the food network has my heart

My TV hasn't left the Food Network in months. My favorite shows:

Restaurant Impossible

• Robert Irvine is my spirit animal

Worst Cooks in America

• I have a crush on Bobby Flay. Also, I like gawking at people's lack of culinary skills

Mystery Diners

• I feel like a lot of this is scripted, but whatever, I still love it

Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives

• I used to hate Guy Fieri, now I just want to be his best friend

Chopped 

• What these people do with the mystery ingredients just blows my mind

valentimes

Today was filled with romance

I

• worked on homework for 3 hours
• played Skyrim for 3 hours
• (reluctantly) applied for my first credit card
• spent 45 minutes disputing a charge on my debit card
• remembered buying the thing I was disputing
• rolled my eyes at 100+ Facebook posts
• was given a bottle of cream soda
• drank the whole thing, and during each sip I ignored my New Year's Resolution to stop drinking soda

What a day.

not necessarily fun facts

• in case you don't get the reference, 'Rennessee' comes from Tennessee Williams
• my real name is Renata
• I go by Ren
• yes, my last name is Williams
• I moved to Maine when I was 6
• I bothers me that I can't say that I'm a born and raised Mainer
• I like privacy 
• a couple nights ago I had a dream that an eel-sized humpback whale coiled itself around my arm then pooped out a full, perfectly intact pizza on me 
• I would really like to have that dream assessed
• I get genuinely angry when my fellow students show up late to class with fancy coffee in their hands
• I have never in my life spit out gum anywhere but a trash can
• I have a (very) outstanding library fine, but have yet to be contacted about it, so in the meantime I won't check out books because I want the library to think that I died
• anytime a librarian looks at me, I panic a little
• I want a pet duck but I'm too afraid of the bird flu

during super bowl XLVIII

I

• made and consumed an embarrassing amount of cauliflower buffalo "wings" 
• laughed
• got annoyed at my house guests who were being party poopers (you know who you are)
• laughed some more
•  tweeted
• wondered when Beyonce was going to show up
• did my German homework
• didn't even realize the Super Bowl ended 

Welp. Time to shift the focus back to hockey.

super bowl XLVIII

Why I am rooting for the Seahawks:

• I would really like to visit Seattle

Why I "hate" the Broncos

• I thought they still had Tebow until about 5 minutes ago

Reasons why I think the Broncos might win: 

• a manatee said so

Why I'm excited for the halftime show:

• Red Hot Chili Peppers

Why I'm not excited for the halftime show:

• Bruno Mars

What I'll be tweeting about during: 

• #NotBuyingIt-- a campaign to call out sexism (because we all know it will be there) 
• and other stuff

My questions for you (yes, you)

• who are you rooting for? 
• what do you think about the halftime performers?
• do you think Buffet the manatee is right? 

college observations

Student center:

• guy who looks like that werewolf guy from Twilight  is talking very loudly about base-jumping
• guy in a green sweater talking very loudly about hydronization
• hundreds of pamphlets on the table next to me about joining the Navy
• 0 pamphlets about grad school 
• another green sweater guy is trying to read all the stickers on my laptop without looking like he's staring at me
• total number of guys in green sweaters: 6 
• total numbers of people in here: 14
• sign for bible study club, featuring a rainbow Jesus Fish
• are they actually welcoming people who identify as LGBTQ, or did they just want bright colors on their sign? I'd like to find out. 

Library:

• the shelves are quite empty (not because people are checking them out, because this library needs more money)
• I'm being a rebel and drinking my water
• more people need to iron their shirts
• it's faster to take the stairs than the elevator and it seems people haven't figured that out
• the outlets are all upside down and it bothers me
• why put noisy coin machines in a library? There must be a better (and more quiet) way to get people to pay for printing
• every time I walk by encyclopedias, I think "encyclopaedia" (thank you, Ted Mosby)

Philosophy lecture hall:

• number of people who walked in 10+ minutes late with Starbucks in hand: 4
• video watched: CNN's "Weed"
• after we watched it, about 80% of the class said they favor medicinal marijuana
• about 40% said they favor recreational marijuana
• 1 person said they want all drugs to be legal
• 3 girls who opposed recreational and expressed their reasoning were blonde, wearing head-to-toe Hollister, and all walked in late with Starbucks in hand
• they were the only ones who explained their opinion 
• eventually, the whole class broke out in (loud) "this one time when I smoked" stories 
• professor didn't take attendance 
• I could have stayed in bed

first list of 2014

The following list is from my Tumblr, written on January 1st 2014. Here's an update on how my resolutions are going/what I think of them.

1. Find an office job But then you won't get to dye your hair blue like you want to.
2. Finally go see a doctor about my back pain Or don't. 
3. Drop 15 lbs (for me, not for anyone else!) You can do it!
4. Spend more time in the library You spent 6 hours in the library last week alone. You can tone it down.
5. Read all the books on my Amazon wish list Yeah right. 
6. Get A’s and B’s in my classes You've done it before, do it again. 
7. Be able to speak conversational German Steigern Sie Ihr Spiel, Schlampe.
8. Be more honest with myself and everyone around me HA!
9. Communicate better with my friends and family HA HA!
10. Buy a new car This is non-negotiable
11. Complete the 52-week saving challenge (and thus put $1,400 in savings) Stop online shopping so much and maybe this will happen.
12. Start taking pictures again It makes you happy, do it. 
13. Continue writing my novel, don’t give up! Yeah, okay. 
14. Go outside more And wear sunscreen. 
15. Stop drinking soda Seriously, stop it.
16. Work hard to coupon and keep track of my money But don't go all TLC's "Extreme Couponing".
17. Recognize my accomplishments and brag a little You deserve to brag, kid. 
18. PMA, everyday ***Stop being such an asshole.