Something To Make You Laugh.

I just needed to take a little break from writing my two papers to tell you all two of the funniest things I've heard Hillary say, ever. And both of these happened within 24 hours of each other. Get ready.

#1: Last night, our good friend Ashley came over with a 6 pack of beer because she is DONE with college! She needed a little bit of a celebration, and Hillary and I were there for her (even though I had a final today at 8am and should have been studying, but it's all good...). So as we're sitting on the couch, drinking a 'seasonal' Blue Moon (which by the way is really good) Hillary is just playing with her bottle, scraping off the label, when all of a sudden.. "Woah! Is this for real?" When Hillary was playing around with her bottle she came across the expiration date: MAY3011. And of course, what does she think? This doesn't expire until May 3011?!?!?! A beer that stays good after a thousand years?? Yeah, Blue Moon is that good. Soon after she thought it she realized that it was really May 30, 2011. But still, it was funny.

#2: Today, as I'm sitting in the library attempting to write a Spanish paper (which I should be doing right now...but psht it's just so boring!), I was also facebook chatting Hillary. So we're talking about how I was sitting on the 8th floor in the bookstacks at this desk along the wall beside a bunch of other desks. There were two people a few desks down from me on either side of me and I commented to her about how I felt funny laughing because I felt like they were watching me and it was just weird. Her response? "they are watching you, they're all watching you, BIG BEN" Big Ben huh? Well, that's funny cause I thought that was a clock? Or an amazing quarterback?? Oh right, what Hillary meant was Big BROTHER. Haha yeah, she's obviously brain dead from exams. But at least she's done. Unlike me.

So back to work...

"pictures to blow up"

While procrastinating (something that I have become so very good at) today, I was going through various pictures on my computer. One of the folders that I have on my computer is titled "pictures to blow up" aka all of the pictures that I found print worthy back at the beginning of the school year. Although some from this folder should definitely not be printed anymore, I did find quite a few that made me smile that are worthy of sharing!

For starters, meet the love of my life...

I know I look like complete crap, but isn't he just so sexy? Why oh why did you have to leave NC State before I was a student?!

And on to something else I love...

...dancing with my adorable little cousin at a family wedding!

This will be my future home one day. Or if not Cinque Terre exactly, then something very similar to it. 

Once upon a time, aka last summer, my two roomies and I went to a Backstreet Boys concert. Yes, that's right, I said Backstreet Boys. So I think it's pretty self explanatory as to why this was in the folder. It was only the best night ever.

Last Thanksgiving up in Maryland, the start to our little tradition of running a 5k on Thanksgiving morning!

The best friends a girl could ask for and some NC State football! (this picture actually is printed out and hanging up in my room right now...at least I got around to printing one of these!)

My little baby brother graduated high school! Yeah, I'm still finding it hard to believe. I also love this picture because I love the dress I have on and this is one of the few times I've actually worn it!

This is Florence, my second home for a month. It seemed like such a long time then but looking back it definitely wasn't long enough! I would give anything to go back there and do it all again...minus the losing my wallet part.

And these handsome men are our friends from Italy! But, they aren't Italian. They're from Argentina! I was able to practice my Spanish, which was pretty interesting. (I'm minoring in Spanish)

There's something about this picture that I just love. I took it accidentally on a bus tour in Rome with Jasmine (right before we got left on the bus as it headed back to the garage) and I just love how it happened to turn out.

So yes, this picture probably seems ridiculous, which is why I love it. This would be our version of Italy. You've got Danella as the big tower by the Duomo, Lauren is the Duomo, I'm the baptistery, Jessie is the David, Laura and Jasmine are the Ponte Vecchio bridge, and Emilie is a tourist. Oh, and yeah, there's also that sketchy guy to our right. Why wouldn't I want to print this?

And lastly, one of my favorite places on earth...

Venice, Italy. I love that no one owned a car and that everyone drove boats and that the buildings were breath takingly gorgeous. And yeah, even the pigeons everywhere were kind of fun sometimes...

Go ahead, call it gross. But you would have done it too given the chance. And don't worry, this isn't a picture in my blow up folder...


And that would be a few of the pictures that make me smile! I know most of them are from Italy, it was a huge part of my life so far and I absolutely loved it. I also took a nice trip down memory lane today with my mom and went through a majority of my pictures from Italy, so I guess I've got Italy on the brain! Perfect for finals time, right? Right...


Ciao!
B.Hines

It's Finals...

This is how my roommate and I get around this time of year...

 Okay, that's half a lie. We're always like this. In fact, this video wasn't even taken during finals week.
What's wrong with us???

Oh, but you know that rap was original and awesome. Yeah, we made it up. No big deal.

A 5k and a Broken Nose.

Happy (late) Thanksgiving! I hope everyone had a wonderful time stuffing their faces with turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes and endless amounts of pie, yummmm. What did my family do Thanksgiving morning? Oh, just ran a 5k. No big deal.

Last year we all ran a 5k too while we were up in Maryland visiting our family. This year my time was much better and I ran almost the whole way! Which is saying a lot since I have been so out of shape and slack about running this year. But, I did it! And I actually felt okay about going home and stuffing my face :)

Now who's going to run the Krispy Kreme Challenge with me?! 

So, in other totally random and off topic news, for those of you who don't know me too well, I am a die hard Steelers fan. Really, it's kind of intense. Sunday night we played one of the biggest games of the season vs. the Baltimore Ravens. Let me just go ahead and say this, the Ravens are horrible. Not that they're a bad team, in fact going into the game we both had the same record, but they are just a flat out dirty team. For example...

No, his nose isn't supposed to bend like that. We can thank the Ravens for this lovely broken nose. And was there a flag called? Nope. Did Big Ben still play the whole game with this nose (and a broken foot from earlier)? Yes, he did. Oh and they also gave another one of our good players a concussion. Again, no flag. But it's okay, because we still won that game. So take that Ravens, we can beat you with a broken nose, a broken foot, and a concussion!

And that is basically all that I've found exciting enough to blog about :) Now that I have successfully procrastinated some more, it's time to get down to business...

Good luck with all of your exams!

Ciao,
B.Hines