What a BLAH of a day

Hey everyone! Today I am feeling especially lethargic and lazy today. I woke up at 1:30 in the afternoon, went downstairs, made myself a strawberry smoothie here is the recipe:

4 large strawberries cut up
1/4 cup Bolthouse Farms strawberry and banana juice
1/4 cup 2% milk
1/2 tablespoon chunky almond butter

I thought this would perk me up and energize me but I guess not. Maybe I should have put some oatmeal in there too; and then I started watching Sex and the City. After that, I got bored and watched Giada at Home on the Food Network. Then, I got hungry and ate one of my peanut butter fudge swirl brownies. I got bored once again, and trudged back upstairs to my room where I am now writing this blogpost. How sad is my life! I should be going outside and tanning in the beautiful sun-shiny weather, but no, I chose not to.

What a blah of a day it has been for me. I have been literally awake for only a few hours and it is now already late afternoon. I need to promise myself that I will study for at least a few hours before I crash to sleep tonight.

Good day everyone and I hope that you are having a far more productive day than I am having. I will keep y'all updated if I make it past my bed at least to study for finals at my desk.

What the show "Arthur" has taught me

Have any of you watched Arthur when you were a kid? Or even now?

Everyday after school, starting in the third or fourth grade, I would fix myself either a big bowl of chocolate chip and cookie dough ice cream or Ritz bits cheese sandwiches, run upstairs to the game room, and wait in front of the television for Arthur to come on. I don't know what it was about the show that got me so addicted. Other than Arthur, I did not really like to watch television. Our family didn't have cable until I was in middle school, so I grew up watching only mainstream PBS shows like Barney and Friends, Sesame Street, and even the Spanish show, Amigos, if anyone even remembers that, instead of Bear in the Big Blue House and Blue's Clues. Sometimes my older brother and I would watch adult shows like Friends, Frasier, and Seinfeld with our parents, not understanding the adult comedy. The one PBS show we both loved hands down was Arthur. I could never miss a single episode and sometimes Arthur was the highlight of my day. He taught me to not want a little sister anymore because they were absurdly annoying. He also taught me that staying at home with an illness, such as chickenpox, could benefit me. In addition, the third grader taught me the rich little spoilt girl will remain rich and spoilt until practically forever. Lastly, Arthur taught me that it was okay to not only wear an outfit to school two days in a row, but for four years. What I could not understand about Arthur after a year was...why wasn't he growing with me? Why wasn't Arthur aging like I was and moving on to the fourth grade? I began to think that Arthur was only made for third graders to watch.  I was wrong about that because as I grew older,  I kept learning something new from the aardvark. The forever 8-year-old bald animal kid taught me valuable lessons in life such as being a good friend, doing the right thing, believing in myself and finishing things, such as this blogpost. For real though, Arthur and his friends always seemed a bit more mature than the average 8-year-old. But then again I guess this character had to be so he could teach kids like me way 15 years ago how to be a good kid and combat the third grade and beyond.

Thanks for reading! I will probably write another other "What 'so and so television show' has taught me" posts in the future.

-Deepika

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Disney Channel Original Movies

Ever watched those Disney Channel Original Movies on the Disney Channel?..Nowadays the movies aren't as corny or amazing as they used to be back in the 90's. Last night I watched "Don't Look Under the Bed," Disney's second and last attempt at having a Horror movie on Disney Channel. Here are a few other Disney Channel Original Movies!

1. Susie Q

2. The Paper Brigade

3. Brink

4. Motocrossed

5. The Quints

6. Halloweentown

7. Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century

8. Wish Upon a Star

9. Thirteenth Year

10. Horse Sense

11. Johnny Tsunami

12. Rip Girls

13. The Color of Friendship

14. Smart House

15. The Luck of the Irish

16. Cadet Kelly

17. Double Teamed

18. Pixel Perfect

19. High School Musical

20. Stuck in the Suburbs
21. Gotta Kick It Up

Disney Movies

I just can't get enough of Disney movies. When I was a kid, I used to watch them all the time, and I still do now! I miss it when ABC used to have The Wonderful World of Disney and they would play a Disney movie every Saturday Night..ahh the good old days. Last night, I watched the Little Mermaid at my place with a few of my friends. Jodi Benson (the voice of Ariel)'s voice is beautiful! She also was the voice of Tour Guide Barbie in Toy Story 2. 

Here are some Disney Movies I love:

1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

2. Aladdin

3. The Lion King

4. Bambi

5. Dumbo

6. Cinderella

7. The Jungle Book

8. Sleeping Beauty

9. Beauty and the Beast

10. Alice in Wonderland

11. Hercules

12. Mulan

13. The Aristocats

14. Tarzan

15. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

16. Pocahontas

17. The Fox and the Hound

18. Lady and the Tramp

19. Oliver and Company

20. 101 Dalmatians

21. Peter Pan

22. Pinocchio

Craving Something Sweet?

My Top 10 Favorite Desserts:

1. Haagen-Daaz's Mango ice cream is to die for! My roommate introduced me to it a few weeks ago. You can get this in the freezer section of any grocery store or Wal-Mart.

2. Chocolate Chip Cookies

3. Strawberry & Blueberry filled Puff Pastries (cut up strawberries, mix them in sugar and a little bit of corn starch in a boiling pot, add in the blueberries and fill in a puff pastry)

4. Jell-O Chocolate Pudding

5. Funfetti Cupcakes with Whipped Vanilla Frosting

6. Cheesecake Factory's 50th Anniversary Cheesecake

7. Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

8. Red Robin's Vanilla Cupcake

9. Saturn Grill's Double Layer Belgian Chocolate Filled Brownie (the best brownie i have ever eaten) http://www.saturngrill.com/

10. IHOP's Crispy Strawberry Banana Cheesecake (caramel is put on top of this delicious treat and instead of the usual gram cracker crust, the cream cheese is rolled in a quick-fried flaky pastry tortilla!)

YUMM =)