food cravings

I definitely experience food cravings. This morning I stumbled upon a certain health blog that explained why we crave certain foods and instead of ignoring or indulging in them that we should look that what type of raw food our body is actually trying to tell us that is needs. Here is the complete list.

I break cars

Okay, so not actually break...but I certainly thought so. Last night I was babysitting and my car failed to start around 1am....stressful...but I usually try not to focus on stressful stories unless they are also funny...and this one really wasn't.

I'm babysitting right now. Meredith is currently counting my teeth as I type. This update is going to have to abruptly end because Meredith is now demanding to "spinned"

40 watt

Mackenzie showed up at my door Wednesday morning around 9am....suitcase in hand. She's now living with me and fan. Definitely makes me wish I had two roommates all the time.

Yesterday, I visited cloverhurst library. found some interesting books. Got about 100 pages into one today. I am so looking forward to all the free time to just read. To do nothing else but sit around and read, hang out, cook, go running, go to concerts downtown, hang out with practically strangers, learn everything I can about Spain, nap anytime, and just love everything that a Maymester brings.

I'm even more in love with my legal studies professor today than I was yesterday. She just makes it so intriguing. I'm not lying....but 3 hours kind of goes by fast....and if you ever taken a class with me...30 minutes goes by extremely slow.

I'm all ears for books recommendations......

P.S- In the spirit of legal studies....if you have an abundance of grisham books...I would love that. I'd read a fairly large amount...but would really like to borrow some that I haven't.

Sam Helig at the 40 watt tonight. I'm excited. I love the 40 watt.

Love Story

I'm absolutely obsessed with this song. Jon Schmidt is incredible. (Fun fact- He was the composer of 'Bella's Lullaby' for all you Twilight fans out there)

dark green

Today, I learned about all the Supreme Court Justices. My professor showed videos of all them- I loved how she shared about their personalities instead of just their political views and associations.

Still in need of finding a bike helmet, I'd really prefer not to buy a new one. Perhaps I can find one at Potter's House or Habitat.

I'm actually quite proud of myself- I made three bins in my kitchen for recycling- One for Plastic, one for glass, and one for aluminum. Let's just hope I follow through with taking it to the recycling bins. I call this being "dark green" meaning...I try but often fail to completely follow through.

Legal Studies

I'm taking Legal Studies 2700 this May. It's slightly intimidating. I'm excited to learn. I'm actually eager to go to class tomorrow morning. I actually usually enjoy most of my class- except for chemistry and organic chemistry- those made me picture my brain turning to goop and slowly oozing out of my ears. Yeah. It was that hard. So, get ready because I'll probably be posting a fair amount of information that I learn in class on here. Because, I just know, that'll it's be that interesting. Wow. What a poorly constructed sentence.

Tuesday

Well I just got back from a run and now I'm boiling a big pot of brussels sprouts. Sounds very unappetizing but I've actually grown used to them and I'm starting to really like them. I put Peppercorn Ranch dressing and chicken on top and I find it delicious! Brussels sprouts have a good amount of vitamin A and C, folic acid and fiber. Also! They may protect against colon cancer because they contain singrin! ( Be careful not to overcook because they release glucosinolate sinigrin (releasing the sinigrin)...I'm not really sure how long to cook them yet...I just sample them to make sure they're not getting too soft.

The Milledge Bus doesn't seem to be running for the month of May...I found that out the hard way this morning. But! May is National Bike Month and May 21 is Bike-to-Work day...so I'm determined to start riding my bike to campus.(I'm afraid of packing my laptop until I get a plastic case to attach to it.)
* I read recently that if you bike to work that the Bicycle Commuter Act entitles you to 20 dollars a month. I think that's pretty exciting if you're in the work field...saving on gas and getting extra money.

insight

I also wanted to share a little bit of insight or wisdom that I've gained about studying during the past week

1) "Study parties" do not work. Nothing about getting together a group of people and making extremely sugary snacks leads to studying. This leads to chatting. excessive chatting.

2) Studying anywhere downtown. Even on a Sunday. It just doesn't work. This also just leads to lots of talking and running into people you haven't seen in a while.

3) Studying by the pool...in theory it is a wonderful idea. In reality, the sun makes it hard to see and it doesn't help when you start to drip sweat on your notes.

4) Studying in bed...in your pajamas...under the covers...with your head on the pillow...and one eye shut...this just leads to...well...you know...sleeping.

5)Studying during commercial breaks. Commercial breaks always end up being used for more important things, like bathroom breaks, trips to kitchen, calling your mom back after you denied her call, etc.

6)Studying a borders....eventually you just end up eavesdropping on other people's conversations

7) Studying on a laptop...that has wireless internet. The world wide web will always trump whatever else you're studying.

8) Gchatting about "school" and the "subject" this will last about 2 minutues...and then go in a completely different direction.

9) Studying in the SLC...why anyone ever thinks this is a good idea and why I even bothe I don't know...first of all- people are annoying there- they are burnt out and half of them just sit on a facebook the whole entire time anyways...so then I HAVE to count the number of people I find per floor on facebook...so time consuming but makes me feel way better about my life.

10) Studying in the car....yeah right.

11) Setting your alarm early to wake up study. Somehow waking up in the morning takes about 30 minutes to shift back into the right state of mind. I swear I'm possessed by some other Taylor that will gladly skip all classes, lie about being sick, loosing her car or keys, perhaps even a close call with death for a few minutes of extra sleep. I don't know this "taylor" but she makes me late all the time and convinces me that another whole point off my average for an absence isn't that big of a deal.

12)Coffee Shops- Loud music, lots of people...loud people...people that find themselves very interesting so they want to make sure everyone else picks up on this by drawing unnecessary attention to themselves...caffeine...tiny tables...wobbly chairs...guys who rock to the music that is so loud through their headphones that you can literally names each song. the dark brooding college guy in the corner that stares at you creepily.

Well looks like I learned a lot in Spring Semester 2010.

Emerald Isle

I'm up in Emerald Isle, North Carolina for my first weekend of summer. I just walked back in the hotel door from dinner- crab cakes- one of my favorites. My cousin Jade's wedding was earlier today. It was on the beach- even the preacher took his shoes off! I loved the informality that came with the ceremony being on the beach. There's something about being dressed up and barefoot that I just love. It was a beautiful wedding and certainly made me start daydreaming about my own wedding one day. I had the best time catching up with relatives, dancing, and being out in the sun. - I'll post pictures once they're upload to my computer


The Jane Austen Book Club is on tv right now...I've always wanted to watch this..unfortunately looks like I'll be watching from starting in the middle. Maybe just because I think Hugh Dancy is perhaps one of the best looking men to ever grace television.

There are just so many things in life to which I'm looking forward.