Frustrated and phlegmatic...

Um...I now have no roommate. My basketball-playing roommate decided it would be best to room with another basketball player. I am frustrated that I have to find a new roommate. If I am not able to obtain one, I will have to pay lots of money and sign a crummy Private Room Agreement. I'm also afraid that I'm going to get a psycho person for my new roommate. At least my old one was cool. In addition to my roommate dilemma, I got a call from the number 000-000-0000 yesterday, at a time when I was not able to answer my phone. I later checked my voicemail. The aforementioned caller was a HSU staff member. She said in her message that the MicroFridge my old roommate and I attempted to reserve for our dorm room was not available. The staff member said to "make other arrangements for a refrigerator." (MicroFridges are nifty. Go to http://www.microfridge.com.) I am a bit frustrated.

I think I have decided on the tuxedo black color for my laptop. My gift registry project was successful, in my opinion. I raised $137.49. That more than pays for my printer. I am grateful to my family and friends who contributed.

Kevin Garnett got traded! YES!!! Last year during draft time, I remember a remark I wrote on one of my posts here. Something like, "free this man from his prison!" The opportunity to play with basketball greats and future hall-of-famers Paul Pierce and Ray Allen in Boston is huge. I just want to say that I really liked the Celtics a few years ago. I still like them, but my affinity for them has not been as great because they haven't had any sort of identity. I am a Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen fan, so I am excited.

Today I read a book called Positive Personality Profiles. I have touched on the different personalities in school: choleric, sanguine, phlegmatic, and melancholy. This book took the same personalities and gave them different titles: D, I, S, and C.

"D's" are equivalent to cholerics. They are driving, dominating, out-going and task-oriented individuals. They can get in your face.

"I's" = sanguines. They are inspiring, easy-going, out-going and people-oriented. They sometimes have problems because they want to talk instead of getting work done.

"S's" are phlegmatics. They are reserved, people-pleasing, easy to get along with, shy, and people-oriented. They want to be appreciated by others.

"C's" are melancholics. They are cautious and careful. They are perfectionists. They don't like to take risks. They are reserved and task-oriented.

Anyway, I find the four temperaments very interesting. 80% of people have more than one temperament. Most people have one dominant temperament and then at least one other supporting temperament. I will probably have much more to say on this topic in the future. I hope it isn't bad to write about three unrelated topics in the same post.

Choosing a color

I need you to help me! I'm not here to parade around that I'm getting a cool laptop, but I need you to help me pick out which color to get. There are three: tuxedo black, crimson red, and pearl white. I was immediately attracted to the red, of course, but I really like the others as well. The red is deadly cool. The black is also very appealing to me, but my only beef with it is that it may absorb a lot of heat if I am outside on a hot day. Then there's the white, which I also adore. I was actually looking at Apple's MacBooks before looking at Dells, and I was extremely attracted to the white MacBook. Here, please click on this link and take a look at the previews of the colors (just roll your mouse over the description and the picture will change on the left side): http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=eep&cs=2236&eep_orig_cs=2236&sm=2&oc=AYCWTBPL&link_number=17970622

So what do you think? Truth be told, Red (Elektrik_Red, a longtime username) has kind of died. I still love the color, but I'm not sure if I want my laptop to be red, even though it is not the bright red. This crimson red is my favorite shade of red. Also, I'm planning to use this notebook for taking notes in some of my classes. Red kind of stands out. I don't know! I love the black! And the white! Help meee!

Oh, and as always, you can still contribute to the cost of my laptop, if you wish: http://www.dellunleashed.com/rdavis07 (or just click on "Chip in for my Dell" on the widget on the right side of this screen)

I have been tagged. You have been warned.

Seven random facts about me that you might not know.

1. I am the youngest of three children in my family.

2. I taught myself how to juggle when I was nine by reading a book from the library.

3. I wrote to someone in prison (and got in lots of trouble).

4. I am left-handed.

5. I played cello for a brief period of time and earned a seat in the the all-region orchestra cello section in the eighth grade.

6. I had my own high school letter jacket for about a week (they made me give it back after I switched schools!).

7. I became friends with an actor during my first visit to Mexico. He has made small appearances in several shows, including "Charmed" and "CSI." He was also in a movie with Jack Black by the name of Airborne. I have seen him in a few commercials since I met him, including a Radioshack commercial and an Ameriquest commercial. He is warm, good-looking, very nice, and shares a common interest with me: the Los Angeles Lakers. We e-mail every now and then.

Pick out five favorite movies, then look them up at IMDb. In the overview at the top of each movie’s page, there are “Plot Keywords,” usually five of them. (Plus more, if you click the link.) Take the first five, and post them. Then the rest of us get to play movie buff and see if we can guess them.

Heeheehee...

1. Turtle / Interracial Romance / Traffic Light / Spit In the Face / Mr. Potato Head
If you have seen this movie, it won't be hard to know this one. By the way, I didn't take the first five because some of the other ones were better (and hilarious).

2. Single Father / Secret Identity / False Teeth / Restaurant / Child Swearing
Tee hee hee!

3. Jamaica / Bobsled / Hotel Room / Winter Olympics / Sled

4. Falsely Accused / Island Prison / Sword Fight / Prison Escape / Betrayal

5. College Football / Vomiting / Football Coach / Moving In / Hiding In Closet

Somehow I don't remember Independence Day being this big of a deal.

I don't know, but it's an exciting day. I must admit that I have grown rather tired of the bipolar weather this past month. As Relient K says, "And lately the weather has been so bipolar, and consequently so have I..."

tobyMac is coming to Frisco at the end of September. My sister and her husband are actually selling their house and making plans to move to Frisco, which is close to where they live right now. So since Sarah is permanently back from the Air Force now (can't wait to see her again), I was thinking that it would be awesome if we (and anyone else who wants to come along) could make the exodus down to Frisco to see Toby. We talked about our desire to go to concerts, and we mentioned seeing Toby. I'll be in college, which is quite a few hours away to the West, but I'm sure we can work something out. I was thinking we could crash at my sister's place after the concert (shh Z, don't say anything because I haven't asked her and St. Patty yet). (And don't tell them that I just called him St. Patty.)

Yesterday my mom and I went shopping, cause she gets a discount on the first Tuesday of every month. There were no good jeans, which I will desperately need for college. Two of my favorite pairs are almost too holey to wear now. We went to Old Navy and found shirts that we thought were 50% off, only we discovered at the checkout that they weren't. Bummer. I have so much shopping left to do...

I have actually found the laptop I want: http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m1330?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19
Click on "Overview." Red is my favorite color, but the black one looks awesome as well.

My favorite blogs at the moment (check them out):
http://laurish.blogspot.com/
http://www.xanga.com/bittersunday

Oh, and don't forget the great Emily Ask. http://emilyask.blogspot.com. She is way too cool for me.

Happy fourth...

Rachelle