"This is a day we're going to remember in like 5 years."-Me, on our pretty sucky situation today.

Today was supposed to be this amazing, awesome, totally exciting day. So naturally, nothing went according to plan and everything got messed up. Now the options for today's excitement was either that we would all go to the Fred Flare sample sale or up to the Disney store to try and meet the cast of Wizards of Waverly Place. In accordance with those plans, I got up pretty early [for a Saturday at least] and ate some breakfast, got dressed and all that jazz. I figured that we had to leave by 10:00ish for either plan. Well 10:00 rolled around and everyone was still asleep. So I was like "Errrr" because I didn't know what to do! So I just turned the TV on and waited for everyone to wake up.

Well then I find out that no one really has any intention of getting ready to go out any time soon. Not gonna lie, I was kinda like "WTF" because we'd been semi-planning this day for a week or so. I thought about just going to the Fred Flare sample sale by myself, but I mean I get 60% discount anyway and I JUST bought some stuff, it was more about going to see everyone and so the girls could get some great deals. So instead, I went to Dunkin Donuts and got some breakfast [since I'm all out of milk and need to to to the grocery store so that I can have some cereal] and watched some That 70's Show.

After I was bored with watching TV around noon, I decided to do some of my journalism reading, since I have quite a bit of it. Finally, at like 1:30 I'm so bored and kind of pissed that I decide I'm just going to go to the Fred Flare sample sale by myself to hang out with everyone there. So I tell Susan this, and mention that if she wants to come, I'd be leaving in like an hour or so. So THEN she goes "Oh...we're not gonna go try to meet Selena...?" And in my head I'm going "WTFFFFFFF!!!!!". So I said "We can still go, but I think we need to leave NOW since it starts in an hour and a half and people have probably been lining up since like 10 AM." So Fabi comes in and decides her and Lindsay still want to go as well. So I'm like "Alright. Everyone hurry up so we can get the heck out of here."

By the time we get up to the Disney Store Hurricane Hanna has hit New York and it's 2:45. The line is all the way around the block, but me and Fabi ask the people inside the store and they say that the line should move really fast. We decide this means that we'll make it in, no problem. 2 hours later, we're all soaked to the bone because it's been pouring non-stop, freezing because winds are up to 17 mph and totally annoyed because these stupid girls behind us keep singing Jonas Brothers songs REALLY loudly and REALLY poorly.

Freezing and soaked!

When it was 4:30 and then meet and greet was over, we were practically at the door [go figure]. All the Disney people tell us there's no point in waiting and we should just leave. So naturally we stick around a little bit longer [and I'll be fineeeee] and fortunately for us, we get to see the cast get into these giant black vans and leave. So all of that, for nothing. Well not quite nothing. We still got autographed posters. But it's not the same because we didn't get to like see or talk to any of them.

Luckily, we caught a cab and the four of us, completely and utterly SOAKED go back to the dorm, defeated, and try to warm up and dry off. I put on leggings, leg warmers, a t-shirt and a hoodie. I was SO cold. I wouldn't be surprised if we all catch a cold. The weather has only gotten worse. It's been raining FOREVER! We were supposed to go to a party tonite, but the weather is so awful that we've all decided to just stay in and eat snacks, chat and watch some teevz. Which has been fun, but a damper has still been put on my day.

Tomorrow I'm hoping for some sun. But not too much. Because it's been too hot here lately. I'm running out of cute, hot weather clothes. Plans for tomorrow include; grocery shopping, finishing some homework and hopefully watching the VMA's at E's place [I need to confirm this again]. So yeah. This day has only further confirmed that every time we make plans to do something, it WILL rain.

Much Love.
Jewlie.

"So are you guys gonna make out now? WOW. That was inappropriate."-Jen, on her comment after I hugged Cory because he had a bad morning.

Overall today was like an amazing day (it just sort of ended poorly). I had my Journalism recitation this morning at the Journalism Building (which PS is like AMAZING!). I got there kind of early with this other girl who actually lives at Water as well. I can't remember her name though. Boo. Oh and Danielle sat next to me during class but we didn't get a chance to talk too much. Recitation was pretty much as discouraging as my lectures have been. I just feel like a fish out of water. This course seems like it's so much of what I'm not. It's just really frustrating because all my life I've wanted to major in journalism and now that I'm here and doing it I'm starting to question whether it's the right major and whether this is even the right school for me. I feel so lost in that class because I don't have an internship and I've never written for a newspaper and I don't know anything about politics. And when I got home from work I wrote my 600 word essay that's due Sunday by noon and it just...it's like crap basically. It's so hard because the prompt is "what is your relationship to news" but we're not allowed to write it in the first person. So that's like...really hard and I don't know basically it just really stressed me out.

Contemplating my relationship to the news.

But let's back up to my class. It got out 25 minutes early so I had a nice leisurely commute to Greenpoint. I even had time to go to Dunkin' Donuts to get some iced coffee before work! I got there like 20 minutes early but Jen had me clock in anyway and pick the orders with Diane. We only had like 60 so I had all those picked and packed before Cory came in at 11:00. The whole rest of the day we just helped with shipment and moving things around the warehouse. It's crazy in there! There is just stuff everywhere and Jen was trying to get stuff ready for the Sample Sale tomorrow so that was nuts. But I was just in a fantastic mood all morning! I don't know what it was. I couldn't stop smiling.

And it was great because I got to talk to Mo a lot and it was the first time in a LONG time that pretty much everyone was in the warehouse working and it just felt like we were all a family again. It was really nice. Even though it was hotter than blazes. And Diane gets so cute when I help her, she's always just so thankful! I also got a chance to talk to Cory a bit today. He was having a rough day because him and his girlfriend of 3 years just broke up and now he has to find a new place to live by October. So that REALLY sucks. But he said he's kind of happy because apparently she's crazy...? And from Farmington Hills...? HAHA. So yeah. We tried to keep him busy.

When I got home and decided to work on my Journalism essay is when the crap part of the day kicked in. I just...LSKDFSDF! I don't even want to talk about it that's how much it is stressing me out! And it's not even this one essay (although duh. That's part of it) it's mostly the fact that like I feel so unprepared for...life now. And I just feel like I don't even know what I'm doing and that's a scary thought. But hopefully it'll all blow over...or something like that.

Group shot from last Sunday.
However, after spending 4 hours working on that essay I now feel I deserve a break. So I'm off to call Kyle and maybe watching The OC or Disney Channel or something. Tomorrow is a big exciting day. I should be happy I have this essay off my back. Maybe my good mood will return.

Much Love.
Jewlie.

"Oh I see. So we're all being sarcastic in unison now."-Professor Stephens, on our lecture answering "no" to whether we have war stuff in our news.

Nothing too epic happened today. I think it was a lot like what most of my days will be like once everything starts to settle down. My math recitation didn't meet today because we just had our first class yesterday, so I didn't have class until 9:30. I still wanted to take a semi-early bus just because I wanted to go to Starbucks, but that didn't work out because the bus filled up and people wouldn't move back! So then I had to wait 20 minutes for the next bus. Luckily my mom was free to talk for a bit so we chatted and got all caught up while I waited. Then I had to rush to my Dancers and Divas class which was really fun! We watched 3 different versions of the Nutcracker Ballet. We watched this one version choreographed by Mark Morris and it was all Pop Art and 1950's themed. It was like the coolest thing ever! I absolutely loved it! I wish we could've watched the whole thing! And then we had this great discussion about how ballet is such a great art form because there's no words, like in musicals or plays, so it can be interpreted in SO many different ways and no way is the right way. Basically I love that class.

My journalism class went a little bit better today than it did on Tuesday. Since then, I've been checking CNN.com, MSNBC.com and a couple other places online to try and learn about politics and what's going on in the world. This actually proved really successful since today I understood ALL the jokes about Sarah Palin and a couple other references as well. And I still love Professor Stephens. He really just has that sarcastic, dry sense of humor that I love so much. I wish I could have taped his lecture today, that's how funny it was! He made this powerpoint and at the beginning of it he was reading all this information about powerpoint word for word right off the powerpoint and then the next slide said something about how it was really annoying when people do that and he would try not to [even though he did it for like the previous 5 minutes]. He also jokes about how you get extra credit for wrong answers, so every time someone answers something correctly, he goes "That's right. Too bad for you. I only give extra credit for wrong answers." That kind of stuff makes him a lot less intimidating. He also knows a lot about pop culture, something I can appreciate. The other good thing that happened in that class is that the girl who sat next to me is in the EXACT same boat as me [aka doesn't care about the world happenings/politics/the news/only wants to write for a magazine/didn't get any of the jokes on Tuesday] so that made me feel A LOT better. Like a lot a lot.

I had to rush off to work in the sweltering 90 degree weather but I made it [once again] on time. There weren't a lot of orders today so after I was done packing/restocking boxes I helped Diane for a couple hours because the warehouse is basically in total disarray. We keep getting all these shipments in and there's boxes everywhere and no room for the products on the shelves and there's just like...madness. So I tried to help Diane get that a bit under control and it was actually really enjoyable because I have such a knack for organizing things. The only bad thing was how hot it was! I hadn't sweat that much since I moved the freshmen in! And Mo seemed distressed so I told him I could stay a bit later tomorrow if he wanted me to and he looked VERY appreciative. OH! And I got to pick up the stuff I ordered! Yay stuff!

As suspected, Mo gave me the "Love is Fighting Korea" necklace. It's an inside joke between me, Mo and Jen.


When I got back from work, I made myself some dinner, did some reading, took a shower and then talked to Kaity for a bit. We hadn't talked in SO long! So that was like amazingness. I'm actually really tired right now and it's not even 10:00! But I think my body is just tired from such a stressful week. OH! And in other excitement I changed my earrings for the first time today! Basically I took one out and couldn't get it back in, totally freaked, and got really nauseous and thought I was going to pass out, so I had to lay down for a bit. But then Susan helped me and now I'm basically a pro. Except I kind of suck at the left ear, but I'm getting better!
Teeth earrings!
Peanut Butter!
Jelly time!
Hoops!
Aww it's Bambi!

So yeah. Sorry I have no makeup on in those pictures and have bags under my eyes. Like I said, I'm super tired and have a semi-but not really big day tomorrow and a REALLY big day on Saturday. So I'm off to call Kyle and then get some sleep cuz I have an 8AM tomorrow. Boo.

Much Love.
Jewlie.

"I'll have to show you my moves sometime."-Professor Jones, on her hip hop dance moves.

Okay so I have SO much to say today and NO time to say it. And potentially no time to say it tomorrow! And that is SO frustrating! So I'll try and give a quick rundown of what I have to say. So I had my science lab this morning and my professor is a sistah and DANG is she HILARIOUS! She was cracking jokes left and right! She seems really friendly and I know I"ll have no trouble going to her and asking her for help. I didn't really know anyone in my class, but I did run into the girl from Staten Island that works at Hollister in my class AND AND AND! The super nice girl that I moved into Third North, Kristina is in my class! Oh my goodness I LOVE her! She's adorable!

After lab I went to Bobst to watch a ballet with Sibby for our Dancers and Divas class. It was actually really cool and interesting! I can't remember what it's called...something french but I was surprised at how much I liked it! After that, I met Fabi at Weinstein for some lunch/breakfast. I forgot how good food at Weinstein is! It was so tasty bits! I had a salad, a taco and some fruit. OH! And this AMAZING chocolate cake with vanilla frosting with rainbow sprinkles! I still had a lot of time left after lunch/breakfast so I went to American Apparel to get a new white v-neck because my old one is rank.

Then I had my science lecture and there really isn't much to say about that because it got out 45 minutes early. So me and Kristina went to Starbucks and then sat around in Washington Square Park and just chatted about school, her being a freshmen, the kids in our class, Fred Flare and a whole bunch of other stuff. I absolutely LOVE her and you will definitely be seeing a lot of her on the blog. I can already tell we're gonna be great friends.

Math class got out early as well. It was pretty simple. We just talked about scientific notation and how to use a calculator...? HAHA. So yeah. Lindsay is in that class with me so we sat next to each other and honestly, I didnt' really pay much attention to anyone else in that class because it's kind of big. So yeah...don't really have much of an opinion on that class yet. OH! Except there's a midget in our class...which me and Lindsay found amusing. I've never met a real live midget before!

I headed back down to water for a bit and then E called me and me and Susan met her to go get my stuff out of her storage. I am SO relieved to have all my stuff finally. My box basically just had my comforter, my spring/fall coats and some mugs and dishes and such. So I'm now officially all moved in. Except that because of that trip and our floor meeting tonite I have had NO time to work on stuff and now I feel really stressed. I have some science reading, a Dancers and Divas write up and some other Journalism stuff to work on so that's kind of stressful, plus I have school and work tomorrow. So yeah...kind of stressed as you can probably tell from this paragraph.

Something cute to relieve the stress. [Basically I have no picture for today. Lame I know.]

But yeah. ANTM was on tonite but I missed the first half of it. But so far Annaleigh is my favorite. Let me know yours! More tomorrow...maybe?

Much Love.
Jewlie.

"I had a dog once. It died. I didn't feel too bad."-Professor Stephens, on his 'true' personality.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ALERTZ! Today was my first official day as a sophomore at NYU! It was kind of crazy, not gonna lie. Getting up early wasn't really a problem, but deciding what to wear was! NYU is SO the school where everyone judges you on what you wear the first day; also, it was 90 degrees and I had to go to work. I ended up going with a classic Jewlie piece: my black and white vintage sleeveless dress. It's a good go-to piece because it's basically one of a kind, cool and comfortable. I wore it with my fav black ballet flats [ but packed my low tops for the trek to Fred Flare].

This dress, minus the sweater. Duh!

I met Sibby at Starbucks at 8:50 and let me tell you, it was so refreshing to still know everyone that works there. We got our drinks and headed down to 194 Mercer for our Dancers and Divas class. The prof is a HOOT! His name is Robert and he's absolutely lovely! He's so...out of it in a classic drama teacher kind of way. And sort of loopy. HAHA. But he was great. I really enjoyed him. We started watching The Nutcracker Ballet and Robert talked about the requirements of the class [one of which is that we MUST attend 3 live performances!]. There's lots of group project-y things in this class...and no papers if I read the syllabus correctly. Score!

Then it was off my first real/non-GSP NYU class...Foundations of Journalism aka Intro to Journalism. I'm not gonna lie, I was really scared for this class. It's a lecture of like 200 kids and it was in a building I've never been in. But the professor is amazing. He's really funny and upbeat and entertaining [which is good since it's a lecture class] and he's going to use powerpoints to help us follow along in his lectures. HOWEVER. I am REALLY questioning whether this is a good class for me because I'm not even kidding when I say that probably every single kid in that class wants to write for the New York Times or be some dude on CNN or something. They all knew the names of like a million famous journalists [of which I can name...NONE] and what news channels give more opinions vs. facts and all this political and historical stuff...NONE of which I knew ONE THING about! So this makes me very nervous. And feeling inadequate for the class. So basically now I have to watch the news and pay attention to current events and stuff that I could frankly care less about. Boo.

After class, it was time to haul butt out to Greenpoint for work. Of course I was a nervous wreck since it was the first time I'd commuted to work from school this year, but naturally I made it with a few minutes to spare. I was excited to see Cory working, I'd forgotten how nice of a boy he is. There were quite a bit of orders but we got them all done and the boxes re-stocked by 4:00 and then Cory went home and I made watches the last hour. I got to talk to Robyn a bit more. Found out she went to Florida State and just moved to New York back in January, so far she doesn't like it very much. At work I noticed the bambi earrings I wanted were almost gone [only 3 pair left!] so as soon as I got home I ordered half the stuff on the wish list I made a couple days ago. I'm excited to get it all on Thursday!

It was a long day back, but I made it. When I got home I made some dinner and checked my emails and such. Then I did my History of the Universe lab for tomorrow morning because I'm a goody two shoes and wanted to get a head start on things. After that, feeling pretty accomplishes, I checked the blogs that I read and called my Mom to tell her all about my first day.

And now, after ALL that, I'm supes tired and am off to sleep because I have an 8AM tomorrow and I have some errands to run after class AND E. is back in town so I have to get my boxes from her at some point...hopefully tomorrow. Who knows!

Much Love.
Jewlie.

"I'm kind of mad at him."-Fabi, on being mad at Nate because he's with a cougar now.

I have only one thing to say:

"YOU KNOW YOU LOVE ME. XOXO. Gossip Girl."

Much Love.
Jewlie.

"There is no fashionably late when you have reservations."-Kayla, on our lateness for dinner.

It's pretty late and I have the "London Tipton's Really Great" song stuck in my head so this entry is gonna be short and tomorrow I'll write more about today...if that makes any sense? Haha. So today was pretty low key. Me and Susan sort of slept in and lazed around until like 12:30. I was checking my email and discovered I had one from one of my professors for this semester reminding me to check blackboard and DO THE READINGS FOR TUESDAY/THURSDAYS CLASS!!!!! Wait...WHAT?! I have homework and I haven't even been to the first class yet! That's insane. So I go to see what the articles are and there's all these REALLY LONG articles posted for the whole semester. Now my first thought is: I CANNOT print these from my printer, it's TOO much. So naturally I think of good old Third North and it's free printing. So me, Susan and Lindsay all take the NYU bus up to Washington Square and walk to Third North to print all these articles.

Well about 80 pages later, we decide to have a late lunch at Third North! It was so weird eating there again. Of course there was nothing good because it was Sunday and on Sunday Third North is dumb and basically leaves breakfast out until 4:00 and then t's steak night. But I had a veggie burger and it was tasty bits! After lunch we headed back down to Water and Susan and I watched Disney Channel and hung out with Fabi and Lindsay. It was really nice because it was the first time we really got to catch up, all four of us. We decided to check out the gym and explore a little inside the dorm. The gym was really nice and Lindsay decided to run for a bit on the treadmill so the rest of us went back to the room.

Now. The past 3 days there has been this giant trunk outside of our RA's room and every time I walk past it, I'm SUPER tempted to open it up. Because it's been there for so long and I don't know what it's in it, so OF COURSE I'm curious! And I was all "I'm gonna do it" but then I freaked out and we all ran inside. HAHA. After Lindsay got back we all got ready because we had a little night out planned with Kayla to go to Lucky Cheng's for dinner and a show.

It was really great to see Kayla again and we all chatted for a little bit...and then we realized we were running WAY late [mostly thanks to Kayla. As per usual] and we had to HUSTLE to get there on time. However, we were still 15 minute late. So I have to admit...Lucky Cheng's is a very interesting place WHICH Kayla picked out. For those who don't know [which is probably all of you] it's a drag place. But actually, it was a hoot. We had a great time and while it's not something I'll probably ever do again, it was a once in a life time experience and something I will never forget.
Kayla's face here is SO paparazzi shot-esque. And her dress is HOT.
I cut our heads off on accident. But now we look like a Gossip Girl cover.
On the bus.
Us and our waitress. 

That all being said, I'm super tired and promise to post a couple more pictures from tonite tomorrow, once Fabi and everyone else puts them up on Facebook. OH! And don't forget...GOSSIP GIRL PREMIERE TOMORROW!!!!!

Much Love.
Jewlie.