon edward poster (haha), a cute tank top, percy jackson and the lightning thief book, a $40 Barnes and Noble gift card (that I bought Nightlight and City of Bones with so far) and a lawn chair.

all of those might sound like pretty typical presents until you get to the lawn chair. so story time. a few weeks ago it got really nice outside and i wanted to sit out. I put my facebook status as I wish I had a lawn chair to sit out on on such a nice day. well my mom saw that and decided to get me a lawn chair.

and I love that lawn chair.

it was a great rest of the weekend! saw Remember Me for the second time on Saturday with Jac. she was just as surprised at the ending as I expected. on Sunday, aka Easter, I hung out with my parents and both my brothers (my older brother came home for a show with my little brother the night before) we had Easter supper and then my parents, older bro and I head to school to drop me off at my dorm and him at the train station that goes through campus.

there's only a month left until the end of the semester!

have a fantastic weekend =D

bree

It's no secret that I'm a big fan of the Twilight Saga.

I love the books and movies big time.

Well that Stephenie Meyer is one sly lady!

She wrote an eclipse novella.

Yeah i know what is a novella?

I had no idea so i went to my reliable source (aka google) and found that it basically is a short story, but a little longer.

What is it about you ask?

You know Bree in Eclipse? She's the newborn vampire who's left at the end of the fight between the Cullens & wolves and Victoria's newborn army. She can't control herself and really wants to eat Bella.

Well, Stephenie made a short book about her. it's going to be called The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner!

Check out the release of the news on her website here.

The book is going to be available FREE online in the beginning of June just before the release of Eclipse movie!

Hard copies of the book are also going to be for sale and a dollar from each one sold is going to go to the Red Cross! How great is that?!

Eclipse is my favorite book in the saga. I can't wait to read this and get a different perspective on the newborn army!!

And because you can never watch it enough times, here's the trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse =)

Can't wait!

Now if Stephenie would only finish/release Midnight Sun, that would be fantastic ;)

Remember Me

in my last post, I told you I was going to the movies with my Mom on friday to see Remember Me.

all I have to say is, I haven't been able to stop thinking about it.

I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it. it is a little difficult to explain the movie without giving things away.

just know, it is a story about two people who have had some sucky experiences in their pasts. they have problems in their families and go through some different things together.

but it's more than that.

there is a bigger message to the movie as a whole:

we all have an impact on other people's lives no matter what.

I will warn you though, it is a sad movie, but a good one.

my Mom came with me so I would have someone to go with. she told me she wasn't really interested in seeing it, but afterwards she told me she actually liked it!

that's all i'm going to say about it. I can't go into it further until you've seen it. after you see it and you want to discuss, email me =)

(meghano19[at]gmail[dot]com)

spring break

alas my spring break is coming to a close.

my school likes to have break a week earlier than many of the other colleges around here. i'm not complaining.

it's been a very relaxed, fun, and FAST break! i was quite the busy person this last week and i loved it =)

what have i done you ask?

well...

last saturday i went to the movies with my family. my mom and i finally saw Avatar.

i know, why the heck did it take us so long to see it?? it was amazing!! i was in awe by the end. i loved loved it =D

on monday i had a much needed hang out with my friend Jacleen!

she goes to a different college and commutes from home. when i'm home it's always fun getting together with her. we laugh and chat and usually go out to lunch and sometimes we have deep talks too. monday was much needed!

wednesday my friends Shannon and Terri from school came down to my neck of the woods (literally) to go to the movies and shop! we spent forever in old navy (which by the way, i used to shop at all the time, but had a fall out with. i think i'll be shopping there more often from now on), we ate lunch at Uno's and saw Alice in Wonderland in 3D.

i really liked Alice in Wonderland. i think i would actually suggest seeing it in 2D though. while it was cool seeing the effects, it was a little distracting to the overall story, but that's just me.

so we had a good day all together!

today i am going to the movies and maybe some lunch with my Mom. we're going to see Remember Me.

i'll let you know what i think of it ;)

i have a couple more days left with no stress before i head back to school. i always love coming home for a little bit after being at school for a few weeks. i'm actually not coming home again until my birthday (it's only 2 weeks)

in other news did i tell you i set a record?

i stayed at school a whole month before going home for a weekend!

this is a major accomplishment because at college #1 i went home every weekend of the spring semester... can you tell i like college #2 better?

=)

theme song

the other day my calculus professor randomly asked the class,

"If you walk into a room, what song do you want playing as your theme song?"

my calculus professor is a witty older professor and at 8 o'clock in the morning that certainly got my attention.

so i've been thinking to myself, what is MY theme song?

this morning i had an epiphany when i woke up.

i figured out my song.

it was so simple, i don't know why i didn't think of it before.

Fireflies by Owl City

not only is it my absolute favorite song because it's owl city, but i love the song itself.

my imagination runs free whether i'm awake or dreaming. i think this is the perfect song for me =)

if you haven't seen the music video before, please watch and love it.

what would your theme song be?

well then

i have to admit, i haven't really felt motivated to blog in the last few weeks.

its not because i feel like blogging is getting old, but i've just been so involved with school and worrying about applications and actually having work and reading to do for classes.

so i want to do an epic post about my trips, yes trips, to Boston in the last week.

i'm not going to promise a specific day, but look out for it =)

i'm also going to try to do more posts (hopefully) for March.

maybe even a count down to my birthday (33 days), we'll see.

i've certainly been busy in the last few weeks. you are more than welcome to watch my tweets (@MEO18) to see what i'm doing/what i've been up to if you aren't already.

so just to let you know, i am here =)

~Meghan

S.A.D.

Dear fellow singles,

Happy Single's Awareness Day!!

also known as

Valentine's Day

i hope you don't wallow or put yourself down for being single today.

who says you can't celebrate today?

grab some of your single friends!

go out to eat!

go to a movie!

stay in and eat and watch a movie!

no one says we can't partake in this day some how!

i'm going to Olive Garden with 3 of my friends then we're going to see Valentine's Day.

(ironic i know but we want to see it)

so have a good day!! i'm definitely going to try =)

and i should also say...

Dear non-single friends,

Happy Valentine's Day!

Have a good day with your significant other =)

positive spin

this week started off at a bad note. i was in a slump.

tuesday turned out to be a great day,

until my dad told me there was a snafu, a little confusion, with my loan for school. it has hence been fixed, but it has still been erking me.

today was eh,

but it got a lot better after i called my parents and talked to my mom for a half hour on the phone (which is a long time seeing as i don't talk on the phone ever).

but since this blog is called OPTIMISTIC i'm being optimistic about this week.

it may have felt like it sucked, but it hasn't.

so i think it's time for a little catch up on what good is going on in Meghan's life.

- i've been given the chance to apply for a scholarship which i'm absolutely going to do. free money is good money my friends.

- i'm going to apply to be an orientation leader at school this summer. i think it would be an excellent experience and i would have a lot of fun!

- i went ice skating on saturday and didn't fall on my butt once =)

-i'm going to the Harry Potter exhibit at the Museum of Science in Boston in a couple weeks!! i've been wanting to go to it forever and finally we're going for my dad's birthday.

-although i am single, i'm celebrating S.A.D.* with my friends on the 14th. we're going out to dinner and then going to see Valentine's Day.

- i'm going to the movies with my friend chelsey on friday.

-there's only 2 more days until the weekend!

not everything is bad. there's always a positive spin on things. you just can't be blinded by the bad times, but keep your eyes open for the good.

=)

*ps S.A.D. - Singles Awareness Day aka Valentine's Day

pps please love the quote Vanessa posted today here.

ppss there's nothing else, i just wanted to put a postpost-scriptscript

socially off...

do you ever have those days where you just want to throw some pjs on and watch movies all day with one other person?

well i'm having one of those kind of days.

it's a weird mood.

i call it a "socially off" kind of day.

my problems are:

1) I would like to hang out with people or be around people.

2) when i am around people I want to be alone.

3) at the same time, I don't want to be around people

4) it's monday

it's a terrible problem that occurs every once in a while.

not all my mondays are like this.

i think my plan of attack for the rest of the day is to:

- go work my 2 hour shift tutoring

- put pjs on afterwards

- eat dinner in tonight

- work on my homework

- find something mindless to watch on tv tonight

- go to bed at a decent time

hopefully this will remedy the situation and my tuesday will turn out to be a better day.

actually i know it will, there's PC tomorrow and i like PC =)

do you ever have one of those socially off days?

and thank you for letting me rant. heart