Colleen Kdo? (Colleen Who?)

The Much Awaited Post from Praha…

So, Colleen is going to have to actually start posting on this blog, because I can’t vouch for where she has been much at all. For all I know she has just been sulking in her apartment and attending classes.

Okay, she has made mentions of going to bars, concerts and a castle about 40 minutes outside of Prague. She has even gotten people to affirm these whereabouts, but I don’t know what to make of that.

Not that any of this matters, because as the title references, Colleen will never be posting on this blog. She may as well not be in the title of this...

Here is what I have done so far in Prague:
Went to a castle...

Danced to 80s and 90s music...

Drank vino and pivo

Got rained on...

Walked...a lot...

Maintained my hatred for small children...

Learned some Czech (Jak se Mas?)

Went Bowling...

Anyway, some of those pictures have little to do anything, but you get the point. I’m having fun (way more fun than Colleen)! Let me know if you require a postcard as further proof of this. I bet that Colleen will be too lazy to send people postcards, since she can’t even post a single word on this blog.
Sorry about the terrible formatting. Blogspot hates me. I'll fix it later!

12-hour layover, eh?

Guess Jonah Hill isn't Canadian? Or because he lost that weight?

I probably would have paid $100 to have wifi for the next 12 hours. I trust Canadians about as far as I could throw a really fat one, so sleep is out of the question for the next half day anyway.
I just google imaged fat Canadian for emphasis, and Seth Rogen appeared. Then again, so did Sarah Palin. Unfortunately for Seth, he's actually Canadian, so he will be the one pictured. Sorry, Seth. I honestly don't think you're that fat.

I'm afraid to google search fat American.

Like their health care, the wifi in Canada is free, which is probably the only nice thing I'll say about Canada. Sorry, Soph.

In order to offset this great thing I've said about the great white north, I would like to take the time to talk about some lackluster Canadians. The first person(s) on my list are obvious. Actually, I forgot that Justin Bieber was Canadian. This is a tough one. Still...

1. Nickelback. I know that we live in a time where every popular song is the same four chords, but this group takes it to the next level.

I want to shake the hand of their stylist...

2. Justin Bieber. Sorry for those with the fever, but if I have to delete my search history after I Google search a picture for this blog, there's a problem.

Yes, I purposely chose this picture with the purple cardigan

3. The cast of Degrassi. YES! The entire cast. Minus Drake (the kid in the wheelchair).

That's right Drake, you're the best Degrassi has ever had

4. This guy. His last name is Trudeau, and apparently he beat out a serial killer to be the worst Canadian ever. I find this to be fairly impressive, which is why he is so low on my list. He was a Prime Minister, and apparently was arrogant and bad with money. He sounds less cool than Nixon.

Honestly, this guy looks the most normal

5. Tara Oram. I'm sorry. No one knows who this is. But I do, because this news station has been on loop for the past couple hours, and one of the news stories is about Canadian country music. Tara has a song about partying like its 1929 that bugs me for the following reasons: I've heard it too many times (one time was already too many), it seems like a rip-off of Prince's 1999 and its country music! I downloaded a picture to post, but I am sick of looking at Canadians.

Except for this one:

K bye.

Come on Irene

Okay, so Irene is being a pain in my ass in more ways than one. 
I know that Dexy's Midnight Runners don't sing about a girl named Irene (who would?), but I have had my own version of this one hit wonder going through my head all morning, which basically consisted of me humming everything but "come on Irene."
Thats when I realized that I don't know the lyrics at all. I looked them up, and to my horror...


Come on Eileen, 
I swear (well he means) At this moment you mean everything, 
With you in that dress my thoughts I confess verge on dirty 
Ah come on Eileen. 

These people round here wear beaten down eyes 
Sunk in smoke dried faces they're so resigned to what their fate is, 
But not us, no not us we are far too young and clever. 
Remember Toora Loora Toora Loo-Rye-Aye 
Eileen I'll hum this tune forever. 

Come on Eileen, I swear, well he means 
Ah come on let's take off everything, 
That pretty red dress Eileen (Tell him yes) 
Ah come on let's, ah come on Eileen, please. 


This song has more begging than "Baby, Its Cold Outside." Although, I can see why...

Anyway, like Colleen did, I suppose I'll tell you about my summer and my future plans:


This summer, I tried wearing a lot of different hats, because I lost my bear hat, Phoebe. I found out that Phoebe is irreplaceable. Fortunately, last night while I was packing she appeared. Apparently she was just hibernating and did not want to be bothered until Prague. 

I may have also donned a mustache for  a night, but there is no photographic evidence of this. 

Although that doesn't really sum up my summer at all, I am going to move on to the things I'm going to do in Prague anyway:

Party with Katyy in both Prague and London! 

Go to the REAL Oktoberfest (not just the one in Vegas)!

Avoid the beach (despite this picture's location)!

Get Colleen drunk (and accidentally? get drunk, myself)!

Anywho, I fly to Ted's tomorrow....Let the excellent adventure, bogus journey, etc. begin!

I'M COMING FOR YOU PRAHA

O hey there 8 followers!

I know you all have been devastated by the lack of posting on the blog, but that is all about to change because Bill and Ted go to Prague in LESS THAN ONE WEEK. LIKE WE WILL BE THERE A WEEK FROM TODAY. LIKE I’M PRETTY EXCITED.

So yeah get ready for some weekly posts about the awesomeness of Prague.

But things in America have also been pretty awesome so here is the summer recap: Ted’s version.

This summer I….

TURNED 21!

Had my first and last shot of whiskey. Life lesson learned.

Made some awesome new friends whom I already miss.

Dodger's game with this klepto  

The shack, obvi.

Struggles at the beach

Hung out with some awesome people whom I will really miss in the fall.

 We even made a new friend. This is a first.

And of course, there were delicious baked goods.

So yeah definitely makes the top 3 summers of all time. Prettttttty epic.

Aaaannnnd the party continues this semester.

A little preview of adventures to come….

Actually getting to Prague. Thanks, Irene. Betch.

A VISIT TO COPENHAGEN TO HANG WITH JESSY

OKTOBERFEST?!

HANGING WITH MC IN LONDONTOWN

How far we've come.

 AND OF COURSE 16,821 THINGS ON THE TO-DO LIST FOR PRAGUE

What up Charles Bridge

New best friend

Gettin' artsy

AND MUCH MUCH MORE.

SO STAY TUNED.

Ok, now Bill’s turn.

COLLEEN IS 21!

Okay, well, I don't know if you know this, but Colleen is 21. She is a much better friend than I am, considering I fail at calling people at exactly 12:00...here are 21 other reasons why she is wayyyy better than I am. Always.

numero 21.
Colleen can bake and will always make you food. This should probably be higher up, because she is way, way better at cooking than a number 21 rank, but there are so many other cool things about her, that this had to go dead last on the list.

20.
Her insistence that Miracle and Cheaper by the Dozen are good movies. I know that I am not fond of these films, but I do enjoy people loving their favorite movies. Not only that, but Colleen stands by her favorite movie with so much persistence that I can't even handle it. How can you make 12 kids adorable? I don't know. Crazy perseverance. Only Colleen.

19.
Colleen's insistence on getting confrontational. I know that it has toned itself down over the years, but I have lived by the motto "time to get confrontational" for so long. Its ridiculous. I don't even want to get confrontational half of the time, but I feel that I have to because Colleen wills it so.

18.

Colleen thinks she is Asian. What the heck? She is the whitest person ever. She even thinks that she is tan because her freckles blend together to make her darker. Yet she often times thinks that she is yellow. I cannot fathom this, but I have to go along with it, because she has epic Chinese-speaking abilities that blow my mind. Nan Song was really impressed with her...or at least her effort. Colleen has also perfected the great peace sign, with Asian face.

17.
The fact that she doesn't get fancy and she just gets dancey. Seriously...I know that she is too school for cool, but we have the best study raves. She always informs me about the best songs from the radio, because I don't listen to the radio. She introduced me to Pink's "Raise your Glass," which has kind of been life-changing. She also likes the line "Its easy being Puff, but its harder being Sean," from that song by Diddy Dirty Money. "Coming Home"? I think so.

16.
She ran a marathon. Need I say more? I needn't, but a picture says 1,000 words. Also, she ran 2 marathons. Not just one. Gentlemen, get on that.

15.
She can teach you how to Dougie. Well, she can't teach me how to Dougie, but she can definitely teach you. She is pretty much the best Dougier I know, and I know that now that she is 21, she will be the best Dougier of them all. Even better than actual dancers. i am so proud of her Dougieing skills. How does she do it? I've no idea.

14. Because she lives in the super touristy realm of the OC, New York City, she has to entertain people A LOT. She always does everything that the person who is visiting her wants to do. It doesn't matter how much it costs her and how many times she has done it before, she's just hanging out and taking you to wherever you want to go. She would have gone iceskating with me, even though it was like a million dollars, but I decided against it.

13.

All of my roommates love her. Normally I have to tell my roommates when people are coming to spend the night, but I might as well not bother when it comes to Colleen. One time I told Bayan that Colleen was staying for a couple of nights, and I told him that I was sorry for telling him last minute. And then he asked if Colleen was staying the whole summer. He was giddy. Honestly, he was like a little kid. I think he was possibly more excited about seeing Colleen than I was. It was absolutely ridiculous, and I couldn't believe it.

12.

She hates puppies. Really, I don't know how this is a good thing about Colleen, but it is a definite part of who she is, and it is something fun to make fun of her about. Yep, two funs in one sentence. What would Jordan Rees and I talk about if Colleen did not hate puppies and did not hunt puppies for a living. Here is a picture of an ugly puppy for her benefit. This one's for you, Coll.

11.

She is so considerate when it comes to other people's birthdays. I fail apparently when it comes to her birthday, but she is always so nice. She bakes a cake or always does something. And even when she hardly knows someone she always feels terrible when she doesn't do something for their birthday. Its adorable, and it makes me feel terrible as a friend for being late when it comes to her birthday today.  suck. She is the best. I honestly cannot stress this enough. 

10.

Well, we are almost to the single digits. And here we are...number ten. Anyway, number ten is....how smart Colleen is. I know that it might not be super cool to be a nerd, but Colleen is one of the coolest nerds I know. She is always studying, but when she is not, she is hanging out with me. I wish that I had her determination, motivation and all-around awesomeness. She will make the best lawyer. So proud of her.

9.

Her lacrosse skillz. I don't know if you know about her lacrosse skills, but you should definitely come out to a game to see her defense. She is crazy at lacrosse. The epic thing is the fact that she had never played lacrosse before I asked her to play with me. And she joined before me. This was awesome, because she got to meet everyone before I did. Also, she is definitely the defense queen of lax. I can't even handle the awesomeness. Not at all. Luckily, I play offense, so I am far removed from her greatness.

8. 

Her family. They made her who she is. Nana, and everyone. Oh shoot. They are the absolute most adorable family I have ever seen. I love it. So cute.

7. 

Her slutty tops. I know that this is definitely not number seven, and that this is probably ridiculous, but Colleen always says that she is going to buy/wear a slutty top, but they are far from slutty and are just basically adorable. 

6.

The fact that Colleen likes frat parties and is able to drink prestige without throwing up. I know that this sounds ridiculous, but this is basically how Colleen and I became friends. We bonded by sitting on the stairs at Sigma Nu, and we have been BFFS ever since. I hate frat parties, but I love that I am friends with Colleen. 

5. 

The fact that she dressed as a sexy sherlock holmes that one time for Halloween. Another bonding moment for us is when we went to Hollywood for Halloween. It was one of the most ridiculous Halloweens, at least for me, but the fact that Colleen was an attractive detective was absolutely awesome. Check this costume out.

4,
Numero quatro? The fact that she is not sick of me yet, to the point that she wants to go to Prague with me in the fall. I am so excited to be Czech with her and speak Czech that I cannot even handle it, but for the most part, I cannot believe she would want to hang out with me for an extended period of time, especially after I was the world's worst roommate last year. Honestly, I cannot even handle it, but I am going to take advantage of that niceness for as long as I can.

3.

Her bungee jump. Not much else to say. Take a look.

2. I don't know why the formatting is doing this, but I cannot really figure it all out at all. That's what Colleen is for, but she never posts on this damn blog. This brings me to number two. The fact that she never posts on this blog, but when she does, she is hilarious. Also included in this is the fact that she can talk to anyone. Here she is, being super funny to anyone and talking to everyone. I cant believe the kinds of conversations that she carries on with certain people, but she keeps it going, and she pretends to be interested. Also, she is really funny when she types out these posts. Right now I'm regretting this entire post, because I know that it was not as adorable as the post that she made for me. It just wasn't as cool, because I can't pull stuff like this off like she can. I sure wish that I could. But I just can't.


NUMERO UNO.
I have to follow suit with Colleen's end post from a couple of months ago. She is one half of Bill and Ted. Even though no one ever calls Colleen Ted, I don't even care. She is the coolest, and she is one of my absolute best friends. I am so lucky to have her in my life, and I cannot wait for her to get her ass back here so that we can hang out. AND PRAGUE. AND SENIOR YEAR. So much to look forward to when it comes to Colleen. She is the coolest. AND SHE IS 21 AND CAN LEGALLY DRINK WITH ME ALL OF THE TIME. I AM SO EXCITED. I AM IN DISBELIEF. Love you, Coll. You're wonderful.

Bill and Ted's Highlight Reel of Junior Year

Hello, everyone. 

I'm back. And so is my insomnia. This is no coincidence.

Since I will likely be up until 4, even though I have to wake up at 6 to get back to school, I decided to bide my time by making a sweet highlight reel of Colleen and I's junior year. 

Mainly, I felt bad about all of the mean stuff I had said about her in my previous posts...

To break up the pictures, I offer the top ten things I enjoyed participating in with Colleen over the school year. 

1. Tailgating. (That's right, this is not a countdown) Anyway, this was the last football season for Colleen and I, so we definitely made this one the most memorable. Special shout-out to my parents and grandparents, as well as Colleen's family for making special appearances. We kept it classy the whole way through, and I only hiccuped my ticket away once, so there's that.

2. Lacrosse. This was the only time I got to see Colleen during the week, since we didn't live together this year, plus the lacrosse team is basically three quarters of our readership, if not more. Anyway, loved relaxin' with lax at LAX, and I am definitely going to miss our seniors, if you're reading this. :(

3. Visits to Orange County. Colleen got to visit the real OC (no not Laguna Beach, but I guess we did visit there while she was in OC), and she obviously had the best time with Mike and I. Also, I went to the fake Orange County once, and I saw no evidence of the OC Choppers, but I thought hanging out with Kelly and James was pretty awesome (come back from London, guys!). Anyway, this helped break up all of our L.A. adventures, which was kind of a necessity. 

4. Holidays. Although the best holiday (Troy Easter) is yet to come, making chickens (not pictured) was definitely an experience, even though Colleen is a wuss when it comes to getting all of the stuff out of a chicken and just gives up. Luckily, I am a champ. Not so much with the potatoes, but I will definitely be redeeming myself this weekend, watch out. Third time's a charm?

5. Volunteering. Even though we were only able to make it to Habitat for Humanity once, and Friends and Neighbors Day once, where Colleen did not get her green thumb, all was pretty great. I still have bruises from Habitat, and riding the bus and going to Popeye's for the first time was definitely an experience. Mike loves those Popeye's fries. Mmmm. 

6. Staying at Troy. Although the couches are sufficiently uncomfortable since I moved out, staying in Troy, whether it be when I moved in with Colleen for a week or when I had to sleep on the couch or floor because we had to wake up early, was always a good source of nostalgia. Just glad that I have my dishwasher.

7. Watching Colleen Pretend She Was Asian. Very self-explanatory. I don't know what else to say. 

8. Cabo. The only reason Cabo is so low is because it was a one time event. Seriously, it should have been higher than volunteering, but just because I'm bored doesn't mean that I'm not too lazy to go back and fix it. Actually, a lot of things should go higher than volunteering. I hope my future potential-employer does not ever read this. Shoot. Anyway, Cabo was amazing, but it had a full post about it, so I'll skip the details. Although you can see some of what happened in the right kind-of-corner of your browser (your right).

9. Wearing Matching Outfits. Most of the time, it was unintentional, I swear. I remember one day over the summer we skyped and were both wearing matching pinnies though. It was embarrassing. But basically, we wore matching clothes way too often, and Colleen matched Jess a lot too. I think this must mean that Colleen is the common denominator and does not know how to dress herself, so she has to copy others. Whoops, this was supposed to be a nice post. Maybe that will have to wait for Colleen's 21st!

10. Colleen's Attempt at a Thizz Face. With Colleen's lack of need to get confrontational this year, she changed to constantly making a thizz face, dougie-ing and asking people to drop her a beat so that she could do either of these things. Pretty awesome, and she actually got a bit better at both, although I'm pretty sure that the way that she dougies is completely incorrect. Still, it made for some great video. 

Still not tired. Lame.

 

Bill and Ted Take Cabo

Despite Colleen thinking that our blog was a jinx, we are both officially going to Prague in the fall!

Unfortunately, we don't leave until sometime in August, so we will continue to post about our travels/things in this country.

Or will we?

Nope, we won't, because we just got back from Cabo, and that's the title of the post, so I'm going to talk about that. See what I did there? I know. It was hilarious.

"CABO! WOOO!" - I still can't get the shrill screams of Colleen and the entire Greek system out of my head. This basically describes the obnoxious plane and bus ride to our hotel. But once we got there, we had unlimited free drinks. Colleen is now an adamant fan of Che Che's ("I can't taste the alcohol at all!"). We attempted to order every drink on the hotel's menu, trying a paloma, miami vice, etc. I was going to order the mysterious medias de seda, until Colleen told me that was lame, and I should try this crazy thing called a cerveza. For even limited Spanish speakers, this was very funny.

 

It wiped this smug look right off her face. Seriously. Look at this picture. This is more than liquid courage. This girl obviously thinks that awesomeness is proportional to how many people you have taught how to dougie. 

Sadly she hasn't taught me yet, so I'm not sure that she should look like that in the first place. Especially if this is what I have to look like while I'm dancing. P.S. Take a look at this classy establishment. Its called Baja Junkie, and its nearly impossible to get a water here. Just saying.

Luckily, Colleen apologized for not teaching me how to dougie and got a little less pompous, so that we could take this picture, which she said was a blog-worthy one. I agree. Also, none of this really happened, because we were fine the whole time, and I know that I will never learn how to dougie. Plus I don't think that I would have wanted the videos that came along with knowing how to dougie. Every time Colleen would dougie, Jess would take a video of it. The responsibilities of knowing how to dougie are too great.

I would just like to add this picture in order to point out how tan we (well, I) got on the trip. Even Colleen claims that she got tanner, although it hasn't been proven, even through these photos. "My freckles got darker!" - not sure that counts as a tan.

Here's a closer look. Well, mainly I put this, because Colleen embarrassingly dressed the same way as me at the airport. It was horrifying. I kept my head down the entire time at LAX. She forced me to pose for this picture. Actually, I originally thought the picture was just gong to be me and Jenn, but Colleen swooped in at the last second. Jenn tried to get out of the frame, because she too felt uncomfortable by the matching outfits. Unfortunately for her, she did not get out in time. Sorry, Jenn. Anyway, I also picked this picture, because I know Colleen would like me to mention the fact that lax was relaxing at lax.

Also we went bungee jumping. Look at my perfect form. You'll need to hold onto this perfection when you see Colleen's terrible bungeeing skills. My swan dive was modeled after that Old Spice commercial I love so much. Perhaps Colleen should watch some more tv.

Here is Colleen bungeeing. The picture speaks for itself. Just because she used some sweet color enhancement tool does not make it any better. Haha. I can't look at this anymore. I think I'll end on this. It didn't really talk about Cabo, but meh.