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(The soundtrack for this post is Adam Lambert.)
I don't know when I last updated, probably Monday? But hey guys (:
Sidenote: I'm totally supposed to be either sleeping or doing homework but I got sick of reading about county charters, so here I am.
I hope you're all doing okay, because I'm wonderful. I got a few of my errands done today, turned in another application, and actually did some homework. It's amazing. I'm finally getting back into the swing of things after my two-month long winter break (I hate breaks).
I took my momma to look at the house Monday morning, she absolutely loved it. We're golden! Now if only I can come up with another $564 by March 1st...
On another note: as so often happens with the new year, I am back to my lists. I have this tendency of “getting organized” as the year changes, or at least the pretense of it, and a huge part of that is in lists. Lists of all kinds: lists of belongings, to-do lists, “to-read/ to-watch/ to-listen-to lists,” even grocery lists (which if you know anything about me, you know that when I need groceries, I tend to do it while I'm hungry-horrible mistake- and I will buy everything that sounds even remotely appealing...tonight's cravings: mashed potatoes and shrimp)!
Anyway, lists. They are beautiful, and right now there are about seven circulating throughout my room. One is a to-do list of things for today (dropping stuff off at resales, job interviews, calling schools, taking care of transfer business, cleaning, and even cleaning out my car..which, of course, didn't happen). One is a to-do list for school – map of the county, list of city council meetings I'll attend, two honors paper and getting physics notes ready for my test next week (yikes!). How much of it all have I done? Maybe two or three. Oops. My motivation in the new year is seriously lacking; hopefully the antsy feeling I'm getting is the anticipation of it all building it up and finally realizing it right before it kicks me in the ass. You know that moment, right? It's the worst.
Next stop: design, and ideas for my new room in my new house (: yes! It's an old remodeled Victorian style house in the gaslight district. Beautiful. Wood floors, dark wood in the kitchen, marble counters, ahh. My room is a sort of pastel-green color, I love it. It even sort of goes with the colors I've been obsessing over recently. I got new sheets, as well. I got these lovely teal ones (a lighter shade, not so vibrant) that go with my old comforter (I'll edit in some pics later), and then new white sheets that will look nice with my new teal quilt. I've just really been digging the teal/turquoise + white combo; it's a relaxing pair. And I've also been throwing in some pops of orange every now and then (more specifically, the coral rose mentioned on page 19 of the Winter '11 issue of Fresh Home). I'm not positive it really matches, but I absolutely love them together. It's fresh and bold, but not too bold, you know? Hopefully it looks as good in real life as it does in my mind! Plus, it'll give a rhyme and reason to that “hideous old recliner” of mine (oh, no worries, there'll be a picture of that too). Until this morning, I was worried about how it would fit into my new theme. It's this (in my mother's words) hideous orange, really a cross between puke orange and burnt sienna, I'd say. But it's the comfiest chair I've ever owned and it was going with me no matter what. I love it. There are even splashes of the coral color on my old comforter, so it all ties together perfectly. I found this old print of some bright orange flowers hanging out, sight unseen, in our guest room that is going with me. Funny how things can fall so perfectly together.

This post is already way longer than I thought it'd be, but I'm having fun.
Lately, I've been completely obsessed with interior design (in case that last paragraph didn't clue you in). I've been reading the [nest] daily (a sister company of the [knot] and the [bump]), which is awesome because it has a lot of tips, even for things like budgeting and appliance shopping, decorating for small spaces, etc.; as well as a few blogs I really love: www.decorology.blogspot.com, www.79ideas.org, and www.cococozy.com (which also just started developing and marketing a new line of CocoCozy products-can't wait to check it out once I have some disposable income!). There are more, but these are the ones I check habitually for great ideas. I went to go see my high school studio teacher today (who was an id major at DAAP) and told her about my new obsession, she was beyond thrilled. And I got invited to come help guest-teach a couple studios!
For those of you don't know, (yes, all my imaginary loyal readers, you), I am about to give you a synopsis of the life of medinaee. Here goes!
I graduated in 2009, I reside in Cincinnati, OH. When I started university, it was at University of Cincinnati as a painting major (after a lot of agonizing over whether or not that was what I really wanted, believe me). Later, rather than sooner, I figured out that while I loved it, I didn't love the idea of pursuing it for thousands of dollars a quarter, so I sort of dropped out. I took some time off and worked and thought about it and ended up here: I currently am at a community college studying Political Science and taking my core classes, trying to keep my GPA up so I can return to UC next quarter, as a Poli-Sci/ Journalism major. After that, I would love to either 1) go to law school and study civil rights law, 2) work for Human Rights Campaign, or 3) write for an advocacy paper or something like that. My backup plan for all of this is to just be happy and live a perfect life in a decent studio in some city, and open a cafe/bookstore, have my puppies and possibly become a professor. We'll see how it works out. In my spare time, I work odd jobs, continue painting, updating this blog hopelessly, ride horses and clean way too much...and go to school, of course.

I feel as though this post is way too long right now. I'm trying to take advantage of the internet on my laptop working, because I've been stuck blogging from my phone for the last couple weeks, and this is the outcome. But I'll let it go for now, before I run out of things to say.
If I don't see you soon, have a good rest of the week (so close to Friday)!
-xoxo, E.