written Thursday 17 November 2011:
I can't believe the last time I blogged was on Halloween! I feel like such a slacker.
Well, since Halloween, a ton of stuff has happened! Sort of. On the first of November, I registered for classes, so now I know my schedule for next semester.
You can click on the image to make it bigger! The course titles are also in the image. "WRIT340" is a writing class that's a requirement for graduation from USC.
2 November and 4 November were obviously huge days for the family! Happy Birthday to my wonderful brother, and Happy Anniversary to my fantastic parents. I miss you all, and can't wait to see you again!
Every week on Monday, the employees of JEP - which is where I work - have a staff meeting, and for the first five minutes of staff meeting, we do "First Five". First Five is essentially free lunch for us, and every week, a previously assigned pair of people will bring in a lunch that's big enough to feed 20-30 people. So on Monday 7 November, I brought in 30 servings of ravioli in a GIGANTIC tin, and two rotisserie chickens for staff meeting. My partner brought in thirty cupcakes, and we decorated them with pictures of poppy flowers and the american flag. Our theme, if you haven't guessed, was Veteran's Day! Not everyone has a theme for First Five, but that Friday was Veteran's Day, so why not, right?
Apparently when US veterans were coming back home from World War 1, Woodrow Wilson invited two thousand of them to the White House and gave them a ravioli dinner, as a way to sort of say welcome back home, and to give them the first home cooked meal they'd probably had in a very long time. Good guy! I wonder how they picked the two thousand veterans though, out of the doubtless hundreds of thousands who must have been returning.
On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 8, 9 and 10 November, three of my friends had birthdays, all in a row! Haha. On Tuesday my really good friend Jordan turned 21, and he took a group of his closest friends to Geisha House in Hollywood. Geisha House is an absolutely fantastic japanese restaurant, although it is doubtless overpriced. Which can be expected for a fancy restaurant like that in Hollywood. Apparently Ashton Kutcher was there while we were, but he must have been in a private room, because we didn't see him.
Good food, great people!
The next day was my friend Sahil's birthday, and he didn't do anything special, but I gave him a
Slanket, because he always complains that his room is cold, so now he can wrap up in his Slanket and be warm while sitting around in his room! ^_^
The NEXT day was my friend Curtis' birthday, and he's a super relaxed guy, so a group of his friends all went to
Fatburger together and that was about it, actually. Haha.
On Saturday 12 November, USC played a home game against the Washington Huskies, who barely beat us last year. It was a super tension-filled game, and you could tell the Huskies were really going all out; they got at least ten flags throughout the entire game! But in the end, USC dominated them, utterly and completely, and beat them,
40-17.
Woohoo!
This week, not much has happened really. Just the usual routine of work, school, studying, etc.
Today though, I...
Donated blood! Just in case you couldn't guess from the picture at the top of the post, hehe.
I ATE SO MUCH PROTEIN AND IRON OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS TO PREPARE FOR THIS.
Yesterday for breakfast, I had a three egg omelette, and inside, I put filleted lean steak, a ton of spinach, a ton of onions, and mozzarella cheese. I accompanied this with a tall glass of berry juice (high vitamin C content) and a multivitamin.
Today for breakfast, I had another three egg omelette, except inside, I put lemon-garlic chicken, corn, SO MUCH SPINACH, and again, mozzarella cheese. This I had with a tall glass of mango juice, also with high vitamin C content, and a multivitamin.
So, today when I went in to donate, I was sort of super nervous and super excited to see my measured blood Hemoglobin levels. My pulse was 74bpm, blood pressure was 116/68, so all good, and... My hemoglobin level was 13.3 (I'm not quite sure what the unit is), where the minimum for blood donation is 12.5. YAY I'M HEALTHY AND THE FLOODING OF IRON INTO MY BODY WORKED!
I'm so, so glad that I finally got to donate blood again. There are definitely a lack of donors out there!
... Well, I started writing that in work today, and then put my laptop on standby without posting. So now it's almost 23:00, and I still haven't posted this blog entry. Shame on me!
Anyway. Recently I found this track, and I've been enjoying it quite a bit...
Hey Jude, I'll be thereIt's a mash-up of The Beatles and Michael Jackson, the guitar is a little jarring because it's slightly off-key, but as a whole, the track is pretty well done, in my humble opinion.
And I have no idea why, but
Sweet Caroline has been stuck in my head for the past week or so! What a classic. Absolutely brilliant. Also, it reminds me of the beach, for some reason...
..........
IT IS NOW MONDAY 21 November 2011 and for some reason I've been continuously forgetting to post this. Terrible!
Well, today is Pie Day at work, where those who want to can bring in a pie to share with everybody else. I don't have the photos of them on my computer yet, but I baked two enormous, DELICIOUS turkey pot pies; one for work, one for home. Ehehehe. ^^
I'll show them to you later, when I put the photos onto my computer!
Oh by the way; this past Saturday (19 November 2011)
USC played a stunning game against Oregon at their home stadium in Eugene, Oregon. It was definitely one of the most thrilling games of American football I have ever watched, down to the very last second! We won by a mere three points, out of luck; if Oregon hadn't missed the kick for a field goal in the last seven seconds, it would have gone into overtime, and then who knows who would've won! So this year, the Trojan football team broke the streak of losing to Oregon that's haunted them for the past two years. Congratulations, USC Trojans! ^_^
In other news! The random links I have for you today are as follows:
A dog and a cheetah who are friends! SO CUTE! :D
For something with a bit more substance, though, you can check out these
index surveys by the BBC. They're really interesting quizzes, and all relate back to some significant psychological concept or another... So if ever you have a lot of time to kill, check it out! And read up on the associated concepts, if you want, they're all really fascinating classical ideas and theories that helped shape the field of psychology. ^_^
That's all I have for now, guys! Until next time!
michelle. xx
