BanSHEE? or BanCHE?

While waiting to see Twilight with my mom and sister we had a funny conversation haha Kelly and I realized that we say weird things that other people don't say. Thanks to the influence of our mom and dad. Thanks. haha For example. Hair ties are NOT called "pretties". I still call them these. Thanks mom and dad! haha Then we were talking about different catch phrases we say, and Kel brought up the fact that we always say Banshee. Do we even know what this means? Not really. haha I always grew up thinking it was like a scary ghost that is really fast, and screams? I don't know. But we always use the phrase: "Ran like a Banshee". Then, we realized that we didn't even know how to spell it. And here goes the conversation:

Kelly: "how do you spell banshee?"

Me: "I thought it was B-a-n-s-h-e-e"

Mom: "No...I think  it is B-a-n-CHE"

Kelly: "well...what IS a banshee? I always say, "she ran like a banshee" but what is a banshee?"

Mom: "A crazy Indian" -dead serious

Kelly and Me: "WHAT??? hahahahahaha No way!"

Later we google it. Turns out a banshee (spelled how I thought) is a fairy from Ireland. Like a leprechaun. haha Whatttt? Urbandictionary.com, I think you are wrong!

I'm learning to breathe

Literally and figuratively. I don't know why, but although today was one of those all around great days, I still cannot keep my mind from wandering. I had so much fun with my mom and sister today. Walked around winter wonderland and enjoyed the looks of the holidays:) Then we had dinner at the CUTEST crepes place ever. Finally, went to see Twilight. Again. haha We can't help but be GaGa over what we wish could be real lol. I mean, that is one dreamy vampire. Even with all of this, for some reason I still keep thinking about the past today. I usually don't. It's usually tucked away in the back of my mind. But a couple times a year I can't help but remember it. 

I wonder why was I, of all people who are sick, kept here when she was not supposed to be. Why did my family have to go through what they did. Why am I still thinking about it. And why does it sometimes still bother me?

That whole hospital experience did teach me so much. I learned more about life, and how strong I really could be. How strong my family could be. How strong my friends could be. Who truly meant the world to me. Who my real friends were. What I still don't get, is am I here for a reason? I mean...My parents were told to say their goodbyes. 2% is pretty much a zero chance of survival. I guess my stubbornness came in handy haha. But with this so called "miracle" as everyone called it, is there something I'm meant to do? I wish I knew what it was. I don't know...I guess this is what runs through my mind every so often. 

I don't regret what happened. Even with how horrible it was, I'm thankful for it. For how much I learned from it. And I have the best family/friends in the world. Without them, I would not be here. Only with this family could I be hooked up to a million tubes and still laugh harder than ever. (Adam's Techno Dolphin. Don't ask haha) 

I guess with this event coming up in my mind every so often, it helps remind me how fragile life is. And how quickly things can change. Overnight! Literally. It's scary. And I think about if I had been in my family's place and someone I loved were on the other end. It would be hard to be that strong. And any day I would trade places with them so I didn't have to see them hurting. Be thankful for what you have. Be grateful for your family. Never take it for granted. :) I know I won't...

Phew...Guess I need to get that out. I've never really written about it. It's different than talking about it. Not sure why. 

Moving to a better topic though: Kelly is home! I've been so happy that she is home for break. I realize how much I miss her when she is gone...

This break has been so wonderful. Thanksgiving with dad in the morning, then to the mountains for dinner with family. The cutest grandma of life spiked our punch haha Her Dutch accent sure is thicker with booze lol Then, Ladies night/movies nights in the days to follow, etc. Went to Denver with my girls for ladies night at the Rio and then out after. However, some of our guy friends were bitter they weren't invited so they decided to have a boys night out in Denver haha. Sillies. Ironically, we ran into them on the way to Maloney's and our group then merged to 15 and walked to get more drinks haha Dancing, fun, friends. Great night! 

Well, It is getting past my bedtime. Time to go cuddle Kelly haha Flashback to elementary school days. Awwww haha Goodnight!

A lot can change in 3 months....

The next few months holds a lot for me. Scary, but exciting. Moving again, but to Denver this time! Graduating with my 2 degrees. A new (amazing) apartment! Hopefully a new (amazing) job. Back to living with my lovely, new (but old) roommate! New relationships. Hopefully new (but longer) hair haha. So much to look foward to! It's kind of overwhelming.

Not seeing you for 3 months will be hard, but it is needed. I wish you all the luck (not that you need it). I feel that even in 3 months, we will both be in completely different times in our life and so much will change. I hope that after this break from each other, you will have a place for me again, just as I will welcome you back into my life with open arms. A friendship with you will be nice. That is what we began with...why not end with that, right? :)

Aside from that, Ash leaves me again! Bahhhhh haha But just for a few days for Thanksgiving. However, my Kelly belly is home tonight! I pick her up from the airport in a few hrs. I'm so excited.

As far as updates: just a lot of going out with my Ashley. Im so happy she's back from argentina. I did a photoshoot with her! Here are a couple of my faves:





What a hottie haha It was so fun doing hair, makeup and clothes for this babe.

Also, been thinking a lot lately about helping out for a charity or something. Not sure which one! There are a lot that I feel do so many amazing things. Now I gotta choose. Hopefully I can start that up in january!

Now to go wash my stanky puppy. She needs a bath bad haha Ciao! <3

Clearly not paying attention

So in an attempt to stay awake in class, im online shopping! Well, online window shopping haha I want these:





Want these. GIMME! :)

Also...My ashley is home! Love my life!

Ring Ring! Hello...This is opportunity.

I get more and more giddy about january and everything to look foward to. Still on the job hunt, however found out yesterday that my friend's mom is high up in the health sciences center of university. So yes! Hopefully then the job is in the bag. I want to so bad to work at University Hospital. Plus, Im sure the benefits aren't too shab;) Wow....I sound like an adult. Thinking about benefits haha

Everytime I drive past my soon to be apt I get so happy! I really do think 2009 is the year! I cannot wait. The end to my 2008 so far has been pretty lovely. Let's start with an update of my birthday weekend perhaps? Me oh my I've turned 24. Eep. It's so crazy. What a great weekend it was. started out with none other than Karen surprising me with MADONNA box tickets on that thursday. Not gonna lie, I got a little crazy when she sang, "Like a Prayer". haha Dancing, drinks, my babygirl. Good times.



Then to the actual birthday celebration night with my friends. Went down to the Rio in Denver for dinner and margs.



SHOTS!

More showed up than I expected and I could not have been happier! We took over that place haha. All my friends from back in high school, as well as college friends showed up and it was good to see everyone in one place:) I had a few drinks, then we all migrated to Lur for more good times, then finally to Maloney's. I seriously love my friends<3

Then to saturday night! Fashion show extravaganza! It was a blast. Got to Aveda for hair and makeup at 3. Pin-up girl hair and makeup for the first show I was in for Brady's line. It was so fun! Then had to rush and get hair and makeup done again for chase's line of Holiday clothing. I LOVED my hair for it haha Too fun! I had a mohawk thing going on. It was a tiring night, but a lot of fun. Here are some pictures:






Goooood times:)

Well, good times to come as well. Hopefully this weekend works out! I really hope so. I'd be a happy camper. Ash gets back so soon! Thank goodness. I need my other bestie home.

Also, Im going to go Mandy Moore on you for like two seconds. Bare with me but...

"I've got a crush on you...I hope you feel, the way that I do..."

Hello middle school haha

Happy Happy Happy Kari:)

Home Sweet Home

I am hopefully signing a new lease today for an apt in Denver! Yayyyyy new home:) I always get so excited. And I'll be living back with my old roommate Karen! We are always on again, off again when it comes to living with each other. We live together one year, then don't for a year, then do again. I think we just start missing each other haha

My new potential home as of January!!!




Yessss! It's so pretty. My selling point was the hot tub. Apparently I can be bought haha

Now I get to decorate it into a big girl apartment haha Ideas? I need new tables, trinkets, things of that sort. Luckily my roommate is a painter so I have awesome art covered.

And this week I get another year older. Scary haha Still not sure what I plan on doing but I am doing something out in Denver on friday. Dinner, drinks. Fun. That's all I want. I just want to see my besties!

One more thing to look foward to tonight....MICKEY AVALON with my girl Ash in fort collins. Im so excited!

Old Friends, New Friends, Good times

I have done a lot of thinking lately. Thinking about relationships, friends, school, upcoming new apts, roommate, job, blah blah. So much! It all is just looking so wonderful lately. And Im happy:) Still, I have the best friends in the world. And have recently acquired some new amazing people in my life. One was already there, but now, working on a different type of relationship. Friendship is where it's at, and I know that with these kids by my side, I'll always be okay! And for that, Im so thankful...

So update time....Ryan was in town! Freaking love him! I was on warped tour with this kid back in the day. He always looked out for me. And as always, it was so fun hanging out. Met some new people last night who were too much fun! Went to the show and met up with Nick, Ryan, Reuben, Chase, etc etc. Of course it was a wierd show...I mean....it is Jeffree Star haha But the opening bands were legit. Ultra Violet...amazing. That girl should just permanently move here. All of us had the most amazing sing-a-long of 90s songs at the bar next door. Alienated some locals, but oh well. They were just jealous of our fun. Then the best part was seeing star struck Reuben talk to Stefanie, the owner of Drive Thru Records haha He was so excited! And she is an absolute sweetheart. Thanks for the shot love! As always, photo dump of the night...






:)


All in all, last night was a goooooood time. And hopefully today I will be signing a lease for an apt in Denver! Eep! Now to finish the job hunt down there.

Also, did a shoot with a girl. Fun times! Here is one of the finals:



Birthday in 3 days, wierd haha No plans really. I think I may just celebrate friday night. Everyone come out! Ashley comes home soon! Kelly comes home soon! My buddy Will is in town soon! Graduate in about a month! Ahhh so many great things coming. I cannot wait.

Really?

HAHA Okay...I can't help but laugh at how often I go through tires on my poor car. This is my 4th or 5th set in a year! What the hell am I running over? And I don't just get normal flat tires that can be re-filled back up. I get the flat tires that actually SHRED and spit rubber fragments up into my windshield haha Never a good feeling. I just had another "tire-shredding" flat today. Lame sauce. And sadly, even though I know how to change a tire, I couldn't get the lug nuts off of it so I looked like a typical helpless girl. Argggg....but, Broadaman to the rescue. He changed it and now I have my baby spare on till friday when I get my sassy new tires:) Look at just one side of my tire:




SAD!!! I could literally put my arm through one side of the tire to the other. Never good. Well, friday it shall all be fixed up newsie!

What else is new in the life of Kari....I've been working my arse off on the most complicated experiment of life! I don't think my lab partner and I realized this when we designed it, but holy HELL! It's so confusing to do the results and analyze and all that jazz. Today was just phewwwwwwie. Tiring. No pun intended :)

But the tire is fixed, we just sent off our horrible results/data section to our TA. Now it is time for me to relax with the DQ banana split I treated myself too. YES!

Then tomorrow I have my fashion show meeting/fitting. Everyone come to the show! November 15th, Lifespot. Do it. It'll be good times fa sho.

Well, Im out. Time to relax, eat ice cream and listen to some good tunes. Till next time...Ciao! xo

Move Along

So...release of frustration real quick. woiejfoweijr owierjcoiwejroiwe&%^$^%#%$#!!!!!! Needed. First order of business, what to do about you. I can't really do drama anymore. It's not me. I don't like feeling jealous, insecure, bummed. So no more! I do believe it is time to move on. And I think it's for the best. Also, essays....could I freaking write anymore essays in a week?? haha It's my own fault. I put it off. One more to do tomorrow, then I get a break. YAY!

So, update time! This was a pretty eventful, fun weekend! I can't remember what I did thursday night...Hi-Dive maybe? yes. I think that was it. Then friday I wrote essays. I wasn't planning on going out. And finally when 9pm hit and I was still writing my essay on a friday (and Halloween night), I decided how lame I was and wanted to go out. I didn't have a costume so I hit up walmart and bought the ugliest, largest leopard print old woman's night gown I could find, came home, cut it up and made a skirt out of it and TA DA! in 20 minutes I was a cave woman and off to join the festivities at lipgloss. I'm glad I went out...It was great to see everyone! Played around in the Gigbot for a bit, did some dancing:)

Awwww yeahhhhh






So that was my friday night. Friday fun day. Then saturday I got a free massage. Freakin awesome. And very needed. Apparently my muscles needed some work cause today Im bruised! Oh deep tissue. Hurts so good though haha Then saturday night, friends were back in town! Went to their show at the Gothic. Sold out! Amazing...Afterwards we all went bowling. Drunkest bowling extravaganza ever haha. I was beyond sober but it was still epic. I brough my "A" game. Not really, I was horrible. But I won in team spirit. So that was a lot of fun hanging out with everyone. It was a blast back to college and boulder for sure. The bus was filled with my favorite boulderites<3

Then today I wrote essays, again all day. BUT was productive! Knocked out another! Just in time to meet up with Reuben at Copeland. Always a great show. And then to Petes we went for some food and off to Shag Lounge to meet up with Aaron, Rubina, Val, etc. It was good to see everyone. Pretty amazing dancing. So overall, I do believe my weekend was a success haha Now tomorrow is when I finish my essay writing extravaganza. I cannot wait!

Also, one more update! maybe two...found an apt I really like in Denver and am looking at it next week. It will be great to live with Karen again. We do work well together haha Hopefully that works out. Now I need to get a for sure job at University hospital and I'm golden. Hopefully that job will be down with the fact that I may be going on tour in April. Was just asked! I hope it works out. It's not with Chiodos per se, but this acoustic side project thing Craig is doing. It's a full US tour, so it should be a lot of fun and pretty amazing. Plus, I'd love to get to hangout with Mr. Owens more! He's a sweet friend....

Well, enough blabbing, it is my bedtime:) Goodnight! EX.OH.EX.OH.