Moments prior!

"Ugh, we're catching time zones. The sun sets and rises back up within an hour and all I want is dark. It feels like I've been here forever. Arrived at the airport at 1:30 and now it is 7:00 and we've only been in the air for half an hour.

I'm so damn hungry. I had coffee while talking with Jenn earlier and these clouds look like Cinnabons!

I'm stuck, smashed against the window, two rows from the very back of the plane and this gigantic lady is stuffed in the middle between myself and this other girl. The arm-rests aren't down, her thighs take up half my seat and my neck and shoulders are awkwardly twisted. She sleeps with her head on my chair with her mouth open, knarly two-hour-old juicy fruit gum breath seeping out. Occassionally she'll lean forward on to the seat in front. She's young and apparantly just got out of rehab. "Sober thirty-six days and I'm goin' home!" She announced to just about everyone in her raspy, stereotypical fat-girl voice. She should've paid for half of my seat since that is all I got. I know it's harsh, but society is harsh and that's that.

Six and a half hours later and we're on the transfer plane to Eugene. It is raining in Seattle and it's such a nice break from humid NYC. I am tired. My neck is sore, I'm uncomfortable. It's 11:00 pm. Turbulance is rough. This plane is small. The girl across the aisle in the other row is clenching her head with her hands and rocking back and forth. The lights are flickering- Hello! I am Tyler Durden! Let's crash this plane, destroy history, let's hit rock bottom!

We have landed. B/O and dreadlocks, birkenstocks and bagels. Hello Eugene."

Rambling about my day sucks.

Last night was sushi night with Beth and Joann. There's some sort of correlation between weather patterns and drives to sushi where it always ends up downpouring. I was unusually tired due to finals and disagreements with grumpy teachers. At least they have three months to get over their personal issues.

I am forced to sit around for a majority of the day today to wait for Fedex packages and phonecalls. I was originally supposed to take some band promo shots for Jake's new band.. Ran into the guys during a midnight Walmart run last weekend. They were easy to talk with, though I'm not sure if pictures are in store due to weather.

And I am the most exciting person in the world.

This summer's going to be busy. I leave for New York on Tuesday, come back on Sunday the 26th. Two weekends later is the Country Fair with Joann, Bandow, hopefully as many sheltered friends as I can persuade to go. I leave for Tucson on July 17th to visit with friends. And then Joann and I are planning a trip to New Mexico.

Just a heads up.

This month is officially going to be crazy and exciting.
I won the grand prize award for the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty contest.
This means that I now have:
$20,000 in US bonds($40,000 at full maturity)
$5,000 in cash
June 21st-June 26th, my mom, aunt and I will fly out to New York City to attend the Gracie Allen gala awards ceremony and luncheo. My photo/essay will [most likely] be in a showcase box in the room where the people will walk in and chat. Way too much Dove stuff I probably wont use too often.

Oh gosh!

Other than that, I've been highly overwhelmed. School is out in four days, best friend graduated today along with my grandma being buried.

I'll have some pictures tomorrow, most likely.