Stace-Deez's Thoughts

I am so glad that I was able to spend the weekend on South Beach. After spending my entire summer in Gainesville one night of letting loose was what I needed to unwind and get ready for classes in the Fall.

Mansion is a gorgeous club. It's big, classy and just amazing. Being inside was like stepping into another world. You wanted to dance all night and never leave. There were two rooms; a big one where they were playing Trance music and the smaller room which had Hip Hop. Both rooms were playing good music, but we decided to go into the bigger room just because there was more space to dance. Truthfully I liked the trance music out of the two because the people around you were better and the upbeat music was great to dance to. I kind of know what it felt like to be in rave after Saturday night except it was less crazy at Mansion.

Another good thing about Mansion was that we got to meet people from different countries. Miami Beach is the vacation spot for foreigners and they like to go to the clubs and party. We met a group of Canadians who were very friendly and we took a lot of pictures together with them. They were a great bunch to hang out with. Veronica was stopped by an Aussie who was like in his thirties and she danced with him all night. He was nice and watched out for all of us. If anybody was bothering us he would ask if we were alright and if we needed help.

I never really took it seriously when my aunt told me that Italian men loved black women. I believe now. I danced with an Italian Man, who is named Ricardo, all night and he was a very sweet guy. A major plus was that he wasn't drunk. There wasn't an ounce of alcohol on his breath. He didn't slur his words and he didn't force drinks onto me. He was very forceful on the dance floor, but I didn't mind. I like my men to take control so that was also a plus. Eventually I gave him my number and he gave me mine and he asked me if I wanted to go to the beach with him the next day. I agreed because who wouldn't want to spend more time with a cute Italian man.

We left Mansion around 4 in the morning and as we were driving home Marc says that it was a good thing Stephanie didn't come to the club because she would have been disgusted. I immediately got embarrassed because that meant he had been watching me the entire night. But Marc said he would keep it a secret and I know he will. We got back to the hotel and I immediately crashed. I was extremely tired so I changed and went to bed.

I wake up the next morning and fiddle around the room while the other girls are still sleeping. Finally around 10 am I get a call from the private number and it's Ricardo. I was excited because getting a call back from a guy is something that has never happened to me since the first guy I gave my number to was drunk and probably didn't remember me. So I make plans to meet him at 1 pm to go to the beach.

Veronica and Tammy eventually wake up and I tell them the plan. So we check out of the hotel and go to walgreens to get food for breakfast. We finish shopping and I get another call from Ricardo asking me where I was and I tell him we are almost there and to meet us outside. We met up with Ricardo and his friend and w head out to the beach. As we walk Ricardo and I talk and he is a very good conversationalist. He asks me questions and we talk about several things.

Eventually we all go into the water and Ricardo's friend, Veronica and Tammy head deeper into the water. However, Ricardo pulls me closer and we make out amongst other things *cough cough* and it's difficult while in the water. I drank maybe a glassful of sea water, but it was good and I was extremely happy after.

Ricardo was a great guy and if I had the chance or the opportunity I would have stayed with him longer or gone up to his room, which he did offer, but I couldn't leave Tammy or Veronica. But I think we had a good time and I do miss him because he was really sweet and he knew how to treat a woman.

I realized that my day is influenced with the people I come in contact with. Since I have two awesome roommates my days are good. Except for when I get sick because of my weak stomach and I end up with a stomachache all day and can't eat anything without feeling like I want to puke, but that's besides the point and a whole other story.

The reason for this post is to tell of my encounter with good people.

It started Thursday when I went with Veronica to try and get into a Physics Lab since there were no spaces when I tried to add the course. I met the teacher and I asked him if there was a way to join the class today and he said no, but instead of turning me away and ending it there he was kind enough to tell me to come back tomorrow and he would try and and put me into a class despite the fact that Drop/Add was over.

The next day I went back to talk to the teacher, but he wasn't there, but as I was knocking on the door another teacher saw me and asked if I needed help. I told him that I was trying to get into a Physics Lab. He told me that there were no more spaces for PHY 2053, but instead of leaving it there he was nice enough to try and find a space in the physics class for engineers. He spent ten minutes searching and was able to add me to one of the sections.

I spent the rest of the day in a good mood. It may seem weird, but these people didn't have to do anything to help me, but were kind enough to take time out of there schedule to help me. I've had to deal with advisors, who are required to help you, who did little to nothing to help me.

I know it sounds extremely sappy and childish, but these little things stand out in my mind and they leave an impression on me.

As the subject title says I got my very first sunburn last weekend and it was an interesting experience. At first I thought it was an allergic reaction to something I ate, but then the girls I was with noticed that my skin looked flushed. So for the better part of the night I sat with ice packs on my skin to try and cool myself down.

Now it's even more uncomfortable because my skin is peeling everywhere. I can't wear any good clothes because no matter how much lotion I apply; my skin gets dry again and I start peeling again. Not fun since my skin is naturally dry.

But as I say "C'est la vie."

What's funny is that everyone is surprised because they didn't think I could get a sunburn...well I guess I can. Now I know not to lie in the sun for two hours with more protection than a thin layer of sun screen.

I finally bought God of War 2. Great game. Loved it. But the prospect of having to buy a PS3 just to play the third one does not sit well with my stomach. oh well.

This is the Special Edition of The Simple Pleasures in Life.

It's all about living off campus next year and the small pleasures we will gain from not living in the shitty dorms.

1. Not having to count $1.50 for a load of laundry and then carrying it up and down five flights of stairs.
2. Year long supply of Soy Milk
3. STORAGE STORAGE STORAGE STORAGE STORAGE
4. Being able to take a shower without shower shoes
5. Being able to just take a bath.
6. Being able to wash your sheets whenever you feel like
7. Not having crappy linoleum floors
8. An air conditioning that actually works
9. More than two towels every two weeks
10. Did I mention Storage
11. A full size fridge that doesn't freeze and unfreeze in cycles so you don't get freezer burn on your vegetables while having melted ice cream all at the same time
12. House Parties
13. Freakin peer to peer sharing on your internet
14. More than three electrical outlet to share amongst two people's belonging
15. The privacy of your own room
16. Having your own garden
17. No more crappy mystery foam beds
18. No longer having to use toilet seat covers
19. No longer having to go into the bathroom and having it smell literally of shit ALL weekend (It's a feces fiesta that I don't feel like attending)
20. No more dining hall food
21. Being able to eat when you want and not restricted to 10:30 or later on the weekends
22. Being able to light candles without having to worry about getting caught by your RA.

THE SILENT, STRAIGHT-LACED GEM

This girl is rather shy, quite studious, probably pretty conservative, and usually somewhat attractive in a sort of clean, traditional, classic way. Sometimes, her quietness or straight face may be misinterpreted as indifference or the "get away from me" look, but once you get to know her, she is actually quite nice and makes a decent friend. She doesn't drink or smoke - not because she's a "goody two-shoes", but because she genuinely has no desire to. Gets along with most people, has a decent social circle, but holds just a few close friends. May need a little push to get involved in activities. Makes a reliable friend. Is a hard worker, but can enjoy having fun too.

this is so me.

visit this facebook group and see which one describes your personality
http://ufl.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2223241470

ummmm.....so yeah i have won another naruto headband. whoop de doo. That makes three free naruto headbands. oh well. Also I won a care basket from the dining hall during a raffle. I'm extremely lucky this semester. I hope my luck doesn't run out.

This probably sounds childish, but i don't freakin care.

I ACTUALLY WON THE NARUTO HEADBAND CONTEST!!!!!!!!

I'm so excited. I've never entered a competition like this before so it's an awesome feeling knowing you won for all your hard earned efforts. I had figured I didn't win so I forgot about it after the contest ended and a couple of weeks went by with no results.

But today February 27th, 2007, I hadn't checked my mail all day and I decided at around 11:00 I should check it and when I did there was the email telling me I had won. ^.^

Anyway congratulations me!!!!

A chocolate easter bunny
The first bite into a almost ripe banana
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches
The pleasantly sore feeling after a long tennis match
The pleasantly sore feeling after a workout at the gym
A cold/hot shower
Peeling an orange
The first hit with a new tennis racquet.
Watching Pokemon with your friends (for Amanda)
Dancing in your underwear
Waking up late on a Sunday Morning
New jeans that actually fit
Finally completing a song you have been trying to learn for weeks
The smell of new tennis balls
The loud pop which comes from opening a new canister of tennis balls
Watching your favorite show with a friend
Laundry day
New shoes
Washing your hair
The first chilly dip in a swimming pool
Trying on bathing suits
Clean shaven legs
The taste of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream
Helping your friends with their homework (for Veronica)

When I think of more I will add them to this list

The subject of this post should say it all, but I feel real accomplished this semester. For starters I took 17 credits this semester and I don't feel overwhelmed and I finally have an idea of what I want to do and how to go about doing it. Another thing is that I am finally moving off campus with two of my best friends. Hooray! I am really excited about this. Also I was able to finally pick up Naruto again with my roommate and we are starting the new arc with no fillers. I finally finished reading Battle Royale, both manga and novel, as well as Death Note. I also picked up Pokemon Crystal and fought against the Elite Four which took me like two hours to plan and fight. Thanks Amanda for all your help. ^.^

I'm thinking about starting a list with things that totally piss me off. What will be at the top of my list are people who use all four fucking washing machines to do their laundry. WHAT THE HELL?!!!! I wanted to do my laundry early today because I have other things I wanted to do as well. So I go downstairs and as I enter there is a girl down their and she has all four washing machines filled with her clothes. Dude, you don't take up all four washing machines. It's very inconsiderate to the rest of the people in the dorm who have to use them as well. I can understand if all four are full by different people but when you are one person taking up all four machines then it becomes a problem. The thing is she saw me come in and all she could say was sorry. If you were really sorry you would have given up one of those machines so I could use them. Thanks for nothing. This is why I can't wait to move off campus. To get away from people who are either too stupid or too inconsiderate for their own good.

This year has been filled with many of these people. Fourth floor mallory seems to have a problem with the bathroom. Take for instance the tampons in the toilets. You do not put those in there. All you are doing is clogging up the toilet and putting one of the TWO toilets out of commission. Also the tampons in the showers. One word...Ewwwwww!!!! Also we have automatic toilets because it will help cut down on the literal crap being left there because someone forgot to flush, but some how people manage to mess that up too. Numerous times I have entered the bathroom and there is shit still floating in the toilet. I don't need to see that.

I'm sorry, but when it comes to the bathroom and my laundry I'm very picky.

UGH!!! Valentine's Day is here once again. Yeah I sound bitchy at the moment, but who cares. Valentine's Day is just another excuse for people to appeal and satisfy the commercial world. It's just a crutch. Sometimes I have to wonder if Valentine's Day is more hype than anything else. Sure you get the person you care about the most an expensive gift, because you know as soon as Valentine's Day rolls around prices are higher than a teenager on crack, (Yeah bad joke so sue me.) but in the end what is the significance? That on this one day of the year I am obligated to buy you a gift because if not I'm a cheap bastard and don't care about your feelings. You could just as well buy any old gift any old day and it would still mean the same thing. What makes Valentine's Day so special? What I am trying to get at is if you are going to do something don't do it because it's Valentine's Day. Don't make it your excuse or your crutch. Do it because you really care about the person. Screw the hearts, roses, fancy chocolate and giant teddy bears and be practical.

That's my piece on Valentine's Day. It could have been worse...I was going to bitch about how Valentine's Day sucked and everyone with a boy/girlfriend could kiss my ass, but I decided to be nice. ^.^ Just joking. I have nothing against the holiday per say besides the fact that people use/abuse it. I generally don't give a flying fuck, but I was bored as well. Take it how you want it, it's my opinion and im sticking with it.

I wish I had a random thing to rant about. ^.^ Maybe I do have something to rant about but I just don't know it yet. Oh well. Things are moving along with my housing situation next semester. Due to miscommunication about the room size and whether I was placing somebody in a nook instead of an actual room has been cleared up and my roomie and I had a good laugh about it. It is a quaint house and I'm going to enjoy living there with two of my most awesome friends.

It is finally the weekend and after a week of exams and papers I'm ready to just kick back and relax for a good portion of it. Don't really have anything planned, but I have things that I will be doing that will keep me busy for the better part of the day.

I have something that totally interested me. Thursday I was walking in Turlington and there was this four sided board and each side was split in half with the word LOVE on one half and HATE on the other half. It was for some study a student was doing, but it was interesting to see what people had written. I had to write something because it was just fun to post some little comment that might tick other people off, but of course they won't know it's you and can't do anything about it. ^.^

Haven't touched a video game in a week. A new record for me. I find myself busy with other things to actually take the time and pick up the control and set my mind on a game. Maybe it's because this week has been really busy or it could be that I wasn't in a gaming mood either as well.

Weekend is here so I'm going to chill and veg for the rest of the day.

Instead of starting my sociology paper, like I should be doing right now in my free time, I'm going to write here. It should be an easy paper and shouldn't take me all day. I love to procrastinate.

Anyways...I'm sore. It's a good soreness from my exercise that I did over the weekend at the gym and I plan to go again this weekend. ^.^ I want to tone my body...I've lost the necessary weight and I've been eating healthy to keep it off. So now it's time that I start firming up my muscles. So instead of sleeping late and sitting on my butt on Saturday and Sunday mornings I'm going to haul my ass to the gym and workout for two hours. It's a worthy cause. I also play tennis during the week so I have some exercise in between the weekends.

What else...oh I've decided that next year I'm going to live off campus. I haven't even put in for the lottery because it's time that I get out of the dorms. I'm really excited because I'll be living in a nice house wit hmy own kitchen so no more hoarding fruits and food into my room. I will have my own bathroom so no more nasty surprises in the toilet. I will have a washer and dryer so no waiting for one when they are all in use. Awww the simple pleasures in life. And what makes it better is that Veronica, the most awesome roommate of all time, most likely will be my roommate again. Which I'm excited about because it's hard to find good roommates. There are plenty of people willing to room with you, but there are only a handful of good roommates out there. So I am excited about this. NO MORE DORMS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think that's about it. I'm content and happy.

I suddenly had the urge to write something here today. I usually post when something is bothering me, but today I just feel the need to write something. The last few days have been quiet...I guess that's because we are busy with our own lives. I find myself studying a lot more then I did last semester, but that could also be due to the fact that my classes are more interesting. Also I have joined the Tennis Club. ^.^ All smiles there. Our first practice was yesterday and man was I out of practice. :( But with more practice I should be up to speed again in a couple of days. I LOVE TENNIS!!!!

What else is there...I have been hanging out with my roomie a lot more also. We didn't hang out as much last semester and I feel really bad about that because she is the best roomie in the world. No roomie is better than my roomie. ^.^ HA! And spending time with my roomie also means spending time with Dorjan who is also another great person. Very morbid though, but also hilarious.

I'm enjoying myself, but also I haven't spent time with my other friends like Amanda, Stoic and Danny. Very rarely do I talk to any of these people and it's kinda sad considering these are the people that I hung out with on a daily basis last semester. I am curious about why this happens. Why is it that people who were once close friends suddenly grow distant?

It's just food for thought. Something that has been on my mind for the last couple of days. Anyway thats what's in the mind of Stacey. Nothing to noteworthy or mind boggling. Heh.

I know I am four days late, but I have decided on a New Years Resolution and with my birthday two days away and I will be turning twenty I feel this is the perfect time to start.

My New Years Resolution is to change my image. For a long time I have been perceived as the shy, quiet and reserved girl. The word "innocent" has been used several times and I hate that. It's not a bad thing and i'm not going to suddenly change into a whore, but it's time that I start taking my life into my own hands. For so long I've held myself back because I was too scared to get out or worried about what people will think about me. I want to expand my friends and get to know more people. I want to do things that I like. I'm tired of following other people. I need this change if only to secure my sanity as a person and an individual.

It seems like a corny new years resolution, but I've thought about this a lot and I want this.

I don't know how much i believe in personality tests, but this describes me really well and i see myself in these results.

( personality test results )

I think im ready for this semester to end so i can start fresh next year...too many things happened this one semester to be considered normal and i want some normalacy back into my life. I feel like i have grown distant from the people that matter the most and i want to close that gap again. Everything has changed, but then again change is normal. One thing that i don't want to happen again is me sitting outside my dorm room at night because my roommate needed a little nookie...i love you roomie, but that will have to change. To my one and only best friend our communication has fizzled and i love talking to you so i want to reopen that communication again. I want to be able to talk to you about anything and everything like the beginning of this semester. I can overcome change, but i can also take control of it as well. Help me with this guys...im nothing without you and i don't want to lose you.

It's that time again...I hate when i get depressed. There isn't any reason for me to feel like this, but I do. I have a lot on my mind mostly things about my life. Right now i don't know what to do or where to turn to at the moment. I know it sounds stupid, but i feel alone sometimes...i have good friends, but at the same time I feel alone and disconnected.