woah i almost have 50,000 hits.

my catch-22
as many of you may know, i have loaded my schedule with morning classes. 8 AM monday and wednesday, followed by 9:30 tuesday and thursday. considering that last year i didn't have any classes before 11, i figured that waking up would be a very challenging task.

strangely enough, it's not the waking up that's killing me. it's the falling asleep portion of the deal.

i don't think there's anything MORE frustrating than not being able to fall asleep. yesterday, i went to bed at 12:30 AM. after tossing and turning for a couple hours, i finally fell asleep close to 3:00. what the heck.

so what am i supposed to do? i mean, sleeping shortly after midnight is already absurd, and yet i still can't fall asleep until a somewhat more "normal" sleeping hour. and all this comes back to the very bottom line: I CAN'T GET ENOUGH SLEEP.

maybe you're asking "what's wrong with that," you know, as if sleep wasn't a precious thing. well here's what happens when i don't get enough sleep:
1. i am in and out of sleep during class
2. i am forced to take a nap after class

the first effect is obviously terrible, but what's wrong with taking a nap? i'll tell you. after taking a nap, i feel reenergized. a bit too reenergized. so at night, i can't fall asleep! until, of course, 2 or 3 AM.

and if i don't take a nap, i can't get any work done. SO it's a lose-lose situation. gah!!

perhaps it's time to give nyquil a shot. or sleeping pills? or maybe i could just have a friend shoot me with a tranquilizer every night. anyone interested?

THE ONE
i suppose it's time for a new poll. for those of you who are dying to know whether i got a kilt or a plaid skirt, i guess you didn't see me walking around campus today.

just kidding. i didn't get either one. a kilt was just too expensive, and a plaid skirt..well, come on. you serious? in the words of a wise man, "EW."

anyways, recently, i've had some interesting discussions with people concerning "the one" aka true love or "the-person-you're-meant-to-be-with." some believe that there is somehow multiple "the one's". others say that "the one" exists, but chances are slim that we will ever find him/her. and still others, or should i just say, one person, believes that he'll just settle for 95%, because that's as good as he can get.

this boggles my mind. isn't the person you find or choose to marry "the one"? you know, the one God wants you to be with? doesn't that entail him/her being "the one"?

anyhow, so what are your thoughts? poll above.

you can't hide beautiful
- aaron lines
She says don't stare at me
She's afraid that I might see
Those five extra pounds she talks about
Man, I don't know what she's talking about
She looks through magazines
With every page she dreams
Of looking like somebody else
I wish she wasn't so hard on herself
Then she falls asleep with just my T-shirt on
Even when her hair's messed up and her makeup's gone

You can't hide beautiful
You can't hide wonderful
There's nothing that she has to do
It just comes natural
She makes it look easy
I love what she does to me
No way to disguise
The way that she shines
You can't hide beautiful
Oh no..

She can take a simple dress
Put it on and turn some heads
Man, every time she moves she gets me
She doesn't even know she's sexy
And the way she think sometimes
Out of nowhere blows my mind
She makes me laugh and makes me dream
I love the way she looks at things
A little piece of heaven God gave to this world
She might think she's just an ordinary girl

You can't hide beautiful
Oh no..

She makes it look easy
I love what she does to me
No way to disguise
The way that she shines
You can't hide beautiful
Oh no..

You can't hide beautiful
She's so beautiful..

hm, the first country song i've ever liked. have i been countrified?!?

..nope.