oh and did I mention this...

I got a new job. I started at Banana Republic today. I already work for the Savannah Movie Tours. What's next? An internship.

Looks like this summer will be mighty busy for me.

But don't worry Beth, I'll still put 110% effort into your class. I'd do anything (well almost anything) for you--even if it means getting up at 7:30am in the summer for your class.

baby olivia

My best friend, Chloe, has a baby girl named Olivia. Chloe calls me all the time and tells me what Olivia has done or started to say, and although it gets repetitive, it bugs me that I'm not there.

I've been best friends with Chloe since we were in sixth grade together. We've had out rough patches, and she's been through a lot, but I love her. Her worst years have been the past three.

All throughout high school, she hardly did anything. Another friend and I did a lot of her work, or stayed on her ass to get it done. Then, a month before graduation, Chloe found out that there was nothing she could do to graduate. It finally hit her. She was devastated, but it was her fault.

She moved on. She didn't come watch us graduate, but it didn't ruin our friendship. Then, I left for Georgia, and I feel that her and my other best friend, Damaris, have gotten closer--and rightfully so. I'm not there all the time, so it's just what happens.

Around this time during my freshman year of college, Chloe called to tell me she was pregnant. That summer she couldn't drink and hardly went out. She started showing right before I went back to school. By the time I came in November, she was huge. I was lucky to be able to be at the baby shower.
A month after I went back to school, Chloe had Olivia. She's now 16 months old; she walks, talks a little, eats people food, the whole nine yards. It seems that Olivia has gotten Chloe's life on track. Last year, Chloe got her high school diploma and has worked harder lately than ever before.

I'm so proud of Chloe and Olivia knows Aunt Maggie loves her. Now only if I could get her to actually say my name.

ugh - my landlord

So I'm not very good at being assertive and strict. And there's been a hole in my ceiling, in my closer for almost a month now. My landlord and the "condo association" guy were supposed to take care of it, and with their lack of communication with each other and me, there's been no progress.

Today, with my boyfriend giving me support to call, I finally called her and told her that nothing's been fixed and it's not my responsibility to find her or this condo guy. She told me she was "shocked," and thought it'd been fixed weeks ago. Right.

My boyfriend told me not to send her my rent until it's fixed. And he's probably right. But I get nervous when I have to be mean to someone "above" me - but I guess she isn't really above me. I pay her my rent, I shouldn't have a hole in my ceiling.

He's right. I shouldn't pay rent until it's fixed. But my landlord is making me feel like it's my fault. I "should have told her it wasn't fixed weeks ago"...really?

google analytics

Weird. There's one person in Missouri reading my blog, five in New York and one in New Jersey. Although I'm from Pennsylvania, I don't know anyone in New Jersey or New York that would read my blog...so whoever you are, where did you come from?

This is totally creepy. Does this mean that every site I go onto knows where I live or where I'm looking at the site from? Too weird, way too weird.

they've done it again

The Plain White T's -- known for Hey There Delilah -- have released another song to make girls swoon. Even though most of their albums have songs that are more pop/rock, it's their acoustic Jason Mraz inspired songs that become number 1's.

Give me more loving than I’ve ever had
Make me feel better when I’m feeling sad
Tell me I’m special even though I know I’m not
Make me feel good when I hurt so bad
Barely getting mad

If you want to check out some of their other music that's not as gushy, listen to Our Time Now. It's my ringtone :) It's a song about living your life, basically. As a young twenty-something, we can all relate.

and I saw it

Yesterday I saw Angels and Demons. I thought it was awesome, and well worth the wait. And although I read the book years ago, I could keep up and it followed the book really well.

But, parts of it were computerized (duh), and it was so obvious. There are a few shots above St. Peter's and it felt like I was looking at a computer screen.

Other than that rant, Tom Hanks was great and so was the movie. Bravo to Ron Howard who adapted Dan Brown's novel so well.

angels and demons

I read it 4 years ago and have anticipated this moment since then. The long novel took me only 3 days to read. And now, this Friday, Angels and Demons is released as a film.

Although Angels and Demons is before The Da Vinci Code, I read the latter first. After The Da Vinci Code was released as a film a few years ago, I've been waiting for the prequel to be released.

And I just read that Dan Brown has a new book, The Lost Symbol, coming out in September - a follow-up of The Da Vinci Code, also featuring Robert Langdon. Although the book is getting a lot of hype, I expect to it be deserved hype. The Da Vinci Code was on the best-seller list for 144 weeks, so I'm sure this one will relate. Brown's website says The Lost Symbol will have a first printing of 5 million copies.