Procrastination at it's Finest

So I am taking a 400 level classes that requires a lot of reading. Normally I just scan the readings but I learned that I actually need to read them. My midterm is next Thursday, this picture is all the readings I have to do between now and then. Minus the first entry because I did that today:) Sorry Mom and Dad, I know this is not what you wanted to hear. 

Mom's Weekend

This past weekend was Mom's Weekend here at Oregon State University. My mom loves to come up every year, the only problem is we never know what to do so we just end up staying in and watching movies all weekend. This weekend we finally figured out what to do and we packed it full of all sorts of fun! First we got massages and pedicures.

After that we had dinner at a local brewpub with Kyle. I had two beers and got a little buzzed because I am a light weight when it comes to alcohol. So my mom volunteered to drive home. My car is an automatic. My mom has not driven stick since I was about 6. Let's just say it was very interesting. She didn't kill the engine and I am proud of her for that but I might need to get a new clutch sooner than I though.

On Saturday we went to breakfast at a bar. They had a special on bottomless mimosas. I wasn't sure how good the food was going to be because it is a dance club. But the food was really good. We decided not to get bottomless mimosas because I had to drive and my mom said it was too early to drink. After that we went to a paint and wine class. I had never been to one but my mom has been to a couple back home. We were both rebels and decided not to do the painting they were teaching us. The original painting had a coffee cup in it neither my mom or I drink coffee so we didn't want a coffee cup. I decided to do a cat, surprise, and my mom did a wine glass! The instructor loved my cat along with everyone else in the class. 

This is my mom. I tried to get a good picture of her and she kept moving! But I think this is a really great picture. 

My stupid phone takes such bad pictures. Don't mind the glare in the background.

Our masterpieces!

After the paint and wine class, we picked up Kyle and drove over to Albany. My friends Sam and DJ are getting married and their wedding shower was that day! I have known Sam since I was in the 4th grade, so my mom knew him and his parents and was very happy to see them. They had really good BBQ and homemade desserts. Kyle and I loved the cake pops, we both took a bunch home.

On Sunday my mom had to catch the noon bus to take her to the airport so we grabbed breakfast at another bar! This one was pretty good too. They have really good lunch and dinner so I figured their breakfast would be good too. We got done with breakfast early so we went to the Memorial Union and relaxed as we waited for her bus. We also took a picture in front of the MU.

Thanks for coming up to Mom's Weekend, Mom! I had so much fun!

Taco Time

This picture might be a little random because I forgot to post it the day I took it. But I took this picture with all intent of posting it to my blog! Kyle and I decided to make tacos for dinner. This picture is of the prep station. I made some yummy guacamole and I got to eat it all by myself because Kyle doesn't like avocados. This wouldn't have been a very memorable night because we make tacos often but this time I lit the stove on fire! I wanted to be creative and I decided to fry the tortillas in some oil. The pan was too small for the tortilla and some of the oil dripped out of the pan and onto the burner. BOOM! It caught fire. It was really scary because I hate all things fire, so I made Kyle fry the rest of the tortillas.

Saturday, Saturday

This last Saturday started off by going to a philanthropy event Kyle's fraternity was participating in. This event had different fraternities match up in a flag football tournament. It was fun to watch but unfortunately Kyle's team lost both games. The weather was very strange. It was pouring rain and just when Kyle's game started the sun came out and it actually got pretty warm. I took off my rain coat and jacket!

The picture was far away because I couldn't see what my phone was actually taking a picture of. Kyle is the on in the middle.

After the football game we went back to the second day of the SEC grand opening just because I wanted to see what else there was to do. We could have screen printed T-shirts in the craft center but the line was too long. The craft center also had a photo booth so we did that instead. 

And lastly Kyle's fraternity was putting on their first official party. The theme was "Sexy Joggers and Rugged Loggers." Kyle and I thought it would be funny if we reversed the roles. So we hit up the Goodwill and got Kyle some running shorts and sweatbands. He was going for the 1970's runner look. I got a pair of suspenders and borrowed one of Kyle's flannel shirts and put on some hiking boots. I think our outfits were the best. It was funny because a lot of the guys dressed as joggers and a lot of the girls that showed up were "loggers", the actually just wore a flannel. One girl was wearing cowboy boots. I think she was confused that a cowboy and a logger are different.

Busy Busy

Wow, have I been busy. I have a bunch of pictures for the next couple of posts, just to keep you guys updated!

Friday was the first day of the grand opening for the Student Experience Center (SEC), where the Beaver's Digest head quarters is located. So I spend a lot of time there. The whole 4th floor houses all of Orange Media Network. This includes: KBVR TV and KBVR FM, Beaver's Digest, Prism Magazine, and the Barometer. Since I work with Beaver's Digest I volunteered to run our information booth on Friday. It was a long day but here are some pictures I took there.

This is Lauren and Jodie at our booth.

This is Maria and me wearing our one of a kind Beaver's Digest shirts.

Even Benny the Beaver came to visit!

I Made Art

So yesterday was Kyle and my's 6 month anniversary. Now I'm not much into anniversaries but I feel at my age and for never having been in a relationship before, 6 months is something to celebrate. So we decided to go to the Mexican restaurant where we had our first date. It was a lot of fun but we had to go later in the evening because Kyle had a midterm at 7pm. But once we got there we were so hungry we ate two bowls of chips and then I was full when my nachos came. Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of that. 

For today's picture I have a picture of my "art." My homework for my New Media Futures class was to make "art" and bring it in. I had totally forgotten until my friend who is also in the class reminded me at 2:30. I was leaving the SEC when I saw my friend Prachet in the lobby and he told me his friend was playing with water colors at the Craft Center, which is in the basement of the SEC. So I call Lauren, the one whose in my class, and I tell her we are going to play with water colors! So this is my beautiful art work that I will be presenting in class.

Sunny Days in Corvallis

Wow, I am terrible at posting. I had pictures in mind I just didn't have the time to post them and then my email was going crazy, it was just a terrible experience. Anyways this weekend was so beautiful in Corvallis. It was about 75 degrees more or less so we decided to take our studying outside! I also wanted to work on my tan. I never realized how hard it was to study outside, especially when you live across the street from a frat house. There are all these noises and cars and bikers, too much noise to fully study.

The second picture is Kyle. He sat in my lawn chair and it broke!

I added two pictures because of the late posts. I don't have anything for Monday but I had a terrible midterm. Basically the format of the test was we were given five essay questions and had to pick two and write a five paragraph essay for both in 50 minutes. Oh and he wanted us to use examples and cite our readings. Do you really think I had every reading memorized? Not even five minutes into the test a girl runs, picks up the trash can and runs to the bathroom puking. She didn't look sick or drunk or hungover, I'm pretty sure she was just nervous. So that's how my Monday went!