Sheets and Things

In exactly one month, I will be at school!

I'll be honest, I've felt a little left out these past two years. Watching my friends go off to school, having adventures and calling somewhere else home has been weird to watch from the sideline. I guess the way I coped with living at home is that I agreed to leave eventually, but by this time I had practically given up on the idea of leaving Sierra College. Now I am here, sitting by a pool and imagining my trip in just one month, and can't even fathom it! I just put in my month's notice at work, I guess that helped a bit. Hmm,

Let's see... How have I prepared so far...

I bought all of my bedding. Check.

I have a computer that I'll bring... Check.

My towels are adorable. Check.

Wait.. Really, is that it? Oh great. I guess I have some things to get. I'll take some photos for you kids and post them soon. But really, what do you even buy for college? It will all fall into place. I'm not worried.

Now I just need to get into my classes I need. Oh goodness...

Question of the blog:

Any suggestions of what I should buy for school? =s

Interviewed! Analyzed!

The other day, I went in for a job interview for Valentina's. I'm not looking for a new job (I love working at Sushi Q), just looking for a second place to work so I can save money for my trip.
The interview was so interesting! This is how it went. I sat on the couch, and Ron brought me his lap top. On the screen, there were three columns of words, like rebel, organized, assertive, etc.. And I had to rate each one, 1-5, 1 being that's not me at all, to 5 being very me. After filling that out, he printed my results out and handed me a few pages of my personality according to my answers. It was so crazy how a person can be figured out just by rating a few words on a computer, and how accurate it really is!

Conformist is your strongest characteristic. This means that 60% of your personality is based upon this trait. As a conformist, you enjoy itemizing things, making lists so as to keep proper priorities in mind. You have a sense of fairness and decency, and are angered by things which you feel are otherwise. You have a strong dislike of criticism. You appreciate respect for your position. You like traditional things, and are very conscious of what is "right and wrong". You feel a loyalty and duty to those around you.
Submissive is your secondary characteristic. As a submissive, you enjoy a peaceful mellow environment. You prefer an agreeable atmosphere, without antagonism. You enjoy being given tasks to perform that are within your skill and ability to do. You prefer to act on decisions made by others, not making the decision yourself. (ANDY.)
Trustworthy. You can be counted on to keep your word and to perform honorably.
Cautious. You are careful, wary of anything which might possibly present a danger to your proficiency.
Agreeable. You are eager to work with others, usually willing to follow the plans established by management.
Modest. You are moderate in your habits, without extremes.
Gentle. You do not force your way. You try to deal kindly with others.
Steady. You act in a regular, constant fashion, not swaying between extremes.
Kind. You are of a friendly nature, generous or hospitable. You are warm-hearted.
Factual. You make your decisions based on raw data and available fact. You may make a decision contrary to your gut feeling because the facts say otherwise.

There were four pages of information, and I'm sure you aren't willing to read all of it, nor am I willing to type that all for you. But I think these are the most agreeable things presented on there, and the most interesting.. Unless you find submissive conformists like me intolerable, and uninteresting. In which case you can just ignore this and all my blog posts! Ha.
All in all, I think they really liked me, and that they liked the person I presented myself as, and the personality they surveyed on their lap top. If you're interested in taking the personality test, the website is called DrewSoftware.com.
I hope I got the job!

Question of the blog:
I know how I answered, but I'll ask you a few questions from the personality test!
Answer from a scale 1 (not at all) to 5 (very like you)
- Rebel
- Steady
- Cautious
- Outgoing
- Fluent

And To Dust You Shall Return

(Image via Google)

"Lent, in Christian tradition, is the period of the liturgical year leading up to Easter. The traditional purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer — through prayer, penitence, almsgiving and self-denial — for the annual commemoration during Holy Week of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the events linked to the Passion of Christ and culminates in Easter, the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ." To read more about the Lenten season, read about it on Wikipedia.


What I have given up/added on for Lent:
1. Read bible every day. I should be doing this always, but every day distractions get into my head and my mind goes elsewhere. This is a time for me to get back into the habit of studying and learning more about my faith, and the history behind it.
2. No lattes. Or any cafe drinks besides plain coffee. Incredible, I know. But really, I have a hard time buying a three dollar latte just because it's a little better than a cup of coffee that's half the price. I am not buying lattes, and if I desire caffeine that much, I will just buy a small coffee. I need to work on keeping cash in my wallet, and not spending it on frivolous things.
3. Attend class and Bible Study Fellowship without fail. I know this seems like an easy one, but it is difficult for me. I get tired easily, or I'm not feeling my best, and I start thinking about all the other things I could be doing besides going to a class that I know doesn't take attendance. I have been doing really well attending class, but I know from the past that around this time, I start to get lazy.
4. No talking behind people's backs. I always say to myself, "I don't talk behind people's backs often.." But I, like almost everyone, do all the time. This will be a difficult thing for me to follow through with, so if you ever hear me doing such, call me out. I need your help with this.

Almighty and Everlasting God,
You have given the human race
Jesus Christ our Savior as a model of humility.
He fulfilled Your Will by becoming Man
And giving His life on the Cross.
Help us to bear witness to You
By following His example of suffering
And make us worthy to share in His Resurrection.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son.
Amen.

Question of the blog:
What are you giving up for lent this year?

Depositing Coins

I. Am. So. Ecstatic.
Plans are already being made to buy tickets the moment Coheed announces their plans for touring in California. I woke up with a text message from one of my good friends about their preorder for their newest album. I am on my way to deposit all of the cash I have, so I can order it right now. Which is basically why I am posting this blog, to ask the question, why can't you deposit coins into your bank account through the ATM? I wish I could just go up to my ATM like a Coinstar, but just not get charged $.20 for ever dollar. You know?
Yes, I am that desperate.

The Craft Woman Within

I love projects. I love them. I love them. Fixing and creating new exciting things I can see and touch and use. It's the crafty woman inside of me. A couple nights ago I bought one of those amazing bath shelves for our shower.. I am so happy with it. It goes from the tub to the ceiling and makes so much more room in the shower. Satisfaction! Two points for Target and their great bath section.

Take A Seat, Stay A While

Exhausted from this weekend already? Me too!


I easily made $200 this weekend working. WOO! I just sacrificed my health and legs, that's all. So exhausted. I'll have some legitimate posts up soon.

Have a great weekend!

Smile! You Are Poor.

Point one: Retainers and garbage disposals do not mix.
Point two: I do not have $150 to spend.

Story Of A Champion

Math kills me.
Stay positive... Stay positive...
I will pass this test today.
Blueberry pancakes with mom this morning,
missing my boy and pretending to be old.
Twenty seven days.
Wellington sleeps in the nook of my knees,
keeping me company all through the night.
Headaches and back pains,
remind me to drink more water.
Preparing for hell Saturday 2009:
On occasion I decide to work more than I can handle.
630am-1pm at Caroline's,
Four hours later, work at Sushi Q.
What keeps me afloat?
D60 baby should arrive by Wednesday.
Even Monday if I'm lucky!
Working my way back to financial security.
Weather forecast predicting good things.
Good things, good thoughts, good answers,
good dreams, good day.

...Sucky!

I decided that I need to wait a week or so before buying this camera. What I do know is that I have the money, and I'm going to buy a D40x. But my current life situation makes me too nervous and stressed out to think about a camera right this moment. With that being said..

San Diego plans are a-changing. I know I will make it down there, but I'd rather have people drive down with me. So here is a general announcement-

If you live in the Nevada County area and/or you are in between NC and San Diego, and want to join me for the drive down there and back up, I'd be willing to pick you up and drop you off wherever. I'm leaving early Friday morning and will be coming home Monday early afternoon. I'll take you down and bring you back up if you could help out with gas money. I will be busy all weekend but if you have people to see and places to go and somewhere to stay at night, I'm willing to take you to your San Diegan destination at those two times. Please contact me asap if you are interested.

My Type Of Shopping

Yesterday, I went shopping.
I bought a vest, two blouses, and a skirt.
Guess how much I spent? nothing.
I love Crossroads Trading Co. for these reasons: I hate spending money, and I love getting rid of clothes I don't like anymore.
Ahh the joy of trade.

Question of the blog:
Be honest, what was the last thing you bought for over $20?

Birthday Wishes

How do I say this to make it as unoffensive as possible? I don't really know how to say it, so I'll go right ahead. I don't really care about birthdays. I love the fact that people are born and that they are in my life, but shouldn't birthdays be in honor of the mother that had to give birth to you?! I mean come on, you didn't have to do anything! But really.. I don't honor many birthdays as big deals, and I especially don't care about mine.
Seeing as that this year my birthday falls on a Sunday and that my church is holding their annual spaghetti dinner, I feel as though my birthday will not be greatly celebrated. But that's really okay with me, because it's just another day! I'm not offended when I don't get birthday wishes, presents, or what have you. There are other days in the year which mean a lot more to me than my birthday.
Saying all of this, I do not look down on you for celebrating your birthday! I love celebrations, I'm sure I make too big of a deal when I have the opportunity to celebrate something, whether it be anniversary, holiday, etc. But I'm saying that my birthday is of no concern to me (probably at the lower end of my top 15 most important days of the year), BUT if you are feeling incredibly generous... I've got a list of 4 slash sort of 5 things that I am secretly hoping for for my birthday.
1. Animal Crossing on the Wii. Yes puh-lease.


2. A really nice electric toothbrush. Story of my life?


3. Just sayin, I only have volume 2, Issues 1-5 of the Amory Wars comic book. *hint hint* Don't hate me (Moorea.)


4. Nikon D80. Nuff said.



5. Another bible for writing in. I have this precious beloved bible of mine that I just can't highlight or write in. It's just so beautiful I don't want to destroy it.
I'm thinking none of these will happen, so I will just save up for each of them and buy them in the future. Ha. Or you could just buy me love Rita Meter Maid from the animal shelter.


Question of the blog:
What is your favorite day of the whole year? What holiday do you love to celebrate?

Love Letter Part II

Dear reader,

If you want to win my heart, buy me everything from Forever 21 right now.

Everything is so inexpensive and beautiful!

Baggy capris yes.

$27.80

Head scarves yes.

Strappy scrunchy high heeled boots yes.

Destroyed denim yes PLEASE.

$22.80

This belt. One and only.

Pretty little summer sandals.

Scholarly vests yes.

$22.90

Little Indian shirt yes.

Flowy earthy dresses yes.

PLAID SHIRTS YES.

$19.80

Ahh.. My love.. fringe vests yes.

Brings me back to the good old days of school in England.. Yes.

$19.80

Pretty dresses that make me feel girly yes.

Love always,

Alexandra Seal

Fritzles Froozdays

If I had a daily/minutely blog like my sister Moorea, that is what I would name today's.
If you have not already read her blog, check it out here:
http://ruminationread.blogspot.com/

But what I really was planning on posting about was my craving for a new pair of jeans. Some days, you just want a new pair of jeans to spice up your life. I am awaiting a new pair so I can throw out about 2 or 3 that I don't ever wear.
I searched online all night long for destroyed boyfriend denim that was inexpensive. Can you believe people are willing to spend $185 on a pair of jeans? No thank you. I'm thinking $40 maximum.
Alas, I can't find any that fit my style.. Whatever that is. But I did find these this morning. They may not be as destroyed as I like them, but a few days in the wilderness can change that. And yeah.. They're in the boys section. But that's what I'm looking for!



Hollister + Alexandra = Weird. But they are cute, so there we go. And on clearance for $40! But I only have $75 in my bank account until my next paycheck.
Feeling financially secure > Denim.
Woe is me.

Hate Mail Part 2

Dear Alexandra Seal,

We would also like to point out how retarded you are because you bought Volume 1 of your history book when you were supposed to buy Volume 2. Now you can't do your homework that is due tomorrow. You will have to pay another $100 or so for this new book, and since you bought the loose leaf Volume 1, it is basically worthless and can't be exchanged for like anything.

Just reminding you, if you fail this or any class this semester, we will kick you out of Sierra for at least a semester, and will have to petition your way back in.

Best of luck,
Sierra College

Really?...REALLY?

Tonight I had to work. And I was sick. Ugh. Worst.
And there was this party of 12 that came in.. That became a party of 20... That became a part of about 30 or so Grass Valley wonders of the world. Probably the least classy people I have ever seen. Let me tell you, I did not ever think I would see a party of people spend a total of $950 on sushi and sake. Just thought I would let you know that if you go to a small restaurant with that many people, get completely smashed and take up the entire room and scream and yell, I as your hostess will probably hate you. Just sayin.
On the bright side, I made bank tonight!
And tomorrow, bowling party with the sushi q friends! Huzzah!

Oh Snap.

This blog is dedicated to all of the things that scare me, in hopes that you will understand me a little bit better. Although it might just do the complete opposite and you will think I am more strange and dramatic than before.

1. I am afraid of my debit card being declined in public. I would be completely humiliated if that happened, and in turn I rarely use my debit card, especially for large purchases.
2. Being a letdown to my family. I strive to be accepted by people, a lot of the time I try much to hard and hurt myself by doing so, but my family's acceptance is more important to me than anyone else's. The thought of disappointing my parents has probably produced more stress in my life than anything else. Although I know that they will always love me no matter what, I am a doubting Thomas.
3. I am scared of driving at night. One of my biggest fears is hitting an animal (the worst would be a kitty or a squirrel) and being responsible for their death. That and a horror film coming true, and like, a little girl appears in the middle of the road and her eyes are all white or something. I don't even know. I try not to let my imagination run wild while I am driving at night.
4. I am afraid of big dogs. I worry that they have more strength than me and they generally have excess hair that sheds on my nice clothes. I am also afraid for little children when they are around large dogs.
5. Getting in a car accident/being pulled over. I am afraid of talking to strangers, talking to policemen, and since I don't know any policemen personally, I would encounter both. I am afraid of pulling over and I think that the first time i am pulled over or get in an accident, I will probably have an anxiety attack.
6. Never getting married. No real explanation there.
7. Living alone. I am afraid of everything when I am alone, and if I had to live like that on a daily basis, I'm not sure how I would survive.
8. Camping in tents. I am scared that a murderer will come and kill me... Honestly. I'm just scared. Actually, camping in general creeps me out.
9. I am afraid that I will not be able to succeed in the Dental field, and will be stuck with a crappy job like a barista or something.
10. I am afraid of eyes. I cannot watch someone touch their eye. I cannot watch someone put in contacts. I cannot use eye drops. I cannot even read about the scientific descriptions of how eyes work.
11. I am scared of hurting the earth. I do my best, recycling and unplugging things that aren't being used, but I wish I was Amish sometimes because they don't have the guilt of destroying the earth by gas and metal balloons and plastic ties that wrap around fish in the sea and kill them.
12. I am afraid of my life being cut off short before I tell people how I truly feel about them. I suppose I could solve this by just telling them now...But sometimes it is very difficult.
13. My deepest darkest secrets will be revealed. Nuff said.

I'll post more later. those are some of the most intense fears though.

The Thermos

Today, after a 5 month battle, I finally broke down and bought the Thermos I had been drooling over at work. For some reason I hate spending money for myself, and am a little more comfortable but still anxious about spending for others. I find a sort of comfort in my hard earned money, and it is not as though I have greed over it, or lust after other things, I am just so afraid that if I do spend my money, I will need the money for something important later and not have it. Also, I am really afraid of somehow overdrawing my account and being denied of a purchase in public. All of this is besides the point. I bought this beauty today, and I am so ecstatic. I should probably take this as a sign that I need a life and/or friends if I am this excited about a thermos, and blog about it. But really, it is so sleek. So sexy. So BA. And it has a lifetime warranty. Perfect? Quite possibly. I am satisfied.
<3alexandra