She probably won't even see this blog, but my friend Jocelyn from California sent me a package that had some goodies inside for Halloween. It was the most pleasant surprise! I've never met her, but we "met" ages ago on livejournal and it just amazes me how kind strangers can be. It really made my day. This post, be forewarned, is probably going to be pretty lengthy just because I haven't written in a while and I feel an urge to share a bountiful of updates. Aside from getting candy I've been pretty busy. I've been studying, doing homework, writing, and occupying myself as best as possible. I'm totally ecstatic that Halloween is just a few short days away, even though I won't be doing anything too exciting. Just going to little house parties and enjoying my favorite holiday. Oh and pigging out on my lovely Reese Peanut Butter Cups. I'm going to enjoy every last moment with their peanut buttery goodness, before I go into strict dieting before thanksgiving. Oh the life of a female.
My dear friend Elio reminded me after class that I needed to go to the library. I had told him before class that I intended to do some research in the library on the Salem Witch Trials for my paper I'm writing in my introductory research course. I kind of went book crazy and ended up checking out 6 books, one on interculture studies just because I could and am fascinated in studying cultural studies. With my Salem paper I want to focus in gender primarily and describe how females were targeted due to the puritan mans "power" hungry attitude. I will present some history behind Salem witches, paint a portrait of the "witch", and describe political, economic, and social implications of time and why so many women were transformed into a witch. I want to also end the paper by starting a discussion on how witches still exist today and still have negative, female connotations. Yes, I know super nerd right? I simply can't help the fact that I'm fascinated in research and learning. I feel as though my brain can never obtain enough knowledge and it almost hurts that I will never know everything, I will attempt. Books are so pretty! They are works of art in themselves. My father says that when I write my fiction I paint pictures and am so descriptive. I'm not sure if that's a compliment or not. I suppose it depends on the reader and what they prefer. Books remind me of Galena and my antique bookstore I rummage through. I love vintage items and books especially!
Speaking of Galena, it is almost thanksgiving time and I am still completely addicted to everything pumpkin! I always take advantage of the fall and eating far too many pumpkin flavored items. My new addiction has been the pumpkin coffee from Dunkin Doughnuts. I typically prefer Starbucks, but this new coffee flavor Dunkin' has is delightful and I can't seem to get enough! I've only had pumpkin cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory once this fall, but I hope to go again soon! I'm looking forward to attempting to make a pumpkin cheesecake this year. I'm going to be baking a ton in November! I want to make a few pumpkin pies, maybe a few apple pies, pumpkin muffins! Oh it will be glorious. Plus I want to bake for my Communication Theory course, but I'm not sure what people like! So if anyone from Comm theory is reading this give me an idea of what I should bake for class. Doesn't that cheesecake look delightful? Best part of fall has to be pumpkin everything. I'm not considered the pumpkin queen for nothing I suppose.
I'm looking forward to tomorrow. I plan on having a movie date with myself! Yes, I will bring my peanut butter cups, buy some popcorn, and sit down to a few movies. I haven't seen a lot of movies that I have been dying to see so this is prime opportunity since I have absolutely nothing to do tomorrow but kickbox at 7:30. I'm hoping to get in three movies before my class that consist of Paranormal Activity, Where the Wild Things Are, and Saw VI. It should be exciting and I'm actually going to do it tomorrow! I've already made a pact with myself so if I don't I'll juts be bitter and angry for a few days. No one wants that sort of Lexy in their life so I'm not going to allow myself not to see the movies. Aren't those Saw masks fun? I went hysterical when I saw them. I kind of was considering going as a sexy Saw person, but then the mask was far too expensive! Oh well. Next year I'm going all out this year I've been kind of poor and I am in desperate need of a new laptop. I'm a writer/researcher we require vast amounts of memory. Plus HP has not done me justice lately and I'm craving a Toshiba.
So I saw the most adorable little barn/tavern the other day while I was at Randhurst with my father seeing Michael Moores new flick about Capitalism. I absolutely loved the film! I think Michael Moore is brilliant and I don't care how much people seem to dislike him. He isn't afraid to voice his beliefs and opinions and expose things that he feels will do the society good. How could anyone act as though that is a negative thing? Beats me. Anyways, this tavern in Mt. Prospect looks adorable and I want to go in. Those were the decorations in the front, but they were not limited to just that. The barn was also decorated in various different Halloween colors. Naturally my favorite colors are purple and orange so I was in colorful happy light heaven! If anyone would like to go to Mt. Prospect with me and grab a drink and have a night of fun let me know, because my father refused to go in. He said it was too Irish and I needed to stay away from the Irish boys. I suppose that's good advice and so far I've followed it. I've actually been attempting to get into the Jewish dating scene. So far it hasn't been the most successful, but I'm willing to be patient. Besides, right now I'm happy just being on my own and am not really ready to start anything new. I feel like if I continue to look that it will only disappoint me in the end. Lack of expectations for now is the best for me. I enjoy my studies and am a working girl and am just going to enjoy being independent. In the end the only person you really have is yourself and I am pampering and loving myself right now =].
Okay final picture I swear! This post seems to consist of a lot of foods, and these foods seem to be unhealthy so I want to express how healthy I really am! I wait all year for pomegranates to come into season. Yes, I know you're thinking "Lexy why can't you just drink the juice year round. Isn't it too much of a chore to try and suck out all these seeds?" I suppose that's the reason why I love pomegranates so much. They are a challenge and as most of you know I can't resist a good challenge! I already ate one pomegranate and am craving another so I'll probably buy this yummy little bugger tomorrow and enjoy it tomorrow night. See I can be healthy too! Anyways, I'm exhausted and need to be up early. I'm going to stay up after getting up early, clean, and then head to my movies so I need to get some beauty sleep! Hope you all have a wonderful Halloween if I don't post before then =].
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