BEDA Vingt-Quatre...So much to do before school

Oh my goodness, I have soooooooo much to do between now and Thursday morning.  It really isn't funny at all.  I'm literally going crazy.  HELP!

Today, I worked out at the Y (thank goodness it's open again) and then came home and studied basically all afternoon.  Upon my mom's arrival home, we made sandwiches-time out...I literally just typed sammiches-and headed to our local outlet mall (and by local I mean about a 25 minute drive from us) to do some "school shopping."  Can I still call it that even though I'm a college student?  Anyway, it was a pretty productive trip, and, while we shelled out probably a bit more cash than we would have cared to, I came home with a pretty great haul.  And now I can't wait for crisp autumn air in Bloomington so I can don my cute new fall clothes.

Tomorrow I'm going to the beach with my best friend from home and her sister, so we can have a final day of hang-out time before both her sister and I head back to IU and she heads back to Arizona.  I swear, we haven't spent more than a couple weeks together at one time since I was fourteen, but she is one of my dearest friends, and I never want that to change.  And then, of course, there is the laborious process of trying to figure out how to get most of my stuff into my car (my mom is coming down to bring the rest on Saturday) tomorrow evening so I can get on the road bright and early Thursday morning.  The only way that's going to happen is with lots of help from Madre and Step-dad.  And, of course, a GIGANTIC travel mug of coffee Thursday AM.

I still don't have my hands on Mockingjay, so please keep the spoilers to yourself, thank you very much.  I'm glad that fellow collegians, Marlena and Leah don't yet have it in their possession either, so I don't feel so bad.  Alrighty, I'm off to do more homework (with one glass of pinot grigio in me, which should be interesting).  Congrats to the wonderfully talented Karen Kavett for being chosen to curate the front page of YouTube today.  On a more subdued, less spazzy note, please keep Nerdfighter Esther and her family in your prayers tonight.  She is currently in the ICU fighting for her life. You can read updates from her family here.  She is truly a remarkable person, and I'm praying that she keeps putting up a fight.  And with that, I'm over and out.  Peace.

Currently stuck in my head: "Waka Waka" by Shakira. I'm reminiscing about the World Cup...totally missing it right now.

BEDA Vingt-Trois...Mockingjay and Fulfilling Stereotypes

The above happened on Twitter earlier today.  Kind of freaking epic.

I cannot believe Mockingjay comes out tonight.  What I also cannot believe is how I was supposed to go to the western suburbs of Chicago for the Magic Tree Books midnight release party, and how now I have to babysit (albeit only during the dinner hour), and there is not one single Mockingjay release party happening in my area.  I know...it's blasphemy.  Whatever.  I will wait patiently til tomorrow, I suppose.  In the meantime, I'm working feverishly on homework, reading Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (which I'm enjoying a lot, by the way...I had always thought it was some Gossip Girlesque book about East Coast prep schools, but it is a surprisingly smart look at an native Midwesterner-she's from Indiana(!)-trying to fit in/blend in/be invisible in a school full of rich kids with rich parents in a world where nothing seems like a facade), and going to have a slumber party outside in the family tent with my dearest friend from home, staying up late, talking, and eating copious amounts of junk food.  So, no Mockingjay spoilers PLEASE!!!!

I'm sorry the last two days of my blogging ventures have proved to be quite weak and basically an epic failure.  But hopefully I will make up for it in the remaining days of August.

I'm currently drooling over every single thing in the September J. Crew catalogue including these beautiful boots.  I think I want to purchase either a pair of clogs, chukka boots, brogues , oxfords, or a version of the aforementioned lace-up flat slouchy boots for fall (as I cannot afford anything from J. Crew right at this moment).  Your thoughts?  I think I'm going to get back to mes devoirs (that's homework for those of you who took Spanish or German in high school) and figuring out how it might be possible for me to get to New York for the midnight release of DH Part 1 to see Sarah and others.  The only problem is that Thanksgiving break isn't until the 23rd and the movie comes out the 19th.  And things with Nutcracker are always crazy busy/crazy important before Thanksgiving because when we get back from our brief respite full of gravy and cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie, it's immediately tech week and performance time.  Hmmm.  But I really, really want to be in New York for that.  Ugh.  Please, please, please suggest blogging topics for the rest of the BEDA in the comments.  I really need the guidance.  Thanks, beauties.  Love, me

Currently stuck in my head: "He Loves You Not" by Dream.  Blame this child.