But I don't want to go to bed, it's only 7:30 in the morning!

Hello.  It's 7:00 A.M.  I should probably go to bed soon, but sleep is for wimps and mortals.  I don't know.  My head's a little buzzy, so I thought, hey!  What a good time to write a blog post!  Then people can see the real me, because obviously the loopy sleep-deprived version of me is more "real".  So.  Stream of consciousness.  That's everyone's favorite, right?

These socks are making my feet itchy.  But when I take them off my feet are cold.  Life isn't fair.

I have tea.  Because it's what people brew.  It's the Polar Bears are Brilliant mix this morning.  I've been drinking between three and five cups a day.  More on weekends, obviously.  I now have a whole amazon wishlist that's just for tea.

I like to have my internet things organized.  You know?  Real life doesn't bother me so much, but I have over 10,000 bookmarks, and if I don't have them properly sorted there's no point in having them at all.  That's why they're divided into major categories, subcategories, reference-specific categories, and then alphabetized.  Because the world would probably explode if I couldn't find a specific piece of fanfiction I was looking for.

Also exciting!  For my queer literature class (which I refer to as "World Literature" to those who I think will judge me) I'm writing my final essay on gay fanfiction.  I am SO excited.  I have never been so thrilled to be assigned a seven to nine page research paper.  And my teacher was excited about the idea and everything, and I am going to explore all kinds of things, and might post it here once I'm done.  Who knows?  It's going to be totally awesome.

I should have taken another class this semester.  I don't have enough to do.  I can only work at all in high-pressure situations.  Give me a week to write a paper, and there's a good chance I just won't do it.  Give me twenty minutes to do it, and I'll have it done in ten.  I'm just really unmotivated and lazy, is what I'm saying.

My tea is still too hot to drink.  But the sun's up now, which is nice.  I don't mean to not sleep.  I really don't.  I just have the worst internal clock.  I have no sense whatsoever of the passage of time.  So tonight I was just playing Royal Envoy 2 and listening to an audiobook, because I'm cool, and I thought it had just been a few hours, until I got up to use the bathroom and surprise!

My alarm just went off.  This is the time I would normally be waking up.  Amanda, you are a terrible person and, at this point, you should probably just stay awake.  Drink your tea, get some coffee, make yourself go out and exercise, take a shower, do your homework, and go to sleep early tonight.  That's a good game plan.  Of course, none of that is going to happen, realistically.  But still.  It would be nice if it did.

What's probably going to happen is I'm going to finish writing this, drink my tea, think about brushing my teeth, decide I'm too lazy, read for a couple of hours, and then sleep all day and stay awake all night tomorrow.  Today?  It's today now, so tonight.  I probably shouldn't try writing an essay today.  Might not go well.  You know.

Yesterday I was too lazy to go to the dining hall, so I ordered pizza, and there was a special where if you ordered $11 worth of food you got an extra pizza for $2.  Which is why there are two pizzas in our minifridge right now.  No one else likes my toppings, though, so I'm afraid I can't share.  Life is really difficult.  Too much pizza and whatnot.

There isn't a scale here, and it's driving me a bit mad.  Am I gaining weight?  Am I losing it?  How am I supposed to know if my pants still fit?  Back home I weighed myself at least twice a day.  And now I haven't done it since August.  Life sucks and then you die.

You know what?  I like sun bears.  They're neat.

So, okay, I was trying to think of reasons to give people so they would want to date me, because apparently that's the type of thing I do, which, in retrospect, may be contributing to me being single.  Anyway.  This is what I came up with:
1. I shower daily.
2. You have no competition, so that's less stress
3. I have lots of blankets
4. I will draw pictures of us going on adventures (though this might be a negative.  My ex-boyfriend asked me to stop because it was too embarrassing.)
5. I'll make you cookies and knitted things if you're having a bad week (again, this can be a negative, it embarrassed my ex horribly.  God I hate that guy.  He also said I wasn't allowed to dance because it made him ashamed to be seen with me.  So now I still can't dance, because it makes me ashamed to be seen with me too.  But we're sticking to positives here!)
6. I have really low standards, so it would be difficult to disappoint me
7. I almost never set things on fire

And that's it.  Compelling argument there, eh?  "Hey, want to go out sometime?  Before you answer, I think you should know that I shower every day and have about eight blankets in my room.  Also I probably will not burn your house down."  How can you possibly say no to that?  Right?  Right?  Also, even though I'm really not planning anything right now, if I were to ask someone out (which would never happen because I have self-esteem issues and get flustered easily) I would probably have to do it via cheesecake.  You know, make someone a cheesecake and write "Would you be willing to engage in romantic relations with me?" on it in food coloring.  How can you say no to that?  You can't.  You're not going to reject someone's cheesecake.  That's harsh.

I've been saying "You know?" a lot.  I'm not sure why.  You know?

Congratulations if you've made it this far.  I'm not sure even I did.  If this entry made you totally want to form a romantic dalliance with me, please send me your list of qualifications and letters of reference from at least two sources.

I'll probably regret this in the morning, but you know what?  It already is morning.  So suck it, me.  You thought you could tell me what to do, but you don't own me!  You don't know my life!  Everything's always about you, isn't it, Me?  Why don't you try walking in your own shoes one day?  Then you'll see what it feels like to post stupid things on the internet!

Well, this has taken up a nice half hour.  I really should probably stop doing this.