Just wanted to share...

I just want to say that Avery House is probably my favorite wedding photography blog EVER.

I also love that the a lot of the men have suspenders. This may add to why I love the photographers' style.

-Kaitlyn

BFFL

I think I'm finally getting used to college. Even starting to enjoy it a little bit more. FINALLY! 

I always knew that college would be different than high school. I mean, HELLO?! You are on your own now! You can choose when your classes are... kind of. Friends help a lot though. You absolutely have to have some sort of friendship in the experience. I really do like my roommate. We get along better than a lot of the stories I have heard other people mention about their roommates. And I have been hanging out with Shelbey and Lauren a lot more. Shelbey and I went to the last home game last weekend. When she randomly turned to me and asked if I could still touch my tongue to my nose. Which I can, but it was just so funny. 

She remembers EVERYTHING. It's a little creepy. She remembers the outfit I wore on the first day of kindergarten. We are the living proof that best friends can stay best friends for life. :-)

Last night Shelbey called me saying that there was a big hail storm coming and that her and Lauren were going to Shelbey's dad's house to park their cars in his garage and hang out there until the storm passed. So, I went and parked my car in the parking garage on campus, illegally (but didn't get a ticket), then met them in the lobby of their dorm. We were doing homework there... up until I saw the kindergarten school picture of Shelbey on the mantel. We then proceeded to watch our Kids Inc., basketball games for the next hour or so. We were studs. We tore up that basketball court! (We may or may not have been the worst team to play in that league...) Anyways, after this, we started homework again... but then Lauren discovered PhotoBooth on Shelbey's Mac...

And then we decided that we needed Starbucks... And then decided that we should see what was up with everyone liking Jersey Shore... Then it was 2:30, and we had 8 o'clock classes and decided it was time to go back to the dorms. 

Needless to say, we had a lot of fun last night, and I'm happy to have people to hang out with now. 

BUT I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT MY THREE BEST FRIENDS FROM HOME. 

:-) 

I LOVE YOU GUYS!

(One of those friends should be writing her essays instead of reading this blog right now.) 

-Kaitlyn

Survey

1. When's the last time you ran? Probably not since I was in high school.
2. Do your jeans have rips, tears, and holes in them? None of them. I'm too used to AISD rules.
3. What are you dreading right now? My Art History five minute presentation on Thursday.
4. Do you celebrate 420? Um... don't believe so.
5. Do you get the full 8 hours of sleep a night? Most of the time.
6. If anyone came to your house on your "lazy days" what would ya'll do? Either playing on the Internet, getting caught up on all of my shows, or playing Mario Kart. :-)
7. Who last grabbed your butt? Well, it was probably my sister... She tends to do this sometimes.
8. Have you ever been on your school's track team? In Junior High. I don't like to relive those memories too often.
9. Do you own a pair of Converse? I have once. I didn't wear them that often though because I chose colors that didn't match most of my clothes. I want some black ones though.
10. Did you copy and paste this survey? Well, I definitely didn't make it up.
11. Do you eat raw cookie dough? Mmmm...
12. Have you ever kicked a vending machine? Probably. I tend to avoid them though... I never have cash.
13. Don't you hate it when the radio ruins good songs by playing them over and over? Absolutely.
14. Do you watch Trading Spaces? I used to.
15. How do you eat Oreos? I will either dunk them in milk, take the top off and eat the middle first, or spread peanut butter on top. Yummy!
16. Have you ever stayed online for a very long time waiting for someone? Used to... But now I'm dating him. :-)
17. Are you cocky? I hope not. I tend to be humble, I think.
18. Could you live without a computer? Nope. I wouldn't survive my classes if I didn't have one.
19. Do you wear your shoes in the house? Not usually. 
20. Who or what sleeps with you? My iPhone 4. :-)
21. At what age did you find out that Santa wasn't real? I think I was 12... I noticed that Santa wrote an awful lot like Dad... 
22. How many phones, house phones and cell phones are in your house? Well, in my dorm, there are two. Chelsea has one and I have one.
23. What do you do when you're sad? Become really quiet. 
24. Who would you call first if you won the lottery? My momma!
25. Last time you saw your best friend? Levi and Maggie: this weekend, KaCee and Melany: when I went home for Homecoming.
26. Are you in high school? Nope. 
27. What jewelry are you wearing? None.
28. Is anyone on your bad side now? Yes. This girl in Design class. She's annoying.
29. What's the first thing you do when you get online? Facebook.
30. Do you watch Grey's Anatomy? Did.
31. How do most people spell your name? Kaitlyn, Caitlin, Husmann, Huseman, Hussman. There's multiple spellings.
32. Would you wear a boy/girlfriends clothes? Sweatshirts.
33. Where do you work? No where. :-(
34. What are you doing tomorrow? Going to classes, working on my presentation, and possibly working out with Lacey again.
35. Is Justin Timberlake becoming the next Michael Jackson? I don't think so...
36. Favorite name for a girl? Riley Rue! :-) 
37. Favorite name for a boy? Quentin.
38. Will you keep your last name when you get married? Nope.
39. When was the last time you left your house? Today.
40. Do you return your cart? Yes.
41. Do you have a dishwasher? Life would be so much easier if I did.
42. What noise do you hear? My keys typing and the dang AC blowing. It's winter in my room right now.
43. Would you survive in prison? Not emotionally. 
44. Who is the youngest in your family? Emrey Lauren. 
45. If all of your friends were going on a road trip, who would most likey overpack? I want to say that all four of us would overpack.
46. Do you know anyone with the same name as you? I know lots. It was a very popular name in '92.
47. What's the last thing you purchased? Gas. :-(
48. Do your siblings ever pay for stuff for you? Older sister, yes. Younger brother, no.
49. What brand are your pants right now? Old Navy.
50. Ever been to Georgia (the state)? Nope.
51. What irritates you most on the internet? Pop ups.
52. What brand is your digital camera? Nikon.
53. Do you watch movies with your parents? Yes...
54. What song best describes your life right now? What Do I Know Of Holy by Addison Road is a song that I have been listening to a lot lately.
55. Do you own expensive perfume/cologne? Ed Hardy
56. Are you taking college classes right now? Sixteen hours of them.
57. Do you like sushi? Ew.
58. Do you get your hair cut every month? Nope. 
59. Do you go online everyday? You can't not go online everyday if you have an iPhone.

Really? 59?

-Kaitlyn

Dear Melany,

When I first read your comment I took offense to it... But after I gave it some though I thought I should explain to you why you do not understand my blogs, through a blog.

You and I are alike in many ways...

1. We have the same hair.
2. We like to hang out with friends. (Even if mine are KaCee and Maggie and yours is Colt.)
3. We weren't very good at basketball, through the eyes of Coach Johnston.
4. We are smart people... when we want to be.
5. We are competitive people.
6. We like boxing each other on the Wii.
7. We have crude humor.
8. We have last names that get butchered when pronounced.
9. Sometimes we even dress a like.

But we are also different from each other...

1. You like writing stories. I like solving math problems.
2. You were in newspaper and wrote news stories. I was in yearbook and took pictures and designed ads.
3. You like Circus Peanuts. I find Circus Peanuts disgusting.
4. You are tall. I am short.
5. You think they are called naps. I think that you actually die for a couple hours.
6. You like to read books a lot. I like to read books a little. 
7. You are a good writer. I am not a good writer.
8. You are obsessed with vampires. I am obsessed with House. 
9. You haven't written a blog since September 3. This will be my fourth since September 3.

But the point is, when I write blogs, I am not writing award winning stories. I am writing whatever pops into my head at that time and I write a paragraph about it and then go to the next thing. No transitions. No real point to why I am writing what I put down. Maybe I will get better at writing as I keep this up. Or maybe it will just stay the same. 

Maybe you will be able to understand the way my blogs work a little bit better... Or maybe you will just get even more confused. In the end, thank you for reading them. I would return the favor if you still wrote...

Love, 

Kaitlyn

Oh, life can be strange. Good and bad in so many ways.

It's fall break! I am thoroughly enjoying it. ESPECIALLY not having any drawing or design homework that is generally sucking the life out of my days more and more lately. All I have to do is construct a five minute presentation over some art piece, read a chapter in Art History, and do a lesson in my Technology in the Arts class (I typically describe this as the stupidest class I have ever had to enroll in). This is a very LIGHT load of homework than what I am used to right now. 


This weekend has been very good, even if I did decide not to go home (which would have been equally nice of a weekend). But my Levi came! For a while now I have been sloooowly expanding Levi's sad list restaurant experiences. Before he started tagging along with this girl, his list of restaurants he has tried was very small. I'm not sure that he had ever even been to anything other than The Beehive or Icehouse. So, I first took him to Chili's (which he now ALWAYS want's to go there), then to Texas Roadhouse, next was Bonzai, Cheddars, and then Olive Garden (which he was very weary about going because his idea of Italian is spaghetti... he hates tomato sauce). This weekend, I took him to Carino's. Where he admitted to me that he believes that he likes Italian food. YES! How exciting!

A couple weeks ago, in my Introduction to Art Seminar, the professor has all of the art major supervisors come and speak to us about that specific major. The Communication design one came and was talking a little bit, and answered my question on why it was called communication design instead of graphic design. Communication design is not just about graphic design! Go figure, huh? Graphic design is just one thing that can come out of this major. Good news for me. Even though it all has to do with careers that have SOMETHING to do with design, but is not LIMITED to graphic design. COOL. But what REALLY intrigued me was when he said that Pixar is looking for graphic designers INSTEAD of animators. HOW AWESOME WOULD IT BE TO WORK WITH PIXAR?! I could actually get a paid internship for half a year with them first. Although, I have always wanted to study abroad. I don't think I could do both... or all three because I could also get a paid internship with Disney at Disney World. That would be pretty rockin' too. So many decisions...

If I start applying for scholarships early, does that mean I have a better chance of receiving them? I'm curious. I need to get more scholarships for next year. I don't want to have to pay for schooling if I can get someone else to. I mean, who would, right?

Today I have started looking into getting all my stuff together and deciding which courses I need to take next semester. I need my current transcript to start doing this and it says I have a hold. I don't know how I got this hold, and how I can get rid of it. But I need to figure it out fast! I'm supposed to make an appointment with my advisor soon in order to get my courses all lined out for next semester. How annoying. 

This Thursday I have the choice to either go to a fashion show, or go to Paradigm and get a free t-shirt. This fashion show is for Falling Whistles charity and is at no cost to me. But doors open at 6:30 and the show doesn't end until 9. That's a lot of time that I could be studying for my Mass Communications Test that's the next day. But if I go to Paradigm and am one of the first 200 people to show, I could get a free t-shirt! Plus I haven't been to Paradigm in awhile and I miss it. But it normally starts at 8 and goes until 10. Giving me more time to study AND a free shirt! So really it's either: more study time, free shirt, and much needed Jesus time OR get all dressed up and go to a fashion show. 



-Kaitlyn


My paragraph breaks look really funny to me... I don't know what's going on. I tried fixing them, but it doesn't seem fixed. Some of them look like bigger spaces and others are normal.

Depression

The Forever21 dress looked absolutely awful on me. I looked frumpy. And the shoes hurt my feet. I'm depressed.

I'm just a basket case without you.

Every time I visit Albany, I end up crying when I leave. EVERY TIME. And Levi just looks at me like I'm silly and tells me, "It's really going to be okay, Kaitlyn." As he's laughing at me. I miss him.

You know, Levi calls me an average of three times while he's at work, but when he's off he just texts. I find this odd. Just sayin'.

Anyways, I'm just so emotional and I don't like it. I leave Lubbock saying telling myself that I won't cry when I leave home. Sadly mistaken. Each time. Even when I give my little brother a hug goodbye. I hate living out of a suitcase at home. It's just not right. I go into my closest looking for something to wear, but it's empty. How annoying to have to walk back into my room and pull something out of a suitcase.

THIS WEEKEND WAS SO MUCH FUN. I love homecoming. I love my high school friends. I miss that it's not our boys that were on the field that night, though. High school was a blast and I want to go back. I wish that I had an entire week to hang out instead of just a couple days. It's hard to split the time between my family and friends. Not really for hanging out with Levi, though. He's with me during both. :-) But, seriously. I don't have enough time to hang out with both. It's hard to make a decision.

So, this dress that I have been obsessed with from Forever21 is not on their website. I am really upset. I wanted to show it. Or maybe it is actually on there and it is nothing what I remember it looking like. I hope it's the first one. But it's this cream colored, old looking dress that I want to wear tights with and shoes like...

Okay, so those aren't the ones that Forever21 one has, but they are the same style and I can afford them. Unlike these Steve Madden ones. 

I'm really excited for that outfit though!

I LOVE FALL! It's my favorite season. I love to wear my scarves.

Although, I have decided that I'm not going to spend my money on things like unnecessary food and just go to the mall and buy cute clothes. I think it's a good trade. I want cuter clothes. Cuter fall/winter clothes. Mainly shirts. All I have are t-shirts and plain colored v-necks. I just want all sorts of stuff. 

I would just like to through out there that I am kicking butt in my Design I class. All my projects have been As and are hanging up in the Architecture building somewhere. Even though I hate the class, I love that I am good in it. And I love that the Marines girl is not. Mean? Yes. But she's so annoying and thinks that she knows how to do everything better than everyone else. Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. Not really. But something like that.


My jaw started making this popping sound/motion sometime last spring and it began to get better after I stopped chewing gum so much. Now this thing is back and it's painful. But it's not from chewing gum. No, it's from clenching my teeth so hard. Why, do you ask, am I clenching my teeth? THE SMACKING IS SO INTENSE. I'm doing homework and I hear it, clench, and when it stops I realize that my jaw is tired and I wonder why? I figured it out. This pet peeve is causing me pain. Literally. Although, I think that I stress so much lately that I do it in my sleep some too. But I believe the main reason is because of the smacking. I'm grateful that this is the only problem I have come across so far, but at the same time, it's killing me. I thought my brother was bad about it. Sadly mistaken.


I started this blog hoping it would turn into a once a week type thing... I failed. But I just have so much homework that it's hard. So, I will just shoot for blogging when I have time to. This seems more attainable.

-Kaitlyn