come bite on this ragdoll, baby!
This post will be a bit like the last, but I want to rant first. I did my final speech for Argument and Advocacy today and I had the best arguments. I was going to get up there and be fierce and blow everyone away, but I was so determined that I lost my cool and became about twice as nervous by placing expectations on myself. I could actually see the piece of paper in front of me shaking. I wasn't even nervous before I gave the speech! I still didn't do terribly...it just wasn't smooth or eloquent (particularly my rebuttle when I actually ended a sentence in "...and stuff" O_o). My partner said I totally destroyed her argument though, and my speech brief in and of itself outlines some excellent points, so hopefully I'll manage a B on it (it seems A's are impossible to receive in this class).
So, full of nerves, I went to Starbucks for my daily iced coffee. I counted my change and 1 dollar bills, and I thought I had just enough for a Venti Iced Vanilla Latte. When I handed the change to the woman taking my order, I realized I was 15 cents short. So I asked if I could take it from the tip jar. She nearly threw a fit right then and there, and I was so hyped up and in a daze after giving my speech, I couldn't really argue, so I pulled out a $10 and gave that to her instead. She then acted even more pissed off and told me I was ghetto while shaking her head in disbelief. On any other day I might not have cared, but that bitch chose the wrong skank to mess with, and I was really tense afterwards.
From there I had to skip Geography to complete my History Course Journals--a fairly big assignment I should've started on sooner but didn't (partially because this is the class in which my teacher is determined to fail me because that's his bitter, balding, short man syndrome policy for people like myself, who miss quizzes...read past entry). I finished the assignment very crappily, went to class, and received the essay I had turned in a few weeks before. C+ with a 10% penalty for not citing "properly": D+. I wanted to scream or cry or do anything to show him how frustrated I was. I put so much work into that essay and I felt like I'd really done well on it. I need to get away from this evil man before I end up doing something I'll be arrested for :x (...and btw i'm kidding, for the PC record)
...In better news, I got my new car, a '98 black Volvo with a 5-CD player! Woohoo! It's a bit harder to drive than my old automobeeeel but I'm slowly getting used to it. Having an automatic is also somewhat relieving, if a bit confusing after driving a stick for over a year. I was driving it around tonight while blasting some Dido, because I am bitchin' like that.
In my last bit of news, on the way home from a doctor's appointment today, I went to Hot Topic (embarrassing :x) because I wanted to buy their hardcore Siouxsie t-shirt XD They didn't have anything larger than an adult Small, which was lame, but I found a new pop-arty Bowie t-shirt that was approximately three times as fierce and purchased that instead. I also abruptly threw away my new "Hot Topic Frequent Buyers Card" because, last I checked, I wasn't planning to spend $100 at any place that sells Evanescence merchandise.
So, full of nerves, I went to Starbucks for my daily iced coffee. I counted my change and 1 dollar bills, and I thought I had just enough for a Venti Iced Vanilla Latte. When I handed the change to the woman taking my order, I realized I was 15 cents short. So I asked if I could take it from the tip jar. She nearly threw a fit right then and there, and I was so hyped up and in a daze after giving my speech, I couldn't really argue, so I pulled out a $10 and gave that to her instead. She then acted even more pissed off and told me I was ghetto while shaking her head in disbelief. On any other day I might not have cared, but that bitch chose the wrong skank to mess with, and I was really tense afterwards.
From there I had to skip Geography to complete my History Course Journals--a fairly big assignment I should've started on sooner but didn't (partially because this is the class in which my teacher is determined to fail me because that's his bitter, balding, short man syndrome policy for people like myself, who miss quizzes...read past entry). I finished the assignment very crappily, went to class, and received the essay I had turned in a few weeks before. C+ with a 10% penalty for not citing "properly": D+. I wanted to scream or cry or do anything to show him how frustrated I was. I put so much work into that essay and I felt like I'd really done well on it. I need to get away from this evil man before I end up doing something I'll be arrested for :x (...and btw i'm kidding, for the PC record)
...In better news, I got my new car, a '98 black Volvo with a 5-CD player! Woohoo! It's a bit harder to drive than my old automobeeeel but I'm slowly getting used to it. Having an automatic is also somewhat relieving, if a bit confusing after driving a stick for over a year. I was driving it around tonight while blasting some Dido, because I am bitchin' like that.
In my last bit of news, on the way home from a doctor's appointment today, I went to Hot Topic (embarrassing :x) because I wanted to buy their hardcore Siouxsie t-shirt XD They didn't have anything larger than an adult Small, which was lame, but I found a new pop-arty Bowie t-shirt that was approximately three times as fierce and purchased that instead. I also abruptly threw away my new "Hot Topic Frequent Buyers Card" because, last I checked, I wasn't planning to spend $100 at any place that sells Evanescence merchandise.