Big Bucks at Starbucks

A trend, a lifestyle, a habit-  People do it everyday, we stop by Starbucks on the way to work or class.  We go out of our way, get up fifteen minutes earlier to go pay five dollars for a cup of coffee!  I does not make sense.  It takes longer, its way more expensive, yet we continue to do it.  Starbucks has taken over the world.  I do it!  Why? It's the best study break excuse ever, great people watching, you "need" caffeine, but your order something else, the reasons are endless.  7-Eleven has coffee for $1.89, not $5.32!  The ever popular Cosmopolitan magazine reports that one Starbucks a day is equivalent to like 6 Ipods.

Everyone always talks about Starbucks, and how it takes over the world.  Honestly, you probably do not even want to continue reading this post because Starbucks is so overly publicized. . . and on every corner.  BUT, let me tell you about the greatest part,that people seem to forget.  The cups are SO COOL.  I refuse to order anything but a venti, simply because I like the shape of the cup. Dumb, I know, but looking around the table, at the DG house, I can count 8 Starbucks cups.  Two of which are the plastic re washable ones.  So I ask myself, spend a few more bucks on a mediocre cup of joe for a smashing cup- YES! Who cares if I throw it away.  The cup is genius.  I feel like cool with my cup, I feel like I should stroll into a big office and run it for the day.  It's not because it is Starbucks coffee, it's because the cup just says something.  Its not some tiny little mug, or some thermos-tumbler, its the greatest tall, yet slender recycled paper cup.

Is it weird to say that a cup can give you power, or at least make you feel powerful.  Well, here's proof.  A quick poll was taken during study hours at the DG house.  6 out of 10 girls say they notice the cup over anything else.  People don't walk around in t-shirts saying, "Yo, I drink expensive coffee!"  People see you drinking out of the cups!

Dear Starbucks cup designer, you are a genius!
Lesson learned- It's the little things in life, like a cup, that can make your day.

OMG I'M TURNING INTO MY MOTHER!

With Parent's Weekend coming to a close, I simply could not help but notice how everyone looks like their parents.  Well DUH!  I was at dinner with some of my friend's parents and its crazy to see how their mannerisms are exactly the same.  A hand gesture or the way they say something.  I spent my dinner at the end of the table with my friend Kyle's parents.  The whole time I was talking to his Dad, I felt like I was talking to him.

People have always called me "Malenita", meaning little Malena ( my mother) because I look so much like her.  No one believes her, until you put us together.  You realize that you pick up the way they talk, and the way they do little things.  I do my make-up like my mom!  I figured I got this from when I was younger.  I would always go sit in her big sofa in her bathroom and watch TV in there with her while she got ready for work, and I ate a Pop-Tart.  Today, I catch myself leaning up on the counter and holding the mirror just like her, putting on my mascara.   I would always get so upset when she would get mad at me too.  Whenever I get mad at someone, I see myself talking just like her.  It freaks me out!  When I talk to her friends, they stop and say, "wow, you just act just like your mother"  FREAKY
Granted, I love that woman, but I hope I am not half as evil as she was to me when I am older.

And there she is- looking just like me! 

Dreams

A boring title but after a little inspiration from Tuesday's class, I thought of some crazy dreams.  But what I wonder most is what everything means.  I always want to know if it is some sort of sign or am I trying to tell myself something?
Why do people dream?  I understand this idea of your subconscious working while you sleep, but really what does it mean?  You can Google this stuff all you want but you can't expect everyone's mind to work the same way! Just because you find a turtle in some jungle does not mean that you wish you were rich.  I guess that is rather difficult to follow, but what I mean is- there can't honestly be a dream dictionary because not everyone interpreted things the same way.

• I have had dreams of getting back together with my high school boyfriend-ew? We don't even talk? Does that mean I still like him or something. Why is he even coming up.  Do I subconsciously still want to be with him (even though he goes to Texas Tech, which is simply not happening because the only place I want to see Lubbock Texas, is in my rear-view mirror
• Sometimes when I don't sleep well or can not fall asleep, my body is technically asleep, but my brain, has not fallen asleep and I feel paralyzed.  One night, it was happening so much, to the point where I could not talk or yell. I was so scared I WebMD my problem and watched Hannah Montana instead.  Turns out it is called sleep paralysis.
• I will never forget the dream I had when I was very young, and I thought my nanny had turned into a ghost and was chasing.  It TERRIFIED ME!  To this day I still remember that dream like it was yesterday.

I find it hard to believe that some people can not remember their dreams or claim they do not dream  I always dream and I can usually remember a lot about it.  I only wish I new what it meant.  If I tried to decide I would convince myself that everything that happens in them are like things I should actually do in my life. Bad Idea

Solution: Go see a Gypsy and have my palm read!

You Tube- The Greatest Form of Entertainment

Forget the TV, the radio, dancing monkeys, and everything else.  Nothing compares to the phenomenon that is YouTube. Songs, movies, random posts, remixes.  It's turning into the virtual google.  When people say- "Don't worry, I'll google it."  YouTube is a new verb- "Hey, go YouTube that music video."   I can spend hours watching stupid videos.  Stupid- but HILARIOUS.  I can study listen to my favorite song over and over again (or listen to Pandora- also super cool.)

So here is a breakdown of top ten YouTube videos that I have found recently or just seem to always remember.  They are not in any order because I would spend hours deciding what is better.

1. Could It Be You H Wall Lyrics- Great Dance Song (Listening as I type)
2. BBC Talking Animals (Just found it the other day- I'm OBSESSED!BBC Funny Talking Animals
3.Talking Dogs
4. Kickboxing ( Rather gruesome, but one of those things you want to look away and can't)
5. Cat on Acid
6. Sneezing Panda
7. Miss Swan from Mad TV
8. Darlene Witherspoon (recommended by my roommate Nicole)
9. Misheard Lyrics- Shakira Whenever Wherever
10.Top 50 Ghetto Names

Talking Animals Go Watch it ASAP

Stress. . . Twitches. . . Tourette's???

Not to be a "Debbie Downer" or anything but seriously the third week of school and people can already be suffering from a twitch.  A persistent little twitch that seems to creep up out of no where, even while eating.
Silly to think it could go on for so long, but we're on day four now people, is this a problem?
Will it go on forever?!  Maybe, it's a sign or something. . .
I never want to be known as the girl with the twitch- but to be honest, I'd take twitch over lazy eye any day.
I decided that a quick browse on the ever popular WebMD might dig up some good information.  First thing I read is something about some crazy disease but after scrolling down I came across this interesting infromation:

• Twitches. Unlike tics, the majority of muscle twitches are isolated occurrences, not repeated actions. Muscle twitches are also known as myoclonic jerks. They are entirely involuntary and cannot be controlled or suppressed.
• "One type of muscle twitch is benign essential blepharospasm. Blepharospasm refers to the muscles of one or both eyelids twitching uncontrollably. This often occurs repeatedly over a sustained period of time. In extreme cases, which are rare, benign essential blepharospasm may also involve the eyebrows, mouth, and neck"
• THANK GOODNESS IT'S NOT THE MOUTH NECK AND EYEBROWS!

Now, I take this moment to stop and PRAY that I don't have Tourette's, because then I might even settle for the lazy eye discussed earlier.

• "Tourette's syndrome. In some instances, what appears to be a chronic tic may be a sign of Tourette's syndrome. This syndrome is the most severe tic disorder. It is characterized by the presence of both motor tics and vocal tics."
• TOO EXTREME- THERE IS NO WAY I HAVE TOURETTE'S (I think?)

And this is where I decide "Self, let's not look too far into this. . . "
Conclusion- WebMD you are probably account for the large amount of hypochondriacs
WebMD Article