I feel like life is moving around me right now with all the fluidity of a dream. I have that annoying feeling where no matter what I do, I feel like I'm not getting anywhere. Anticipation of falling behind isn't helping matters either; I believe that it's actually hindering my ability to do work.
All of this means that I'm going to need to step up my game come November.
Also, I'd like to go out on a limb and say that my phone is a piece of shit. Thanks to the fact that I get barely any service in Laurel, it appears to have trouble finding service for no reason and random times. I want to throw it against the fucking wall. But then I don't want to deal with any of the consequences that would arise from this (i.e., picking up the pieces, actually getting a new phone).
The best thing for me this weekend would be if I stayed at Ramapo with my comfortable bed, my books, and my TV on DVD. Alas, no such thing. I have to drive for like six hours this weekend in order to be all social and crap. I'm not in a very social place right now. In fact, I'm going to say that due to my elevated hatred of people in general, I'm feeling pretty anti-social.
I miss ending entries with fun quotes. I think it's time to revive that practice.
"And I'm looking for a blonde in a Union Jack. A specific one, mind you, I didn't just wake up this morning with a craving. "
-The Doctor (Nine), "The Empty Child"
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
eff this day.
So, I ended up going to Borders.
Of course they didn't have the first series.
Not too big of a deal, they had the second. I decided to buy that one. I got $40 off. Using Kt's coupon, being as I forgot mine in the room. I also just paid with my debit card, neglecting to make use of the Borders gift card I have.
So, to sum up:
I have the second series of Doctor Who, not the first, and I still have one Borders gift card. And a 40% off coupon.
I think I need to start getting more sleep.
Of course they didn't have the first series.
Not too big of a deal, they had the second. I decided to buy that one. I got $40 off. Using Kt's coupon, being as I forgot mine in the room. I also just paid with my debit card, neglecting to make use of the Borders gift card I have.
So, to sum up:
I have the second series of Doctor Who, not the first, and I still have one Borders gift card. And a 40% off coupon.
I think I need to start getting more sleep.
"Yeah, people are mostly crap."
Boo, tutor center. Boooooooooo.
I still haven't gotten paid for working here for the past SIX WEEKS. The last two I should get paid for when the next pay period is up. But the previous four? I should have the cash from those. Payroll doesn't have any sort of time sheets from me. Meaning SOMEONE is sucking out. It's not me; I've done all that I can to fix this crapfest of a situation. I don't want to be here right now, especially considering there's apparently no guarantee that I'm actually being compensated for my time.
Ick.
As soon as I get the money for the past couple of weeks, WHICH I WILL, I'm going to buy the first series of Doctor Who. I don't want to see the damn money, and I apparently have to fight to get it. That makes me feel entitled to buy something with it. And that should be just enough money for me to buy Doctor Who from Amazon.
HOLD UP. Just checked my email. It's like Borders knew I was having a shitty day (mind you, it's not even ten in the morning) and sent me the 40% OFF DVD BOX SETS COUPON. You know what this means? I'm not waiting for my tutor money to come it to go buy the first series. This happens today. Hopefully.
At least that thought should get me through the next two and a half hours of work.
Okay, done geeking out/complaining about what's quickly becoming the bane of my existence.
I appear to be having a bit of trouble focusing on doing my work. That's probably due to the lack of sleep and the fact that I simply don't want to do my work. I definitely wasn't writing a blog post before; I have no idea how I ended up here. I'm just going to say that I was reading about imperialism in Asia and totally jumped ship.
I would like to go back to the room, sit on/in my bed, and read one of the two books I'm reading for fun. I don't see this happening in the foreseeable future. I have work I should do, especially because we're going to be out of the great state of New Jersey for K's birthday weekend o' fun. However, the only things I can see myself doing today are going to Borders, going to dinner with Kt and her mother, and watching the next episode of Torchwood...
OH! Kt and I are also going to see Rocky Horror tonight at the Laurel Hall theater. It's part of our Halloween tradition, and it's all the nicer because we get to watch it on a big screen.
See? Not one thing there relates to homework or other responsibilities. I can only foresee things to look forward to today :)
I still haven't gotten paid for working here for the past SIX WEEKS. The last two I should get paid for when the next pay period is up. But the previous four? I should have the cash from those. Payroll doesn't have any sort of time sheets from me. Meaning SOMEONE is sucking out. It's not me; I've done all that I can to fix this crapfest of a situation. I don't want to be here right now, especially considering there's apparently no guarantee that I'm actually being compensated for my time.
Ick.
As soon as I get the money for the past couple of weeks, WHICH I WILL, I'm going to buy the first series of Doctor Who. I don't want to see the damn money, and I apparently have to fight to get it. That makes me feel entitled to buy something with it. And that should be just enough money for me to buy Doctor Who from Amazon.
HOLD UP. Just checked my email. It's like Borders knew I was having a shitty day (mind you, it's not even ten in the morning) and sent me the 40% OFF DVD BOX SETS COUPON. You know what this means? I'm not waiting for my tutor money to come it to go buy the first series. This happens today. Hopefully.
At least that thought should get me through the next two and a half hours of work.
Okay, done geeking out/complaining about what's quickly becoming the bane of my existence.
I appear to be having a bit of trouble focusing on doing my work. That's probably due to the lack of sleep and the fact that I simply don't want to do my work. I definitely wasn't writing a blog post before; I have no idea how I ended up here. I'm just going to say that I was reading about imperialism in Asia and totally jumped ship.
I would like to go back to the room, sit on/in my bed, and read one of the two books I'm reading for fun. I don't see this happening in the foreseeable future. I have work I should do, especially because we're going to be out of the great state of New Jersey for K's birthday weekend o' fun. However, the only things I can see myself doing today are going to Borders, going to dinner with Kt and her mother, and watching the next episode of Torchwood...
OH! Kt and I are also going to see Rocky Horror tonight at the Laurel Hall theater. It's part of our Halloween tradition, and it's all the nicer because we get to watch it on a big screen.
See? Not one thing there relates to homework or other responsibilities. I can only foresee things to look forward to today :)
Thursday, October 1, 2009
octubre.
I decided to entirely scrap the draft post I had saved on this site and start anew. Makes sense for a new month.
Speaking of, where the fuck did September go? All of the sudden I'm hardcore in the middle of autumn. I'm not complaining about that, I love autumn weather, it just seems like September flew by. I think it's time to do a little pondering on the state of things.
The summer ended up being a mix of ridiculous fun and annoying dramatics. It became very difficult to see everyone, especially being as there was (and still is) no way that everyone will hang out together. Still, we worked out a system (a crappy one, but still a system) that pleased everyone and no one.
A Brief List of Major Happenings in Summer '09:
-Trip to L 1: C's knee injury
-The Bangles concert with Na, K, and M
-The discovery that Fired Up! is a fantastic teen movie
-Kt's Dad's retirement party
-Trip to L 2: the power goes out and we realize the stove is electric; C, J, and I torture ourselves with crossword puzzles from the '50s
-H's pre-birthday birthday party, plus finally going out for "pancakes"
-Cannoli night! Completely ridiculous and completely amazing.
-Sonic's opening, which led to us getting up ridiculously early and going in pj's just to have a carhop bring us our breakfast
-Na's and my Cape Cod blitz trip
-Fourth of July Fair Lawn style: I don't quite know what this actually means, but we put up pretty red, white and blue lights for the occasion
-Creating the Game of Real Life with Na and C over a three and a half day period
-The trip to Sonic after we stayed up all night working on the game, including our transcendent Don McLean moment
-Trip to L 3: Kt replaces M and J as guest, a cabinet goes up in extreme flames
-Fictional Character Party: I bitched out and just went as Princess Mia. Meaning I made sure I was wearing converse and bought a tiara. This would also be the night that would ultimately cement K and M's friendship split.
-Visiting Kt's new house
-Blondie/Benetar in Brooklyn with Na and C, quite possibly the most stressful trip of Na's life. But it was free.
-Week o' family dinners with K, Kt, and C
-My two birthday parties, one at K's and one at casa de awesome (to borrow Na's name for it, otherwise the L household)
-SingStar.
The transcendent Don McLean moment is really worth recording.
So we stayed up all night, waiting for Na to come home from her friend's house and working on our board game. Na returned and decided that she was not going to attend work. The group decision was made that we would just go to Sonic for breakfast because there was only like an hour and a half before it opened anyway. We make the trip to Sonic, Na calls out of work, and we drove back home in C's pickup on 17.
Na is in the tired place and demands that something good comes on the radio. C hits the station and finds a station playing the entirety of "American Pie" by Don McLean. The three of us proceed to sing along, cruising down the highway in a pickup truck. It was truly amazing. And one of the few things that I would describe as an infinite moment.
Bottom line: even though there was a lot of shit to deal with in Summer '09, we still had a rockin' good time.
Septiembre.
The beginning of our junior year of college. I choose to not believe this. Even writing that sentence made me want to throw up a little. I'll move on. We moved all the way across campus this year, so now we live in Laurel Hall. It's pretty awesome. Each room in Laurel is a set of four bedrooms linked to a common room, kitchenette, and bathroom. Pretty damn sweet. It makes things a little easier when someone wants to go to bed earlier than everyone else. And we don't need to watch our individual shows and such with headphones.
Classes of Fall '09:
Shakespeare Plays
Major Authors: Chaucer
Historiography
Western Studies II
They're going pretty well so far. Historiography is boring as all hell and I basically never want to go to it, but I'm dealing. And I think it'll get better soon, pretty much as soon as we stop learning how to write about history (which I got the gist of already). Shakespeare Plays is a good class, but in my opinion we watch too many interpretations and don't do enough discussion. My Chaucer class is good, it's definitely harder than the two other classes with Professor K (Brit Lit and currently Shakespeare) but I'm keeping up with it. We usually get out at least a half an hour early from Western Studies II. I can't complain too much about this semester.
I'm still working both at the library and at the tutoring center. Having four straight hours at the tutoring center is very helpful. Being as it starts at 8:30 in the morning it interferes with my sleep, but I surprisingly get a ton of work done.
I'm also working my way through watching Doctor Who quite quickly. The show is damn fantastic. So much so that I'm now trying not to watch it too quickly. I'm almost halfway through series 3, and so far there are only 4.
Pure amazingness. Although I do miss Rose as a companion. Martha does not measure up in my opinion. I also now totally understand Kt's desire to possess a sonic screwdriver, even though the one in reality only lights up blue.
Madre purchased Beatles Rock Band for us. Love it. Love it so much. Kt and I visited the Lawn for the day two weekends ago to have dinner and apple pie with the fam, play Beatles Rock Band, and watch Get Over it. Such a good day. We also went to the Joker's Child, resulting in all of us wanting to buy things that we shouldn't buy or can't afford. Sigh.
Octubre.
Today is actually the first day of October, but it's been awesome. Even though I have a cold. I got an A on my Chaucer recitation in middle English. Historiography was canceled. As was our test in Chaucer. And I drank very good apple juice.
Love it. I hope most of the days are like this.
"Doctor, they have guns."
"And I haven't. That makes me the better person then, don't you think? They can shoot me dead, but the moral high ground is mine."
Speaking of, where the fuck did September go? All of the sudden I'm hardcore in the middle of autumn. I'm not complaining about that, I love autumn weather, it just seems like September flew by. I think it's time to do a little pondering on the state of things.
The summer ended up being a mix of ridiculous fun and annoying dramatics. It became very difficult to see everyone, especially being as there was (and still is) no way that everyone will hang out together. Still, we worked out a system (a crappy one, but still a system) that pleased everyone and no one.
A Brief List of Major Happenings in Summer '09:
-Trip to L 1: C's knee injury
-The Bangles concert with Na, K, and M
-The discovery that Fired Up! is a fantastic teen movie
-Kt's Dad's retirement party
-Trip to L 2: the power goes out and we realize the stove is electric; C, J, and I torture ourselves with crossword puzzles from the '50s
-H's pre-birthday birthday party, plus finally going out for "pancakes"
-Cannoli night! Completely ridiculous and completely amazing.
-Sonic's opening, which led to us getting up ridiculously early and going in pj's just to have a carhop bring us our breakfast
-Na's and my Cape Cod blitz trip
-Fourth of July Fair Lawn style: I don't quite know what this actually means, but we put up pretty red, white and blue lights for the occasion
-Creating the Game of Real Life with Na and C over a three and a half day period
-The trip to Sonic after we stayed up all night working on the game, including our transcendent Don McLean moment
-Trip to L 3: Kt replaces M and J as guest, a cabinet goes up in extreme flames
-Fictional Character Party: I bitched out and just went as Princess Mia. Meaning I made sure I was wearing converse and bought a tiara. This would also be the night that would ultimately cement K and M's friendship split.
-Visiting Kt's new house
-Blondie/Benetar in Brooklyn with Na and C, quite possibly the most stressful trip of Na's life. But it was free.
-Week o' family dinners with K, Kt, and C
-My two birthday parties, one at K's and one at casa de awesome (to borrow Na's name for it, otherwise the L household)
-SingStar.
The transcendent Don McLean moment is really worth recording.
So we stayed up all night, waiting for Na to come home from her friend's house and working on our board game. Na returned and decided that she was not going to attend work. The group decision was made that we would just go to Sonic for breakfast because there was only like an hour and a half before it opened anyway. We make the trip to Sonic, Na calls out of work, and we drove back home in C's pickup on 17.
Na is in the tired place and demands that something good comes on the radio. C hits the station and finds a station playing the entirety of "American Pie" by Don McLean. The three of us proceed to sing along, cruising down the highway in a pickup truck. It was truly amazing. And one of the few things that I would describe as an infinite moment.
Bottom line: even though there was a lot of shit to deal with in Summer '09, we still had a rockin' good time.
Septiembre.
The beginning of our junior year of college. I choose to not believe this. Even writing that sentence made me want to throw up a little. I'll move on. We moved all the way across campus this year, so now we live in Laurel Hall. It's pretty awesome. Each room in Laurel is a set of four bedrooms linked to a common room, kitchenette, and bathroom. Pretty damn sweet. It makes things a little easier when someone wants to go to bed earlier than everyone else. And we don't need to watch our individual shows and such with headphones.
Classes of Fall '09:
Shakespeare Plays
Major Authors: Chaucer
Historiography
Western Studies II
They're going pretty well so far. Historiography is boring as all hell and I basically never want to go to it, but I'm dealing. And I think it'll get better soon, pretty much as soon as we stop learning how to write about history (which I got the gist of already). Shakespeare Plays is a good class, but in my opinion we watch too many interpretations and don't do enough discussion. My Chaucer class is good, it's definitely harder than the two other classes with Professor K (Brit Lit and currently Shakespeare) but I'm keeping up with it. We usually get out at least a half an hour early from Western Studies II. I can't complain too much about this semester.
I'm still working both at the library and at the tutoring center. Having four straight hours at the tutoring center is very helpful. Being as it starts at 8:30 in the morning it interferes with my sleep, but I surprisingly get a ton of work done.
I'm also working my way through watching Doctor Who quite quickly. The show is damn fantastic. So much so that I'm now trying not to watch it too quickly. I'm almost halfway through series 3, and so far there are only 4.
Pure amazingness. Although I do miss Rose as a companion. Martha does not measure up in my opinion. I also now totally understand Kt's desire to possess a sonic screwdriver, even though the one in reality only lights up blue.
Madre purchased Beatles Rock Band for us. Love it. Love it so much. Kt and I visited the Lawn for the day two weekends ago to have dinner and apple pie with the fam, play Beatles Rock Band, and watch Get Over it. Such a good day. We also went to the Joker's Child, resulting in all of us wanting to buy things that we shouldn't buy or can't afford. Sigh.
Octubre.
Today is actually the first day of October, but it's been awesome. Even though I have a cold. I got an A on my Chaucer recitation in middle English. Historiography was canceled. As was our test in Chaucer. And I drank very good apple juice.
Love it. I hope most of the days are like this.
"Doctor, they have guns."
"And I haven't. That makes me the better person then, don't you think? They can shoot me dead, but the moral high ground is mine."
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