WOW! I haven't posted in forever. Probably because my life has been a bit of everything, good/wonderful/bad/really bad. Just like everyone else I guess, because a lot of my friends and such are having some problems as well.

Being someones fiance is wonderful! It's nice to know that I always have someone, no matter what. Even when I give him BIG bruises (I was just playing around with him, honest!) he just laughs and thinks it's funny, since I have such bony arms and no upper-body strength. That part of my life is great.

I had a pretty bad work week last week. I was late to work twice, which is a huge deal to me because I hate being late to anything. I was late almost an hour the other day due to a misunderstanding in the schedule, and then when I finally got to work I ended up breaking two glasses, making wrong drinks, had a terrible runny noise, and it was a very busy day. Blah! It was not good.

My two best friends both have serious medical conditions, and both are not feeling too good. My friend who has pulmonary hypertension was beginning to feel better but she's starting to feel a little sick again. I'm praying that her medicine continues to work or else she may have to have a lung transplant. *is very scared* My other friend has something strange going on with her muscles. Her leg started hurting her and it was becoming inflamed, and now it's spread to her arm. The doctors don't know what it is yet, but it doesn't look good. Those girls are crazy tough, but a person can only take so much. We can only hope and pray.

I've had a slew of other family problems but I'm sick of talking about them. I need to talk about something good for a change.

( Some fun this way... )

I went with my fiancee *smiles happily* today to take some pictures with my nice camera that I never use. He took some really dorky ones of me but I took some cute ones of him. :) You guys wanna see a few?

( My dude... )

I wanted to post this yesterday after it happened, but I was just going crazy and I forgot to do lots of things. :) My boyfriend came into my work on Valentine's Day and he proposed to me!!! Gah!!! It was so perfect and so sweet, and I never expected it. We knew that we were going to get married one day, but I didn't have a ring (and I didn't really care too much about that. A ring is just a ring.) But he got me one and now we are officially engaged! 

The ring is so dainty and pretty! It's a thin, white gold band with a single, beautiful canary yellow diamond! It's just what I always wanted. *flails* 

I'm still in shock a bit. I always said that a ring doesn't matter, but it does make things different. Now when I tell people that I'm engaged they can actually see that I am. It's a great feeling. ^_^

I love you guys! I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day!!! When I started this LJ I was still under the impression that I would never get married or share my life with anyone, and now three years later it happened. *_* And the bonus is that I wasn't pregnant before it happened. LOL!!! 

My computer has crashed. Well, the hard drive is doing something weird and it won't start up. I've looked around on my boy friend's comp, and the news doesn't sound good. I may be able to save my computer but I will probably loose all of the data that I've ever put on it. I didn't save/back up anything. I am as smart as they come. >:/

Does anyone know if Best Buy does payment plans? I need a new comp. anyway (my ruined desktop is 6 years old) but I don't have that kind of money right now. I could probably afford $200 a month, but I don't know if BB does that sort of thing. Any ideas?

On the bright side, I had a hellish week at school with projects, tests, quizzes, and the like, but it's over for now. I can relax again. And tomorrow is Valentine's Day!!! I'm actually looking forward to it this year. ;)

And how are my lovely friends doing? This has been a horrible month for planes you guys, so if anyone has any travel plans soon, be safe. *hugs everyone close*

Was FUCKING awesome. Damn, the action was great, the fighting was great, the storyline was bad ass, and Dakota Fanning says shit and damn... multiple times! Epic!

It was a lovely end of the day treat from my boyfriend after having a rather crappy morning.

Also, I am totally in love with Cartoon Network's relatively new show The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. If you watch it be warned, you will come close to pissing yourself from laughter. :)

I'm missing my 10:00 Stats class because I feel like shit, but I have to go to work because this week has been hectic and I can't afford to miss any days; I need all of the hours that I can get. I'm stressed because next week I have a big test, and project due, and now I have to learn today's Stats lesson on my own. Lovely. :/

My first Stats test is tomorrow at 10:00 am, and I haven't been studying. I am too easily tempted by other things. *cough*PHOTOSHOP!*cough*

I hope I pass! *flails and procrastinates more*

I wanted a little change. :) I wasn't going to do another Twilight header, but I love this picture. I had to play around with it.

I've got a busy week ahead. A project and a test in Stats, and two quizzes plus more reading for American History. Add work to the mix and family problems that are never ending, and that equals painful headache from hell.

My boyfriend's car has been vandalized. Someone driving by his house late last night threw a beer bottle from either on the street or in a car and it went right through his back wind shield. I'd like to kick the bastard who did this right in the mouth. :/

I fucking love The Veronicas. Why haven't I heard their songs before? Oh yeah, cause my boyfriend doesn't have a radio in his car. *lol*

I saw Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans last night. Loved it! The romance was a bit down-played (I kinda wish that there had been more Lucian/Sonja moments), but the cinematography was great. The lycans' transformation was the best I've seen, and Sonja was the perfect lead. The actress who played her really looks like a vampire (and like Kate), and she's a hottie, so it worked. :) I don't think that they will make any more Underworld movies, but I would definitely see it if they did.

Hopefully I'll get to see Revolutionary Road sometime. It looks very real and emotional. I need to get away from the fantasy/Sci Fi stuff anyway. ^_-

Hello my loves!!! I had most of the afternoon to myself today, so I decided to make some icons, since I haven't in a while. It was great getting back into the swing of things, but my neck is killing me. Sitting at a computer desk for two hours really effs up your body. I feel like I've been crammed in a small box for days. Oh well, I missed Photoshop. :)

I need to make something other than Twilight icons. I need a new fandom. Any ideas guys?


Twilight related - 25 icons
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Bennet) - 2 icons

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( I could use a drink... )

Much to my surprise, my American History class has already had an effect on me. The class itself, meaning the professor and the students, are dull and/or know-it-alls. I try to avoid history classes because students often feel the need to spout out what they know while the teacher is talking, causing an annoying debate to ensue on who knows the most about the subject material. I'm no history buff, and I really want to learn from an educated person rather then a book, but I can't concentrate in a class where students think they know more then the professor. The professor himself is a retired man who talks slowly and with no enthusiasm on the subject, and allows the know-it-alls to talk over him. I cannot stand this class. But the subject itself is more interesting and more horrifying then I previously thought.

I knew that the Native peoples of the Americas had been brutally treated at the hands of the Spanish, but I didn't know the full extent of the horror that took place when Christopher Columbus sailed over to the lands that I call home. Millions of people were murdered, tortured, raped, sold into back-breaking slavery, pursued, fell fatally ill to the diseases of the Europeans, captured... and the list goes on. The Spaniards were not only inhumanely cruel, but most of them believed that they were doing this in service to Christ the Savior.

It only gets worse when I learn that the Native peoples treated the Spaniards if they were their brothers, welcoming them with food and gifts and open arms. It's such a sickening thing, and it lasted for decades. I've been ignorant in thinking that I didn't need or want to know about American history. It began with a holocaust that was, in proportion, worse than the Jewish holocaust during Nazi Germany.

Sorry for the... angry rambling. Like I said, the subject material effected me more then I ever thought it would. And I still have so much more to learn. :/

I've seen a few posts on my friends page saying something about LJ disappearing. I guess I'm even more out of the loop then I thought, because I have no idea what's going on. Is there something wrong with LJ? Man, I don't have my journal backed up or anything. I have an Insane Journal but I'm never over there (I sometimes even forget that I have it).

Does anyone know what's up?

I feel like a jerk. I didn't wish you guys a Merry Christmas or a Happy New Year. :/ The last bit of 2008 wasn't exactly a happy time, so let's just hope that 2009 will work out a little better.

First of all, my friend is doing much better. The doctors diagnosed her with pulmonary hypertension. Basically there was some blood flow problems in her lungs, which was causing her heart to clog and swell, which was causing her liver to bloat, which was preventing the right amount of blood/oxygen from getting to her brain, which was causing her to faint. Her body doesn't produce some hormone, which was causing all the problems in her lungs, so now she has to have this hormone pumped into her 24/7 through this needle in her stomach that's attached to her medicine case. I think it's sort of like insulin being pumped into a diabetic. She has to have this stuff pumped into her for the rest of her life though, which will be a pain, but she's gonna be fine. :) *does a happy dance* Thank you for the support you guys!!!! *major hugs*

The new semester starts today. I only need four more classes until I have my AA but I've only picked two because I waited so long to register and all of the decent classes were taken. So now I have:

Statistics - Not too sure about this one, but we'll see.
American History - Not too sure about this one either. *lol*

I hope I can make more money this year. I want to move into an apartment with my boyfriend, but I may need a better job. I love being a barista and making coffee drinks and what not, but it doesn't exactly pay well. Maybe I can sell stuff on eBay? *stares at my Angel/Buffy season box sets and wonders what I could get for them*

I love you guys!!!

Man. Man oh man. It's insane to think that history is being made right now, and I'm living through it.

I hope that President Obama knows that he isn't the only one who has to bring this country out of the turmoil, but that every American has to band together to see a change.

God bless our President, God bless America!!!

You can do it Mr. President. :)

Yes, I have more icons. ^_^ I've been working on them instead of doing my online test, which I'll have to jam on as soon as I post these. But I'm not upset because I really had fun making these icons. I played around a lot with textures and for some reason I made a ton of these swirl color ones, but I like 'em. I hope you guys do too! *hugs*

Twilight: 31 icons (Movie stills, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson)
Pride and Prejudice: 10 icons
Atonement: 1 icon
Stock: 6 icons

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( I'm tired as Hale... )

Please ignore the title to this post; I'm watching Family Guy and the Twilight trailer at the same time, so I'm in a dorky mood. :)

Now, about the new Twilight trailer:

Yeah it's out early, as expected. I do like it, but the music threw me for a moment. In the beginning I was expecting someone in a gladiator costume to come out, sword in hand screaming, "For glory!" ^_- And Bella's voice was a little odd at times; the lines sounded a bit forced, but I guess she could pass that off as being tense around Edward. And really, really... I know that this is Bella and Edward's story at heart, but I WANT TO SEE MORE ALICE! She is, besides Jacob, my favorite character. Em is pretty awesome too, so I'm hoping he gets in a good amount of screen time. Right now the people in the lead, beside Ed/Bell of course, are Rose and James, which is fine, but they aren't who I'll be looking out for in the movie. We'll see how it goes. Some more Esme would be nice too; I think I may have only seen two promo pics of her and about 2 seconds of her in the trailer. :( I guess I can't get everything I want in this movie.

So yeah, I'm chatting away about all of this crap when I should be researching a topic for my Macroeconomics essay on social security, but damn it all if I know what to write about. Does anyone know anything about any issues concerning social security? Besides that fact that the shit will be depleted by the time I retire. ^_- I'm one stressed cookie.

I have some time before class to post these, so I figured I'd get them out. :) I'm not too happy with them, but I've been dying to make another icon post. I need something to take my mind off of classes. ^_- I love you guys!

Twilight: 18 icons, 1 banner
Robert Pattinson: 2 icons
Emma Watson: 7 icons

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( Bella and Edward are so in lurve... )

My college was just evacuated because of a bomb threat that was called in. I was in the middle of my chemistry class suffering through a lecture about the Quantum concept and the emission line spectra when we were told to evacuate.

Potential bomber, I know what you did was wrong, but thank you. Thank you so much.

*winks*

So, now that I have a free day from school and work (my bosses are screwing me over on hours. They officially fail.) tell me how you guys are doing. I need to check journals!!! I've been lazy. :(

I think I did good on my Macro test, and I made an A on my human sexuality test, so I'm a little more calm now. I have a chemistry test on Monday though, so I can't relax completely yet.

I've got a new layout! It's not Twilight, but it's a bit more... happy. *lol*

Graphics post coming soon! *hugs*

Hello my lovelies. How is everyone this fine day? ^_^ School is going ok so far, but this is only the beginning of the second week, so everything is up in the air. So far...

*Intro. to Chemistry/lab - The teacher is nice but I've never been one for science. Our first lab wasn't much of a success for me. I, accidentally of course, heated this hydro-salt too quickly and it kind of boiled. It was still ok to work with, but of course I do something wrong like that right away. *dies*

♥ Human Sexuality - I'm going to this class in 30 minutes. The teacher is wonderful and very funny. I'm really excited about it! *keeps fingers crossed*

*Macroeconomics - I already can't stand this class. The teacher is boring and his notes are dull and drawn out. But I am thankful for those notes because we don't need the textbook. I saved $141.00 because of him, so I guess I owe him my gratitude. O_o

*Liberal Arts in Math - This class is going to be easy and I've had the professor before so I know I'm going to do fine. I feel bad though; I took it because I knew it was going to be an easy A. I'm a slacker. ^_-

How are my college buddies' classes? Anyone dying already? I have a feeling that Macroeco may kill me before the semester is over. :(