Blue Roses

I'm kinda, um, blonde now. <.g> I've used Herbal Essense hairdye for the last ten years, and loved it. And now they have the highlighting product too, and I had to try it. So mom put some "golden blonde" highlights in my hair. The top is a little streaky, but it's MUCH lighter overall, and I am absolutely 100% completely in love with it! Check it out:

The top of my head

The back of my head

The back and sides, too

For reference, this was it before we played: A wee bit darker. <.g>

So, what do you all think? <.g> Me, I'm hoping that blondes DO have more fun, what with all the Justin concerts this week. ; )

Posted by Rina at 10:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

I've been so quiet lately! Not much is going on.

My next door neighbors go to the school I'll be working at next year. I haven't even gotten official paperwork yet, but they brought over a staff sheet that got mailed to them for today - and I'm on it! I'm a dork, but that was actually pretty exciting for me. LOL

I had lunch with my Ruth this week, too! She was Josh's kdg teacher, and then I worked in her room senior year in HS and never went back. <.g> Turns out she's long time friends with the teacher I'll work with, which just amuses me. LOL Not such a surprise I like my teacher, then. <.g> But we talked and gossiped and had a grand time, and I drove there all by myself. Heeee!

Justin concert on Tuesday! I'm excited. Friends are coming in from all over (okay, really, one friend and a bunch of other internet people I've heard of. <.g> I've been driving mom nuts, because I know *of these people, and heard their names so often I recognize them, but really? Don't know them from Adam and generally forget who they are when mom asks. It's pretty frustrating for both of us, right mom? <.g> I feel bad, though.) But Kare's coming! ANd Kare's neat.

JT's doing an aftershow at HOB at midnight on Tuesday. 1300 people only. Kare asked me to get her tickets when I got mine, and, well. Didn't get any. I was so disappointed, because it seems like a fantastic thing. 45 minute set, 21+, no tricks, just him and his guitar singing fronting an R&B band. <.sigh> But I was so upset, mom asked our friend who was visiting if she knew anyone at HOB, just joking. And, uh, she did. So we might have gotten tickets after all. Which means that we'd likely have to leave Justin's real concert early, and that sucks, but HOB! Even if we don't get them, I can't get over how totally awesome Jill was for trying. I have some pretty awesome friends. : ) Kare was so cool about it, told me that I should absolutely not feel bad, that one concert and meeting me was enough. And then Jill calling her dad for me, and, yes. I'm definitely blessed.

This is a long entry for nothing going on. LOL

Oh, saw Spiderman tonight. I really enjoyed it. And Kirsten Dunst didn't annoy much as much as usual! Still a lot, but definitely reduced. Tobey's such a cutie. I actually want to see the second one now.

I still have to enter passwords every time I sign online, for OE. And I can't find the main account password. Both of these things are pissing me off!

My usual chatty friends are either at work or in Miami partying with nsync (I am SO saving money from each paycheck this year so I can hit 2004's), so I shall say goodnight to Biz and head to bed, I do believe. <.g>

Posted by Rina at 10:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

I have been remiss in posting! Much has happened. I have a diploma. I finished my job for the summer. I have a job for the fall.

I'll be working in a second grade classroom as a 1:1 aide with a little girl, with a teacher I worked with this summer. She's so neat, and was so excited that I'll be in her room! When I told her I hadn't gotten into grad school, she grabbed my arm, grinned, and said, "GREAT! Now you can work with me!" And when I was talking to my boss about the job, she was dancing down the hallway around us. <.g> It's going to be a great year, I can tell!

I'll also be taking one grad level course in speech at St. Xavier's this fall. Just to keep my hand in and show the schools that I *can do this. So that should be good.

I need a new layout here! I'm no longer a senior after all. <.g> I also need to get rid of the red scrollbars now that I can see they're red. LOL Whoops!

Hey, OE XP users - how can I avoid having to type in each password when I sign online? I have about 8 addresses here, people. LOL It gets old, fast. I've tried clicking more than one "remember the password" box, but that just seems to lead to the address not being checked.

Now the fun part - I have some pictures to share!

First up: my graduation party.
View from our hotel room: here
The girls: from L-R, Erin, Jennie, Lissa, me
(note: Don't you love our different styles? LOL I was so excited that my closest friends all got along. We're all very different.)

Next up: Harry Potter party
Me and Rita Skeeter: Cute, huh?
Lockhart: Signing copies of his book, Remember Me.

My dad and I went to a formal dinner at the Drake.
Here we are: You can't see it, but myhair had sparkly hair spray

Last up, flowers.
The rosebush outside our garage: I love multicolor flowers
One in close up: Can you tell which blossom it is, from the above pic?

Enjoy! <.g>

Posted by Rina at 10:24 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I suck at updating during the summer. This does not bode well for the next year.

I'm feeling...itch tonight. (To steal a notion from Connie Willis.) Penned in. I could totally go for a road trip. Or a weekend visit with a friend. I love my family, I do, even when there's so much negative energy you could choke on it, they're my *family and I'm glad to be home. But. I could use some regrouping time. I could also use some writnig time, but when I have time alone at night, I try to catch up online with my friends instead. So, yeah. Falling behind with things I enjoy.

But not all is negative and bad. Well, I didn't get into a grad school. But hey, a teacher I work with is *very excited, because she really wants me to work in her classroom this year. So, we'll see.

What else? Not much. If I clean my room, get everything integrated from my apartment, I'm getting two hamsters. I'm excited about that. I have a cool and comfy bed waiting for me. That's good. I accidentally shut off my computer with my toe a few minutes ago, thereby getting me out of a conversation with a guy I'm not exactly crazy about who asked me out. That's very good. I always wanted my first date to be with a guy who I actually really liked, so I'm actually disappointed. I'm a dork. But we'll see if we can count going to a bar with Liss and her friend to be a date, and see where it goes/try to end it from there. I just have nothing to say to him, ever, and our IMs are like pulling teeth, and that's no fun for me. But, 22, never been on a date, can't be too picky I guess. Might as well jump in for some experience.

Also, note to self, call Jon to bring Austin over. ::nods:: That would be fun.

Okay. Maybe if I head out now, I can write for 20 minutes or so. I reread some of my stories last night, the unfinished ones, and god, how I want to finish them. I have good plans now for the Lance/Justin story, the no space one. I know what happened in London now! That was what was plugging up my process last WINTER when I was writing it. So, YAY! I think I shall go do that now. ::bounce::

Posted by Rina at 10:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)