excuse me

So you guys.. Whatcha lookin for? Some cake? Some love? Some fish sticks? Wait, why? Um? That's strange. But do tell me, what are you looking for in life? Or in this blog? Can there be some answers to these excessive questions? Yes. So I need you to tell me the answers please (: Just comment below, or send me a message on facebook or somethingggg!

In the meanwhile I'd like to talk to you about this caffeine stuff. It's like a psychoactive drug. Okay, excuse my teenage girl word "like", because it really is a psychoactive drug. And we love it, right? Oops, there's another question. But I'm going to go ahead and answer it with a yes. Lots of people like caffeine. And I'm not going to tell you statistics because you don't care. I'm also a college student. I just wanted to tell you that. And most college students such as myself live off of caffeine. I'm not giving you statistics. So as I was saying, caffeine. Definitely one of those whole moderation deals. Cuz I'm just sayin like,,, if you're an addict, like 40 ozs a day (STEPHANIE GOOD!) haha (; then someone like (MEREDITH DODSON) better keep her eye on you (: lol. But if you're like me and you never drink caffeine, you should try it sometime! It's awesome. So here comes my whole chocolateisbrown caffeine spheel. Or however you spell that word. And I actually haven't thought of anything yet so..... In the meanwhile.... The gardens are partying (HOLLY HELM!) and... The Money talks (ANDREW FLIP OLIVER) is just interrupting! I mean, interpreting. haha. I don't know why I put everyone's names in capital letters and parentheses.... OH YOU GUYS, what did you do for 11:11 11/11/11??? I just got a text from (MATT GRIFFITH) telling me it was 11:11 11/11/11. haha yeah, we're cool. So back to the matter at my elbow (my hand didn't feel like bearing the burden right now), I believe we take caffeine for granted quite often. Those of you who are caffeine addicts know exactly how it feels when you don't get that cup of coffee/tea/soda that gets you through the day. Know what I'm sayin? And those of you who don't usually drink it know what that "buzz" is like when you drink some coffee/tea/soda (: So here's the dealio, think about your caffeine, appreciate it. Go without it for a week, or drink it all the time for a week. Notice the difference in your attitude or sleep schedule. Then tell me how it went, any life changes? Is caffeine the new love of your life? Have you figured out how to live without it? Just lemme know. Cuz I wanna know! And always remember, dear readers, that ChocolateIsBrown. what color is caffeine????

bloggity bloggity blog! froggity froggity frog! what?! sleep deprived..

So... I have started college. It's like high school on steroids! More work, less sleep. But also more friends (: But hey, this blog isn't really about my life, it's about the stuff in life that we allllll go through. Yes that means you too, don't be a loner. If you actually are interesting in my life for some crazy reason, send me a message, we'll have a chat over tea. And yes, I said tea cuz ya know what?! I'm getting bored of all these crazy coffee addicted college students. Just kidding, I love them. But I don't follow them on Twitter any longer #coffeeaddict #coffeeaddict #coffeeaddict.... So anyway, here it comes. Topic of the day isssssssssssssssssss vocabulary. What's with that stuff? I mean we only use like 300 of the thousands of words we know. Why keep learning new ones?!! Because we have to English class. That's it. No, it's bcuz if the only adjectives we were learned were "pleasant" and "unpleasant" life would get ridiculously boring very quickly! Idk why I used that as an example... Sometimes it's just fun to use big words. What are your favorite words? Please tell me, I love hearing about favorite words. I mean for real, words are cool. My favorite words are sketch, stack, weltschmerz, bandersnatch, milquetoast, and tchotchke. Thank you dictionary.com for giving me the words of the day (: I think words are very intriguing. Sometimes the big words can seem intimidating and confusing, but other times are just crazy awesome.. BANDERSNATCH! :D And also, what words do you hate?! I hate the word plethora. Sooooooo be it may that words are hard and a lot of them all mean the same thing, but seriously, life would be platitudinous without them. Alas my friends, Chocolate is Brown.

mustaches!

Okay mustache lovers, it's time for you to express yourself with a mustache-curlin contest. Here are the rules.
1. Make or grow a mustache.
2. Put it on your face.
3. Take a picture of this mustache on your face.
4. Send me this photo!

Here are the prizes for best mustache:
Guys: one case (4 bottles) of Bulldog Root Beer from World Market
Girls: Specially made necklace from LauryGlory Jewelry (lauryglory.webs.com/)

Send in the picture by next Friday!!!

oompa loompa bandaids

First off let me say thank you to my readers! You're encouragement has brought many a smile to this face (: and yes, I smile backwards. Don't judge. But today I would like to bring disappointments to your mind. Depressing, right? Well, I'm sorry. Not really. But if we didn't have disappointments, life would become very, very average. We would all be ridiculously spoiled brats (and come on, who likes those?) like Veruca from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Hopefully we would have a little better fashion sense (white tights? really?) and better grammar. Sorry, Veruca, but the term is "geese", not gooses, brat.

I'm even a fan of getting papercuts and knicks from shaving (legs) because then I get to pull out the decorated bandaids. Yes, that's right, mine have Buzz Lightyear on them. <3 And isn't it fun to have everyone sign your bright pink cast when you break your arm? I think it's worth the discomfort, except I've never broken anything and don't plan to (I suggest you don't, either). But at least someone would be writing my notes for me!

Everyone needs a little let-down once in a while. It's what makes finding the golden ticket so precious! So I'd like to hear from you guys, what kind of "chocolate is brown" things do you have in your life? Have you seen the silver lining from any disappointments lately? Your feedback would be highly appreciated (: I'll be hosting a contest soon so check back to see what you can do to win something fantastic! In the mean time I'm feeling a little sick *cough cough*, so I think I'll go watch TV all day (; Chocolate is Brown.

bitterswEAT

Did you eat today? At all? I had a glass of milk. Mmmm. It really is my favorite thing. Call me a milkaholic if you'd like. I have a problem though, with food. Eating is a love/hate relationship for me. I LOVE that food keeps me alive. But I HATE sitting down to eat it. For some reason it just really gets under my skin that I actually have to work (so hard, I know, I know) just to be able to move and live. Eating is probably on the very bottom of my wish list. Now you all know that I eat three meals a day and have snacks in between, so don't start worrying about my health or anything (: but I really, really don't like eating. I'm not sure why. Food tastes good, and I do have times where I eat just because I'm sitting around bored. But in all honesty if I had the choice to go dumpster diving over eating, I think I'd say yes in a heartbeat. Am I the only one like this? I'd like to know. Maybe I should go picnicking more often or something. Well, actually, I've never been picnicking. So I need to go picnicking! If anyone is up for either dumpster diving or picnicking give me a call. (: I'm getting very hungry talking about food, and the smell of something delicious is wafting from the kitchen. But will I go get food? Nah. I'll just chill here. I wish I liked eating. This is where my love relationshp with food comes back in because it brings people together in different ways than most. And I love sitting across tables from people enjoying their company and tasting good food. If only it was normal to just sit across tables and get to know people. Oh wait, that's called speed dating. Who wants to go speed dating?? I suppose this is just yet another quirk of mine. A quirky quirk. Quirkety quirk quirk.. Mm, quirk is such a great word. Anyway, I think I'll go enjoy a glass of milk, and cross Food Critic off of my list of career choices. Chocolate is Brown.

nine tea duh grease -_-

I would like you, dearest reader, to go turn off your air conditioning for about twenty four hours. That's what I'm feeling right now. Why? Because the air conditioner isn't working. It's like a permanent sauna just for me. Benefits? Maybe I'll have perfect skin. Doubt it. But it's fun playing spa day, I have a nice bottle of ice water right beside me! Well, make that about 1/6th of a water bottle. . .

Temperature is so interesting to me. In the winter you want summer, in the summer you want winter... And I'm really starting to want to go to one of those snowboarding places with all that fake snow everywhere, just to get out of the house. Too bad I'm a terrible snowboarder. Thus the nickname Miss IcyPants after the first ski trip I ever went on with my school. But it ended nicely when I made friends with the workers in the lodge after my very failed attempt at snowboarding. Except for that one guy that kept arguing with me about buying the awesome checkered beanie at Red Baron. But let's get back to the sauna...!

You know what's cool though? Is that in the summer time, we're about halfway done with our yearly trip around the earth! And the sun is giving us extra rays COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE! I think that's cool. I mean seriously. I'm starting to wish that any kind of temperature was comfortable. I'm starting to feel like controlling temperature is a waste of money and that nature should just be enjoyed as is. Except, it can't be enjoyed because it's horrendous and uncomfortable! So, back to manipulating nature because of its intolerable ways. Yay!

I can't even imagine how people could go running in this weather. I hate running in any temperature. But definitely in this weather. In fact, my lack of exercise proved to be ridiculously embarassing the other night. A friend and I were downtown in Falls Park and were to be picked up at Spill the Beans. If you're from the area you know that there are many steps and hills leading from Falls Park to STB. Not wanting to make our ride wait, we starting running up the hills and stairs and about halfway there we both started panting and resorted to lugging our pathetically tired bodies up the rest of the stairs. Right then I heard an "Excuse me" and turned to see a very buff and sweaty jogger wishing to pass us. Good job man, and thanks for the humiliation. Way to make me feel like a pansy. I wish I could say that I'm now committed to a running schedule and am determined to get in perfect shape, but sadly all I can say is that I only ate one cookie at lunch today rather than two...

I believe the air conditioning is starting to work a little better. There is about 1/17th of water left in my water bottle, and I don't see anymore steam! Okay, okay, there wasn't any steam. It'd be cool though right?? Right. So if you actually did go turn off your air conditioning I would suggest you turn it back on before you get overheated. And thank God for thermostats. Without them we would have no way of manipulating nature. Yay air conditioning! Chocolate is brown.

Pronounciation. Shut up. Pronunciation.

Nuclear, prerogative, and even mispronunciation are among the top three mispronounced words in our language. You probably say "prob-lee" half the time, too. Now, this isn't a rant on honest mistakes, and let me warn you this will be a rant. But it is about when someone corrects you on a pronunciation for your own good and you ungratefully reply with "Well, that's just how I say it." They aren't being rude by correcting you (okay, maybe some people are just trying to show-off) but most of the time they're just letting you know. So, please, don't hate us for being helpful. Just correct your pronunciation. You will be thanked. Your refusal to be correct isn't making you unique, but rather giving you the appearance of a stubborn idiot.  If you'd like the rest of us that actually know how to talk to jest and poke fun at you or be aggrivating by your constant verbal errors, go ahead and be wrong. Not that we're all jerks, but if we correct you and you say no, then we'll make fun. Your fault. No one will look down on you for being correct. Isn't that what most people strive for? Correct pronunciation gives you much more credibililty when you want people to listen and respect you. For instance, if you're talking to a musician and you constantly pronounce Mozart incorrectly, they most likely won't give you much of their time, and if they correct you and you continue to mispronounce the name of one of our most influential composers, you will be disrespected. Same with art and the pronunciation of Da Vinci. Same with computer jargon. Same with everyday language. Pronunciation is important. What if I called you sweaty rather than sweety? Or said you look cut rather than cute? What kind of person would you think I was? So say it right, and you will be right. (: Chocolate is Brown.