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Jun. 30th, 2006 @ 01:37 pm Summer what?
Current Location: 375 S. 9th St, San Jose, CA 95112
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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)
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May. 1st, 2006 @ 07:54 pm Well, it's a good thing I wasn't planning on going anyway...
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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,
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Apr. 25th, 2006 @ 07:36 pm England
Current Location: 375 S. 9th St, San Jose, CA 95112
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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.
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Apr. 19th, 2006 @ 04:33 pm Today rocks.
Current Location: 375 S. 9th St, San Jose, CA 95112
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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!
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Apr. 18th, 2006 @ 04:08 pm Don't want to be here right now...
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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.
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Apr. 12th, 2006 @ 06:28 pm So I haven't updated with a real post in a while
Current Mood: pissed off
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..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?
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Jan. 24th, 2006 @ 09:56 pm Schoolin time
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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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Jan. 5th, 2006 @ 12:48 am My legs hurt so bad
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Yesterday was my second day of Tai Chi here at school. My legs hurt so bad. This is possibly because we spend 2 hours in the class, and a lot of it is spent in "horse stance" - if you've taken karate or some sort of martial art, you should know what that is. I haven't stood in horse stance for that long in about 8 years. And my legs are killing me for it.

To make up for the abuse I'm going to be putting my body through for the next few weeks, I went and got my massage this evening at the lovely Plum Spa right here in downtown San Jose. It was really good, except that when she massaged my arms, the lady (her name was Angel, I think) pushed on the bones instead of the muscle and it hurt. Oh wells.

After my massage was over I was going to head up to P-town to play some D&D, but my car decided that this was not to be. I'm going to have Paul look at it tomorrow. But since I didn't drive up to P-town, Paul and I went walking around downtown to see if we could find a restaurant we wanted to eat at. We found a really awesome Indian restaurant called Tandoori Oven that had the most awesome curry and naan I've ever tasted. I'm craving more as I write this. It was delicious. Their "bottomless chai" (meaning however many refills you want) wasn't very good, and I suspect this is because they put fennel in it. I'm not a big fan of fennel, least of all in my drinks. Blech.

I'm done reading through all of the books in Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar Saga. As always, I enjoyed all of the books. I have one other book by him to read that I haven't before, two by Neil Gaiman (Good Omens and Neverwhere), and a book on string theory. Yeah, I'm a nerd. But I like it.

And now I should probably try to go to sleep so I can go get bagels with Paul tomorrow and then go grocery shopping, as I have absolutely no food in my apartment.
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Dec. 13th, 2005 @ 09:28 pm The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
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I just got back from seeing the movie for the second time. I have to say, it was just as good the second time as the first.

I read the Narnia books when I was very little - 6 or 7 - and I don't think I'd read them since, but I remember everything from that book. The movie did not disappoint in keeping to the story. All of the characters were fabulously played. Lucy, however, would have to be my favourite. I'm not sure if she was in the book (Susan may have been, given that she is the archer), but in the movie she most definately was the best. I won't give specifics, but there's one point in which she totally bitchslaps Edmund (in a non-physical sort of way), and it's absolutely great.

The music from the movie is also wonderful. I had originally bought what I thought to be the soundtrack on Sunday, but it turned out to be a "music inspired by" CD (read: quite far from what I wanted). I called the store back, though, and they said they'd trade the CD for the soundtrack, since the soundtrack didn't come out until today. I'm listening to it now. Makes me happy. Lots of really great percussion moments in it. Especially in the battle (and if you think this is a spoiler you haven't read the book, and so I'm not going to be apologetic or anything. Nyah).

Right now I should study for my philosophy final tomorrow, but all I really want to do is read more of the Narnia books.. My dad bought me the whole set for my birthday! :)

Well, I'm off to do some reading. Whether or not that reading has to do with school, we'll see.
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Dec. 5th, 2005 @ 01:23 pm I'm 20!!
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So, yesterday was my birthday. Go me!

All in all, it was a way awesome day. Got to hang out pretty much all day with Paul (<3), Jim and Shelby came over, and there were presents! I got new speakers w/ a subwoofer from Paul (in his words, "Something you and all of your roommates can enjoy for some time." ^_^), plus the promise of either something shiny and sharp (aka a knife of some sort) or something shiny that causes fire (aka LIGHTER). Jim got me a really beautiful hardback copy of Magician, by Raymon E. Feist, which is probably one of my favorite books that I haven't read in a while, because I lost it in paperback form. :( for the losing, but :D for Jim for buying me the new one. Shelby got me a "Neil Gaiman sampler", aka Smoke and Mirrors, which is cool because I've never read NG but have wanted to but wasn't sure where to start. She also got me a Mirrormask book, which Paul and I meant to go see several times but didn't, but will probably be sure to either rent or buy when it comes out.

Oh! And Alison and Lydia made cupcakes, and put a little candle in one of them, and they all (Alison, Kristen, Lydia, Danny (Kristen's bf), and Josh (Lydia's bf)) sang Happy Birthday to me. ^_^

Paul took me out to dinner to a really lovely place called Il Fornaio that's just a short walk downtown from here, and it was great. I'm mildly upset at myself, however, for ordering a 22 oz. steak. You heard me, 22 oz. Although, in my defense, I have no idea how big an ounce is, and didn't know that the steak would get it's own plate when it was served to me with vegetables and things. What I should have gotten was this organic grilled salmon with lobster sauce on it. I even asked the guy about it, but noooooo, I am afraid of trying new things, and so got the steak instead. Now, don't get me wrong, the steak was (and will be for the next four days..) delicious. But I can get steak anywhere, and should have ordered something I could only get there. Oh well. At least I have learned my lesson for next time. And will ask Paul about how big something is before I order it. *le sigh*

I finished off the day by hitting lvl 46 in WoW, which is exciting, because it means I am one more level closer to 60. Go me!

I couldn't sleep last night, I'm guessing because of the coffee and sugar I had when I got home (bad Caitlin, bad!), so I spaced on re-setting my alarm clock and didn't go to either of my classes this morning. Oh wells. Wednesday is my last day for both of those classes. Thursday is the last day of classes, period. Friday is Dead Day (which I will be taking advantage of to finally go see both the dentist and the optometrist). Next week is finals, and then.. FREEDOM! ..Well, at least until the Winter Semester starts. >
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Nov. 19th, 2005 @ 08:04 pm (no subject)
Current Mood: gotta go potty..
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:( Paul is at the Sharks game right now and I have to be here at work.. *cry* Apparently Mike had two free tickets, and called Paul, and he of course asked me if I wanted to go, but I couldn't cause I had to come to work... *sob*

Oh well, at least I'm still getting tickets for Christmas from my Mom.

I've pretty much decided on my classes for next semester. I can't take the next class in Japanese (25B), so I think I may take 1B over again just to keep up with and get some more experience with the language. Also, I need to work on my kanji a lot, and I think that this will compel me to more than just saying "yeah I'll do it". I'm also going to finish up the undergrad requirements for PoliSci, so I'll be taking a course in comparative politics and a course in political thought. I'll also be taking the writing course for PoliSci, which is the reason I can't take 25B, since they're at the same times.

There's a silly commercial that always comes on when I'm watching hockey and it involves this guy crossing the street wearing a Sharks jersey, and everyone freaks out cause they think he's going to beat them up or something, but his hands are full of pizza and drinks, so he wouldn't actually be able to do anything. It's weird.

..I want pizza. Or something. T_T I'm trying to eat healthy, and cut certain things that are bad for me out of my diet, but it's hard. I'm trying not to eat sodium nitrate (in bacon, packaged sandwich meats, stuff like that), MSG (in bbq chips, certain resaurant foods), and high fructose corn syrup (in sodas, and lots of processed foods). HFCs is the hardest, since it's in so many foods that people consume on a daily basis. I'm also trying to drink more water, which isn't too hard since I'm thirsty all the time now, since it's winter and quite dry out.

Grar, Keith (guy who works at the same time I do) has been gone for a while now, ostensibly working on some girl's internet. I need to go use the bathroom real bad though, so I want him to hurry up and get back. >< I feel like a little kid waiting for their mom to notice that they need to go potty. ...okay he's back, and I'm outta here. ^_^;;
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Nov. 14th, 2005 @ 01:34 pm Blergh
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Just got out of the shower a wee bit ago, and have to dash off to Japanese in a few. My room currently smells a bit like sick person, and this is most likely because Paul just left and he is quite sick. He even has a fever, which he swears never happens to him and means he's going to die. Or something. Cause he's not allowed to die. So I am going to go up after Japanese and force-feed him happy herbal tinctures that taste quite nasty but do wonders for helping get over a cold/flu.

I'm actually kind of tired myself, and may end up taking a nap after said force-feeding of said boyfriend, since I got little-to-no sleep last night due to my weird sleeping schedule I got onto over the weekend. I also need to start writing my essay for PoliSci, though, which is due on Wednesday, so we'll see how long I allow myself to nap.

Gah, I don't really want to go to Japanese, but I have been missing too many classes (especially this class) this semester for me to really justify taking anymore off. Unless I get typhoid fever or something, in which case I think I am excused from life in general and am allowed to stay in bed until my immune system fixes me.

Blah, 20 minutes till Japanese.. I have done the homework, though, so it would be silly to not go. But.. the tired... Agh.
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Nov. 7th, 2005 @ 02:10 pm GBLARRRG
Current Mood: pissed off at fucking Alison
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Alison is sitting out in the livingroom with Kristen, Erica, some guy I don't know, and some girl who showed up after I came back into my room. She is the LOUDEST FUCKING PERSON ON EARTH. I swear. I slept really bad last night because my sleep schedule has been fucked up and I had to get up super early this morning, and just wanted to take a nap this afternoon, but I can't because she's SO GODDAMN LOUD. Kristen and Lydia can be loud too, but it's mostly when Alison is around and I suspect it is to be heard over her obnoxiously loud voice.

So last Thursday I turned in a bunch of forms to the Registrar of Voters for Contra Costa, and then on Friday took them over to the Courthouse to be processed and filed. This morning was the court appointment (at 8 in the morning), and it went a lot faster/smoother than I was expecting. It was my first time in a courthouse (that I can remember), and it was pretty cool. After all the proceedings were over there I had to go back to the Registrar's Office to be "officially registered" (again) and vote. So yay, I voted! Now all I have to do is go to the DMV to make sure they processed my Change of Address form and I'm not going to get fined lots of freaking money.

Camping over Thanksgiving weekend is beginning to look like it may not happen.. which makes me sad. Paul hasn't really planned anything for it yet, and isn't going to have time this week. :( Sad for me. I may try to plan it, but I haven't been camping since I quit Girl Scouts, and I never had to plan out campsites and equipment and such, so I don't really know what to do.

Also, Paul was reading this journal last night and made mention that I hadn't written about him lately. So I will write silly things about him. Or something. Or just not write a whole lot at all. I don't know.

This semester is almost over, and I'm really, really glad. Only 5 more weeks of classes. Huzzah! I got my results from the WST back, and didn't get a waiver like I would have liked to, but still passed it with flying colors, so that's cool. I guess I should sign up for the 100W PoliSci class then..

I am really trying to eat better. I would like to be able to cut out lots of bad foods from my diet. Paul and I were talking about this the other day and I ended up getting angry with him because he was being really patronizing about the whole thing. I hate being patronized. It wasn't entirely his fault, though, as he didn't really realize he was doing it.

Alright, I'm gonna go put off doing any homework by playing WoW some more.
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Nov. 3rd, 2005 @ 01:48 pm Voting
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Blargh. Now I think I'm getting sick. Good job, immune system.

So, apparently I was never registered in Contra Costa County. Great. Even though I went to the DMV and filled out the change of address form and checked the little box that said "re-register me!", I didn't get re-registered correctly. So, I have to fill out some forms and take them down to (or up to, I have no idea what direction) Martinez, and then tomorrow to the County Clerk. Then, on Monday at 8am I have to go before a judge and get him to sign the paper that says hey, you get to vote.

I believe that I will also be paying a visit to the DMV tomorrow just to make sure that they actually processed my form and I'm not going to be charged horrible amounts of money for something I had no idea about.

..I can't believe I slept in so late today. Well, okay, I can, since I was up until about 4 this morning. But still. I need to get a good sleep schedule up and going. Even though there's only a month or so left of class... *sigh* Oh wells.
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Oct. 18th, 2005 @ 03:06 am Good... morning?
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Well, it looks like I'm up for the day. I think this has to do something with the fact that I pretty much slept through yesterday, due to an enormous migraine I woke up with.

To recap the past few days/weeks of my life: I quit my job and am looking for a new one whilst taking a break from the world of labor; I got accepted to Santa Barbara for the Winter Quarter, and now have to decide whether I want to move down there or stay up here; I have decided to stop missing class, and will hopefully be attending all further classes this semester (it's only 2 months, how hard can that be?).

It's really hard to convey how much happier I am now that I don't have to go to work. It's not that my job was the worst in the world - far from it. My job was actually kind of fun, while I was there and while I wasn't trying to diffuse any customer-employee or employee-employee situations. And when I wasn't getting yelled at. But it really caused me a whole lot of unneeded stress, and also, the pay really, really sucked. I'm sorry, but $8 an hour when you are trying to support yourself going to college is way, WAY not enough. So hopefully I will be getting a job here at the computer help desk for a bit more, and with a lot less resulting stress.

The whole Santa Barbara thing is a confusing mass of.. confusion. I was expecting to hear back from them way back in September, and didn't, and so wrongly assumed that I'd been denied enrollment. Boy was I wrong. I got in, and now I have to really think about what I want to do. I don't know if the Poli Sci program there is any better than it is here; I don't know whether or not I'd be able to find housing down there; I don't know whether or not I'd be able to find a well-paying job there; and I don't know whether I really want to leave all of my friends up here to go to a place where I only really know one person, who I most likely will not spend any significant (or insignificant, for that matter) amount of time with. So, in all likelihood, I will probably be staying here. Even though I severely dislike my next-door neighbors. And think two of my roommates are pretty crazy and quite the slobs.

I really, really, really need to go to all of my classes. I'm falling behind in my Japanese class, and having problems understanding a lot of the grammar points because I don't go to class (and also because I don't study enough outside of class). I think I may be in the negative points in my Poli Sci class because I've missed more than 5 classes by now. And I think I'm down a bunch of points in my Philosophy class because I haven't been there to turn in homework. Piano is fine because I've played before, and because I haven't been missing it lately. Chemistry... is confusing, but seems to be going okay. I should be fine from here on out.

So, yesterday I ended up sleeping until 2 or 3 because when I woke up I had a really shitty migraine. This means that when I tried to go to bed at about.. 11pm, I ended up waking up at 1am, and seem to be up for the rest of the day. I think this means I'm going to crash into bed later tonight after I get back from a meeting thing I want to go to, which is good because I'll get good sleep and sleep through the night, but bad because I'll be really freaking tired driving back from said meeting. Me being tired while driving is never a good thing, since I already have issues driving at night.

Argh, there's still 6 hours before my first class. I guess I'll go do some homework...
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Oct. 10th, 2005 @ 11:41 am 2 midterms down..
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...and 3 or 4 to go.

Wahhhhh.
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Sep. 27th, 2005 @ 04:38 pm Oh, Chemistry
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I could feel the words building like bile in the back of my throat, pushing their way up. Trying to escape. I tried to hold them in, but I could feel them in my gullet, writhing like worms in the sand.

Please don't let me loose control of them.

Don't let them out.

But at the same time I just want to scream them out, let them echo off the walls and reverberate into the next room and maybe even make their way out into the corridor, where they will become pale ghosts and imitations of themselves.

But no. He finishes talking, or we finish his speech for him, and we get up and walk out to retrieve our lockers.

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I think my Chemistry Lab teacher realizes my loathing for him. I also think he realizes that I may know (*gasp*) some things he doesn't. Like the reason why they now use carbon instead of hydrogen as the average for calculating mols. I was trying to explain it to one of the other girls in class, and he kept interrupting "No they only use carbon". Yes, but she heard in the lecture hydrogen and I am trying to explain to her why what she heard wasn't necessarily wrong, just not the most correct answer.. But no. We only use carbon.

Sometimes I want to throw beakers at his head.
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Sep. 17th, 2005 @ 02:02 am Book talk
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I like how the three books sitting on my night table for me to read are currently: Life after God, by Douglas Coupland; Paradise Lost, by John Milton; and The Republic of Plato. I am a weird kid.

All of the books (except for those relating to school) that used to be on the little shelf-thing above my desk have been moved to the closet shelf to make room for the PS2 and my printer. The fridge they used to be sitting on is being defrosted as I type this, and will hopefully be taken home on Sunday when my mother comes to visit.

Santa Barbara still hasn't sent me an acceptance/rejection letter (I put them in that order because it is alphabetical). The waiting, I tell you, it kills me. As if you haven't heard enough about it. Gah.

I am debating on whether or not I need to take a hiatus from distractions from school, since I have been a bad delinquent little girl and skipped classes quite a bit already, and the semester isn't even an entire month old. Bad, bad girl.

My room is now mostly organized. I hope to have it finished tomorrow, and then will - possibly, probably, maybe - keep it that way. Might. We'll see.

Since all I've eaten today was a pita sandwich, the two cups of coffee I have had are currently wreaking havoc upon my stomach. I may have to go eat something to remedy this. Rice sounds good.

Oh, and I got a new alarm clock because the other one's HOUR button broke, and a new backpack because the other one I have is too big, and the side-/carry-sack-thing-a-ma-bobber is too small. So this one is in between. I have too many bags. Thus, I am the bag lady (the craziness is coming, just you wait - or is already here).

Stomach is growling obscenities at me, so I will go placate it and then sleep, for tomorrow there is much workage.

Oh, and I'll talk about how the library 'sploded tomorrow, too. Remind me, self.
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Sep. 13th, 2005 @ 08:30 am Another exhausting week ahead
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Yesterday was crazy. Today will most likely follow the same pattern, and be just as much, if not more, crazy.

Work yesterday, to put it succinctly, sucked. I don't dislike Armando, but the fact that he spilled the milk ALL OVER THE FRIDGE made me a little upset, as well as the fact that he insists upon taking 2 15-minute breaks, even when there are obvious things needing to get done. I guess I shouldn't expect him to be like me, though, and practically miss taking a break at all because I'm trying to make sure everything gets done. Also, I wish Joe would stop with the favoritism. I understand that he prefers certain people to do certain things because they are faster, but leaving only one register so that Trish can wash dishes is stupid. Stupid. One of the things that I regret not being able to do as a supervisor is just pick up a task that needs to get done and do it. Instead I have to see if I can't assign someone else to do it, and then babysit them and everyone else so they do it correctly. I ended up not getting out of the cafe until around 11, which I understand can happen sometimes, but it wouldn't happen if we had one more person scheduled to close. We had about 7 people till 10, but only 3 people after that (myself included). Hopefully I will remember to talk to Jen about this.

Today I will be doing class-related things until 4:30, at which point I will rush back here to try and do my PoliSci and Philo readings for tomorrow, and also to do my Japanese homework. At 6 I have work, again, until close. Tomorrow I will attend said classes, after which I will once again *gasp* go to work. At 5. Thursday is class until 1 followed by work from 2 - close. Friday is blood donation in the morning (if I'm not sick by then from the stress I'm subjecting myself to), followed by class, and then (hopefully) blessed, blessed sleep. I hope I will be able enough on Sunday to take my mom to the spa, as that is my birthday present to her.

I don't want to go to class. Just want to sleep...
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Sep. 10th, 2005 @ 10:21 pm Funniest. Shit. Ever.
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LOL

I laughed so hard I almost peed myself.


So after writing my angry-at-the-world thing last night I went and bought myself a shirt or two over at Defunker, and felt a little better afterwards. Called Paul and hung out with him and zee group for a bit and felt a lot better afterwards. Wasn't able to sleep too well, due to noisy neighbors (again), but what am I going to do about it (have a talk with them tomorrow, for one thing).

Today work was very interesting since we had two new trainees come in. Amber and Rachelle are our newest recruits. It's kind of funny because we've lost pretty much everyone we hired at the beginning of the semester, and now we're getting all new people.. They both did really well, and I think they'll fit right in with everyone else. Nothing really of interest happened, but the day did go by relatively quickly, which was nice. I miss my Sundays, though. :(

Tomorrow I will hopefully be taking some trips to Target and Office Max to get a shelving unit and some ink for my printer (respectively). I'd also like to go to the mall, but I think I'd buy too many things that I don't need (although I do need some long-sleeved shirts...), and I should really be saving my money.

On the college front, I am very much considering waiting until next year and just going straight to Berkeley. As much as I would like to get out and be on my own (read: far away from my parents), I really do want to go to Berkeley. One of the things keeping me from just saying "Yes, absolutely this is what I'll do" is that getting a BA in PoliSci from any UC is quite good, and Grad work can always be done at Berkeley, since I can be much more choosy then. As always, though, "we'll see".
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