Now I'm gonna write up the rest of this week's posts (mostly just gift lists...we'll be back to normal blogging next week). Maybe I'll study, too. I know this was a bit ramble-y, but I just needed to write something.
Edit: Oh, I forgot to mention that Tib's having a surprise giveaway. Go check it out!
I like to look at jewelry more than I like to wear it. I think these serve both purposes.
1. Silver Forget Me Knot Ring, MOMA Store, $65
2. Typewriter Necklace, QA Creates, $12.99
3. Chalcedony Cascade Earrings, Linda Trent Jewelry, $38
The lovely Brooke over at Oh My Seven tagged me for the six things meme. I thought about doing another six degrees theme, but that was kind of an effort to link it all together and today is not a "put-forth-effort" kinda day. Instead, you get:
Six Random Things About My Name
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This is actually a lot more interesting than it sounds
1. "Gretchen" is German for "little pearl." It's a pet form of Margaret. (Margaret + chen (meaning "little") = Gretchen...I'd never put that together before just now.)
2. In numerology, my number is 7 and my soul urge number is 9. ("Soul urge" sounds like more of a musical movement than a test of my character.) My inner dream number is 7. The whole analysis is scary accurate. "You dream of having the opportunity to read, study, and shut yourself off from worldly distractions. You can see yourself as a teacher, mystic, or ecclesiastic, spending your life in the pursuit of knowledge and learning. At full maturity you are likely to be a very peaceful and poised individual." Heck yes!
3. I took a New Testament course my freshman year. This marked the first time where I WAS NOT THE ONLY GRETCHEN IN THE CLASS. Holy cow, this threw me off! I think it threw her off, too, since the prof would be all, "Gretchen, what did you think about this verse?" and we'd both start to talk. It was a bit of a blow to my ego, since I'm so used to being That Smart Girl With The Weird Name.
4. Over the years, I've garnered quite the collection of nicknames. Gretch-a-sketch (naturally), Gretch, Gretcher, Gretchie, Fetchin' Gretchen, GretchieGAL, Gretchizzle, and Hen.
5. I've had my own personalized version of "Hey There, Delilah" sung to me on the radio. You see, my friend Dan interned as DJ at his local Minnesotan radio. (Quick backstory on Dan: We met last summer and he could make me laugh like no other person I know. He's on a mission right now in Argentina. He's a couple years younger than me and apparently carried this massive torch for me...but it was sadly unrequited.) Anyhow, he got some friends together for the background vocals and at approximately 2 AM in the morning, the following song airs. "Hey there, Gretchen/What's it like in [hometown], Utah/You're a thousand miles away/But girl, tonight you look so pretty/Yes you dooooo/Temple Square can't shine as bright as you." He even managed to sneak in a "That's What She Said" during his dialogue. The whole thing was so amazingly cool.
6. Remember Recess? And the character Gretchen Grundler? I'm convinced her character was based off of me. In high school, I was a proud member of MESA, because I guess I needed to be even nerdier. So we buy our hoodies and in a moment of dorkiness, I decide to get "Grundler" embroidered on the hood. Two weeks later they arrive and I have one of those "Oh crap what have I done" epiphanies. I spend the rest of the year with the tip of the hood tucked in, so the name isn't visible. I'm not sure what I was so afraid of, becuase I'm sure the fact that I was wearing a Math, Engineering, and Science Achievement sweatshirt entirely NEGATED any minorly geeky cartoon reference I could have made. I still have it, too, but these days? I wear it with pride.
My previous tags (Elise, Marlayna, and KK) still stand, because I haven't seen your six random things yet, girls!
I took these a couple weeks ago during our neuroscience lab on "photography as a tool in science." Yeah, you got me. Still, I had a lot of fun re-living the photography days of my youth. (I won the New Mexico State Reflections Contest in photography during 8th grade, with a completely staged picture of the Lil' Bro whispering secrets to a sunflower. He probably hates me for bringing that up.) Enjoy!
Today marks the beginning of my birthday countdown gift lists! It's not so much for me to come across all consumer-hungry and "Oh, it's my birthday, buy me stuff!" (Unless you happen to be one of my parental units, in which case, listen up.) Think of it more as a way for me to introduce y'all to some really cool merchandise on the interwebs. Kind of like a fake audition for Oh My That's Awesome.
I'm a die-hard shirts and jeans girl. I wish I were better about dressing up, but given the choice, I'm sticking with my Threadless collection, thankyouverymuch.
1. I Love Katherine, Nuda Tees, $12
2. The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter Tee, Blue Collar Distro, $16
I don't talk nearly enough about Josh Ritter on here. I love this man and his music so much.
3. Forever Jung, Mental Floss, $14.95
The psychology nerd in me needs this.
If the internet were a person, I'd marry it. For real.
1. This parody version of Baby Got Back is book comedy at its finest. Cheryl Klein wrote it, with lyrics like "So ladies, if lit's your love/And you wanna make like Nabokov/Dial 1-800-READSALOT/And we'll read those banned novels/Baby got book!"
2. Golfwidow dreamed up the hilarious LOLdiner, which would be Teh Successful IRL.
3. Rachelskirts introduced me to Daily Lit. Get a couple pages of a book emailed to you every day for free!
4. Naomi, a.k.a. the "Cupcake Ninja" was recently featured over at Cupcakes Take the Cake. Her fondant designs are the tastiest little bites of pop culture I've seen.
5. Download Ben Gibbard (*dreamy sigh*) singing Rilo Kiley's Silver Lining here.
6. Miss Erin got an ARC of Shannon and Dean Hale's Rapunzel's Revenge and recently reviewed it. Color me jealous!
7. Mark your calenders! This Tuesday is Eliza Doolittle Day!
8. I totally won an Airhead t-shirt from Meg Cabot! I can only imagine there were hundreds of entries and I was one of the thirty! When it arrives, I'll post my entry for who I'd want to trade bodies with if I had the chance.
9. Edge created a list of her top twenty songs in my honor. Thanks again!
10. Moshi moshi! Did you know The Office originally started out as a Japanese show?
11. My new (and final) header is up! Feed readers, come give it a looksie. (Question: I can't figure out for the life of me how to make it link back to the home page. Any advice?)
12. I'm going to be participating in Pink of Perfection's May Project for the next week. The theme is Media Detox, which means I'm going to cut down on all non-essential internet surfing. Um, which is a LOT of extra time I'll have on my hands. Hey, homework? Let's be friends again!
I'm going to try and draft my posts tonight, so I'll still blog, but I might not be around so much on twitter or commenting or the like. Wish me luck!
What "Friends" alum starred in films with Bruce Willis?
7 comments Posted by Gretchen Alice at 1:19 AMWho wants to take odds on the likelihood of SNL trying to recapture the "Lazy Sunday" dream world of magic tomorrow night?
Steve Carell + The release of Prince Caspian + Season Finale=Bring it on!
Check it out, yo! The Anthrocite Museum!
(Get it? Pet peeves? Ahahaha!)
I thought after Wednesday's rather serious post, I'd lighten the place up a little with the help of my friends, teh LOLcats.
I considered elaborating on each of them, but I think they LOLspeak for themselves. Also, #3 is the most serious infraction you can make.
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