Carbon dioxide is the new oxygen

I am sitting in the New York JFK airport and it is mid-day department store sketchy, so I bought Internet connection for $7.95.

Here is a conversation with Helen.

Helen: also the boy next door is BLASTING some REALLY AWESOME JAMZ
ahahhaa

Alison: hahahah
I LEFT MY HEADPHONES
AND I AM FORCED
TO LISTEN TO ThiS
JUNGLE MUSIC

Helen: OHHHH MY GOSH NO HEADPHONES!!!!
you need to buy some!
while in flight!
tax free!

Alison: i'm broke!
OH!
they provide them!

Helen: SERIOUSLY alison
headphones = carbon dioxide
or whatever we breathe

Alison: HAHA
HAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAH
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
CARBON

Helen: I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT WE BREATHE

Alison: DIOXIDE
IS
POISONOUS

Helen: AHAHAHAHAHA CRAPPP!!!
CRAP!
CRAP!
what do we breathe, then???

Alison: HAHAHAHAHAHAH
OXYGEN?!?!

Helen: OH YEAH THATS RIGHT
AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

Alison: lawd
HELEN

Helen: i am SO DUMB
i am cracking up

Alison: I AM LAUGHING SO MUCH

Helen: AHAHAHAHA A GERMAN MAN IS ENJOYING IT
hahahahahhaaha
goddddddddddddd
i am so ridiculous

Prague: June 2 - June 26

I am going here this summer.

Just My Luck

Last week, a series of unlucky events plagued Maggie's days. First there was the chocolate milk vs. purse incident, then the unfortunate ordering circumstance. The list went on, and every time she related a new one I could not stop laughing. Literally, I just kept laughing.

Here's why: every one of my weeks is composed of very unlucky things. They happen so often that I don't even think of them. Last week, however, was somewhat peaceful. Things went smoothly, I didn't die of stress, I was less clumsy than usual. It was glorious.

The conclusion: I got Maggie's luck for a week. Unfortunately, she took it back Saturday night/early Sunday. I could tell because everything I touched just about broke.

Here are some unfortunate things that have happened, just today:

• I got three hours of sleep because I didn't have time to study for my LA history test, and I'm having to do it now.
  
• I tried to brush my hair with my toothbrush.
• I put my hairbrush under the faucet because I thought it was my toothbrush, even though the two are clearly different.
  
• I spent an hour reading 10 pages of my LA history book that I didn't even need to study. It's the part about colonies gaining independence. Hello, my test is about independence and beyond.
  
• People here are sneezing a lot, and listening to really bad music very loudly.
• Had an awkward run-in with an ex-writer.
• Who thinks it's a good idea to sort out their personal life in the library? I hate you.
• I had to leave the library because it was too loud. The LIBRARY. Then I went and sat in a freezing cold classroom and studied.
• I failed my Italian quiz, I know it.
• My cell phone went off in Latin. Very, very loudly. It took forever to find it, and then I pulled it out just in time for the line, "I got raging drunk with --". The guy sitting next to me laughed [at me].
• Oh hi, AT&T. Thanks for dropping my interview with the director of admissions -- twice.
• I'd forgotten what it was like to BS essays -- I haven't written any in so long!
  
• Identify and give the significance for the War in the Pacific.
• Oh hell, I've never heard of that. I'm guessing it was on the Pacific coast. Here is what I wrote: The War in the Pacific, like so many other events, caused a rift in Latin American trade. Commerce was almost brought to a halt, as in Brazil, where farmers stopped growing crops. There was little trade among the Pacific coast as well as from the Pacific coast to Europe.
• "Like so many other events"?? WHAT.
  

Updating for the sake of updating

Top songs of the week

Independent -- some rapper
Hallelujah -- Jeff Buckley
Halloweenhead -- Ryan Adams
The Mariner's Revenge Song -- The Decemberists
Mirror, Mirror -- Whiskeytown
Boyz -- M.I.A.
I Remember; Seahorse -- Devendra Banhart
Bigmouth Strikes Again -- The Smiths


Wilco is lovely because they're one of those bands you can identify on the spot because of the lead singer.

AIM log; 2:24 a.m.

Maggie: is abby asleep?
Alison: yes
Maggie: are you watching her sleep?
Alison: no weirdo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAH
so weird
Maggie:hahahah
i just thought you WOULD do that

Sometimes I wonder just what kind of vibe I give off.