84. Same but different

The same ... but different. It's such a simple concept. Everyone should really live their life by it. Mary Kate and Ashley do and they're a pretty awesome duo.

So next time you're hanging out with a friend, please make sure that you're both wearing sun glasses, but different sized frames, and you have to have the same style of purses but slightly different designs. Perfect, you're practically Olsen twins!!

83. Bargain Hunting

I'm back! It's been a LONG hiatus my friends but I am determined to finish this by summer's end ... *

I'll just put it out there. I love shopping. I love clothes. I am assuming that a lot of other girls out there feel this way but sometimes I start obsessively thinking about J.Crew and Gap and I start to feel out of breath and yeah that's not so normal is it?

But what do I love just as much as clothes shopping?? Bargain hunting. There is something so so satisfying about finding an awesome pair of shoes or a cardigan and thinking how much more expensive it used to be. And there truly is no reason to buy anything for full sale (minus at Forever 21 because the clothes there are already cheap and maybe designer jeans or something). Seriously. Stuff at the Gap and Banana Republic pretty much all get a price slashing at some point, and at both of those places you can fill out that quick little survey (link on the receipt) which gives you x-amount off of a full-priced item. I won't buy something just because I have a discount, but if you really really need a new pair of dress pants (something which won't necessarily get discounted) you have a nice little discount! Also, Banana has that oh so lovely student discount -- hello Richmond ID that never expires!

Methinks I need to find some sort of afternoon activity that does not involve driving out to the mall. Sure I need a new pair of pumps but I just know it'll turn into hitting up the sales racks of all my favorite stores as per usual. Oy.

*HAHAHAHA as if those same words have not been uttered before.

82. Stupid Funny Movies

A few weeks ago, my friends Sarah, Kelly and I FINALLY made it to the Byrd, a historic one-screen movie theater here in Richmond.

It's really beautiful inside and ornately decorated. You kind of feel like you're in an opera house or something.

And we saw Due Date. SO STUPID. But so good!! (Although, honestly could there have been more car accidents?? I was kind of over that by the end, not gonna lie.)

I can appreciate Oscar-worthy movies. Or at least I try to. But honestly, I just want to be entertained! And stupid funny movies certainly deliver that. Due Date actually may have been a bit too "smart" for this title, but don't get me wrong. I laughed. And it was stupid.

The main character had the same last name as me ... almost

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Some other stupid movies that come to mind:

-'The House Bunny': I saw this over winter break and well it was certainly stupid. But I appreciated that. Also falls into the genre of 'Unrealistic College/High School' movie that I just cannot resist.

-'Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle': Please. This is stupid at its finest. And White Castle isn't even that good! But I digress. Bonus: Ethnic eye candy! Hells yes.

Stupid funny movie Hall of Fame:
'Dumb and Dumber' and 'Wayne's World' (and its sequel) are all winners. The stupidity never gets old. "You had two gloves this whole time?" "Uh, yeah, we're in the Rockies!" - I am just as incredulous everytime (not really). "Esqueege me? Baking powder?" CLASSIC.

Let's throw another shrimp on the barbie!

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Also these movies are great to watch hungover. Anytime, really. But while hungover is pretty much perfection.

81. Fun-Size Candy

The Scene: 9:00 pm on a Wednesday. The Collegian office.

The Mood: Frantic. "Where is he?" everyone is asking. "He hasn't shown up yet??"

Finally, our adviser arrives. And then he dumps the contents of his bag on the center table and everyone goes nuts!

Because every week without fail, he brings us Fun-Size candy!

Because it's small, you can eat a bunch of different types -- as the name implies, fun! Also you feel like you're taking in way fewer calories because it's not full size (however I hear that it's better to just eat a Snickers or whatever and not a bajillion small ones).

Fun-Size candy. A huge perk of working at the newspaper. Gotta have chocolate for those late nights!

80. Animals (especially baby ones!)

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh baby animals are so adorbs! I mean, what's cuter than a dog or a cat? A puppy or a kitten! Our cat was a helluva lot cuter when he was a baby, but that's also because he didn't meow constantly back then*. Pretty much any animal is beyond presh in baby form. For example:






Ohmygoodness! Ahh I can't take the baby fat on these guys. Baby animals are where it's at.

I remember reading somewhere that we humans find baby animals to be so damn cute because of the ratio of their huge heads to their bodies. I'm pretty sure that somewhere was the Princess Diaries.

On another note, I really like pictures of animals co-existing. A cat on a horse, a giraffe licking a squirrel, that sort of thing. Nature really is awesome.



*I still love that little crazy, btdubs.

79. Vietnamese Food

Since I was but a small one, my family has been eating Vietnamese food at Kim Son on the West Bank. Or as I once called it: 'mese food.

What I would kill for some wonton soup. Or a spring roll. Although as a veghead I technically can't eat either. Well, you can get spring rolls sans the pork but it's not the same. But I can eat vermichelli with shrimp! Mmm.

I was going to include all ethnic food in this post, which is something that I truly love. I have turned into quite the lover of Thai cuisine in the past few years.

But Vietnamese food, and specifically Kim Son, holds a special place in my heart, because it will always be our family's restaurant.

It's weird, but do you ever think that when you do something, it'll be the last time you ever do something? It's starting to be that way my senior year (mainly as I check off all the restaurants that I may only go to 'one last time.') Well, over the summer I definitely felt that way about Kim Son. I hope it never is the last time. I hope there is always another time to drive to the Wank, and that there is always another time to eat some vermichelli.

78. Fall

Fall! Or autumn. I really likes it. A lot.

Do we even get weather like this at home in New Orleans? I cannot remember since it's been so long since I've spent this season there, but here in Richmond it is GORGE. If it could look like it does right now forever, I think I'd be OK with that.

Also, I'm wearing boots and a skirt with bare legs. And argyle (so autumn.) Loveeee this weather. I am eating some vegetable soup right now as well. Hip hip hooray for fall and cooler temps! So let's remember this when the temps get way, way cooler.

If my camera was not dead, I'd take a picture of what it looks like outside my apartment. Must remember!

Rabbit rabbit!