Yeesh... It's Been a While...

Yes, I know it's been a super long time since I've last updated this blog. Never fear! I have a super good excuse. Well, kinda. COLLEGE IS HARD WORK. I mean seriously, it is super rare for me to have a moment to myself nowadays, but lately, my work load has lessened to a certain degree (a.k.a. I'm bored and really don't wanna do this one assignment, so I'm gonna procrastinate until the last possible second because I'm fun like that). Since I'm at it, I figured that I would go back to updating this thing since I never had the heart to delete it in the first place. Well, I won't be able to go back to updating it as much as I used to, but I'll try. Maybe. Maybe not. I guess we will have to see. :)

- Delanna

I'm Completely Torn

I don't know whether I should be super happy or super depressed. My class was cancelled this morning, so that meant that I got the best night of sleep for the first time in a really long time. Sounds great, right? Well, no. See, I have to make this class up. On Friday. At 8:30. IN THE MORNING. I'm not a morning person, but at least I'm used to waking up on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I am not, however, used to waking up before eleven in the morning on Fridays because I DON'T HAVE CLASS ON FRIDAYS. Which is literally the best thing ever. You should try it. So, in conclusion, I'm dreading having to wake up tomorrow morning because I highly doubt I can do it, but at the same time, I am super happy about the amount of sleep I got last night. It was that great.

- Delanna

Burn Baby Burn!

So, here's a super funny story. Today, my dorm caught on fire. Yep, that's right. IT FREAKING CAUGHT ON FIRE. I was sleeping in late this morning (with late being a planned noon but turned into an unexpected eleven) when I was rudely awoken by the bloody fire alarm. If you have ever had to wake up to a fire alarm, I can totally sympathize with you. It's not pleasant. It scared the hell outta me. I woke up super confused because it almost sounded like my ears were ringing (but like a thousand times worse). It took me a good twenty seconds to realize what was happening, so I wound up grabbing my ID and phone and was outta my room like flint. Thankfully, I wasn't the only one who just woke up. I would say at least one third of the students evacuating had also just rolled outta bed. It was kinda funny since most of them were still in pajamas. Anyway, what sucked about this whole thing wasn't the fact that my dorm had the potential to burn to the ground. It was the realization that I didn't grab my backpack because I had class in less than two hours. I was seriously hoping that the fire would be put out super quick and that would be that, but no. Five fire trucks (with two of them sporting some super cool ladders) and two and a half hours later, they were still working on the building. Apparently, they put the fires out relatively quickly (yes, fires because there were two that started because a water pipe burst and flooded an electrical room or something), but they had to send repairmen in to fix the damage before any students were allowed back in. So, I wound up going to class with two sheets of paper, a pencil, and a roll of aluminum foil (don't ask) that I borrowed from a friend. The moral of this hilarious story is to always grab your classwork BEFORE saving yourself when your dorm is burning. XD

- Delanna

P.S. Because of this whole fiasco, I wound up getting the song, Burn Baby Burn, stuck in my head. FOR HOURS. In fact, I'm humming it to myself while I'm typing this up. Now, if you excuse me, I think I'm going bang my head on a wall to get it out.

P.P.S. Before I go, I should probably mention that there was no serious damage or any injuries (that I know of). That's why my friends and I can laugh at this. Had it been bigger, I would be taking it a lot more seriously. 

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to my amazing mom! In my opinion, she's literally the best mom in the world (yes, I know you all probably think YOUR mothers are the best in the world, but your opinion is invalid). While I be an emotionally vacant child with severe depression and anxiety problems, at least I'm not a quitter, so I think she did an A+ job in raising me. Thanks for everything, Mom! I love you so much!

- Delanna

Sigh. Seriously, I Have to Live Through Today Again?!

Yeesh, I really hate the seventh of April. It's a pretty tragic day. Why? Because it was the day I was forced into this world. Maybe I wouldn't hate it so much if I didn't have to live through it every year, but apparently, that's how birthdays work. Joy. How many more of these do I have to live through again? Hopefully not a lot. XD

- Delanna

Tomorrow (Noun)

I have like ten sculptures due tomorrow at 8:00 AM, and I completely lack the motivation and inspiration to do them. I think I've only finished three, and one of them was done in class. So, in reality, I've only finished two. Somehow, this doesn't bother me. I dunno why, but I feel like I have come to terms with my immediate demise tomorrow.

- Delanna

Soooooooooo...

I should probably be working right around now, but I can't. I don't feel like it. I just too bored to do anything productive. That statement probably makes no sense whatsoever, but it's true. I'm too bored to be productive, so I won't. Instead, I think I will watch anime, and put of my homework indefinitely (at least until tomorrow).

- Delanna

Happy Have Fun Being Completely Paranoid Day

Oh, I tooooooootally meant to say Happy April Fool's Day. Totally... It's not like I'm completely paranoid or anything. Or like I'm waiting for someone to try and prank me. No... I'm fine. Completely and utterly fine. It's not like I went to the mall today, saw a really cool Hetalia shirt, and wouldn't buy it until I confirmed the sale (and the actual existence of said shirt) with several different people. I mean could you blame me if I theoretically asked like five different people because a buy one get one for one cent sale sounded too good to be true? Oh well, it's just a little over five more hours until my shirt and I are finally free of this accursed holiday...

- Delanna

P.S. Apparently, my college thought it would be hilarious to have SCAD Day (a horrible day where potential students and their families get to tour the facilities and the dorms and whatnot) today. Usually, I barricade myself in my dorm to avoid the stupidity that seems to be everywhere on SCAD Day and only come out for the bare necessities like food when I get super desperate, but no, not today. Apparently, not telling us was part of April Fool's. Yaaaaay. I knew something was up when I ran into a blob of people blocking the hallway, but stupid me was like meh, it's probably just a surplus of students or something. It still didn't dawn on me when I went to eat, and the place was three times more crowded than usual. Nope. It didn't dawn on me until I started eating, and the food was actually edible. It was then that I realized what had happened, so I ran by to my dorm to hide in terror only to be blocked by three tour groups. In the end, I gave up and abandoned ship by going to the mall. And, that is why I hate today.

True Intimidation

Never in my life have I ever felt so intimidated by two people. I got to my Action Analysis class super early, and since there were no chairs or desks or anything, I sat on the ground kinda near the door. As people started coming in, the spaces around the wall started to fill up quickly, so two guys wound up sitting on either side of me. For the ice breaker, the professor had us talk to our neighbors. So, I decided to start with the guy on my right, but he whipped out a bible and completely ignored me (until he needed a pencil and then started begging to use mine). A LEGIT BIBLE. I mean, who does that? It's great to be religious and all, but that was a bit weird. And, super intimidating because he emitted this aura of "I'm totally better than you because I'm so religious that I read the bible everywhere" kinda thing. Since he was kinda a lost cause (and totally freaking me out), I turned to the guy on my left. I was reading a light novel before class, so he asked me which one it was. When I told him, he was like yeah I read that, but I don't like reading them in English. I only read them in kanji. Which totally threw me off. The way he said it sounded like he was looking down on me because of my inability to read kanji, and of course, it was super intimidating. I kinda gave up all hope of communicating with anyone after that because people are scary and intimidating, and I just didn't want to deal with that. So, I wound up curling up in a ball and comforting myself by rocking back and forth while telling myself that everything was okay.

- Delanna

Absolute Boredom Achieved

I've never been so bored in my life before today. Sure, I've said this before I don't know how many times (and probably will say it just as many times in the future), but I'm pretty sure today takes the cake. I've been horribly bored all day and only left my dorm twice for food. If I didn't need food, I wouldn't have left. There's nothing left to do. I'm cleaned the entire place (twice), organized my stuff, packed to go home, made fun of my roommate for leaving half of her stuff behind, called my mom to annoy her (five times), and rolled around in my bed (106 times). I'M OUTTA THINGS TO DO. Just kill me now. Please?

- Delanna

My Hair is Now the Color of My Enemies' Blood

Both of my roommates have finally left to go fly home for the break, so I finally have the dorm room all to myself. But, at what cost?! I'm dying of boredom. I don't get to go home until Sunday because apparently my brother just realized that he has no life (even though I've been telling him this for years) and wanted to change that by going to the St. Patrick's Day parade. BY HIMSELF. Like that's going to change anything. In fact, I'm pretty sure that makes it worse. But anyway, because of that, my parents informed me that getting me would have to wait. Yaaaaaaaay... NOT. Actually, the joke is on them because I get to go to one of the world's largest St. Patrick's Day parade IN THE WORLD because apparently the one held in Savannah is just that big. Weird, right? Well, anyway, I'm currently dying of boredom since all of my friends went home with the exception of one who really isn't the type of "friend" that one hangs out with (if that makes any sense). I'm running out of things to do. I've been watching hours worth of anime, and I've cleaned the entire room (which is no easy feat considering how lazy my other two roommates are). I've even had time to dye my hair. I didn't have my usual blue-ish color, so I dyed my hair red. And, now, it looks like the blood of my enemies. Bwahahahaha. At first, I didn't think I would like it, but it's growing on me. I still miss blue though. Now that it's dry, I'm trying to think of other things to do, but I can't come up with anything else. I'm just to bored to really apply myself. I guess...

- Delanna

FREEEEEEEEEDOM!!

I LOVE THE SWEET TASTE OF FREEDOM! Seriously, it tastes pretty good for something that has no tangible substance for one to taste. I had my final two class today and turned in that annoying pair of shoes I had to call a final project for design, so now I'm free! Spring break here I come! I honestly can't wait to go home and sleep. Especially after last night's all-nighter.

- Delanna

P.S. I don't think I ever want to see another pair of shoes ever again in my life. Let alone wear them. After my design final, my love of shoes has been ruined. There is nothing harder and more frustrating to paint on that a shoe. Seriously, never ever try it unless you are willing to die on the inside after spending 106 hours (pretty much straight with breaks for certain necessities) working on just the plastic part.

March Magic is Back Yet Again!

It's that time of year again! And, no, I'm not taking about all of the basketball stuff. I mean the Disney stuff. Here is the line-up for this year's Disneyland side of March Magic!

Adventureland Dole Whip

Haunted Mansion Holiday

Toad Hall Mayhem

Main Street Barbershop Quartet

Pirates of the Caribbean Cannonballs

Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters

Grizzly River Run Rafters

Autopia Mechanics

Matterhorn Bobsled Yodelers

Astro Orbiter Cadets

Jungle Cruise Skippers

Storybook Land Monstros

Toontown Cabbies

Big Thunder Mountain Goats

"It's a Small World" Internationals

Forbidden Eye Maras

Frontierland Churros

I don't know about you guys, but this year's t-shirts are looking pretty nice. I think I'm gonna root for "It's a Small World" Internationals or the Jungle Cruise Skippers. What about you?

- Delanna

That Awkward Cloud of Depression, Stress, Anxiety, And Pretty Much Any Other Negative Emotion You Can Think Of

Finals week. It's everyone's favorite week, right? Riiiiiiiight? Hahaha. NOT EVEN CLOSE. Right now, I'm pretty chill. I have all A's in my classes, and I'm on the Dean's List again. Everyone else? Nope. While no one around me is saying anything, it's pretty obvious that most of them are beyond stressed out. I don't have to ask. I can literally see a cloud of depression, stress, anxiety, and any other negative emotion associated with finals surrounding the dorm. It's kinda funny. But, at the same time, it's kinda sad. Oh well, I probably need to stop wasting time and finish all three of my final projects...

- Delanna

Oh Wait, It's That Time Already?

I like sleep. Actually, it would be more accurate to say that I love it. I would literally do anything for sleep, but then this thing called college happened. Nowadays, I barely get enough sleep to survive. It's kinda funny. I remember in high school how I would be like oh it's 11:30 PM? I should probably go to bed now. This morning, it was 2:00 AM, and I was like I should probably go get dinner now. It's ridiculous how much my life has changed. Back in high school, I would never have eaten dinner at two in the morning, but it's now a regular occurrence (literally, it happens every time I have a major project). Thankfully, SCAD understands and keeps the deli open until super late at night (or early in the morning).

- Delanna

HAPPY NATIONAL PIG DAY!!

Today is definitely my favorite day of the year. Do you know why? You would if you read the title. IT'S NATIONAL PIG DAY! AND, I'M OBSESSED WITH PIGS! So, today is a wonderful day (even though it's been one bad thing after another). In honor of this glorious day (seriously, this should be everyone's favorite day of the year), here is an adorable picture of a pig dressed up like a cowboy.

- Delanna

P.S. I RECEIVED NO HAPPY NATIONAL PIG DAY WISHES. I can't believe my parents forgot. I had to bug them until they wished me a very happy National Pig Day. I can't believe the nerve of those people. They leave me behind while they go to  Walt Disney World, and they can't even wish me a happy National Pig Day?!

The Most Frequently Googled "How to" Question From Each State

1. Alabama - How to make love?

2. Alaska - How to fish?

3. Arizona - How to join the Illuminati?

4. Arkansas - How to hack?

5. California - How to stick drive?

6. Colorado - How to play backgammon?

7. Connecticut - How to be pretty?

8. Delaware - How to get away with murder?

9. Florida - How to get out of Florida?

10. Georgia - How to crack a safe?

11. Hawaii - How to be a ninja?

12. Idaho - How to address a letter?

13. Illinois - How to be a superhero?

14. Indiana - How to be popular?

15. Iowa - How to make jello shots?

16. Kansas - How to find Kansas?

17. Kentucky - How to make babies?

18. Louisiana - How to levitate?

19. Maine - How to use a compass?

20. Maryland - How to crab?

21. Massachusetts - How to make donuts?

22. Michigan - How to get unemployed?

23. Minnesota - How to quit a job?

24. Mississippi - How to twerk?

25. Missouri - How to raise chickens?

26. Montana - How to hard boil eggs?

27. Nebraska - How to fly a plane?

28. Nevada - How to cure a hangover?

29. New Hampshire - How to tip cows?

30. New Jersey - How to rob a bank?

31. New Mexico - How to put on a condom?

32. New York - How to stop being lazy?

33. North Carolina - How to get Viagra?

34. North Dakota - How to get a passport?

35. Ohio - How to make memes?

36. Oklahoma - How to sext?

37. Oregon - How to hack wifi?

38. Pennsylvania - How to get drunk?

39. Rhode Island - How to make money selling drugs?

40. South Carolina - How to be yourself?

41. South Dakota - How to make slime?

42. Tennessee - How to get on TV?

43. Texas - How to clean a gun?

44. Utah - How to train your dragon?

45. Vermont - How to move to Canada?

46. Virginia - How to propose?

47. Washington - How to dab?

48. West Virginia - How to make moonshine?

49. Wisconsin - How to retire?

50. Wyoming - How to battle in Pokemon Go?

I love how some of these are perfectly normal like Alaska's or Wisconsin's. Then you have states like Louisiana or Arizona asking the real questions in life. And then, there are states like Kansas, Vermont, and Florida who clearly are not happy with there existence. And then, there's Utah and Wyoming. Wyoming is clearly filled with Pokemon Go addicts. And, Utah? Well, I kinda want to live in Utah now because apparently THEY HAVE FREAKING DRAGONS NOW! I didn't know that. I want a dragon to train. Actually, I just want a dragon. I don't even care if it isn't trainable.

- Delanna

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Today is my mom's birthday, so happy birthday, Mom! I feel kinda bad because my card won't reach her in time. Same with her present. I guess I have to wait and give it to her when I go home for break.

- Delanna

If You Can Pronounce All of These Words in This Poem Correctly, Then You Will be Speaking the English Language Better Than 90% of the Native English Speakers in the World!

THE CHAOS

by Dr. Gerard Nolst Trenité
(Netherlands, 1870-1946)
Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.
I will keep you, Suzy, busy,
Make your head with heat grow dizzy.
Tear in eye, your dress will tear.
So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.
Pray, console your loving poet,
Make my coat look new, dear, sew it!

Just compare heart, beard, and heard,
Dies and diet, lord and word,
Sword and sward, retain and Britain.
(Mind the latter, how it's written.)
Now I surely will not plague you
With such words as plaque and ague.
But be careful how you speak:
Say break and steak, but bleak and streak;
Cloven, oven, how and low,
Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe.

Hear me say, devoid of trickery,
Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore,
Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles,
Exiles, similes, and reviles;
Scholar, vicar, and cigar,
Solar, mica, war and far;
One, anemone, Balmoral,
Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel;
Gertrude, German, wind and mind,
Scene, Melpomene, mankind.

Billet does not rhyme with ballet,
Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.
Blood and flood are not like food,
Nor is mould like should and would.
Viscous, viscount, load and broad,
Toward, to forward, to reward.
And your pronunciation's OK
When you correctly say croquet,
Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve,
Friend and fiend, alive and live.

Ivy, privy, famous; clamour
And enamour rhyme with hammer.
River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb,
Doll and roll and some and home.
Stranger does not rhyme with anger,
Neither does devour with clangour.
Souls but foul, haunt but aunt,
Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant,
Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger,
And then singer, ginger, linger,
Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge,
Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age.

Query does not rhyme with very,
Nor does fury sound like bury.
Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth.
Job, nob, bosom, transom, oath.
Though the differences seem little,
We say actual but victual.
Refer does not rhyme with deafer.
Foeffer does, and zephyr, heifer.
Mint, pint, senate and sedate;
Dull, bull, and George ate late.
Scenic, Arabic, Pacific,
Science, conscience, scientific.

Liberty, library, heave and heaven,
Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven.
We say hallowed, but allowed,
People, leopard, towed, but vowed.
Mark the differences, moreover,
Between mover, cover, clover;
Leeches, breeches, wise, precise,
Chalice, but police and lice;
Camel, constable, unstable,
Principle, disciple, label.

Petal, panel, and canal,
Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal.
Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair,
Senator, spectator, mayor.
Tour, but our and succour, four.
Gas, alas, and Arkansas.
Sea, idea, Korea, area,
Psalm, Maria, but malaria.
Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean.
Doctrine, turpentine, marine.

Compare alien with Italian,
Dandelion and battalion.
Sally with ally, yea, ye,
Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key.
Say aver, but ever, fever,
Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver.
Heron, granary, canary.
Crevice and device and aerie.

Face, but preface, not efface.
Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass.
Large, but target, gin, give, verging,
Ought, out, joust and scour, scourging.
Ear, but earn and wear and tear
Do not rhyme with here but ere.
Seven is right, but so is even,
Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen,
Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk,
Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work.

Pronunciation -- think of Psyche!
Is a paling stout and spikey?
Won't it make you lose your wits,
Writing groats and saying grits?
It's a dark abyss or tunnel:
Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale,
Islington and Isle of Wight,
Housewife, verdict and indict.

Finally, which rhymes with enough --
Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough?
Hiccough has the sound of cup.
My advice is to give up!!!

- Delanna

Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

I need sleep. Like now. I had to pull an all-nighter last night to finish a design project that I just completely lacked the motivation to complete on time. It was horrible, and now I just want to sleep, but I can't because I still have class. I am literally crying on the inside at this point. As soon as my class is done, I AM SLEEPING. FOR LIKE AT LEAST FIFTEEN HOURS.

- Delanna