omg, I like cookies too! 

I need some advice, on 2 things

 1) An old friend of mine from years ago ran into some of my relatives recently and he gave them his number to give to me. He was my best friend throughout elementary, I have some really fond memories from those days. We ended up going to different schools and lost contact, the last time I saw him was when I was on my highschool basketball team, our school played his, he was on the other team... We just said "what's up" to eachother before the game.

So it's been years... If I call, what do I say? Do I just talk or do I suggest we hang out? And do what?  lol...I'm bad at this. :/  

2) Most people in my lab group are in my lecture. So one girl asked me and this other girl where we sit during the lecture so we could sit by eachother and I said we can just look for eachother when it starts. The other girl that was asked didn't really say anything, I guess mostly because the girl who asked was looking more in my direction and I answered first, so maybe she felt excluded. and during class she didn't sit by us. That girl is also in my chemistry lecture. She allways sits by herself.

I was wondering, would it be weird if I were to go over to her one class and say hey and sit by her? I think it would be nice to actually know someone in the class that you can compare notes with and stuff. She didn't sit with our lab group in the other class though, I don’t know if she’s just shy or if she’s snotty.

How should I go about doing it? Just jump out of nowhere one day and sit next to her? lol, That seems kinda weird. We have talked before, but just briefly during lab a few times. Should I try talking to her more during next lab? Should I mention sitting by her?

Also, I don't want her to think I'm coming on to her. I'm not looking for a date, I don't even know her. I'm just trying to befriend her since we're in all the same classes together,  and she doesn't seem annoying like most college girls.

Sooooo.... How can I sit by her without it being weird and how can i make it clear im just being friendly, nothing more?

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I often find myself disgusted with society and the way the world is...and I sometimes wish I could just leave it all behind and disappear.

 Just a few days ago, I was feeling like that again while sitting on my couch and staring at the TV when this add for an organization called "Operation Smile" came on. This group consists of healthcare professionals who travel to the poorer parts of the globe and perform surgery on kids with cleft lips/pallate deformities - free of charge. They were showing the stories of several kids, their life with the deformity and the whole process of changing it.

Then they got to a Vietnamese boy named Thanh. Thanh was 9 years old with a cleft lip. He had trouble eating, drinking and talking because of it. He was ridiculed and outcasted his entire life because of it. He was excited to go to school on his first day, but when he got there all the kids made fun of him - his mom said he ran home and cried and he's never been back to school since...Basically, his life was being stripped of him and its due to something he had no control over.

Thanh was selected by operation smile and in only about an hour they corrected his lip, and changed his entire life....Here are his before and after photos http://www.operationsmile.org/testimonials/thanh/

His story really touched me. It also got me thinking... I'm currently a pre-pharm student, I had always thought about switching to med, but after watching that show I think I will switch to med and become a doctor. I would absolutely LOVE working with Operation smile or Doctors without borders or any other similar organization. The thought that I could one day help and change a kid like Thanh's life for the better is so exciting! That would be so fulfilling and rewarding, It would be my dream job!!!

Here is another kid's story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHwf6qv5i5g  btw, I'm sure that most of us can relate to these kids in a way. Speaking for myself, as someone with social anxiety, I often feel like a caged bird, limited from reaching my full potential in life due to anxiety. Its the same, only their S.A. is a cleft lip and my "cleft lip" is S.A. You know what I mean? Imagine if someone took 1 hour and corrected my anxiety, freeing me from the cage thus changing my life...Amazing.

So yeah, sitting there on that couch it was like someone hit me in the face with a bat. First of all, its nice knowing there are people out there willing to volunteer their time to help these poor kids out. My faith in humanity has been restored. And second, I think this is it! This is exactly what I want to do with my life!

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I like Vacuuming

I like it alot. There's nothing better than whipping out my trusty vacuum and cleaning the carpet. I get a sense of satisfaction when I'm done.

I love my vacuum. *hug*

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Cause then I could just spread my wings and fly away from everything whenever I want.

 But I'm not.

 sigh.

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about 2 weeks ago i tried to buy a hershey bar from the vending machine but the peice of poo thing got stuck and i lost my money.

 so today when i went on my break i bought a can of pepsi from the machine and when i hit vend 2 cans came out!!!

ahahaha!!! losers! they thought they'd get away with it huh? no sir!

as i stood there, prouding displaying my "2 for the price of 1" deal in front of all the vending machines, i smirked  while enjoying the sweet sweet taste of victory.

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It snowed today! In AZ! In the city! and it actually stuck to the ground. When I was walking, you could like, totally like just, see my footprints.

 I wish it snowed more.

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