For the most part, this semester has been surprisingly successful and rewarding. Since I have used the previous semesters as primarily "busy work," I made sure that the classes I chose this semester felt real, relevant. Strangely, half of my classes are online classes, which means that I submit homework and tests through an online system called ( Read more... )

Since yesterday was the first day of the last semester I will be at Parkland College, I thought I would treat myself to something special. I woke up and I prepared myself a big breakfast. It consisted of one fried egg, three strips of bacon, a bowl of cereal, OJ, and coffee. I thought it was pretty delicious. Little did I know that I needed that ( Read more... )

There are times I have to admit

My heart just isn't into it.

Today I have checked my old email address for the last time. Yesterday I spent several hours cleaning out my old email address. When I created the account, I used to have this weird fascination with exotic animals. So, the accounted used to be called "evil_owl". That may be strange, but I also used to have a "squirrel2000" account with hotmail. ( Read more... )

I woke up early today because I had my preliminary interview with Kristin at Waldenbooks. I had Chris drive me to the bus stop behind the Taco Bell. Because I knew that I would have to kill some time riding on the bus and waiting for my interview, I took a book of Chris's called National Lampoon Presents True Facts: The Big Book. As I was reading ( Read more... )