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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
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10:32 pm - Good job on that updating thing, people.
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I remembered the reason I'm offline on Facebook a lot is because there are only a handful of people worth talking to...but a couple dozen I'd rather avoid.
I've been doing really well in classes. I got a 96 on my physics test and an 86 on my chemistry test. I was almost peeved at that, because I walked out confident I'd get at least a low 90s score, but the professor is a hardass who doesn't believe in partial credit. Everyone else (I don't know the average, but I saw a lot of 40-60s) apparently hates his guts now, but I still like the guy. I can respect "no partial credit". This is chemistry--a decimal point off in real life would blow something up. XD
Construction Graphics is still fairly easy, though I should start going to class more so I can do the attendance quizzes. D'oh. Revit is fun to work with. <3 I am rocking my surveying class, and I don't know why. I got the highest score on the pop quiz, am apparently awesome at reading angles and folding chain, and take about 1/5 the time the rest of the class does figuring out the math things (bearings, azimuths, all that fun stuff).
Best of all, thanks to UNO's nifty better-grade-replaces-failed-class-in-GPA policy, I can get back up over a 3.0 after this semester with only a B-average in all my classes. Of course, most of you are probably more worried about keeping a 3.9 and which ivy league university you're going to go to for grad school after next year, so me being proud of myself for being slightly more than a mediocre student who will graduate in under a decade seems silly. I need dumber friends. (Really, I just need more friends in general. I was having a quite depressing discussion with Tim about how he and my parents are the only people I hang out with these days.)
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I feel like TV Tropes has had way too much influence over my pop culture interests lately. I'm reading House of Leaves purely on the basis that TV Tropes mentions it all the time. It is, in fact, pretty damn creepy. To the point that reading it before bed sometimes bothers me. I'm watching the anime Spice and Wolf because the series is on YouTube and I'd heard it was good. I don't know. It's a fairly interesting concept (a merchant and a wolf-god reincarnated into a girl travel around and explore the Magic Of Economics!), but it's not as awesome as I thought it would be.
I've been having dreams featuring old OTPs of mine. (That may be the nerdiest thing I've ever said, I'm not sure.) I had a Draco/Harry one the other night (to be fair, I wouldn't call that an OTP considering I haven't read the books, only a few fanfics). Then there was the Kakashi/Iruka one, which inspired me to re-read Outclassed. I forgot how totally awesome it is. It's also likely I'll try to get caught up on the manga. When I have time. Sigh.
I don't think I mentioned it on here (I know I wrote on Corey's wall and talked about it in Kayce's letter), but There Will Be Brawl is like, the most awesome thing. Ever. It's an extremely well-done web drama focusing around SSBB characters. Luigi is a Rorschach-ish drug dealer, Kirby is Hannibal Lector, Samus is a Hooker With A Heart Of Gold, Waluigi (sadly very little screen time) is the best thing ever... Oh my god. Just watch it. Or at least watch the Falcon Punch.
I guess I should GTFO of here and write my paper. Or study for my three tests next week. Sigh. Too much to do.
current mood:  thirsty
current music: "1901" - Phoenix
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| Friday, January 15th, 2010
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6:32 pm - Class/life update
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I never write in here, but updating the first week of a semester is kind of a tradition.
Chemistry: I read the first two chapters before the first day of class, because chemistry is a weak subject for me. According to the professor, generally only about 10% of his class gets A's (13% get F's), but so far all we've talked about are sig figs, units of measurement, all that insanely boring crap that you learn at the beginning of every introductory science class. In any case, I have three weeks to basically do the HW problems and get ahead on the next chapters, and there's quite a bit I remember from AP Chem. I think I'll be okay. The lab sucks, but it's more tedious than difficult.
Discrete Math (dropped): Uh...I originally only signed up for this to get some credit hours. Then physics opened up and I decided to drop this because 1)17 credit hours with 3 3-hour labs (so really, ~26 hours a week in class) sounded like a bad idea, especially with work 2)the professor was soft-spoken and Chinese with English as his SECOND foreign language (to Russian), and I could only understand two-thirds of what he said.
Geometric Controls Systems: About the first thing the professor did was insult us (jokingly): "You're obviously not the brightest class if you're taking this in the winter." Because it's a surveying class where we're going to be outside for our labs. Hurrah. Seems pretty boring so far.
Physics: Like I said, I snagged this up when I noticed that Mei had been replaced as the professor. Which I was really excited about, because it fits perfectly in my schedule and I really need this class as a prereq for Thermodynamics, Elastic Bodies, blah blah. The first few minutes are spent reviewing or briefly explaining concepts, then the majority of the class period is spent working problems from the book. It's different, but I like it. Also, Tim has physics (the easier one for Arts/Humanities people :P) at the same time across the hall.
Construction Graphics/Design Process: Likely to be my easiest class. The professor is retiring after this semester and he's super nice, so he's chill about staying in lab only as long as you want to. The lab's more like a study hall with him available for help. Our first assignment is to copy a sheet with the symbols for various materials (concrete, steel...), and it has to be painfully exact. We have to do 1/8-inch guidelines for our writing and write in neat, all capital, slanted letters. It's 75 points off out of 100 for things like folding your paper the wrong way. So, basically, I've already worn out the eraser on one of my pencils and have restarted three times trying to get the right dimensions for crap. I got a compliment on my even lines, though! Basically, this is a class for perfectionists. Although the prof assures that it's easy to get an A. Hopefully we'll get past this hand drawing and do some bitchin' 3-D designs on Revit pretty soon.
I'm feeling generally optimistic about this semester. One, I'm actually getting into some CIVE stuff (not explicitly - CAD is an AE class and Geomatics is a construction class, but whatev), so that's nice for my not-being-in-college-the-rest-of-my-life plan. Two, I'm about three weeks ahead in reading the textbooks, and I've gone to the library every day so far, and I didn't have to force myself to do either of those things. Now if fucking TARGET doesn't load the hours on me (I will be taking advantage of the swap shift sheet for any hours in excess of 18, which is what I put for my maximum, which they have already broken), I'll hopefully be able to keep my stress under control as well.
Anyway! Other than school things! Friends Xmas is this Saturday. I'm dragging Tim and with any luck Spencer. (Spencer's getting some Fallout 3 Quantum Nuka Cola, if I can get a hold of an oldschool Coke bottle.) We're doing secret Santa and I'm buying for Shay, who basically I've only seen at Friends Xmas and do not know well at all. I figure she's about 13-14 by now, so I went with the cliché lotions, lip gloss, yada yada.
Uh...I've been trying to culture myself with some old Nintendo games. Metroid is damn near impossible without a walkthrough in front of me at all times (and even then...). The Legend of Zelda is a bit better. Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep has been out in Japan for 5 days. I've basically been waiting over three years for this game. I am so, so tempted to torrent it, except I don't know how to do that Pandora hack for my PSP and would rather play it properly than on an emulator. But then I'm torn, because I can only understand about a word per sentence, and I'd like to follow the storyline as much as possible. Sigh. I guess I'll wait for the NA release.
I finally got around to watching Spaced. (You need a show to watch if you take up shit like cross-stitching, which by the way I have.) It was hilarious, and entirely too short.
Oh. Maybe worth a mention. This guy is running this scam carpet service with a myspace site under the name "omahacarpet", and my dad's business is "Omaha Carpet Service". We got an angry call earlier from a confused victim and so my dad and I are detective-ing to keep this obviously fraudulent jerk from ruining his reputation. Jesus.
Looks like a Friday night full of video games and homework. Wow I'm cool.
current mood:  mellow
current music: "Underdog" - Kasabian
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| Friday, December 25th, 2009
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11:37 am - Merry Christmas and all that...
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We're supposed to be leaving for California in a couple hours, but due to the snow and airline incompetence, it looks like we might be heading out the, uh...29th? And coming back January 1st. Which is super lame, because I won't get to go to Kayce's new year gathering. EDIT: After two hours of my dad arguing on the phone, we're leaving today. Hopefully I'll still be back for New Year's Eve!
Okay. So I've been making Tim watch Doctor Who and I mentioned that I wanted a K-9. So what does he do? He fricking makes me one for Christmas. It's just about the sweetest/dorkiest thing anyone's ever done for me. Its eyes light up and it's remote-controlled. It is adorable.
My finals pretty much sucked ass. I hardly had time to study thanks to being constantly working. My final grades for the semester ended up at: C (meaning I don't have to re-re-re-take Java), C+, B+, B-. My god that is so average. I have to get my GPA up to a 3.0 sometime in the next few semesters, says Ye Olde Engineering Advisory Board.
So...yeah. I've been doing a ton. Mostly work. And getting dragged to other people's family celebrations. And seeing movies (Avatar and Boondock Saints II both kicked copious amounts of ass). Sorry if you were in town and I didn't get a chance to hang out with you. I've hardly had time for sleeping, as it is.
Merry Christmas and (if I don't see you before 2010) a happy new year.
current mood:  thoughtful
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| Monday, November 30th, 2009
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11:50 pm - "Don't point that gun at him, he's an unpaid intern."
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Thus ends the worst Thanksgiving break I can remember. My "break" went work-hospital visit/Thanksgiving dinner with parents-Black Friday work-work-work. And I developed a cold on Thursday, which coincided with my period, and made me feel like I was going to fall over at any given minute. I spent quite literally almost every second I was not working or visiting my mom in bed. Although I did manage to get in a fight with Tim somewhere in there (we made up). So yeah. I've had better.
And I get to this week and remember that oh crap, I have all this shit that I didn't get done this weekend. Today was class, visiting Mom, and for the past few hours I've been working on a program. (I decided to take a break from that when I discovered it had more errors than total lines of code... If "implementing the Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm via arrays" sounds horrendously difficult, it's because it is.) But I NEED to get it done because I NEED to finally pass this class. Tomorrow I have work again, then I'll have to finish the program, finish a Maple assignment, and make a powerpoint for the AE class I hate (have I mentioned that I dislike classes with freshmen because they're the laziest group on the planet and I have to do most of the work?). Wednesday I have even more work, pick up my mom from the hospital, meet with my AE group to finalize the project, and go to class. Thursday is hopefully an advisor appointment, then (surprise) more work, followed by more studying/project putting-together. Friday my only real obligation should be class. Saturday I get to wake up at 7 or so to take the Chemistry Diagnostic Test, so I also need to fit in some time to study for that some time during this week...I have no idea when that's going to be. Probably Friday night, like a cool person. And then I have more work!
GRR. I somehow feel like this is all Target's fault. If they could understand the basic math of 25 hours a week not being between 12 and 15 hours a week, maybe I wouldn't be pressed for time. On the up side, I no longer feel guilty requesting Christmas through New Year's Eve off. Bastards can deal with me gone.
Enough complaining! I feel like I should have some music, or silly YouTube video, or something to share. I don't, and it makes me sad. Hm... Oh! I did watch The Life Aquatic last night. Weird movie. Weird but funny. With an awesome soundtrack, consisting mostly of Portuguese covers of David Bowie songs. And Willem Dafoe. You can never have too much Willem Dafoe. Speaking of, if anyone's in town this weekend or possibly next week, we are gathering a group to see Boondock Saints II, so hit me up if you're interested in going.
current mood:  busy
current music: "The 13th Anthology" - Yoko Shimomura
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| Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
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2:59 pm - In Soviet IJ, journal updates you!
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I bought a new router. The old one was, in fact, defective. I was not just being stupid. Now I'm in my room basically 24/7. Ooh, and I love it when I put aside a bunch of time for a program and then discover I already had it done from last semester. Yay.
I went to a play last night about the Peanuts gang as teenagers, since Catie was in it. It was fucking intense. Oh, and Charlie Brown/Beethoven FTW?
God. I've been meaning to update. My mom is doing her biannual hospital stay because her pulmonary functions are low again. She wanted it out of the way before we go out to California over Christmas. So...yeah. I'm still a bit depressed, but it makes me feel better when I go to see her and she's acting totally normal and bitching more about the incompetence of the nurses than her cough.
I just remembered Black Friday is in a few days. Fack. Shouldn't be too terrible. I'm working 11:45 to 5:30 as the "breaker" (I jump on people's lanes so they can take their breaks/lunches). Probably the best shift I could ask for. Let's hope the crazy(-iest) people are out before 11.
What else did I have to update about, jeez? All I've been doing is playing video games. Unfortunately I got back into the Maple Story habit. My character is stronger than I remember her being. O_o I've also been rocking some Okami, Subspace Emissaries, Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles, and occasionally I'll pick up Dissidia again. Then there's all the crap I started at Tim's (Oblivion, Fallout 3, Modern Warfare 2, Uncharted 2...). I need a queue list or something. That and one for my books. I made the mistake of buying like a dozen more on my last Half Price Books trip. I severely overestimate my free time when I pick up these things.
Surprisingly, my Christmas shopping is nearly done? Apparently I've seen a drop in friends. (And roommates!) Be aware that most of you will be getting gifts from Nebraskon, eBay, and/or Target's One Spot aisle. I expended my homemade gift creativity last year.
current mood:  blah
current music: "Here In Your Arms" - Hellogoodbye
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| Thursday, November 5th, 2009
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1:59 pm - Puns FTW.
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I have 15 minutes before I need to leave PKI for work. I'm sure I can manage an update in 15 minutes.
I dropped Tai Chi because after 6 absences, you fail. I really, really don't care about that class, but now I get to bite my nails because I'm a credit hour short of a full-time student, and I'm hoping my mom's insurance only checks once a semester, because otherwise I may be screwed! In fact, I'm probably screwed. What the fuck ever.
Today, seeing as my parents don't yet know that I don't have class on Tuesday and Thursday any more, I took Tim to lunch/coffee. I figured I'll still need to head out the door at roughly the same time I did for class twice a week, so I might as well have something to do. I told him that and realized it sounded kind of jerky. Whoops. Now I'm at PKI finishing up an assignment for tomorrow before I head off to work for 7 1/2 hours, then I get to go home and work on another assignment that's due for this same class I hate. This semester can freaking suck it.
Bad mood lately, if you can't tell.
Oh, so. Halloween was fairly awesome this year. First there was the steampunk party, which really was more of an intimate gathering rather than a party. Then I hit up another party with Tim that was actually on Halloween. This was the best part of the night:
(A couple arrives dressed as Mario and Peach.)
Various people: "Cute costumes!"
(Ten minutes later, four people, dressed as Mario, Luigi, Peach, and a mushroom, with much more impressive costumes, walk in.)
Peach: "Oh snap."
Mario: "We just got one-upped."
Also, it's really hard to describe your costume to people who don't know what steampunk is. We were kind of doing this...
Person: "So you guys are like old-school pilots, right?"
Me and Tim: "Yeah. Pretty much."
Some chick, later, to me: "Are you the girl from Firefly?"
Me: "Sure."
Another person, as we're leaving, to Tim: "So you're like an inventor?"
Tim: "Mmhm."
I suppose I should go. I don't want to go to work. Fuck long hours. Oh, I'm supposedly going to Nebraskon on Sunday, so I may or may not update about that. I don't know what costume I'm going to pull together for that.
Later!
current mood: pessimistic
current music: The awesomely loud air ducts.
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| Monday, September 28th, 2009
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3:09 pm
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I'm only posting to avoid doing anything productive, like my paper that's due tomorrow, or studying for my calc test, which is on Wednesday. I hate opening at work. It makes me so tired the rest of the day that I can't concentrate on anything.
I started playing Dissidia, finally. It's okay. Not great. It's weird playing a Final Fantasy game that's real-time and not turn-based. Don't get me wrong, I prefer that. It's just hard to get used to the all the controls (i.e. "What do you mean I can't just mash the X button?"). Oh, and it makes me LOL that apparently all the FF bad guys are either women or very effeminate men with long silver hair...except Jecht. He stands out more than Kefka.
There is nothing going on in my life. Absolutely nothing at all. Take pride in that your lives are all much more exciting than mine. Hell, my parents' lives are much more exciting than mine. And that is sad.
Alright, calculus...prepare to meet your doom.
current mood: lethargic
current music: other people getting more done than me...even the one sleeping.
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| Monday, September 21st, 2009
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10:34 pm - Me having things to talk about.
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Since we apparently don't update enough for Miss Katrina's tastes...
School is going rather blah. Intro to AE, which I should remind you is not a class I wanted in the first place, is frustrating because 1)It's terribly organized. A good quarter of the class have no idea what homework group they're in because it was only posted to Blackboard and not stated in class. The homework assignments are not explained at all. And 2)It's a one-credit class, which naturally means that you have to dedicate five hours per week to it. Fuck. Calc III is going poorly because I can't find the time to do 8 assignments at 5 hours each for each chapter, resulting in situations like getting a test back that I think I got at least a B- on, only to discover it's a 76 and one of the lowest scores in the class. My other classes are boring. Except for linear algebra, where the professor is AWESOME. Have I stressed how awesome he is? Because he is so. freaking. awesome.
I've been spending a good deal of time at Tim's playing video games. We got a good deal into Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 the other night. I'm not much of a comic person, but I have to say that I madly love Deadpool... Also played some Fallout 3, Fat Princess, Little Big Planet, Left4Dead, Nazi Zombies (it's fun!), and the first Marvel Ultimate Alliance. I haven't been doing any gaming at my own place. Though I did buy Final Fantasy Dissidia. It better damn well be good. One of the new KH games is also out at the end of this month. Kayce, you're letting me borrow your DS, right? :D
I've also found myself with a bit of a crush on Tim. You know, to add to the whole Kevin mess. Except it really isn't so much adding to that as it is a new thing altogether, since I haven't talked to Kevin since we saw 9, have pushed him to the back of my mind, and am 97% sure I'm not dating him. Fricking boys.
In other news, I'm considering having a steampunk party. Apparently Tim is also into steampunk, which gives him like a +10 in coolness. (Or both of us a minus 10. Whatever.) Anyway, so I want to have this party. As an excuse to dress up/see people/play Vernian Process. Meaning! Those of you in Lincoln or Iowa or somewhere fairly close should make it a point to come into town the Friday before Halloween. It'll be fun! And nerdy! And you can wear a monocle and/or tophat!
current mood: thirsty
current music: Vernian Process, since I mentioned them.
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| Monday, September 7th, 2009
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5:48 pm - I have labored on Labor Day. I hope I'm getting paid extra.
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I suppose I could bother with a class update. But my only interesting classes are math, so I won't. Classes are going *okay*. There.
Work has been rather annoying, due to batshit insane bitches on their periods coming through in a steady stream. Of course work had been fun for a while thanks to Kevin, who of course now has to avoid me like the plague so Greg doesn't get suspicious. So he's not really around to keep me sane anymore. Speaking of, I really don't know what's up with us. We talk on Facebook, but we haven't been out again. I've gotten no answers to anything, so I just assume we're not dating.
I've been hanging out with Tim some. He's a cool guy, but god do I need some more female friends. It's gotten so my default list of people to call and hang out with on a Friday night goes Tim-Kevin-Spencer. Which, coincidentally, is probably the group I'm going to see 9 with tomorrow. It sort of makes me feel like a skank.
Oh, awesome foot-in-mouth conversation I had with a girl from softlines (my aunt's cousin, coincidentally) the other night.
Melissa: "You still hang out with Spencer?"
Me: "Sometimes. You went to Benson, right? Do you know Tim Houston?"
Melissa: (starts laughing, and I know I've said something stupid) "Yeah, we dated for three years. So yeah, I do know him."
Me: (flushes) "I am so sorry I brought this up."
Ran into Trenton and Brandy at Thrift World today. It was totally random. Trenton has gotten big. I mean, hot damn. It was good catching up I suppose, but I'm really glad I'm not the one with him, working 60 hours a week to support his deadbeat ass. Props to Brandy. Anyway, he started walking off at the point that Brandy and I started talking about trimming our nails with a bandsaw. Good times.
I'm in the process of working on a bitchin'-awesome dress, inspired by this, which I didn't bid on in time. I may post pictures on Facebook. Off to work on that, though.
Oh, oh! I have to mention the hilarious dream I had last night, though. It involved me dating Dwight from The Office. Who was a cop. And bff's with Kevin. We and our respective parents all had a very awkward dinner that broke out into a food fight. Actually, that abridged version is funnier, so I'll leave it at that.
current mood: working
current music: "U.N. Owen Was Her? (Remix)" - Zephyr Cradle
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| Thursday, August 6th, 2009
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7:51 pm - two step, two step.
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Aaahhh, I'm having my annual 'what the hell did I do with my summer' moment. I didn't give Lucy Jo a makeover like I was going to do. I only read 3 books. I didn't start a blog. I didn't get at least a third of my Portal blanket complete like I was going to do. And...
I didn't sign up for classes. Most of it's full by now, but I managed to find some bullshit stuff to take. (Intro to Civil Engineering AND Intro to Architectural Engineering, woo.) Except...there's an adviser hold. I don't know which adviser I have to see, I'm going on vacation Saturday and won't be able to do it for a week, and once I do see one they'll probably yell at me for waiting until right before classes start to actually sign up for them. I'm kind of mad at myself, to be honest. So that is my main stressor @tm.
Another Miyazaki movie's coming out! I'm excited, anyway.
If you're ever in the mood for damn catchy music, here are some recs: Chromeo, Justice, Scissor Sisters. (Scissor Sisters has a pop-dance cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb". It's made of win.)
current mood:  stressed
current music: "Fancy Footwork" - Chromeo
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| Friday, July 31st, 2009
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11:39 pm - Jeri Ryan on Boston Legal? Uh, yes plz.
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So I'm officially moved back in with the 'rents. I'm surprisingly pretty okay with it. I need to unpack, rearrange things, perhaps build a shelf, and set up a wireless connection so I can do interneting in my room (stupid router being confusing as hell to set up).
Apparently I'm going to RHPS tomorrow night. Since I've been probably six times already and it's only half as fun as when they allowed props, I wasn't particularly planning on it. But then Kevin said he'd never seen it at a midnight showing, so...I guess we're trying to get people together to see it. Like, actually trying to get other people this time. Except no one's saying anything. It's annoying. (Funny story, when I asked Kantril, he changed the subject to Kingdom Hearts.) Point of the story, if you want to go to the midnight movie tomorrow, give me a call.
I was cleaning files on my laptop last night and came across the South Park fanfic I was working on once upon a time. Just for fun, I re-read the scenes I'd written, and it was, well, good. Like, witty good. It's weird discovering a sense of humor you forgot you had. It makes me a little sad that I abandoned that fandom, because I almost want to finish it now.
Speaking of finishing projects, I suddenly feel the urge to go make more earrings. Or work on my Portal blanket (I only have two squares of it done, augh). IT IS TIME FOR CRAFT TIME.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that I caught one of the managers and a guy from sales floor having a discussion about Torchwood. So now there are at least 3 not including me who are into Torchwood/Doctor Who, a couple of huge Trekkies (one of which happens to be this muscley black guy who looks like he should be a bouncer), and two other cashiers obsessed with KH. I'd have to say my Target wins for the most closet nerds.
current mood: sick
current music: my dad talking to some Cox guy, about crossdressers? wtf.
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| Sunday, July 26th, 2009
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2:13 am - It's okay, Mr. Topps will come.
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It's entirely possible I just went on a date with Kevin. Just saying.
Actually, it was more of a 'hey, I'm getting a bunch of people from work together to see The Apple, except I'm really only going to ask like 3 people and I know the other two can't come' thing. What an evil yet clever girl I am. But it was enjoyable, and I like that his sense of humor is similar to mine, and also we totally hugged so I say it was a date damnit.
To be fair: I ENJOYED OUR APPLE DATE TOO, KAYCE.
current mood: giddy
current music: That "I'm coming for you" song stuck in my head
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| Friday, July 24th, 2009
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1:34 am - Take a sad song and make it better.
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Oregon was terribly unexciting. The ocean was pretty, but there's not much to do in a small town. Mostly my grandma and I sat around watching celebrity gossip, YouTube videos, and Food Network. The Food Network was my doing. I think I got her addicted to it. Also I'm thinking of taking up cake decorating as a hobby. This is what happens when you let me watch TV. But yeah. Oh, and I miss Kaylee, the dog, already.
Finished About A Boy, which wasn't impressive. Started Good Omens on the flights back. It's amusing.
I played Maple Story for a good three hours today. Gotta make up for that week I didn't have it, or whatever. I'm leveling up slooow now. I'm in Ludibrium finishing up a bunch of quests right now, because I'm tired of having a hundred and some 'in progress' quests. Which is futile, because every time I level more open up. I am excited that 1)I joined a guild and 2)I found Nexon cards at Toys R Us. My character is now a pretty pretty princess. Pink top, pink skirt, pink flowers in her hair, and a crystal flower-shaped wand. Yes. Really. I bought a royal hair coupon too, whatever that does, I won't be going back to Henesys for a while.
Now if you want a real-life update, fine. It's not much.
I'm moving out of my apartment in a week or so. Back to the parents'. That gives me this feeling like I can't start anything new, can't buy anything new, because I don't want the trouble of having it for one week before having to lug it somewhere else.
I still haven't registered for classes. I have no idea what I'm going to take. I have no idea what I'm going to do. I'm going to be a junior, I already am by credits, and I know I should get my act together. I'd rather keep it to a maximum six years in college, thankyou. But whatever. I'd go so far as to say this is the most lost I've every been academics-wise. The difference this time, the reason I'm not pulling my hair out like I was in high school, or during the college switch, or even a few months ago, is simply this: I've stopped caring. Maybe I don't want to find my path. Maybe I'll be a wanderer. Maybe I'll let my apathy drag my life to hell. Who knows.
I wish I could find an antidepressant that works. I started on a new med two months ago, and it has no effect other than making me wake up every two hours. If you've never had depression, finding a medication that works right is...incredibly frustrating. I hate this. I really do. So it's back to the doctor, back to the drawing board, trying to find something that will make my days less miserable and just let me be frigging happy like I was six months ago. Jesus.
Sooooo....DDR Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday? I'd like to know as much ahead of time as possible. And Meng says you need to call and invite him. XD
EDIT: Apparently every middle aged woman who has ever seen Kevin and I talk figures out that we like each other. It's pretty damn funny.
(Frances, Jean, and I closed tonight.)
Frances: "Did you say goodbye to KEVIN?"
Me: "Uh...should I have?"
Frances: "He's a nice boy. I like him, I like you, and you have til the end of the month before I get your numbers for each other."
Jean: "I second this motion."
All my coworkers are insane, for the record. So I think I might ask Kevin if he wants to go to The Apple after work tomorrow. (Which is fabulously bizarre. There are sparkles, and a flying car, and 4 o'clock is mandatory song and dance hour and oh my GOD you get high just watching it.) Consequences be damned!
EDIT 2: So I came back and Sarah's at the apartment, whut.
current mood: artistic, in an angsty way
current music: "Hey Jude" - The Beatles
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| Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
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10:38 pm - Events of the work day, and other such things.
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So. As I have nothing else to update on, here's some work gossip. One of my work friends is another cashier named Britt. She's pretty cool. Goes to UNO, has a bunch of piercings, I thought she was a guy until she told me her name, and is a lesbian. Then there's the security guards, Kevin (being the one I like) and Hayli (the one who I said is the first girl in years that I truly wouldn't mind going out with, but wasn't sure she swung that way). As it turns out, Britt and Hayli just hooked up. XD I'd seen them talking and was secretly hoping that was the case, because they're cute together. But, as Britt informs me, they have to keep it on the hush-hush because there's a policy where Hayli could get fired if it gets out she's dating another team member. This is bad news for me for two reasons: One, Britt is transferring to another Target so that she can date Hayli without complication (and because it's closer to her house, but she clearly emphasized the first thing). And Britt is awesome, so that fricking sucks. The second reason being that obviously it screws up any chance I have with Kevin. Even if he does like me back, he's the type to follow the rules. I can understand the whole dating-coworkers-is-a-bad-idea point, but god. Stupid Target has to invade my love life too? Grr.
In other news, T-minus one week to Oregon!
Hm. What else. Been playing The White Chamber. It's weird as hell and about as creepy as Silent Hill. I've gotten all but the salvation ending and the death by electrocution ending, mostly because I haven't played it completely through but have cheated and gone to the developer room instead. The comedy ending is strange. Anyway, I'll probably finish it now and then go off to do some Maple Story. What an exciting life I lead.
I fricking love Yelle. And this song's appropriateness.
current music: "A Cause Des Garcons (Electro VaVan Treaxy Remix)" - Yelle
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| Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
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6:57 pm - Here. Have this.
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Holy Jesus I just realized I haven't updated since May. The summer and this year in general are flying by so fast (it's really June 17? really?) that I don't even notice.
I work almost every day. My days off (like today) are spent running errands. The rest of my time is spent sleeping, reading, or playing Maple Story. And now Sporcle. Damn you, Corey.
I broke down and bought The Demon's Lexicon (meaning Kayce, you won't have to lend it to me). It doesn't look or sound like anything I'd read, but it's SRB, and she's made of win, so I'm hopeful. The reviews on the cover make me LOL. ("The Demon's Lexicon is full of shimmery marvels and bountiful thunder.") I won't get around until I finish Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance anyway.
Also found some kickass sprocket gears at Michaels. It was basically the highlight of my day. I spent over $150 today. Jesus. Granted most of it was stuff I needed (Father's Day present and whatnot...and those sprocket gears, I mean damn I needed those).
The apartment has been absolutely blissful without Taylar around. And clean! Oh my GOD it's so much cleaner.
( On a more personal, girly, woe-is-me note... )
EDIT: There was this power surge at Target, which caused the computers to run ungodly slow, debit cards to not work, and gift cards to not ring. (Which led to one guy who was obviously getting a last minute present to get pissed off at me to the point I almost lost it.) Anyway! Kayce, Corey, and Carly, sorry I didn't say goodbye. Things were kind of hectic. :(
current mood: exhausted
current music: "Laura" - Scissor Sisters
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| Friday, May 29th, 2009
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5:43 pm - hell yeah.
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TAYLAR IS MOVING OUT IN A WEEK BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO NEW YORK FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER. THIS IS IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE IT'S THE BEST NEWS I'VE GOTTEN LIKE, EVER.
I was unknowingly involved in a fraud case at Target (i.e. it wasn't my fault, I just had the misfortune of being their cashier). So that was an absolutely lovely way to start my day.
But who cares now, because Taylar is leaving and I feel like having a freaking PARTY!
Also it's pay day, so that's fun too!
current mood: ecstatic
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| Monday, May 25th, 2009
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11:01 pm - "We don't go to Ravenholm..."
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Ha. I just finished the Ravenholm chapter in HL2. It's a crossover into the survival horror genre, i.e. zombies everywhere and not enough ammo. (Although, gravity gun FTW! You can chuck saws at everything if you're good.) Congratulations Ravenholm, you almost beat out the original Silent Hill for downright creepiness.
On that note, my Portal blanket's coming along. Unfortunately I've run out of things to idly watch while I crochet since I finished rewatching Daria. I watched the pilot of The Riches, but it was a lot less...funny than I thought it would be, so...yeah.
On the guy front, I'm still trying to decide if I have a crush on this security guard, Kevin. We talk sometimes when the lanes aren't busy or when we have break at the same time. But he's too fricking nice, and I am inherently attracted to assholes, so it's all very confusing. My bet is that I'm just trying to distract myself from...other...things. Who, by the way, I finally got the cojones to message saying 'hey, happy birthday, how are things, P.S. I really want my shit back'. Go me.
Started reading Girl Genius. Haven't decided if I like it yet, though the angry cyborg dominatrix school marm was an awesome surprise. Ooh, and it's steampunk, so that's always good. <3
current mood: sort of a Ben & Jerry's night
current music: "The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning" - Smashing Pumpkins
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| Friday, May 15th, 2009
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11:13 pm - Half Life 2, why are you so frustrating.
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Quotes of the week:
Brad Poppe is hoping this hamdemic turns into an aporkalypse.
"I'll be the most stylish girl at summer school! I have dreams, you know!" - Some preteen brat going through my line with her mom. I actually let out a laugh at this one, and it took all my control not to snark back, "Yeah. That's something to be proud of, kid."
Edward: I want to be an only child.
Me: No you don't.
Edward: Why? Your parents have high expectations of you?
Me: Pretty much.
Edward: But you are highly expected!
Me (excitedly): Yeah, I AM highly expected!
Me (thirty seconds later): What does that mean?
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Other things of interest (i.e. a real update):
-Failed physics (somewhat unexpectedly)
-Thinking of switching into civil engineering
-Mom is in the hospital again (I kind of had a breakdown because of this, but when I visited her, she hardly even coughed and I guess she might get out earlier than usual)
-I may or may not have a crush on a security guard at Target
-Going to Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the midnight movie tomorrow
-Almost finished with a square of my Portal blanket
-Slowly coming to terms with the being single thing
-Uzumaki is fucking creepy
Uh...yeah. That's all I got.
current music: "Everlong" - Foo Fighters
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| Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
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11:22 pm - Hey, while you're tryin' to save me, can I get back my lonely life?
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Someone will go see the Star Trek movie with me next week, Y/N?
I am very much ready for finals to be over. I haven't even begun to study for CEEN or physics, because I've been working on my diff eq final. Everyone was so excited about getting a take-home final, until we opened it up and found out it's 19 questions. Each of which takes an hour on average. Some of the material he never even went over in class. I've been working with Hannah and some guys from our class the last couple nights. 5 hours Sunday, 6 hours last night (I finally left at 1 AM), a little on my own. I only have 11 problems done (and parts of a few others) and it's due tomorrow. Sigh.
But hey, managed a 90 on the lab practical just for being able to print out
5+2=@
so I guess crying really does work! >.<
I definitely want to watch more Daria right now. Youtube has all the episodes, so that's what I've been doing as I crochet study. I remember why I love that show.
Actually, what I really want to do is re-read Watchmen. Except Taylar has one copy (ha, like she's going to read it, there aren't any sparkly vampires), and Brandon has the other copy (goddamnit). So that is out of the question. I could read Sandman, I suppose.
Speaking of! Had a really, really, messed up dream in the two hours of sleep I actually managed to get. It was so weird that I quite literally forced my eyes open, looked at the clock (8:50), grabbed the notebook I keep by my bed, and began furiously writing down the dream/sketching so I wouldn't forget it. (Nice to know I'm a coherent stick-figure artist while half-asleep.) I'm debating whether or not I should share it, since I'll be typing it up to interpret anyway. But I don't think I will, since one, it was embarrassing, and two, it was pretty fucked up. I mean that as in it involved: asphyxiation-by-kissing, me being drugged, getting vomited on (during the kiss), getting caught/scolded by middle-aged women, and bleeding to death (dear god blood EVERYWHERE, and all over the pretty dress I was wearing too!) as no one noticed or cared.
...Daria and math it is.
current mood: working
current music: "California Waiting" - Kings of Leon
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| Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
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5:11 pm - Since no one else is posting...
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The big day's over. My hapkido skills test went alright. 'Alright' as in I didn't faint. But not great. 'Not great' as in I did almost every technique wrong.
I didn't do so hot on the lab practical, but at least Detloff wasn't there to oversee it like I thought he would be. I spent two of the four hours (I was one of the two that actually had to stay the whole time) trying to, and failing to, debug a tiny little problem. But whatever. Apparently the lab practical has a lot of "effort points" (i.e. 25 points for showing up), so I could still get a decent grade. Also, officially done with assembly forever, so that's a plus.
I started crying at the end of lab. It had absolutely nothing to do with my program not working. I just kind of...broke down. Fortunately the only people there when this happened were Deb (who naturally assumed it was because of my program), Hannah (who had gotten done with hers in an amazing 20 minutes and was only hanging around to modify her code from last lab to play Pachelbel's Canon, yes you read that right), and Edward. So if anyone was going to see me cry, it might as well be the girliest people in the class. Edward asked what was wrong and I ended up blubbering about how I'd had a bad week, gotten dumped, yada yada. This immediately prompted hugs from him and Hannah, which was kind of funny.
Oh, and talking to Hannah about the Diff Eq test cheered me up a little. I thought I'd gotten a C on the last test, but she pointed out that no, the grade he wrote down was my grade in the class. I actually got an 80%, a B+, on the test. Fuck yeah. First good thing to happen since last Monday (finding my mailbox key doesn't count).
Right now I have a cold, a headache, and a late Java program due by midnight. I don't want to go to physics, but naturally we'll probably get teacher evaluations tonight, and I do want to let him know what a douchebag he is. An entertaining douchebag, but a douchebag nonetheless. Oh well. I'm sure other people can handle it.
EDIT: Headache has escalated in pain, and I found out I have a NEW program due by midnight, which I am not doing because of the headache, and because I don't have enough time to get it to compile. But hey, I found this. It's a suspense flash movie that one of my deviantART watches contributed to (he did the art). I thought it was cool anyway. If for nothing else but the awesomely creepy music. Check it out.
current mood: exhausted
current music: "Shiki No Uta" - Minmi
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