Well the end of the term is quickly coming upon me. My last week is coming up fast and the week after is finals and probably interviews for coop jobs. And with that I would like to make my wishlists. Even if I don't get any of the materialistic things, I do sincerely hope I am able to do most of the other stuffs on my list.

Christmas:

• Ipod or new mp3 player
• A mini coffee maker (oh God, do I need this)
• DS Game: The World Ends with You (how long have I been craving this again? haha.)
• The Kingdom Hearts Piano collection
• Any Final Fantasy Piano collection
• A snazzy new pair of boots (not UGGs for the love of all things sacred!)
• To see Christopher :3
  
• To see John-John :D
  
• To see all my friends, really <3
  
• To buy the presents I want to for my family & have a nice holiday break with them :)

End of the Term:

• Do well in all my classes and pass Physics 152 haha.
• Do well in all 5 of my interviews
• Not overuse my credit card
  
• Have that roomie dinner with my roommate in a yummy resturant
  
• Take the guys & Megs down to Chinatown for a proper dim sum experience in Philly
• Finish & submit those HardestLevel posts I have been putting off since October (LOL.)
  
• Make school my bitch.

 

What are your plans for the Christmas season?
*Christal*

Dear Drexel Shaft,

You have represented this university's ability to screw over students, whether it be through tuition, classes, or life in general. May you rest in peace//pieces, good friend. I knew you all too well. All too well *shudder*

And even though you are no longer piercing the stratosphere or hoarding our tuition dollars in your belly, or being a completely useless train smoke chimeny for about 50 years tainting the Philly skyline, I guess I will miss you. As I watched you fall on your side like a chopped tree from the 17th floor of my dorm, split in half, I almost felt sad.

And oh so frightened I felt, too, when our entire building shook and the Comcast Building's windows looked like they were able to shatter.

Plus, who will I now blame whenever things go awry at this institution? I suppose your ghost shall suffice; you will be hearing me use your ghostly name in vain until the day I graduate (and even after when I am paying back school loans)!

Sincerely,
Christal

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So, I'm waiting for my meat loaf to cook, and its a Friday night. Being the loser I am, I have decided to be antisocial and not hang out with friends or do some groovy fun stuff because I am in a battle for my soul with academia.

AKA - School sucks, my grades suck, and therefore I feel like crap.

However, this would be a good time for a hearty update :) I'm sorry I haven't been around here lately, commenting and post! Every second I breathe is in debt to my school's science department haha. It's so bad, it's to the point I want to dorm in our science building.

Enough babble about college, how was everyone's Halloween? I know I am a bit late, but I'm so curious to know! Did anyone dress up? See a haunted house? Watch a good horror movie? Do something wild and fun for Mischief night?

As for me, I did considerably a bunch, taking in account I had so much    bullshit    assignments due that week.

On Tuesday, my friends and I went to The Eastern State Penitentiary here in Philly. It was voted the number one haunted house attraction last year by AOL, and was actually one of the largest prisions in Pennsylvania. I had a special admission and only paid $10, however the regular price is $20 on the weekdays & $30 on the weekends.  

Now, I don't want to spoil it for those who want to go next year, but suffice to say, it is worth it! Despite the fact the entire thing is considerably short, it defintely had an eerie feel to it! The actors were very convincing and super creepy (one guy breathed on me so heavily, I could of swore I felt his mouth on me and another dude purred at me O_O).

Some highlights of the E. State Penn.:

• 3D section - They give you 3D glasses and the scenery around you literally jumps out! Very cool, I felt like I was travelling through the tattoos of the "Invisible Man" by Ray Bradbury.
  
• Black out section - They actually give you teeny tiny flash lights to travel through the dark. It was unnerving, but the part I hated most was after the black out section where they kept flashing lights that were blinking so fast it would have given anyone a seisure.
  
• The new section added - The Infirmary. Very creepy, not because actors jump out and try to startle you but because it has that Silent Hill hospital feel to it. And derange doctors and patients (whom I have jokingly dubbed the Drexel pre-med students that went insane and ran away haha)

Defintely scary! I would have screamed more, but I think I was too tired to be affected by the haunted prision :(! Plus, my physics midterm had drained and scared me oh so much more! So instead everytime someone try to run after me and spook me, I giggled at the zombies. It was so funny too because I am short, everyone tried to pick on me! But you could tell they were coming after me because they had to duck low before charging :P

On actual Halloween day, I had opted to making my very own costume! I was Chun Li from Street Fighter :) That's right, Ms. Thunderthighs herself! It was great because throughout the day all I kept hearing was "OMG it's Chun Li!!!" Mostly from dudes, but that's okay, I'm glad more than just me and my friends recognized who I was dressed up as :)

 

 

I also helped Megan make her M&M costume and John's straight jacket.

 

We decided to all go out and just watch a movie: Paranormal Activity. The first hour and some change was super boring in my opinion. I got a good jump like 2 times. However, the ending did creep me out for a while. It scared me so much that after I came back to the movie and ran down to the Philly Art Museum with the guys, I went back to my dorm and stayed up til 6AM doing my lab report haha. At least I got school work done!

Take care all!
*Christal* <3