| Suckiest. Day. Ever. |
Tuesday
September 30th,2008 1:10am |
We had to put Princess to sleep today. She had Feline Leukemia Virus, we didn't even realize she was sick until it was too late. I'm completely heartbroken.
I've been crying almost nonstop since about 4:30 this afternoon. I miss her so much already, and it's only going to get worse because it still just feels like a bad dream. She was my baby, I fell in love with her the minute I laid eyes on her. I feel like I failed her. It was my job to take care of her, keep her healthy, protect her... I can't believe she's gone.
I thought it would help to come here and write about it, but I'm so emotionally and physically exhausted that I don't even want to talk about it.
RIP Princess
8-23-03 - 9-29-08
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| Gossip Girl |
Saturday
September 27th,2008 4:42am |
The juicy bit of entertainment for the week is that Jeremy's friend Dallas is getting married next Friday, to a girl he's known for three weeks. No, she's not a mail-order bride, she's just an idiot, too.
( I think you've got a little amore on your shirt... )
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Saturday
September 20th,2008 2:53am |
I was still pissed off at my Drug class on Thursday, so I didn't go.
That'll teach 'em.
My Dino class still rocks (har har), but on Wednesday mi profesora gave us a huge project involving dual papers, due Monday. I spent about six hours just doing the research so I could get started.
I found out that my Dino class does NOT transfer to U of M - Flint like I was told, which means I have to take another Science class, which means that unless I want my winter semester to include three honors classes and two science classes (with labs), I'm not graduating in May like I thought.
( Silver Lining... )
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| Why Society Pisses me off, pt. 902847 |
Tuesday
September 16th,2008 10:09pm |
...Because people use lame excuses to justify their shortcomings, rather than take responsibility for their behavior.
My Intro to Substance Abuse class (which, BTW, has been re-named "Intro to the STUDY OF Substance Abuse," probably due to smartass comments like those from yours truly) is about 90% full of people who plan to go into the field of Social Work. Some, including the professor, have had problems with drugs and/or alcohol themselves. Most, if not all, know or have known someone who has/had issues with chemical dependency. This means that everyone thinks they're an expert on the subject, and that instead of listening to the professor lecture about the course material, everyone wants to play Confession Hour.
Let's just say I was already annoyed BEFORE the whole class decided to attack me for having a differing opinion, because if I wanted to listen to a bunch of people talk about their life stories and how they/their neighbor/their baby's daddy's cousin got involved with drugs, I'd go to a frigging Narc-Anon meeting.
( Still annoyed, a week later. )
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| Well, That Figures, ep #982 |
Wednesday
September 10th,2008 4:46am |
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Oh no! Scientists are going to destroy the world, and I just got my new tattoo yesterday! Couldn't they at least wait until I'm done showing it off?
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| Llamas for Obama |
Tuesday
September 9th,2008 5:57am |
My boyfriend Rocky Obama (aka Barack) visited my school yesterday. Sadly, it was an invite-only deal with about 200 attendees. The campus was a madhouse, though. I've never seen so many police! State cops, city cops, Sheriff's Dept., campus cops, ominous black Escalades with dark tinted windows, the place was swarming.
The whole area surrounding the Regional Technology Center (where we have our auto shop, heating/cooling, engineering, etc.) was blockaded. That's where Obama spoke, but they wouldn't let anybody into that parking lot or the Presidential Conference Center. My dino class is in the Gorman building, which is across the parking lot from the RTC. They wouldn't even let my professor park next to the Gorman building, so she had to park in the ramps and carry a box of rocks across campus. There were probably hundreds of people clustered together in front of the barriers blocking the area off, standing in the rain to hopefully catch a glimpse of somebody important.
It was quite a spectacle. It would've been way cooler if it had been open to the public. I mean come on, Rocky! When Al Gore was here there was a free concert right downtown, with the Goo-Goo Dolls. You're going to let AL GORE out-do you? For shame!
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| First Day of School |
Thursday
September 4th,2008 12:47am |
Today was my first day of school for what will be my last year at Mott, which is kind of sad because I have such an affinity for all things Mott. However, I'm sure when the U of M - Flint campus stops being all daunt-y I'll forget all about Mott's familiar halls and seemingly constant construction.
Speaking of which, I was almost late to my first class today because two driveways were blocked off, and the campus was swarming with police. I was thinking, "Awesome! Bomb threat on my first day!" No such luck. There was an unveiling of some new statue, which I didn't have time to stop and see. Apparently the few non-laid-off Flint cops didn't have any crime to fight, so they were busy protecting the city's five rich people.
( First Day Hilarity and Fake Dinos. )
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| End of Summer |
Monday
September 1st,2008 10:34pm |
Fall semester starts tomorrow (I don't go back until Wednesday) so I guess that means summer is officially over. I didn't do a damn thing this summer. Didn't have a vacation, didn't go swimming, didn't go camping, didn't do crap. Granted, I still had school until the last week of July, but I still had a month off and I didn't do anything with it. Can I get a do-over?
( Reflecting and Rambling )
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| Check out the Cheery Chick |
Monday
September 1st,2008 1:42am |
I had an excellent day today-- of course, any day that involves me spending money I don't have on stuff I don't need is pretty stellar. Well, I did need some stuff, like a new backpack for the putting in and carrying of my books. I just sprinkled some non-needed stuff in the mix.
Jeremy and I went to dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings, which has now been deemed the happiest place on earth. Why? I mean, besides the fact that wings = non-flying Buffalo goodness? Because I put a quarter in the gum ball machine type thingy that was full of plastic monkeys, and suddenly it rained monkeys! Instead of just one monkey per quarter, I was getting 2 or 3 each time. I spent 4 quarters and got 9 monkeys.
After happy raining monkey land, we went to (finally) see The Dark Knight, in Imax-- which I totally don't understand what's so great about Imax it's just a bigger screen and louder? Anyway, we had some time to kill before the movie, so I spent some more quarters and won a kinda big/medium-ish stuffed Elmo out of the claw machine. I don't think I've ever won anything out of the claw machine before. I should've played the friggin' lottery today!
Other than that, I haven't been up to a whole lot of anything lately, except watching seasons of Buffy on DVD and developing a completely inappropriate/unhealthy obsession with a certain fictional vampire. Please mock me mercilessly about this, before I talk Jeremy into bleaching his hair.
Back to school Wednesday...
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| Never Enough Time |
Monday
August 18th,2008 12:18am |
I had so many plans for my "summer vacation." I had planned to FINALLY lug my boxes of books upstairs and unpack them-- we've only been here almost a year now! I had planned to spend a lot of quality time playing video games that are still in their cellophane. I had planned to re-organize closets and cupboards that are becoming increasingly hazardous due to an overabundance of crap in them. I had planned to go to the library, and read lots of books. I had planned to ride my bike, which has yet to even take a quick turn around the block.
All of these plans, and what have I done? Nothing. Not a damn thing. I'm sure I did something, but I can't remember it, whatever it was. I remember lots of sleeping. Shopping, I did go shopping a couple of times. I have two weeks and two days before Fall semester, and I have nothing to show for it. What the hell?!
That's what I get for thinking I'd take Spring/Summer classes because I'd go insane with too much time off.
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| Guess What I did Today? |
Saturday
May 10th,2008 1:38am |
I planted flowers!
( Planting is subjective. )
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Wednesday
May 7th,2008 1:58am |
Today we took Koshka and Murphy (new puppy) in to the vet to get fixed. Murphy also got a nose job. LOL. He's a pug, and the surgery is supposed to help him breathe better. Koshka had to spend the night, but Murphy got to come home today. Boy, was HE stoned! It was pretty hilarious, but I'm thinking you had to be there.
I cannot even begin to express how frigging happy I am that we finally took Koshka in to be fixed. Bailey was spayed well before she ever went into heat, so I haven't had to deal with a squalling whorecat since before Princess got fixed. And Princess never tried to get out of the apartment. We had to chase Koshka down a couple times, because she's sneaky and she's quick. One time we had to turn the hose on full blast and spray under the front porch to chase her out, so we could catch her!
In other news, back to school tomorrow. I only have to go 2 hours tomorrow (Spanish) and 2 hours Thursday (Music Appreciation) but I'm still kind of bummed that I didn't get this whole week off. Also, the grades are officially posted now, and my 4.0 is still in effect. Not that it was in any danger. ;)
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| College Ruins Everything, Vol. 97 |
Monday
May 5th,2008 12:50am |
Today I thought I'd set aside a couple hours for a guilty pleasure that I rarely have the time for anymore, thanks to the Homework Gods: Reading the latest issue of Cosmopolitan. Yes, I know it's cheesy, that is why it's a guilty pleasure.
The first thing that irked me was the ads. Thanks to my Social Psych and English teachers, I now look at ads and think critically about psychological techniques, hidden agendas, and exploitative imagery-- instead of thinking, "Ooh, shiny!"
( You want me to put pepper WHERE? )
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Friday
May 2nd,2008 2:04pm |
Last Saturday, Jeremy and I went up to The Machine Shop to see Sour Jane and Critical Bill. Our friend James plays guitar for Sour Jane. Critical Bill is from Detroit, and is one of the bands I got to play at the Hurricane Katrina benefit I put together about 5 million years ago.
First of all, I love The Machine Shop, but now I remember why we don't go to the bar much any more. We spent $120, just *poof* gone, and I couldn't tell you where it went. It doesn't seem like we drank THAT much.
The funny part was that, aside from a handful of people, Jeremy and I didn't know anybody there. Most of the people in the place looked about twelve. It wasn't too long ago that we'd go to the Shop and have to put 5 or 6 tables together to fit everybody in, then we'd have "satellite" tables all around us full of people we knew. What the hell happened?
If you're like everybody I said this to on Saturday, your answer will be, "We got old." DAMN IT! That is wrong, on so many levels. The correct answer is, "We got smart." We realize now that it's stupid to spend $120 on nothing. Drinks shouldn't cost $5+ each, unless you're at a restaurant and you're only having one or two, anyway. We realize now that dressing up to go spend all night in a hot, stinky bar full of annoying drunks, and having to wait in line to pee SUCKS. We expect more from our money, we want 32oz draft beers for $2, and something to DO (karaoke, pool, darts) while we're drinking them. And maybe some food, because we realize now that it's stupid to wear clothes you can't sit down in and shoes you can't walk in to go get drunk and wobbly.
That's my theory.
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| Twice in One Month! A New Record! |
Wednesday
April 30th,2008 6:38pm |
Jeremy came home sick from work today. Whining, and coughing, and potentially infecting me with his germs, oh boy!
It smells like bacon in here. Why it smells like bacon in the computer room, where there is no bacon? I have no idea.
I'm thinking about getting a MacBook. Maybe not like, right now, but soon perhaps.
After books for the Spring semester, I'll be getting a 55-cent student loan rebate.
There is currently an iPod with 160GB of space. That's the same as the hard drive of my computer. I have a ridiculous amount of programs and games on my computer, and I've barely used a quarter of my hard drive space. What the hell does anybody need 160GB of iPod for? And of course, I want one. I got a 4GB iPod Nano video for Christmas, and it's nearly three-quarters full. In my defense, the games take up more space than the songs. YAY I have Peggle and Sonic the Hedgehog on my iPod!
...Random.
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Tuesday
April 29th,2008 4:28pm |
Is it like, totally pathetic that I'm sad the semester's over? I have a test on Thursday, and then I'm done. I'm taking spring semester classes, which I get a whole week off before starting.
I was accepted into Phi Theta Kappa and the Honors program, and the 4.0 is still in effect. I changed my major though, since the Criminal Justice degree was basically just a go-be-a-cop degree. I don't want to be a cop, and they don't offer the law/investigation classes every semester. Boo! So, I am now double-majoring in Arts (Humanities) and General Studies with a minor in Social Science. Sounds impressive, no? Actually I'm going to transfer to U of M - Flint's Criminal Justice program after next year, and just filling the pre-requisites will earn me the Arts and General Studies Associate Degree's simultaneously. So, yay that.
Spring semester should be easy, I'm taking Elementary Spanish (which is Intro, and I've already had a year and a half of High School Spanish) and Music Appreciation. Bwaha!
Despite the fact that I never do anything except GO to school and do homework, I love being back in school. Going back is one of the best decisions I've ever made.
So... HOW THE HELL ARE YA, DEADJOURNAL?
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| My Poor, Neglected DJ... |
Monday
February 18th,2008 3:00pm |
So, uh... Hi! Did I really disappear this time, or what? I used to see people on my friends list disappear every fall, with sporadic "Sorry, been busy with school!" posts, and I'd think, "WTF? School can't eat up THAT much time!" Well, people, I'm here to tell you that it does. I live in a constant state of chaos, knowing that if I'm doing anything other than homework at a given moment, I'll have to spend the next three days catching up.
I'm here right now, aren't I? Yes, out of GUILT! LOL. I'm actually caught up on my homework (except for finding a couple sources for my Criminology paper)... Only because I didn't have any Thursday homework so I started on my weekend homework on Wednesday. This semester is worse than last semester because all of my classes have multiple projects and/or papers. I LOVE my classes this semester, though. With the exception of my Monday Night class... Who knew forensic testimony was so friggin' boring?
Aside from all school, all the time, things are pretty much the same around here. Jeremy's mom got a new puppy, a pug. His name is Murphy and he is teh cute. Jeremy's grandpa Coates passed away, the funeral was last Friday. He was 91.
Here's something interesting... We found Jeremy's name on the State of Michigan unclaimed property website. It's from an insurance place, so it's probably money, but it doesn't say how much. We're thinking it's probably a couple bucks from an old 401-K, but how awesome would it be if it was a million dollars? Or even a couple hundred would be nice.
CRAP. I don't want to go to class tonight, but I guess I'd better...
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Friday
November 16th,2007 2:36am |
I suck at updating. No, I did not die of textbook asphyxiation. I did, however, suffer some homework-related freak-out caused by psychology research projects. Somehow, I went from having a whole semester to do these two projects to, "OH SHIT, I'LL NEVER FINISH ON TIME!"
It's all good, though. I finished the first project and turned in a 33-page paper a week before the due date. The other one is due the 27th, and it's mostly done. I also finished my final speech for Government a week early (I have to do the speaking part on Tuesday) so it's pretty much smooth sailing from here.
The semester ends December 21st, and I am very much looking forward to three weeks off. Next semester I'm only going to take 4 classes, so maybe I will have time to wipe my ass in the near future.
It's not so bad. I watch far less TV, and if I don't want to do something all I have to say is, "Can't. Homework." If people are annoying me, I just have to pull a book out and look frustrated-- they leave me alone because I'm studying. It's amazing. Like right now, Jeremy would usually be annoying the piss out of me because I'm on the computer, but he thinks I'm doing homework. I'm thinking of going to school forever, just for the homework.
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| Midterms |
Tuesday
October 23rd,2007 11:09am |
What a rainy, crappy day. I had my midterm exam in Psych class this morning. I'm pretty confident that I got 100%; if I didn't, I only missed maybe two questions on which I was about 98.5% sure of the answer. I was out of class by 8:45 and spent 20 minutes sitting by myself waiting for English to start at 9:30 before someone came in and told me class had been canceled. Apparently, she told everybody after the midterm last Thursday, and since I was the first one done and out, I missed it. Grr! So, I've been sitting at home because my Government class isn't until Noon, and I didn't want to sit on campus the whole time.
I got 95% on my Criminal Justice exam... I should've gotten 100% because it was open book and open notes. I'm guessing that the 2 questions I got wrong were the ones I didn't double-check with the book.
I don't know when they send out the grades, and they're not posted online yet, but I'm predicting four A's and an A- or B in Government because Kip likes to make it impossible to get 100% on tests and speeches.
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Friday
October 19th,2007 10:53am |
I'm on the computer for something other than homework, go me!
School has been keeping me busy, and we're still not totally unpacked yet. This weekend I hope to get the last "computer room" box put away, unpack my books, hang some pictures, and finally get my clothes hung in the closet in the bedroom-- in addition to reading 3 chapters (about 100 pages), writing an English paper, working on 2 research projects, and studying for one quiz and one mid-term exam.
I had to give my speech on the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment last week in my American Government class, and I sucked big time. I wrote a good speech, but when I got in front of the class I choked. I kept losing my place, I was shaking and stumbling over words, it was a mess. My speech was too long, I skipped almost a whole page and still finished over five minutes, just barely. Everybody I talked to in class said it wasn't the train wreck that I thought it was, and it must not have been because I didn't get a completely horrible grade. The girl that I thought did the best in our class got a 7 out of a possible 10 points; I got a 6.5. That's pretty generous, because Kip has only given out one 10, ever, and about three 8s between all his classes so far this semester.
I have to give one more speech in that class, probably next month, but the pressure's off because I can't possibly do worse than I did this time. Ugh.
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