Sigh

Today I can breathe a sigh of relief.  A nice, long, drawn-out sigh.  Because today I found out that I got accepted into the Public Relations program in UGA's Grady School of Journalism and Mass Comm.  Many long nights of studying, stress-induced tears, and hard work have led to this day.  

I've always thought it was weird that once you are in college, you then have to apply to get into your major.  They definitely don't tell you that in high school when you are applying to college.  You get into the university you wanted, and then that's it, right?  Wrong!  You have to go through another arduous application process just to study what you want to study.  It just does not make sense to me.  If you are paying to go to college, then why can't you pay to study exactly what you want to study?  

Well, I might not understand the logic behind the whole process, but it doesn't really matter anymore.  Because I did it!  And now I get to change my blogger profile from "intended PR major" to simply "PR major."  Yippee!

I present to you Nature Boy

Blogosphere, I would like to introduce you to Nature Boy, my boyfriend of almost two years.  (1 year, ten months, and nineteen days, to be exact).  I figure, if I am going to write about my life, and he is such a big part of my life, then I need to give him a proper introduction like I gave myself.  

• First, on an explanatory note, I will give you some background on the name "Nature Boy."  Well, basically I am in a relationship with the Dog Whisperer.  That is what my mom calls him.  He just has this special ability to relate to any animal and to comfort them.  My dogs, which hate me for some reason, literally melt into pools of love when they see Nature Boy.  Literally.  It's pretty aggravating when they pretend that I don't exist.  Nature Boy is king of animals, and he has, at one point, owned pretty much any pet imaginable.  When he was younger, he had a duck that followed him around everywhere and thought Nature Boy was his mother!  Nature Boy would probably live in the woods if he could, surviving Bear Grylls-style, hence the fish, boat, and ocean pic.  (I, in contrast, consider sleeping in a motel roughing it.  Camping is out of the question.  You could say we are opposites.)
• He is an amazing drawer, and his ability to draw, along with his love of nature, has led him to pursue a degree in Landscape Architecture.
• He is very mellow and easygoing, so he nicely balances my craziness.
• He is a very manly man.  He can build anything (such as a perfect Nimbus 2000 circa Harry Potter! For Christmas) and repair anything, and he loves things like fishing and sports.  I, in case you were wondering, am quite a girly girl.
• He eats in record speed.  I am not kidding. I have never seen anyone east so quickly.

Hopefully this has been a pleasant intro and not too sappy.  I hate sappy!

Obsession of the Day

My obsession of the day is Chelsea Handler the host of Chelsea Lately on E!, a stand-up comic, and an all-around badass!  I can't get enough of her show.  I've recently read her book "My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One Night Stands," and I thought I would share a small blurb from the book that had me cracking up. "Seeing your mother naked is not something you easily recover from.  Seeing your mother naked and jumping form one side of a king-sized bed to the other with a nurse's hat on while your father, who is also naked, is chasing her with a bandanna around his neck, is reason to put yourself up for adoption."

My new favorite movie (besides Titanic, of course!)

This weekend was Mother-Daughter weekend for my sorority.  On Wednesday my mom and I dined along with sorority friends and their moms.  And then, we made our way over to Cine to watch The Reader.  

Ok, it was amazing!!!  Definitely one of my favorite movies of all time.  It was so different from any movie I have seen in a long time, probably different from any movie I have ever seen.  It was gut-wrenching.  I sat through the entire movie with my mouth in a huge "O," my right hand clutching my chest.  I'll give you a little plot synopsis:  In post WWII Germany, a fifteen year-old boy has an affair with a much older woman, Hanna, (played by Kate Winslet).  It is his first time ever being with a woman, and he falls head over heels in love with her.  She disappears, and he goes on to law school.  As part of a special seminar, he gets to sit in on the trial of Nazi S.S. guards... and Hanna is one of them!

Don't go to this movie if you want to see something uplifting and happy.  Go if you want to see life, in all its grittiness.  And just a heads up, there is A LOT of nudity in this movie.  I'm talking full-frontal of both sexes, along with nipples galore.  Seriously, a lot of nipples.  But I promise you, you will not be disappointed with this movie.  Also, make sure you check out Cine, the local downtown Athens movie theater.  Right now it's playing all the Oscar movies, and it is the coolest movie theater ever!  Cine has a full bar, and you can bring in any alcoholic drink into the theater with you.  The lady next to me had some tropical fruity drink with an orange peel garnish.  In a movie theater!