Because...a toon killed my brother

The college nap is an imperative thing. I'll admit it, I hate napping during the day. I don't like having to break up my day like that. Then I usually wake up groggy, sleepier than i had been when i laid down, and i forget to take my contacts out so my eyes get really dry and the contacts make it hard for me to blink. If I had my way, I would sleep 8 hours a night and then be able to make it through the day totally awake and happy. In high school, this goal was much easier to realize, but now that I'm in college Ive realized that it is almost impossible to go through a week without a few afternoon naps. Especially around midterms time or when fire alarms go off at 4 am or when that damn pigeon outside my window is making creepy bird noises on our balcony all night (how DO you get rid of pigeons? does rat poison work?), I only get about 4-5 hours of sleep a night so Im ready to crash again around 3pm. Maybe I will look back at this time in my life fondly and think, wow, I remember when I used to be able to take naps in the middle of the day. Good times. But I will say that on an overcast,cool day like today when Ive finished my homework and midterms and don't have a care in the world, it's fairly pleasant to curl up on the covers and stare up at the ceiling or close my eyes for a few minutes.

My sorority is having a barbeque and beverage evening with ZBT, but I am not going. I feel like lounging here and writing letters and watching tv rather than socializing. I'm being a very bad sorority girl today.

So last night was completely random. I had started my day thinking it was going to be a fairly normal Wednesday...go to class, do homework, chill in the apartment and watch Sex and the City (my new obsession) with my roomies. In my design class, however, my friend Sara asked if I wanted to go with her and a few other girls to this Rock the Vote rally. I said sure because sometimes I like to be spontaneous and we headed off to the rally. Turns out that the rally was being held on the Warner Brothers set in Burbank and was fairly exclusive. One of the girl's brothers was doing the PR for the evening so we got in. So much cooler than I thought it would be! Turns out this was a rock the vote rally which is awesome in itself because this election is so crucial and youth apathy in voting has gotten horrendous in this country. Theyve almost hit the 1 million marker for new registered voters and there are only a few more days to register so if you havent yet for some reason, go do it right now! Ok, so not only was it a rally, but it was also this celebrity function and a ton of WB celebrities showed up. I got registered to vote by Josh Hartnett!! He's incredibly gorgeous in real life. I used to think that people like that don't really look that good, it must be the lighting, makeup, effects or something, but he did look that amazing. And was super nice too. Some PR guy came up to us and said "Hi girls, we're about to bring Josh Hartnett out to register people and we don't have anyone over at the table, so if you guys wouldnt mind going over Josh needs some love too." As if he even had to ask. I wouldve paid him to talk to Josh. Anyway, the whole evening was fun. Jake Gyllenhal, Alexis Bledel and Milo (jesse) from Gilmore Girls were there, and the entire cast of Jack and Bobby. Jake Gyllenhal compared voting to sex...which was interesting and kind of embarassing. I felt extremely out of place because i had just come from design class and looked like i had gotten hit by a gust of wind or something, but it'll be a night to remember im sure. And that is why I love LA.

I had a wonderful typography lecture yesterday and would love to share a few things with you non-type design obsessed people, but I'll save it for another entry. Thanks for the comments on here! They are fun.