Thoughts of pure awesome!

As the old year passes, I though it'd be appropriate to blog a little on the thoughts foremost in my mind.

What shocked me most as I thought of how fast yet another year has passed, is that Avatar was in theaters over a year ago now! Just think about that for a moment; I remember going to watch it like it was yesterday...

Speaking of yesterday, I was over at Zach's house yesterday and we played a few rounds of Apples to Apples with his family. That got me thinking about how the college application process is really just a high stakes game of Apples to Apples. Your essay is equivalent to a really really good noun card (or at least I hope it's a really really good one), and you put it into the pile thinking for sure that it's the best card ever! But then, you never really know how the judge is going to pick. Your sense of humor never changes, but you will or won't be selected depending on the judge. I think that Apples to Apples is a perfect example of how important the individual perspective of the judge or admissions officer is. And also how biased it is :O

I just saw a trailer for *drum roll* the second season of V!!! I have been dying to watch it! I guess not that many people are into it or have heard of it, but I just loved the first season :] The trailer looks so good!...and it doesn't hurt that there's an epic character named Anna :P



All I could think the first time I saw it was OMGoodness V is back! The second time watching it, all I could think was Don LaFontaine RIP. So, in memory of pure awesome, I've decided to embed a video I found a ways back:



Don't you just love the Disney dude? Maybe I should just become a voice over artist. I mean, I do have a strong background in the field, having done Teletubbies voice overs when I was a kid. I always voiced this African American girl, so I guess I have a unique enough voice :P

I know I haven't blogged in a bit, and my blogs haven't been as regular, but life's just kind of boring lately. Maybe I should find a co-blogger? Would any of you be interested in that? As in both interested in reading from another blogger or interested in becoming a co-blogger. Either way, for the time being, you're stuck with boring old me :D And today I had some

Thoughts of pure awesome!

Food for thought:
Really, what do you think about me adding a co-blogger?
How excited are you for V2? (Please say you've at least heard of the show. If not, check it out!)
Do you think the college application process is fair?
If you find it unfair, can you think of a better method?

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WOOT! Only 2 left!

For years now, I have managed to stay away from Facebook games. Yes, even during that farming craze, and I believe the Unicorn one too, etc. But, thanks to Julie, I have succumbed to the seductive charms of Bouncing Balls.

During the summer of 2008, I developed an addiction to Dynomite, and this game is like its slightly less awesome but still super addictive reincarnation.

Well, believe it or not, I didn't spend today just playing Bouncing Balls (btw Why is it called bouncing balls? There is no bouncing involved whatsoever...) Instead, I spent much of today writing essays - or should I say cutting down essays? Is there a senior alive who cannot understand the pain of...

2500 characters. Recognize which supplement it's from?

After some close inspection of whether or not certain commas were necessary, it was eventually completed. 

WOOT! Only 2 left!

Food for thought:
What a great way to celebrate the 3 month anniversary of this blog!?
How are the rest of you doing with apps? (Jan. 1 is fast approaching...)
Don't you just hate their word and character limits? Which do you find harder to meet?
Have you ever played Dynomite or Bouncing Balls? Don't you just love them?

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This is why we aren't going to get into college

There is an advantage to blogging; I have a bank of truly random anecdotes to pull from for my college essays. I think I'm going to use pieces of There is. It's called captcha for my Georgetown short answer, and I used posts from a previous anonymous blog for one of my Gtown essays. The short answer asked about my most significant activity in or out of school, and I was thinking of how if I were to be 100% honest, I'd say it was stalking on facebook. I said that to Eric, and he told me how an honest person would go ahead and do it. My response:


[10:11:26 PM] annabanana: but they also wouldn't get into college
[10:11:42 PM] annabanana: it would be one of those things where the husband admits to cheating
[10:11:44 PM] annabanana: the wife goes
[10:11:47 PM] annabanana: thank you for being honest
[10:11:52 PM] annabanana: now i'm going to divorce your ass

Therein lies the dilemma: colleges want your essay to be honest and to reflect your voice, but they neither want the truth nor someone with a stupid voice.


I really should be doing work right now instead of blogging but I try not to go too long without writing something. Sometimes I feel bad for taking the time to write these when everyone else is so focused on doing work, but then someone will message me about something they just read in one of my posts, and I feel better knowing other people aren't working either.


I was just talking with Jess on the phone after having finished my first essay:

me: I still need to write the last essay. What about you?
Jess: Oh that? I gave up on essays! 
me: Don't worry about it. When's the MIT one due?
Jess: Tomorrow...
me: oh
Jess: This is such a funny quote! (proceeds to read random lines from a website)
me: What site is it?
Jess: I'll send you the link
me: Cool! 

This is why we aren't going to get into college

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