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autumnalrain @ 2006-09-25T14:25:00

2006-09-25T21:27:00Z

Just as a note for anyone who bothers to check my blog anymore - I will no longer be posting here. I will keep this account so that I can check my friends page for updates and things, but all of my bloggings and goings on will be at my new blog.

Summer what?

2006-06-30T20:47:46Z

Haven't updated here in a while. Sort of because I've been writing in a different blog. Sort of because I'm lazy.

I had surgery on both of my big toes about 3 weeks ago. They're steadily getting better from the surgery, and now I can wear close-toed shoes without walking funny and ending up in pain.

Looking for an apartment. We found a really nice 3-bedroom one, but haven't turned in any sort of applications yet. I hope we can still get it, but if not, we'll have to start looking again right away. The lease on the apartment here is up on July 31st, which means we have to be moved out by then.

On the 13th-15th I'll be up in north checking out Humboldt University. Might end up going there a year from now. We'll see.

Work is boring, but at least I'm getting paid. Trying to find a different job at a Peet's or Starbucks or Borders or something. I'd really like to be able to not work here anymore.

Summer is going.. It's kind of boring, but kind of not. I've been playing a lot of Oblivion on Paul's computer (mine couldn't run it if I paid it $1,000). I've also been playing some Big Brain Academy on my loverly DS Lite I recieved on the 20th of June (read other blog if you don't get it).

Tomorrow is Saturday, which is good, because I want to go swimming or something. It's hot outside, and I want to get some exercise. Swimming is both cooling and a good form of exercise.

Went to City College yesterday to check out the campus and see if I could get some questions answered, but none of the counselors or records people knew, and the numbers I was given to call weren't being answered. Pfah. All I need to know is if a Red Cross CPR card will be accepted in the place of an American Heart Association CPR card. Pfah.

And now: Back to work! (Moneys moneys moneys)

Interesting articles of the day

2006-05-23T19:55:04Z

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5009250.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5007118.stm

Exhaustion

2006-05-15T15:22:25Z

If I don't get enough sleep soon, I am going to probably vomit and pass out.

Fucking finals.

Well, it's a good thing I wasn't planning on going anyway...

2006-05-02T02:56:18Z

May 1, 2006

Dear Caitlin,

We have considered your application for admission to the Berkeley campus of the University of California. After careful review, we are sorry that we are unable to offer you admission for the fall semester 2006.

Our transfer decisions were very difficult this year, as competition for fall admission was exceptionally rigorous. We received more than 10,550 applications for only 3,000 admission spaces, and most of these candidates were extremely well qualified. We regret that many talented and promising transfer students will not be included in our entering class because of this high level of selectivity. We have prepared the answers to some frequently asked questions which provide additional information about our selection process and, we hope, address many of your concerns.

We would like to thank you for your interest in the University of California, Berkeley and wish you every success in achieving your educational goals.

Sincerely,
WR sign

Walter A. Robinson
Director

autumnalrain @ 2006-05-01T13:37:00

2006-05-01T20:37:58Z

Happy Beltane!

Silly me

2006-04-27T23:20:57Z

So I lost my debit card this morning while on my way to my City Year interview. The interview itself was pretty good, but I still don't think that I'm going to do it. Just have to tell my mom...

I went about 2 hours out of my way to go to a Trader Joe's near Almaden, when there's one near the Whole Foods that I usually go to in Campbell. The light rail only takes about a half hour to get to Whole Foods, and it took me an hour and a half of light rail and three different buses to get to the other Trader Joe's. Bleh. At least I have food now.

Been tired all day so I decided to take a nap after I got back. I really didn't want to get up from the nap, but I had to to come to work.

At least I have a free pita sandwich waiting for me at the Pita Pit after work...

These were just too much fun.

2006-04-26T06:50:22Z

England

2006-04-26T02:40:57Z

So, I'm sort of pondering moving to England and going to school there. Don't ask me why, I just am.

I'm leaning towards moving to some European country anyway, after I've graduated, so I guess I've just taken it a step further and started to think about going while still in school.

However next year goes will probably affect my thoughts/decisions.

Where be me booty?

2006-04-20T00:42:12Z

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Today rocks.

2006-04-19T23:46:28Z

I got up early and went to my morning class, finished a make-up midterm in 30 minutes (the allowed time was an hour and a half), got extra points on an assignment that I thought I had done badly on, got to spend a good deal of time with Paul, read some really good scifi stories for my English class, which I then had fun discussing, and found out that not only do I not have class tomorrow, but the essay that was due in that class isn't due until next Tuesday. Whew! Talk about a run on sentence. : )

And, it's a beautiful day outside. BEAUTIFUL. Sun is shining, there's a light breeze, and the air is warm. Summer is coming!

I feel much better today.

Also, I'm going to start moving my things into Paul's room soon so that I can move out of my apartment ASAP when school is over. I may start sleeping up there on nights when I have to get up early in the morning, since I can't ever go to sleep early in my own apartment.

Paul's birthday is on Saturday - I ordered his present from Amazon.com already, but I'm not sure when it will arrive. Hopefully before Saturday so I have a chance to wrap it, but if not, oh well. It's not like he's told me what he wants for his birthday.. Sheesh. I asked him like a month ago if he'd think about it, and he still doesn't know what he wants. Boys! ; )

My stepbrother Ken's birthday is the next Friday after that, and I'll be going home to celebrate. Then that Saturday is English tea at my mom's (yay tea!), and the hopefully Sunday is the symphony. Fun stuffs ahead!

School is so almost over, and I'm so ready for it to be. I'm excited about the trips I get to take this summer, and I'm excited/anxious to find out about next year (whether I get into City Year or whether I'll be going to school some more).

My tummy is making funny noises... I'm sure all of the people in the lab are like WTF? ><

Study time!

Don't want to be here right now...

2006-04-18T23:22:31Z

I'm at work, and I'd really rather be sleeping. Or napping. Or doing anything that involves me, a bed, and not being at work.

This research paper is sucking the energy out of me. I'm so tired. I keep getting headaches from staring at either the computer screen or the papers I'm reading. Also, I just tried to spell screen scerrn.

School sucks. I need a long, uneventful, relaxing summer break. I won't even mind working. But I can't do school and work at the same time right now. One or the other is pretty much all I'm good at.

Paper due Thursday - hopefully will be done by this evening so I can sleep tomorrow. Two more papers due in May, along with a short story. And hey, May isn't even that far off now! Bleh. April just goes by way too fast every year.

If anyone sees TJ today, tell him I said Happy Birthday.

Also, creepy Asian comic guy is back in the lab again. I don't mind friendly people, but stop hitting on me. Jeebus. I don't really read comics that much - I read Paul's Hellboy comics and they were good, but that doesn't mean I'm going to like all other freaking comics and FOR GOD'S SAKE STOP BRINGING ME STUFF IT'S WEIRD.

So I haven't updated with a real post in a while

2006-04-13T01:45:11Z

..So sue me.

I'm really getting fed up with my flatmates. I'm glad that school is almost over (while also starting to freak out about research essays that are due soon...). Lesson learned: Don't room with people you don't know, especially if they all know each other from before.

It's not like anything really big has happened, but I'm tired of all of the small things that keep happening. Like last night, I turned off the AC because it's still FUCKING RAINING outside, and quite cold. Not 10 minutes later the air came zooming back on, so I opened my door to check the thermostat. Lo and behold, but what was hanging above the 'stat? A STICKY NOTE! Now, sticky notes aren't necessarily bad things, but after having people leave them all over the goddamn apartment instead of talking to people, it gets really, REALLY fucking annoying. Also, the note said "if you're cold put on a sweatshirt". I am TIRED of having people tell me to PUT ON A FUCKING SWEATSHIRT when it's cold. I'm ALWAYS wearing a sweatshirt! I can't even sit in my own room without wearing a jacket or something and being wrapped in a blanket!

The cold doesn't really bother me, it's having the freezing cold air blow on me every two goddamn minutes that pisses me off. So, I put up a note that said "if you're warm, try opening a window", as well as one that said something along the lines of "talking > leaving sticky notes". Of course, both Alison and Kristen thought this was funny, and decided to talk about it RIGHT OUTSIDE MY DOOR. Okay, I'm not deaf people, jesus christ. I also heard Alison say something like "I'm going to make another note and leave it in the bathroom!"

I really didn't care what she wanted to do - I just wanted to go to sleep. So I came out and asked them to be quiet, and finally got to go to bed. Then, at 2am, the fire alarm went off! Oh, huzzah. We had to spend an hour downstairs while they tried to figure out what was making the alarm go off, and when we got back upstairs it took me a long while to get to sleep. When we got back up, the first thing Kristen did was rush into the bathroom. She wasn't even in there long enough to do anything, and didn't even bother to pretend to flush the toilet, and I'm assuming grabbed Alison's note while she was in there.

Honestly, I really don't care anymore. In a month I will be moving out of this stupid apartment, and will never have to see these people again. In the meantime, I won't be buying any "communal goods" such as toilet paper or paper towels or whatever - I don't like these girls and I'm not going to spend money on things for them.

Gah, I hate being angry. It just makes me MORE angry.

And I have a research essay due next Thursday, and I missed my appointment with the nutritionist yesterday which is going to cost me $20, and and.. I'm just not having a good week.

Can I take a break from life, please?

Stolen from Shelby

2006-04-10T20:32:09Z

What I wouldn't give to be 13 and English...

2006-04-05T02:51:33Z

http://www.bridgetothestars.net/index.php?d=movie

autumnalrain @ 2006-04-01T17:43:00

2006-04-02T01:43:12Z

!!!SLOOF LIRPA

ZOMG Haircut!

2006-03-10T22:59:16Z

Newer, shorter hair. Will post pictures when I can find batteries for my camera.

eBay!

2006-02-28T22:20:04Z

That's it, I'm getting rid of all the boxes of stuff I don't need.

Rela-what?

2006-02-20T18:10:35Z

You Are A Relationship Rescuer!

You don't ruin relationships, if anything you keep them together
The key: you respect yourself and your guy. Which goes further than you might think.
You simply treat your guy how you would like to be treated... the old golden rule.
And in return, he treats you like gold - or at least tries. And how perfect is that

Do You Ruin Relationships?

Wait... what?

2006-02-17T22:54:22Z

Say what?

From what I can gather, not only are government officials admitting to propaganda use in this country and abroad, but the President is as well. Also, last time I checked, Congress has not declared that we are at war. So what's up with Mr. Bush saying that we are?

Something has gone horribly wrong in this country.

Valentine's Day

2006-02-16T00:48:38Z

I <3 my boyfriend.

Even though we didn't really get to see each other a whole lot yesterday, since he worked 8-4 and I worked 4-12, he still made Valentine's a good day. He drove all the way to the store to get me some of the instant coffee that I really like to go with the darkest chocolate EVAR, that goes really well when melted in chocolate. He also got me some garbanzo beans (chickpeas, for those of you who know them as such). I know, I know. "Garbanzo beans?" you're thinking. Well, I was trying to make some hummus about a week ago, and ended up burning the beans horribly, so I needed to get some more.

And then there's the chocolate. Dark chocolate. From Godiva. Which I have eaten 4 pieces of today. Delicious. Everything tastes better with chocolate.

And tomorrow we're going to P.F. Chang's for our belated Valentine's dinner.

I <3 my boyfriend. ^__^

Filtered

2006-02-07T03:59:27Z

I just took what was possibly the best shower of my entire life.

No, there was no one else in the shower with me. There was, however, a new filter on the showerhead.

It was wonderful.

I don't smell like chlorine. I don't feel grimy. I'm not itchy. I feel clean. For the first time in the six months that I've been living in these apartments, I feel clean and happy after getting out of the shower.

And to think, it only took the maintenance guys a month to install it... (Of course, I did find out that I could have installed it, but they don't really want us to do any installing of anything in the apartments. Whateva.)

Quiz fun time

2006-01-29T05:12:55Z

Your results:
You are Spider-Man

Spider-Man		100%
Superman		80%
Robin		75%
Green Lantern		75%
Supergirl		70%
Wonder Woman		55%
The Flash		50%
Hulk		50%
Batman		40%
Catwoman		30%
Iron Man		30%

You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz

Your results:
You are Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic)

Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic)		90%
Malcolm Reynolds (Captain)		80%
Derrial Book (Shepherd)		80%
Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic)		80%
Inara Serra (Companion)		70%
Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command)		60%
River (Stowaway)		60%
Jayne Cobb (Mercenary)		50%
Wash (Ship Pilot)		50%
A Reaver (Cannibal)		40%
Alliance		30%

Medicine and physical healing are your game,
but wooing women isn't a strong suit.

Click here to take the "Which Serenity character am I?" quiz...

...I like how the first three on both lists are guys...

Smoking

2006-01-27T17:12:45Z

I win.

Schoolin time

2006-01-25T06:00:57Z

Yays school starts tomorrow!

Yeah, I'm kinda excited about it. All of the classes I'm taking this semester I like and am interested in, so it looks (right now) like it will be a fun and non-worrisome semester.

I've got Intro to Political Thought at 9, Ancient Philosophy at noon, and a Fantasy/Sci-Fi English class at 3 tomorrow. Thursday I have Intro to Comparative Politics at noon. And then I'm done!!! ^_^

Paul figured out his classes, too. If he takes Physics he'll have classes all 5 weekdays, but if not he'll just have 2 classes a day, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Jerk. ;_; He signs up the day before classes, and gets a great schedule. *sigh* I wish I could do that...

And now, to bed! For I must sleep much since I have to get up at 7:30 tomorrow. ;_;

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