so the last time i came to make a post, blogger was being retarded, and since then i really just haven't had the time or motivation to really mess with it.
school is going ok...i hate my english class, but there's not a whole lot i can do about that. my professor is a colonel and has a habit of going off on tangents and never really getting around to teaching. he'll say, "so and so, what's this mean?" and when they say they don't know he says, "yes you do." uhh...what ever happened to actually teaching? isn't that why we're all taking the class to begin with?? ugh...so then his train of thought is so disconected and he jumps around from thought to thought until a minute before we leave at which point he then states, "oh, and write a two page essay over one of the three short stories you're supposed to read for homework." ...uh, yeah...thanks a lot for that explanation there buck-o.
anyway. my work is going well. i'm the new administrative assistant for the photography department at school. it rocks. i have my own little office where i sit at a computer all day and make word and excel documents, print labels, and occasionally have to walk the entire length of the school four or five times over, but it's still cool. yeah, i'm basically working for my photography professor, which is awesome because i don't have to worry about my boss being a bitch or anything.
in other news, booger is going to get spayed on wednesday. she has to stay at the vet til friday, so i know macaroni is going to be lonely, and i know rob will miss her tons too. booger has really become rob's cat, and she has him completely wrapped around her little paw. he loves her so much. it's so awesome to see him get down in the floor with both her and mac, and to play with them. normally this would be the part where anyone else besides myself would say, "it's times like that that i know he'll be a great father," however we will not be going down that road. no, it's just times like those that makes me remember just how great of a man he is and how caring and compassionate he really is. it makes me fall in love with him all over again.
alrighty, well enough of all that mushiness. we rented 'war of the worlds' and if we're going to watch it we have to do it soon because i can't watch it at nite time (i get scared :) and it's due back tomorrow.
later!
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Monday, January 23, 2006
so..yeah...
My pirate name is:
Iron Ethel Cash
A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you a tough person. You're musical, and you've got a certain style if not flair. You'll do just fine. Arr!
Get your own pirate name from fidius.org. Sunday, January 22, 2006
hm...
i don't know what it is about the winter/spring transitional phase that puts me into such a unmotivated, all around 'blah' kind of mood, but i do know that it makes attending classes and completing homework a hell of a lot harder than the fall/winter phase.
some say that we ourselves have 'seasons' that our lives must go through on their own calendar, and that we cannot expect to necessarily align our own seasons with the yearly calendar of seasons that we must live by. basically, they mean that each person has their own 'summer', 'autumn', 'winter', and 'spring' phases where each season represents something significant to our lives.
uhh, so yeah. i dunno. i'm sure i was going somewhere with all of this, however i just realized that i need to go take my darvocet, so off i go. later.
some say that we ourselves have 'seasons' that our lives must go through on their own calendar, and that we cannot expect to necessarily align our own seasons with the yearly calendar of seasons that we must live by. basically, they mean that each person has their own 'summer', 'autumn', 'winter', and 'spring' phases where each season represents something significant to our lives.
uhh, so yeah. i dunno. i'm sure i was going somewhere with all of this, however i just realized that i need to go take my darvocet, so off i go. later.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
the good, the bad and the boring...
so the first day of classes went fine. i didn't cry for my mommy, piss myself or get lost. i did, however, get called a bitch in my history class by my professor (jokingly), found out my english professor is insane, and got to see some of the people i actually liked last semester in my photography class. all in all, not too stressful of a day.
not much else to report on. i'll start my new job at the school on monday. i ended up getting a different position working as a clerical assistant for my photography professor which rocks. it's a nice desk job with my own office...yay :D i'm such a goober. looks good on a resume though, and seems like fairly simple work, so i'm game. plus, i need the money...bad.
we rented 'the longest yard' with adam sandler and some documentary called 'rock school' last week. both were pretty good. 'the longest yard' was actually quite an enjoyable popcorn flick with some really great wrestler cameos, well, two...stone cold steve austin and goldberg. however, wwe has just signed Dalip Singh (the actor who plays turley in the movie) who is 7'2" and 4oolbs. fans are excited.
rock school was decent. not everyone digs zappa, and who can blame 'em, but there was this amazing 12 year old kid on there who is just amazing. seeing his perfromances is worth sitting through the rest of the film.
alright. that's all folks. later.
not much else to report on. i'll start my new job at the school on monday. i ended up getting a different position working as a clerical assistant for my photography professor which rocks. it's a nice desk job with my own office...yay :D i'm such a goober. looks good on a resume though, and seems like fairly simple work, so i'm game. plus, i need the money...bad.
we rented 'the longest yard' with adam sandler and some documentary called 'rock school' last week. both were pretty good. 'the longest yard' was actually quite an enjoyable popcorn flick with some really great wrestler cameos, well, two...stone cold steve austin and goldberg. however, wwe has just signed Dalip Singh (the actor who plays turley in the movie) who is 7'2" and 4oolbs. fans are excited.
rock school was decent. not everyone digs zappa, and who can blame 'em, but there was this amazing 12 year old kid on there who is just amazing. seeing his perfromances is worth sitting through the rest of the film.
alright. that's all folks. later.
Monday, January 16, 2006
takin the easy way out...
ok, so i'm bored, and don't really have much to write about, and i've seen this done on some of the other blogs i read, so i'm going to be a poser. today's post will be:
5 weird things you may or may not know about me -
ok, so here we go:
1. i cannot bend my thumb on either hand without all of my fingers on that hand bending as well. apparently my tendons are conected too high or something, so while i can move every other finger independently, my thumb controls the rest.
2. i was in the movie, "boys don't cry". seriously. they filmed part of it in the town where i grew up, and my mom worked for the local newspaper where the film critic got us in. and yes, i did get paid for it.
3. i am a huge r.e.m. fan. since my freshman year in high school, i have had a deep love for r.e.m.'s music and band members. i did go on a three year hiatus where i protested them for being sell outs and too political for their own damn good, but thanks to my photography teacher last semester, i've re-found my love for them.
4. i am distantly related to the writer H.G. Wells. don't ask me how, i just know that i am. my middle name is wells...go figure.
5. last, but not least, or perhaps it is, who knows. i am allergic to chocolate. anytime i consume chocolate in any form (ie- candy bar, chocolate milk, cake, etc...) i sneeze. i get it from my grandma on my dad's side, who, every time she ate any chocolate, would sneeze three times.
so not the most intriguing of lists, i can assure you, but i actually had a bit of trouble writing it. though, i guess i should be greatful for not having a plethora of oddities of which to write about.
in other news, classes start tomorrow, which means i have to get up at 8:30a.m. and that just sucks. however, something that i hadn't realized yet, since i dropped the raquetball class, i now get an hour and a half break between my first and second class. since i only live five minutes from campus, this is a very good thing. yay.
alrighty, well i should go be productive or something. later!
5 weird things you may or may not know about me -
ok, so here we go:
1. i cannot bend my thumb on either hand without all of my fingers on that hand bending as well. apparently my tendons are conected too high or something, so while i can move every other finger independently, my thumb controls the rest.
2. i was in the movie, "boys don't cry". seriously. they filmed part of it in the town where i grew up, and my mom worked for the local newspaper where the film critic got us in. and yes, i did get paid for it.
3. i am a huge r.e.m. fan. since my freshman year in high school, i have had a deep love for r.e.m.'s music and band members. i did go on a three year hiatus where i protested them for being sell outs and too political for their own damn good, but thanks to my photography teacher last semester, i've re-found my love for them.
4. i am distantly related to the writer H.G. Wells. don't ask me how, i just know that i am. my middle name is wells...go figure.
5. last, but not least, or perhaps it is, who knows. i am allergic to chocolate. anytime i consume chocolate in any form (ie- candy bar, chocolate milk, cake, etc...) i sneeze. i get it from my grandma on my dad's side, who, every time she ate any chocolate, would sneeze three times.
so not the most intriguing of lists, i can assure you, but i actually had a bit of trouble writing it. though, i guess i should be greatful for not having a plethora of oddities of which to write about.
in other news, classes start tomorrow, which means i have to get up at 8:30a.m. and that just sucks. however, something that i hadn't realized yet, since i dropped the raquetball class, i now get an hour and a half break between my first and second class. since i only live five minutes from campus, this is a very good thing. yay.
alrighty, well i should go be productive or something. later!
Thursday, January 12, 2006
'large shrimp' is an oxymoron...
all new 'smallville' was on tonite. nothing real great or anything. they did kind of tackle the whole, 'would superman's load shoot a hole through the uterus of any woman he fucked' scenario, but still, nothing really came of it, and the question still remains unanswered.i've decided that we have some of the laziest cats on the planet. but they sure are cute!
unfortunately, booger has gone back into heat, so we're going to call the vet on monday and schedule an appointment for her "sleep-over" visit, as the vet refers to it, for as soon as she comes out of heat again. poor thing is just roaming the apartment meowing and cooing like an insane kitty. she also does this thing where when she's having a really bad 'bout' of it she'll slink around, not really walking, but more like a snake with legs...it's hilarious, adorable and sad all at the same time. macaroni is actually being very patient and understanding with booger this time through, or so it seems for the moment. she's been cuddling up with her and following her around trying to play with her at times. i love our kitties...though lazy, they are the best!
so my office area is a complete mess, and i think i will try to clean it up a bit tomorrow, assuming i have the energy. i got very little sleep last nite due to the excruciating pain in my hip keeping me up. rob found me downstairs around 7:30 this morning (i'd been there since 6a.m.) watching, dare i admit it, power rangers. i immediately tried to deny this fact, stating that i was just flipping channels and had zoned out for a minute while briefly stopping on this channel. he didn't buy it, but i wasn't really trying too hard to convince him. it occured to me, however, that i haven't seen that hour of the morning in a very long time. in high school, at least when i would go, school started *at* 7:30a.m. i always thought this to be quite ridiculous, but getting out at 2:30p.m. wasn't half bad. not to mention, by my senior year i rarely saw that 7:30 hour anyway. i could probably have been arrested for truancy many a time, however some how i always got away with it. i never got detention or suspended or any displinary action taken against me for it. nope, other than a couple of 'talking to's' i always got away with skipping school, and many of the other lovely things i did.
alrighty, well enough reminiscing. rob wants coffee and bailey's, and i want coffee (can't have alcohol right now...i'm a sad panda) so i suppose i should go take care of those needs. y'all come back now, ya hear!
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
i have never felt more like a drug addict...
holy hell, muscle relaxers are baaaaaaaad. they are 800mg of pure evil...but only when you're coming off of them.
wow.
so i had stuff to post about earlier today, and then i took my meds, and now i couldn't tell you what i was planning on posting about at all. i didn't wake up til noon today because i took that shit before bed last nite...wrong thing to do.
uh...ok, let's see here. oh, so 'one tree hill' and 'lost' were new tonite. both were pretty freakin' sweet. details are a bit fuzzy however.
i dropped my raquetball class today, and was able to do it online which ruled.
i haven't set foot outside all day. not once. i was supposed to go out to my car and get the sheets that explain my physical therapy stuff, but i didn't. i would go now, but i don't think i can walk a straight line, much less down stairs, down the sidewalk steps, all the way out to my car and back.
school starts next tuesday. that should be a hoot. i did get the job working in the photo lab, however, so that's cool. yeah, but it will only be saturdays for now, so i'm probably going to have to look at getting another job as well.
i've been really deperessed over not having a job and stuff lately, and finally broke down about it the other nite to rob and he was just so sweet. he explained that it doesn't matter because he's supporting me so i can go to school and do what i want to do because it makes him happy. that made me cry. i love him.
speaking of him, we're going to go make coffee and play some soul calibur III now.
nitey nite nite!
ps- i apologize for the rambling on's of this post, however co- or incoherent they may be.
later!
wow.
so i had stuff to post about earlier today, and then i took my meds, and now i couldn't tell you what i was planning on posting about at all. i didn't wake up til noon today because i took that shit before bed last nite...wrong thing to do.
uh...ok, let's see here. oh, so 'one tree hill' and 'lost' were new tonite. both were pretty freakin' sweet. details are a bit fuzzy however.
i dropped my raquetball class today, and was able to do it online which ruled.
i haven't set foot outside all day. not once. i was supposed to go out to my car and get the sheets that explain my physical therapy stuff, but i didn't. i would go now, but i don't think i can walk a straight line, much less down stairs, down the sidewalk steps, all the way out to my car and back.
school starts next tuesday. that should be a hoot. i did get the job working in the photo lab, however, so that's cool. yeah, but it will only be saturdays for now, so i'm probably going to have to look at getting another job as well.
i've been really deperessed over not having a job and stuff lately, and finally broke down about it the other nite to rob and he was just so sweet. he explained that it doesn't matter because he's supporting me so i can go to school and do what i want to do because it makes him happy. that made me cry. i love him.
speaking of him, we're going to go make coffee and play some soul calibur III now.
nitey nite nite!
ps- i apologize for the rambling on's of this post, however co- or incoherent they may be.
later!
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
went to the doctor today...
yay for me. the bad news, i have 'sacroiliitus', and it may never get better or fully go away. the good news is, i have muscle relaxers. i am a very happy, and not so painful, camper right now.
in other news, i made the coolest character in soul calibur III. he's a saint, his name is kal-el, and he's dressed like superman...or at least as close to it as i could get. he's freaking awesome! and he even has a red cape and boots!
ok, i am a dork, but you already knew that.
i also found out today that i can, indeed, drop my raquetball course without there being any complications, so that's freaking awesome. i'll have to go up there tomorrow morning and take care of that so i can get a full refund on the class.
oh yeah! i also bought a guitar and got it in over the weekend. i ended up going with this one...
it's pretty sweet, and my fingers totally hurt from playing so much.
ok, well i've sat here long enough. i'm supposed to move around off and on so as not to let my hip sit in one position for too long.
later tater!
in other news, i made the coolest character in soul calibur III. he's a saint, his name is kal-el, and he's dressed like superman...or at least as close to it as i could get. he's freaking awesome! and he even has a red cape and boots!
ok, i am a dork, but you already knew that.
i also found out today that i can, indeed, drop my raquetball course without there being any complications, so that's freaking awesome. i'll have to go up there tomorrow morning and take care of that so i can get a full refund on the class.
oh yeah! i also bought a guitar and got it in over the weekend. i ended up going with this one...
it's pretty sweet, and my fingers totally hurt from playing so much.
ok, well i've sat here long enough. i'm supposed to move around off and on so as not to let my hip sit in one position for too long.
later tater!
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Friday, January 06, 2006
going nowhere, going nowhere...
is it ok to do nothing? if everyone did nothing, where would we be? we wouldn't...that's just it.
rob and i were out earlier tonite when this lady approached my car as we were pulling out of our parking space to leave. rob told me to "just go" and so, as the lady got to my window and motioned for me to roll it down, i waved her on and then drove off.
i feel horrible.
there's no telling what the lady needed. i mean hell, i'm not denying the possibility that she wanted to rob us, or was asking for money "for gas because she's trying to get to her mom's house before she dies" when really she's just going to buy drugs. i *know* that those, and many more are very real possibilities. so why, then, do i always feel so guilty?
i hate seeing homeless people. it tears me up inside. why? because i care too damn much. now, i will say that i have *never* given a homeless person money, but god knows i've thought about it. and why? so they can just go buy drugs and get their next fix? i don't know. then i think that, well yeah, but hell, if drugs are all they have, and it gets them through the pain of their lives at least one more day/nite, then yeah, i can understand that. i mean, we all have our fixes, our vices, the things we turn to when we need an escape from life.
don't get me wrong. i do not, in any way, support the use of drugs, or the masses of homeless people in our country today. i went to therapy awhile back (no i don't still go), and when confessing my guilt of not helping those in need my therapist asked me, "ok, so where's your cynical nature that you have for life and society when it comes to this?" i didn't really have an answer.
i guess that i just understand what it's like to not have somewhere to call home. i moved out of my parents house when i was 17, and since then i've floated from friends house to friends house, lived out of my car for awhile, lived with my ex, and now i'm living with rob. out of all of those places, it's taken til now, til living with rob, to finally have somewhere that i feel i can truly call home.
i dunno. i know that i'll probably be crucified for even showing any compassion for a homeless or needy person by some of you, but whatever. you're not them, so you still get my cynical wrath. :)
later.
rob and i were out earlier tonite when this lady approached my car as we were pulling out of our parking space to leave. rob told me to "just go" and so, as the lady got to my window and motioned for me to roll it down, i waved her on and then drove off.
i feel horrible.
there's no telling what the lady needed. i mean hell, i'm not denying the possibility that she wanted to rob us, or was asking for money "for gas because she's trying to get to her mom's house before she dies" when really she's just going to buy drugs. i *know* that those, and many more are very real possibilities. so why, then, do i always feel so guilty?
i hate seeing homeless people. it tears me up inside. why? because i care too damn much. now, i will say that i have *never* given a homeless person money, but god knows i've thought about it. and why? so they can just go buy drugs and get their next fix? i don't know. then i think that, well yeah, but hell, if drugs are all they have, and it gets them through the pain of their lives at least one more day/nite, then yeah, i can understand that. i mean, we all have our fixes, our vices, the things we turn to when we need an escape from life.
don't get me wrong. i do not, in any way, support the use of drugs, or the masses of homeless people in our country today. i went to therapy awhile back (no i don't still go), and when confessing my guilt of not helping those in need my therapist asked me, "ok, so where's your cynical nature that you have for life and society when it comes to this?" i didn't really have an answer.
i guess that i just understand what it's like to not have somewhere to call home. i moved out of my parents house when i was 17, and since then i've floated from friends house to friends house, lived out of my car for awhile, lived with my ex, and now i'm living with rob. out of all of those places, it's taken til now, til living with rob, to finally have somewhere that i feel i can truly call home.
i dunno. i know that i'll probably be crucified for even showing any compassion for a homeless or needy person by some of you, but whatever. you're not them, so you still get my cynical wrath. :)
later.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
the girliest post yet...
so rob's birthday is on march 4th...too early to really be planning for right? wrong! i'm so totally a hopeless romantic and all about suprising the one i love and making him happy! i get so excited when i think up new things to get him or places to take him...once i think of it i'm completely giddy until i actually do it that i know he always knows that something is up, but it doesn't matter!
so i've already started planning his birthday, and i emailed the place i want to take him yesterday and got all of the information i need to make it perfect! luckily his birthday is on a saturday this year, so anything i want to do i can without having to worry about him having the day off and stuff! yay!!!!!!!!!!!
so now i have to figure out how to get in touch with his friends without him knowing, and decide if i even want to go to the trouble of inviting them. it would be awesome to have them there, but some of them have kids that they'd have to get babysitters for, and i know that it's going to be kinda pricey for all of them to go...like $60 a person...so i don't know. i guess it wouldn't hurt to put the invitation out there and let them decide for themselves.
anyway.
for some reason i just needed to vent all of that out. probably so i won't just spill my guts to him about it in a moment of excitement.
ya know...what's sad tho is, i have no idea what to do for him for valentine's day. hmm...i think last time we talked about it, tho, i was going to let him handle that one since he hasn't really given me a real romantic one yet.
yeah yeah yeah...i'm a total chick, shut up.
ok, gotta go finish preparing dinner and try to do some more laundry before dr. phil!
afterwhile crocodile!
so i've already started planning his birthday, and i emailed the place i want to take him yesterday and got all of the information i need to make it perfect! luckily his birthday is on a saturday this year, so anything i want to do i can without having to worry about him having the day off and stuff! yay!!!!!!!!!!!
so now i have to figure out how to get in touch with his friends without him knowing, and decide if i even want to go to the trouble of inviting them. it would be awesome to have them there, but some of them have kids that they'd have to get babysitters for, and i know that it's going to be kinda pricey for all of them to go...like $60 a person...so i don't know. i guess it wouldn't hurt to put the invitation out there and let them decide for themselves.
anyway.
for some reason i just needed to vent all of that out. probably so i won't just spill my guts to him about it in a moment of excitement.
ya know...what's sad tho is, i have no idea what to do for him for valentine's day. hmm...i think last time we talked about it, tho, i was going to let him handle that one since he hasn't really given me a real romantic one yet.
yeah yeah yeah...i'm a total chick, shut up.
ok, gotta go finish preparing dinner and try to do some more laundry before dr. phil!
afterwhile crocodile!
of no interest to anyone but myself...
however, if you happen to go see the movie "hostel" tomorrow (be it opening day) then you will get to see the trailer for the movie "see no evil" starring, none other, than Kane from the WWE. i will not be going to see it because i don't do scary movies and while hostel at least looks interesting, the advertising in the beginning kinda gave the whole thing away, so i'm good.
anyway. not a lot else to post about today, or at least as of right now. i need to go start dinner here in a little bit. tonite it's chicken fajitas, made in the crock pot of course! :)
man, having nothing to do during the day gets old real quick. i mean, i enjoy the freedom's of not having a schedule, but there's also just not a lot to do, or that i can do, so i'm just kinda...well, hanging out by myself. yesterday i cleaned the bathroom and did some laundry and dishes, and that's all i could handle before my hip gave out.
ok, complete side note...why the hell does radio and music in general suck so bad??? man! argh!
anyway, that's all, i'm gonna go.
goodbye for now, so long...
anyway. not a lot else to post about today, or at least as of right now. i need to go start dinner here in a little bit. tonite it's chicken fajitas, made in the crock pot of course! :)
man, having nothing to do during the day gets old real quick. i mean, i enjoy the freedom's of not having a schedule, but there's also just not a lot to do, or that i can do, so i'm just kinda...well, hanging out by myself. yesterday i cleaned the bathroom and did some laundry and dishes, and that's all i could handle before my hip gave out.
ok, complete side note...why the hell does radio and music in general suck so bad??? man! argh!
anyway, that's all, i'm gonna go.
goodbye for now, so long...
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
the best part of waking up...
...is cold coffee left in the pot by rob...ew.
so, today was filled with much of the same as most of my days recently. this includes, but is not limited to:
sleeping in - because i can, and why not take advantage of it while i'm still able to.
taking a very long and very hot shower - to loosen up my leg
eating lunch and figuring out whether or not i want to cook dinner, and if so what i'm going to cook - thank goodness for crock pots
watching random bad daytime t.v. - well, i say random, but really mean 'boy meets world' at 1p.m. and 'dr.phil' at 3p.m.
trying to get even the smallest task done - either between t.v. shows or while my leg is cooperating
and spending most of my day on the computer - so as to talk to rob while he's at work, and update this lovely piece of blog art.
sounds exciting doesn't it? yeah...right.
anyway. i paid for school the other day and found out that i'm still technically on "academic probation" which means that i have to take this extra "study and learning skills" course online. it's absolutely ridiculous! i found out when i went to drop my raquetball course (see: hurt leg) and there was a hold on my account not letting me do anything other than pay. so i called and was told, "oh, well just come in and talk to an advisor in person and they'll just remove the hold." so ok, i was thinking it wasn't a big deal, and would be easy to have taken care of. so i headed up to the school, stood in line for about 30 minutes, finally got to sit down and talk to an advisor, and was told, "oh, well you need to talk to a 'full-advisor', so just go sit over there," which resulted in another 5 minutes of waiting. then i got called into the 'full-advisor's' office and explained things to her, and then she informed me that i would have to take this extra course. i just about lost my shit. i tried explaining to her that the entire reason i'm even on academic probation is because of a fuck-up on my part *two years ago* and that my grades from this past semester were high, and seeing as how i am only .2 points from the gpa i need to not be on probation, the entire situation is absolutely ridiculous. she just smiled and said she was sorry, but, "at least you don't have to pay for the course since you're gpa is high enough."
i wanted to kill her.
then i thought about trying to bribe her.
and then i went back to wanting to kill her.
so now here's the deal. i have to complete 10 "modules" on this online course and write a 50 word paragraph for each "module". in addition to that, i have to attend 3 seminars this semester and acquire the completion certificate for each of them. and lastly, i have to have my professors fill out a sheet the lady gave me saying that i am passing my course at mid-term. if i fail to complete any of these tasks i won't be able to register early, and my registration will be limited by hours and courses that i can take.
it would be different if i was fresh out of high school and they were trying to teach some stupid little immature 18 year old the responsibilities of college and crap, but i'm not, and i do not appreciate being treated as such.
this also brings up another problem in the fact that, the lady said something about getting to do the online course and not paying for it because of my current schedule and if i didn't change anything. so, i don't know that i can drop my raquetball course now and not have something else blow up in my face! at this point there's no way i can take that course and pass it, but at the same time i don't know that i can drop it. but if i want to get my full money back on it, then i have to drop it by the 16th.
why must things be so complicated? huh?
anyway. i need to go hobble into rob's room and see if we're going to the store tonite or not. because if we are, i need to go put pants on. wahoooo!
later dudes.
so, today was filled with much of the same as most of my days recently. this includes, but is not limited to:
sleeping in - because i can, and why not take advantage of it while i'm still able to.
taking a very long and very hot shower - to loosen up my leg
eating lunch and figuring out whether or not i want to cook dinner, and if so what i'm going to cook - thank goodness for crock pots
watching random bad daytime t.v. - well, i say random, but really mean 'boy meets world' at 1p.m. and 'dr.phil' at 3p.m.
trying to get even the smallest task done - either between t.v. shows or while my leg is cooperating
and spending most of my day on the computer - so as to talk to rob while he's at work, and update this lovely piece of blog art.
sounds exciting doesn't it? yeah...right.
anyway. i paid for school the other day and found out that i'm still technically on "academic probation" which means that i have to take this extra "study and learning skills" course online. it's absolutely ridiculous! i found out when i went to drop my raquetball course (see: hurt leg) and there was a hold on my account not letting me do anything other than pay. so i called and was told, "oh, well just come in and talk to an advisor in person and they'll just remove the hold." so ok, i was thinking it wasn't a big deal, and would be easy to have taken care of. so i headed up to the school, stood in line for about 30 minutes, finally got to sit down and talk to an advisor, and was told, "oh, well you need to talk to a 'full-advisor', so just go sit over there," which resulted in another 5 minutes of waiting. then i got called into the 'full-advisor's' office and explained things to her, and then she informed me that i would have to take this extra course. i just about lost my shit. i tried explaining to her that the entire reason i'm even on academic probation is because of a fuck-up on my part *two years ago* and that my grades from this past semester were high, and seeing as how i am only .2 points from the gpa i need to not be on probation, the entire situation is absolutely ridiculous. she just smiled and said she was sorry, but, "at least you don't have to pay for the course since you're gpa is high enough."
i wanted to kill her.
then i thought about trying to bribe her.
and then i went back to wanting to kill her.
so now here's the deal. i have to complete 10 "modules" on this online course and write a 50 word paragraph for each "module". in addition to that, i have to attend 3 seminars this semester and acquire the completion certificate for each of them. and lastly, i have to have my professors fill out a sheet the lady gave me saying that i am passing my course at mid-term. if i fail to complete any of these tasks i won't be able to register early, and my registration will be limited by hours and courses that i can take.
it would be different if i was fresh out of high school and they were trying to teach some stupid little immature 18 year old the responsibilities of college and crap, but i'm not, and i do not appreciate being treated as such.
this also brings up another problem in the fact that, the lady said something about getting to do the online course and not paying for it because of my current schedule and if i didn't change anything. so, i don't know that i can drop my raquetball course now and not have something else blow up in my face! at this point there's no way i can take that course and pass it, but at the same time i don't know that i can drop it. but if i want to get my full money back on it, then i have to drop it by the 16th.
why must things be so complicated? huh?
anyway. i need to go hobble into rob's room and see if we're going to the store tonite or not. because if we are, i need to go put pants on. wahoooo!
later dudes.
please read before operating this equipment...
ok, i've done a little "spring cleaning" (might as well be with it at 70 degrees outside) to my blog and the archives. i deleted quite a few posts from 2005 and only left the ones that meant something to me, had pictures, and/or made me laugh. and i think the only one that is still giving me format problems is the very first post, so too bad for it!
i did all of this for a couple of reasons. one, because my blog was getting to the point where it didn't like to update in a timely manner, and would sometimes barf my posts. the other reason being that, while i got quite a bit of classic entertainment out of some of 2005's low points, i'd rather not have them sitting there, taking up space, and collecting dust in the cyberspace attic of memories.
in other news, my freakin' leg hurts! i'm starting to wonder if i have a slipped disc in my lower back or something. my hip and knee are just excruciating and getting to the point of impossible to deal with.
also, i think booger might be sick. she has been gobbling down food as usual, and as a result has been really sluggish, which is a bit worrysome. i need to call the vet to set up a "sleep-over" appointment soon anyway, so hopefully either she'll get better by then on her own, or we'll get her checked out soon. she's conked out on my lap right now...so adorable. :)
i really want to buy a guitar. i'm back and forth between an acoustic and an electric tho. i don't know if my fingers can handle an acoustic, but i like the mobility of it. on the other hand, i know i can handle the action on an electric, but that means that any time i want to play i have to plug in. i dunno...decisions decisions. i've gotta get school payed off before i do anything tho.
anyway, rob's downstairs playing SCIII so i'm gonna go hang out and watch him for awhile til i conk out myself.
later gator...
i did all of this for a couple of reasons. one, because my blog was getting to the point where it didn't like to update in a timely manner, and would sometimes barf my posts. the other reason being that, while i got quite a bit of classic entertainment out of some of 2005's low points, i'd rather not have them sitting there, taking up space, and collecting dust in the cyberspace attic of memories.
in other news, my freakin' leg hurts! i'm starting to wonder if i have a slipped disc in my lower back or something. my hip and knee are just excruciating and getting to the point of impossible to deal with.
also, i think booger might be sick. she has been gobbling down food as usual, and as a result has been really sluggish, which is a bit worrysome. i need to call the vet to set up a "sleep-over" appointment soon anyway, so hopefully either she'll get better by then on her own, or we'll get her checked out soon. she's conked out on my lap right now...so adorable. :)
i really want to buy a guitar. i'm back and forth between an acoustic and an electric tho. i don't know if my fingers can handle an acoustic, but i like the mobility of it. on the other hand, i know i can handle the action on an electric, but that means that any time i want to play i have to plug in. i dunno...decisions decisions. i've gotta get school payed off before i do anything tho.
anyway, rob's downstairs playing SCIII so i'm gonna go hang out and watch him for awhile til i conk out myself.
later gator...
Sunday, January 01, 2006
what's the new years equivalent of "bah-humbug"?...
so this weekend has been fairly uneventful. i started organizing and straightening up my office area today, and trying to get all of my laundry done. rob went over to one of his friend's house to try and get some work done, so i got some stuff done while he was out of the way.
so this is the time of year when everyone starts making empty promises to themselves and each other because it's a new year and a "new start," giving us the chance to "better ourselves" and "motivate each other" into doing the crap we should probably be doing anyway. i'm sorry, but today is no different that yesterday which was no different that ten saturday's ago. my point is, this whole idea of a new beginning shit is just comical to me. if you need a reason to better yourself other than doing so for yourself, then i'm sorry, no matter how much, or in most cases little, effort you put into it, it's just *not* going to happen.
so, as usual, i won't be taking part in the whole making resolutions ordeal. or, maybe i will....yeah...i hearby make the resolution to continue hating most of society, people in general, and the criteria by which we are made to live.
wow...got that all covered...looks like i'm ahead of the gang! BOOOOYAH!
maybe next year i'll make it more challenging...but i doubt it.
ok, speaking of new years and all that hooplah, i have a question. where did this superstition of eating black eyed peas on new years day for good luck come from? is it just a southern thing? or is my family just absolutely insane and it's not a real thing at all, i've just been fed a lie my entire 22 years of life?? i must know! perhaps google will have the answers, but if you have any commentary on the subject, please feel free to comment.
alrighty, well i must go check on laundry and then play me some soul calibur goodness, and of course, kick rob's ass like always. w00t! alrighty, later!
so this is the time of year when everyone starts making empty promises to themselves and each other because it's a new year and a "new start," giving us the chance to "better ourselves" and "motivate each other" into doing the crap we should probably be doing anyway. i'm sorry, but today is no different that yesterday which was no different that ten saturday's ago. my point is, this whole idea of a new beginning shit is just comical to me. if you need a reason to better yourself other than doing so for yourself, then i'm sorry, no matter how much, or in most cases little, effort you put into it, it's just *not* going to happen.
so, as usual, i won't be taking part in the whole making resolutions ordeal. or, maybe i will....yeah...i hearby make the resolution to continue hating most of society, people in general, and the criteria by which we are made to live.
wow...got that all covered...looks like i'm ahead of the gang! BOOOOYAH!
maybe next year i'll make it more challenging...but i doubt it.
ok, speaking of new years and all that hooplah, i have a question. where did this superstition of eating black eyed peas on new years day for good luck come from? is it just a southern thing? or is my family just absolutely insane and it's not a real thing at all, i've just been fed a lie my entire 22 years of life?? i must know! perhaps google will have the answers, but if you have any commentary on the subject, please feel free to comment.
alrighty, well i must go check on laundry and then play me some soul calibur goodness, and of course, kick rob's ass like always. w00t! alrighty, later!
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