Hi, my name is Teri and I'm an addict...

I've been really sick lately. And it's been a really good thing that I only had to take two finals out of 5. Any way, since I've been really sick, and have had no energy, all I've been doing really is napping and watching TV. When I ran out of recorded shows to watch, I turned to this new function on our tivo. It allows to to stream videos from your netflix queue. It is the most awesome thing EVER. Now you don't have to wait the 1-2 business days for movies to come. Granted, not all the movies on netflix can be viewed instantly, but most of the newer things are on their.

So, with this in mind, I browsed Matt's queue and saw that the first two seasons of 30 Rock were on there. I've never watched this show before, but a lot of people I know and love (note: these terms are not mutually inclusive) watch this show and really like it. So, I thought that I would give it a try. Let me again mention that I've been sick and everybody knows the best part of being sick is being able to sit and watch TV and not feel really guilty about it. That being said, I have gone through both seasons 1 and 2 and all the episodes available in season 3 in a matter of 2 days.

I love the show. I think it's awesome. Period. Kenneth is my favorite. I love Jack's not so subtle neuroses. I love that Liz remembers herself as nerdy and nice, when in reality she's just as mean and sarcastic. I'm addicted. I'm going to have to quit cold turkey...

Dead Week and Taggings

It's dead week this week. For those who do not attend NCSU or any other school that has instituted a "dead week" policy, lemme esplain. Dead week is the last week of classes before the final exam schedule starts. Teachers are not supposed to assign tests, quizzes, or large projects due during this week, in order to allow students to study for their upcoming exams but they can gain approval from the Dean of their college to make exceptions.

Let me say that dead week is not feeling very dead to me right now. I had a term paper due Monday, a quiz in organic chemistry, a power point presentation that is due tomorrow (that is counting towards part of my final exam grade), and a diet analysis project due Friday. I'm thinking that all but two of my classes made exceptions to the dead week rule. Ugg... On a brighter note, though, I will be officially done with classes on Friday. All I'll have left is two exams. Huzzah!!

So, in order to take a break from studying and otherwise frantic-ness associated with school, I thought I'd respond to a tag! Thanks Susan!!


8 TV Shows I love to watch:
1. Chuck
2. The Office
3. Grey's Anatomy
4. Gilmore Girls
5. Good Eats
6. Dirty Jobs
7. Mythbusters
8. Big Bang Theory

8. 8 Favorite Restaurants:

1. The Underground (even though it's closed, I have yet to find a better restaurant)
2. The Rockford
3. The Oakwood Cafe
4. Jimmy John's
5. Sullivan's (best steak EVER)
6. 518 West (best Italian in Raleigh)
7. The Melting Pot
8. The Foundry Grill


8 Things that happened YESTERDAY:
1. I woke up from less than 1 hour of sleep (for some reason my body decided it doesn't need sleep, which has turned out to be a little blessing in disguise with regards to homework)
2. Went to class
3. Called my mom to thank her for my new luggage (Yay for Christmas!!)
4. Finished my powerpoint presentation and other various homework assignments
5. Drug out the Christmas decorations and put up the tree, but didn't get to the lights or any other decorations which are now sitting on my floor, looking very sad
6. Went to target; got some necessities and groceries
7. Studied for the quiz I took today (which I got at 75 on. I'm ecstatic! It's organic chem, so my average on tests and quizzes has been around a 50. A 75 is fantastic!!)
8. Went to bed at 5:15 am. Ugg...

8 Things I'm Looking Forward to
1. Christmas in Utah (there'd better be snow!)
2. Seeing my mom in 13 days
3. Graduating about this time next year
4. Being done with this atrocious semester
5. Sleep. I am tired.
6. Getting all my Christmas decorations up
7. My exercise nutrition class next semester
8. World peace (I couldn't think of anything else)


8 Things on my Wish List: (alright, time to get crazy)
1. I wish I could get an A in my organic chemistry class (fat chance of that happening though)
2. I wish it was summer again
3. I wish that I could be at the beach
4. I wish my parents lived closer to us or vice versa
5. I wish I could graduate early (again, fat chance)
6. I wish that my fish won't sit on chairs
7. I wish that we could figure out an alternative source of energy. Go green!!
8. I wish that we could all get along


8 People I Tag
1. Mary
2. Joel
3. Megan
4. Marilyn
5. Jenny
6. Rachel
7. Heidi
8. Cyndi

Happy Thanksgiving

I just wanted to wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving Day. I'm sitting here listening to Christmas music, letting my oven do all the work for me and thinking about all my many blessings. I'm so grateful for everything and everyone in my life. I hope this season finds you happy and well! Now go stuff yer faces!! :)

Feelings on inadequecy

In general, I feel like a failure in more ways than one. Specifically speaking my feelings of deficiency are founded in my best friend Mary this time. The girl can blog. Lately, she has been a blogging fiend. I this part of this is because of the infamous blog battle, but I also think that it's in part that she and Christian actually do things together (nice) and when they do things together they chronicle it (even better). Matt and I do things but we always end up forgetting the camera and then we never end up with pictures. I think that I will make an effort to take more photos in the future.


Other than feeling insufficient with regards to my blogging habits, nothing particularly exciting has happened lately. I'm playing the piano for the institute choir again this year and am actually enjoying it. It's not that I didn't enjoy it last year, it's just that this year my reasons for doing it have changed. Last year, I did it because Mary asked me and I said yes, hoping that I could see her more often. When Mary and Christian got together, though, it seemed like she was there less often so I was less inclined to go. I felt like I shouldn't be there in the first place (because I wasn't single) but Mary was my pass. Being there with her made it kosher. So when she didn't come as often, it felt awkward

This year, it's because they really needed someone and I wanted to fill the need. I also had been wanting to improve my playing abilities since the horrendous failure of me being called as the ward choir pianist in the Cary 2nd ward prior to us moving. I think I'm gotten better and I enjoy the music (especially since we're working on Christmas music). Any way, I'm really liking it and I will master O Holy Night (which is the hardest song for the piano).