in which i tell you a bunch of things about my life.

the five dollar movie bin at walmart?  it's the greatest thing ever...until you find three movies.  then you're already up to 15 dollars.
but i think when those movies are moulin rouge, hook, and august rush, it's worth it.
i'd go back to a year ago today if i could.
i'm reading to kill a mockingbird again.  i will read it a hundred times and not be done with it.  did i mention that it's my favorite book of all time?

it's almost finals.

male sibling is too old.  happy birthday, dear.

this album is my art music.  every time.  speaking of art... someone made one of my paintings into a christmas ornament.  how cool is that?  personally, i think it's a bit morbid to put on a christmas tree.  but it's still amazing.

also on the subject of art...

i can never ever make a silly t-shirt.  everyone else ends up with delightfully lame paint splatters and things and i end up with adorable penguin in the snow t-shirt.  my life is hard.

happy november

song of the month
because i'm very clever.

my month thus far:

excellent new penguin socks.

painting while trying to write a blog post.

and thinking about last year.

because my university is most likely going to tear down my old dorm building in the very near future.

all the students currently living there have until sunday to move out.

my friends are homeless.

C2 won't exist anymore.  the place that holds so many of my memories won't exist anymore.

dear friends, i hope all works out for you, and that you find places to live.

love, jane.

maybe this is silly.

today.
i was in desperate need of a smile, and there was not one to be found.
digital imaging is not my cup of tea, and all i learned from painting class today was that i can't mix colors worth anything. so here i am, doubting my skill as an artist even further, and i get a text from a member of the bishopric wanting to meet with me.
i knew i was going to get a church calling meant to teach me a lesson (this one actually didn't turn out to be terrible, thank goodness.)
and the worst of it... the roommate problems that i never expected.
all this equals jane is a mess.


but then there's this boy.  and he is okay with me being an emotional train wreck sometimes.  and he has me over for dinner.  and we go for a drive.  and we watch the office.  he is great.

oh, and then i log in to post this, and notice that i have 2 followers now.  2!
this is definitely silly of me to get so excited about this.  but it made my day better.
dear bellah, you get the "i made jane smile" award.
have a lovely day.

how to be happy (today)

sleep late because i stayed out too late because sleep is my true love.

wear your cuddling hoodie and curl up in a blanket mom gave you.

watch the big bang theory. or the halloween episode of boy meets world.

get a free t-shirt from the student center. just because.

visit C2.  realize how much you've missed it and be happy you're back.  sit in the middle of the hall with smith, trevor, your roommates, and ridiculously cool ex-boyfriend.

have a big dinner with your neighbors, roommates, your family, and your roommate's family.

take someone's free t-shirt from earlier and put it on your head.  when it falls off, put it on the next person's head.  when it falls off, have them put it on the next person's head until it goes all the way around the room.

we're weird. don'tworryaboutit.

have your dinner party of 14 get locked inside your tiny college-kid apartment.  yell out your window for your neighbor who you've hardly met to help you.

have a roommate date.  talk about everything.

go to sleep wearing dinosaur socks.

someday, it's all going to work out for the best.

and someday i won't get broken up with the first week of school.

my marius is somewhere out there waiting for me.

oh darn.

looks like paris is just as pretty in the winter as it is in the summer.
i guess i'll have to go twice.
or just stay there for a year so i can see what it looks like all the time.


darn it.

college: a state of perpetual hunger.

i said goodbye to my parents
i unpacked all my pretty socks

behold the pretty socks (guest starring my feet)

...

our air conditioning got fixed

and with a few sheets as improvised couch covers, a rug, decorative pillows, a keyboard, and a thrift-store found photo of the eiffel tower,

our dingy living room was transformed into a comfortable, colorful room of awesome.

i walked to a bookstore and found no copies of les miserables.  i'll try again tomorrow.

and since i arrived, i've been in a state of perpetual hunger.

i guess college does that to me.

to combat it, i made pizza and cookies for dinner tonight.

i'm home.

he's climbin in your windows...

once upon a time I lived in a dorm.

call me crazy, but it was the best place to live

ever.

on the door to C2 (the best floor in said dorm) was this picture.

every time I went up there to see friends or just hang out I saw this on the door.

so today I came across this picture and it made me smile.

so i thought i'd share.

(plus I just miss C2)