So I've spent a not insignificant amount of time this weekend making casseroles for the play. Casseroles that have a person (well, a person who's turned into a dog, technically) in them. (This play is so fucking weird.) In the spirit of Halloween (and in the spirit of holy-shit-this-play's-almost-over-thank-fucking-GOD), allow me to share my recipe with you:

~*~CANNIBAL CASSEROLE~*~

You will need:
-A pan
-Uncooked noodles (I used egg noodles, but feel free to get creative)
-A can of cream of chicken soup
-Water
-A package of shredded cheese (I used cheddar; again, get creative)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Pour noodles into pan, making sure pan is covered evenly. Then, pour appropriate amount of soup into pan (I used about half a can per 6x6 pan I think? Just do whatever feels right). Pour some water into pan so that noodles get cooked good in the oven (this was out method of cooking the noodles, since we didn't want to boil them; we were lazy; it saves time). Bake for ten minutes. Withdraw pan(s), cover liberally with shredded cheese. Don't be sparse! The more cheese, the better the end result, IMO. Put pan(s) back in for another ten minutes. Take out, let cool, and enjoy!

Disclaimer: Out of the four people who tasted the original recipe, two loved it, one was indifferent (she's not a fan of cheese), and one hated it. ...So that's like 3 stars out of 5, right?

My breakfast today is cheese and applesauce.

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I could TOTALLY survive in the wild!

...Hi.

Things that have happened since last I updated this journal:

-Lots of fun Homecoming activities! Which unfortunately meant me being HELLA BUSY and having MY LIFE CONSUMED and basically Homecoming is like this DEATH MARATHON that kills you. Yeah.
-I became sick with what I feared might be the Swine Flu, but was actually a Sinus Infection. Not contagious, but still NO FUN. Which actually caused me to miss the Homecoming game. :/
-Just as I was getting on my feet again, we finally made it to Fall Break, which means I went home and did a lot of nothing and very rarely used my computer.

SO. If you were wondering why I've been so silent/absent. That's it. That's also why I never finished A Week of Greek, even though I think that first post was hopefully pretty informative. I haven't decided if I'll go back and fill in the other days. I never really got to the fever pitch of all the Homecoming activities and competitions and I'd like to do that...but at the same time, it's been a few weeks, and I've probably forgotten some of the fun details, and...yeah. :/ I think that post was at least a good trial run, though.

Right now I'm a bit busy with midterm-type papers and things and then also the play is opening in a few weeks so I'm tech-busy and my life is filled with making body bags out of tarp and velcro and baking casseroles.

I really love LJ and it's been my faithful friend for nigh on five years, but I really have no idea how much I'll be able to update it. I'm still trying to keep up with fic comms and my f-list, but I just really never get around to posting on my own journal. What can I say? College is busy. But a good busy. Definitely that.

All this to say: I'm sorry I haven't been able to update. I don't know how much I'll be able to update in the future. But I love and miss all of you a lot! ♥

HI EVERYBODY!

This week is my school's Homecoming, and at our school it's a very Greek-oriented week-long competition. I think it's the perfect week for the first A Week of Greek series!

At our school, we have four sororities and three fraternities. Every year for homecoming, the sororities and the fraternities pair off for competition. This means that one sorority will not have a fraternity to pair with and will be paired with the independents instead. This year, since our school has just switched to having formal recruitment in the spring instead of the fall, the freshmen are competing as their own team (because pairing them with any fraternity/sorority would constitute dirty rushing).

The teams compete in various events over the course of the week. Winning events, or having at least 50% attendance at non-competitive events, earns points for the teams. The team with the most points at the end of the week wins Homecoming. Everything culminates at the Homecoming football game on Saturday, where the organizations cheer on the football team, Homecoming King and Queen are announced, and the winners of the overall Homecoming competition are announced as well.

( Saturday: Serve and Celebrate )

( Sunday: A Very Special Visit, and a note on financial obligations )

( Monday: Practice! And Boys! )

Tonight is Casino Night Charity Drive and Dance. We'll be dressing up fancy and playing various "casino" games in order to raise money for our various charities. It should be a great time. :)

If you have any questions/thoughts/comments or anything to add, please please do so in the comments below. If you have any questions about Greek terms I've used, or you thought I didn't go into enough detail on a topic, feel free to ask!

Stolen from nectarousness:

Reply to this post by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.

MY WORDS WERE:

Daily Show
Colbert Report
Aaron Eckhart
The Fall
The Dark Knight

( A man is like a plasma TV... )

Now, tidying up that Top 5 Meme that not many people requested much of...

( Top Five Ianto Moments for krilymcc... )

Alright, so that's that. (Except for the Top 5 Jon/Stephen moments. But I am hella busy. I has to write a 1500 word paper tonight. So: fun.)

This week is Homecoming so I hope to make some Week of Greek entries soon...too tired/busy to do one now, but I WILL FIND THE TIME!

G'night, ya'll.

Things that have been going on/happened recently:

-My technical theatre director is a Time Lord (his office is his TARDIS).
-I have my own personal Jerri Blank in my JCI class.
-I made 40 icons of Metric's "Sick Muse" music video the other night.
-I made the newly forming college improv team.
-This semester is going to EAT MY FACEEEE.
-It's My Future Husband Skandar Keynes' 18th birthday today! We're birthday buddies!
-I plan on watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show for my birthday next week.
-Our new sorority complex that I live in is SERIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL. I may take you on a photo tour some time.
-I plan on attending the KA's "Foam Party" tonight. I'm not really sure what a Foam Party is, but I plan on having some fun with my sisters after spending ALL OF TODAY READING, OMG.

Something else: I've had an idea about a way for me to use this journal. I've noticed that a lot of people outside the college system, or in high school about to enter it, have a lot of misconceptions about Greek life. I can't speak for the fraternity system, but I know that being in a sorority has done a lot for me, including giving me leadership opportunities, networking skills, a fallback system of great friends, stress outlets, and the opportunity to live in amazing housing.

What I'm thinking about doing is, every so often (anywhere between once a month or once a semester, not really sure how frequently yet) have "A Week of Greek", where I blog every day for a week about how being in a sorority has affected my life that day. This might range from sisterhood or campus-wide events I have going on that week, to meeting alums or other people, or just casual every-day silly fun with my sisters. I still haven't decided whether it would be better to do this during a Greek-activities-heavy week like Homecoming, or Greek Week in the spring, or just a normal week.

SO: Assist me with your opinions!

Poll #1453620 A Week of Greek
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 5

How would you describe yourself out of the following options?

Would you be interested in reading a week of daily updates about Greek life?

How frequently should the weeks appear?

Which weeks should be used for "A Week of Greek"?

Out of curiosity, please check all statements you believe apply to Greek organizations.

Today I discovered that my technical theatre director looks like the Tenth Doctor.

Side-by-side picture comparison to follow at a later date.

ETA: That Top 5 Things Meme I tried to do...yeah I only have two sets of five things so far (Top 5 Fluffy Jon/Stephen Moments & Top 5 Ianto Moments). Hi, that is not enough to justify a post. ASK FOR MOAR.

So I am writing this to you FROM MY TOTALLY FIXED COMPUTER!

(I am deleting all my HSM songs the first chance I get. ZAC EFRON IS NOT CORRUPTING MY FILES AGAIN.)

It was a surprisingly easy fix and I didn't lose anything at all and YAY OMG YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW TERRIBLE THIS WEEKEND WAS EVERY TIME I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO. :(

So leave me a note if you've posted/seen/heard anything interesting/important since about Friday that I might have missed.

Also: Today was the first day of classes and it went pretty well except for OMG I COULD MAKE A FORTRESS OUT OF ALL OF MY BOOKS THIS SEMESTER SERIOUSLY THEY ARE JUST GOING TO BURY ME IN A COFFIN OF ALL OF MY BOOKS OMG. D:

But...we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Here's to the start of another dizzyingly busy year.

It is apparently the MONTH OF COMPOCALYPSE because, bright and early yesterday morning, this happened:

Computer: *playing peppy music to start the day*
Karina: *getting ready to move-in some first-years*
Computer: *plays HSM3's "Scream"*
Zac Efron: *starts skipping and screaming eternally*
Suitemates: WTF?
Karina: Um, computer?
Computer: *SPAZ ATTACK*
Karina: WTF?!
Computer: *BLUE SCREEN* You need to restart your computer because we don't know what the fuck just happened.
Karina: ... *restart button*
Computer: *OMINOUS BLACK SCREEN WITH OMINOUS GRAY TEXT* This important file is missing or corrupt.
Karina: WTF ZAC EFRON CORRUPTED MY FILES?
Computer: Please insert the setup CD that came with your computer to fix things.
Karina: UM, I definitely don't have that.

And then yesterday afternoon, this happened.

Karina: Oh, this looks like the door to Computer Services. After I finally searched all over the Curry Library, high and low, opening doors, climbing stairs, etc. I have found it!
Window in door: *is papered over*
Karina: ...*knocks*
Computer Services: ...
Karina: *tries doorknob*
Doorknob: *is futile*
Karina: WHY ME?

I went again today and couldn't even get IN THE BUILDING to see if they were there. They definitely won't be open on Sunday, so it looks live I've just got to wait until Monday, when the EMERGENCY PACKAGE OF COMPUTER SET-UP DISKS my mother sent me will get here.

Monday, which is also the first day of classes. :/

Been using friends' computers to stay afloat. I'm writing this from Trish's computer right now. She has a pet frog named Mufasa. He's next to the computer. In a bowl. He looks really big from this angle.

Also sometimes he sings.

SINCE I HAVE NOTHING BETTER ELSE TO DO WITH MY LIFE RIGHT NOW, I THINK I MIGHT GO WRITE SOME TORCHWOOD FIC.

LIKE, SERIOUSLY. WRITE. BY HAND. IN A NOTEBOOK.

BECAUSE I HAVE NO COMPUTER.

BECAUSE ZAC EFRON CORRUPTED MY FILES.

So one of my sorority sisters who was studying at Oxford last year told me that she was at a restaurant with her dad and Anna Popplewell was there and sat nearby them and that she was apparently kind of a bitch, actually. That she started complaining about "fat Americans" and was glaring in their direction.

This makes me sadface. :(

ANYWAY. I have the hiccups and that also makes me sadface and I have to get up early tomorrow and that ALSO makes me sadface but RIGHT NOW I am just going to watch some Torchwood and write notes on my cute little stationary. It will make me happy(face).