so...you were in my dream last night. and not for a split second or anything. it was very vivid, very real and i've been thinking about it all day. post something and let me know you're alive and well. stop making me come in here and nudge you. ;)
I'm alive ;-Þ Was it a good dream or a bad dream? Tomorrow i'm playing an online poker tournament with a first prize of at least $1,000,000. I predict i come in 3457th. Other than that, it's school and blah, so i don't have much to write about. How's life treating you?
thank goodness! i'm far too busy stalking john mayer to make the trek for your funeral. ;) (just kidding. don't die please.)
the dream wasn't tragic, as in, no one died. or maybe someone did figuratively. it was definitely odd that you starred in it. (was that vague enough for you?)
whoa! so you're still doing well with the online poker? my good vibes go out to you!
school and blah? this blah you speak of sounds much more interesting than you're giving it credit for. when are you done with school? and when are you coming back down south so i can tell you about this dream face to face and you can look at me like i'm silly?
life is being kind to me. as kind as it gets in february, anyway. february is still a hater, but it's almost over so woosah.
Dude, everyone hates on February. I almost feel bad for it...almost.
Thank ya ;-) I'm doing okay with online poker. My stress levels have been through the roof, which interferes, but i have good days and bad days.
This is my last full semester. I'm most likely taking a marine biology course in the summer because i enjoyed the oceanography course so much. Class at the beach? Yes, please. After school is done i don't really know what comes next. At some point i'd like to move somewhere i can find a job and cheap property, but i don't know how long it'll take to get there.
can't deal with february at all. it hates me too, so it's all mutual. one more week to go!
why stress levels through the roof? because of poker or other situations entirely?
marine biology! that's what i wanted to do back in the day. well, i just wanted to swim and play with shamu & the dolphins but me and biology don't get along. at all. i'd like to see you swim with shamu though. ;)
is it driving you nuts not knowing what comes next?
February has become my least favorite month. It's like the scapegoat for all the other months, so they're all neutral and February can be bad.
My stress levels are so high because i don't know what comes next. I'm trying to set myself up so that i can get my own place and never have to scramble to find another retail or restaurant job, but i don't have a lot of confidence in my ability to get there. It's probably going to bother me until i get securely on my way, and who knows how long that'll take?
I've considered getting into marine biology at different times, but never seriously enough to pursue it. Swimming with Shamu would rock my socks ;-)
What are you planning on doing after you get your doctorate?
february has been my absolute worst month since holly passed away 8 years ago. it's just cursed, everything bad happens in february. to me and to jacob. it's weird. december is a close second at my least favorite month though...
are you working right now? if so, where? me telling you not to stress would be like telling the sun to never come out, i realize, but i hope one day you're done stressing. at least in extreme amounts. (:
oh! how's uncle life?
i'm planning to be a professor. strange thought? for the past couple of years i wanted to work for the FBI or the national center for the analysis of violent crime because jacob and i both want to live & work in D.C. at some point. but, my serial murder professor/thesis chair/mentor really hates the FBI and basically makes me feel like i'm too good for it. i can make more money teaching at a university anyway, and there i can do my own research and have students assist me, haha. so, that's the path i'm currently on. all subject to change.
I don't like December because of Christmas/New Year's. Really, more bad stuff has happened in December than February, but like i said, scapegoat. At least February's short
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that's exactly why i don't like december either. the holidays aren't my favorite. if i could sleep right through all of winter, i'd be much happier.
are you still living with your parents? i'm finally on my own again and it feels soooo gooood. you should move to texas so that you can love life. ;)
eh, yeah, toddlers. i'm never impressed with babies or toddlers so i know what you mean. i would definitely love to see you change a diaper though. heh.
all of the schools that i would love to teach at don't offer a criminology program, like ut-austin, ut-san antonio, george washington state. i want to stay in texas, but really, it'll be what i can get at first without moving up north. i can't do the north.
I like the snow, otherwise winter is blah. Especially since i'm getting more and more into being outside. We'd be better off in Australia, where winter is summer.
Yeah i am. We're in an apartment now, which sucks. I need my own space, but i have to wait awhile to get it. Texas is on the radar, but i'll have to work a few years here before i can afford to move anywhere on my own again.
I don't think i've ever changed a diaper in my life, unless maybe i "helped" my parents change my sister when we were little. Actually i might be lying. It's possible i changed wet diapers when i was living with my friend Kim and her son. I don't really remember, and don't want to ;-Þ
I'm surprised it's hard to find a criminology program. Or is it just at UT-some-other-location?
Woot! Just won $1700 in that big poker tournament. I came in 547th out of 36,000 players. I got so lucky repeatedly, so i can't take much credit. Just wish i could have gotten lucky at least one more time ;-Þ
i HATE the snow. it snowed in louisiana in 2008 and snowed here in houston in december and i was pissed both times, haha. it's pretty in pictures, but it can stay far away. oh man, one of my friends is currently spending a semester in australia and she spends her days at the beach. i'm so jealous. i want to go to australia.
that sounds claustrophobic, i'm sorry. have you thought about going to graduate school or are you way over school by now?
haha, i can believe that. i think the only baby i ever saw you around was londyn, whom is 8 now so i don't really remember her baby years. that was too long ago for me to bother remembering.
criminology is rather new when compared to all of the other disciplines. most think it's the same as criminal justice, which it's not, but that's the program that most universities have. UT-dallas has a crim program, where i'm hoping to get my doctorate, so who knows, maybe they'll like me enough to keep me.
SWEET. congrats! that's a good chunk of money. do you actually get all of that?
Australia seems like such greatness. New Zealand too, i'd really like to visit that country. The British had some good conquest taste.
I'm not even going for my bachelor's. I just want my associates so i can get a job that involves a lot of sitting and not stressing. I was over school before i even went back ;-Þ This summer i'll look for work, take whatever i can get, and start saving up for moving away.
Wow, Londyn. I remember her a little. Always in dresses...or imitation-dresses. I don't really get baby clothes.
I didn't realize criminology was a recent addition. Good luck with UT-Dallas ;-)
Thank ya ;-) Yep, it's all mine. Well, i'll probably make enough money over the second half of the year to pay taxes on it, but the rest of it is mine. These olympics have me seriously considering Vancouver as a home...gambling isn't taxed in Canada. In the meantime, Uncle Sam can have his cut, the greedy money-grabbing bastard. I <3 Ron Paul.
i'm seriously considering visiting ireland when i graduate. i've been doing research, looking up airfare, etc. it's so peaceful, has such a low crime rate because people are genuinely happy. it makes me smile.
haha, i'm essentially going to be in school my entire life. that's a really depressing thought. sigh.
she's in 2nd grade now...along with my brother. i can't deal with it at all.
ew, canada. i've been once, but really only to see john mayer. the people were weird, but they have good healthcare at least. and why do you <3 ron paul? you sound like my parents.
Ireland's another beautiful one. Beautiful land, beautiful history. They missed on India though, imo.
Yeah, but you're good at it, so it works ;-) There are worse ways to spend your life than as a professor with a doctorate.
My baby cousin Caitlyn just had a baby. My little sister's married with a child. I'm helping my mom and her husband with their retirement accounts. Everyone's getting so old!
Good healthcare, low crime rates, less invasive government, and LOTS of open space. My idea of a good time ;-) I <3 anybody who's for shrinking the government, and he's the most libertarian politician out there. I don't agree with cutting everything he wants to cut, but there's so much bad government to get through before the good stuff starts getting cut out that i'd vote for him with no reservations. I wouldn't even mind him cutting some of the good stuff, because even the good stuff has gotten so warped that it needs an overhaul.
i either want to visit there or australia. either way, i'm going global after graduation. because by golly, i want to.
i'm good at going to school? haha. at least i'm good at something! ;)
my grandpa's older brother passed away over the weekend (i didn't really know him at all though.) and my other grandpa in louisiana is going to be 80 soon. and then he's like "after 80, i'm planning my funeral." kinda funny, but scary at the same time that my grandparents are getting that old, you know?
but WAY too cold in canada. negative temps? no thank you! i have to be honest, i don't know a whole lot about him but my parents were all about him two years ago, and all of that above sounds really decent. as long as he doesn't want to cut NASA or human space flight out of the budget. obama and i are not on speaking terms right now. i know it's really hurting him.
post something and let me know you're alive and well.
stop making me come in here and nudge you. ;)
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Tomorrow i'm playing an online poker tournament with a first prize of at least $1,000,000. I predict i come in 3457th.
Other than that, it's school and blah, so i don't have much to write about.
How's life treating you?
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the dream wasn't tragic, as in, no one died. or maybe someone did figuratively. it was definitely odd that you starred in it. (was that vague enough for you?)
whoa! so you're still doing well with the online poker? my good vibes go out to you!
school and blah? this blah you speak of sounds much more interesting than you're giving it credit for. when are you done with school? and when are you coming back down south so i can tell you about this dream face to face and you can look at me like i'm silly?
life is being kind to me. as kind as it gets in february, anyway. february is still a hater, but it's almost over so woosah.
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Thank ya ;-)
I'm doing okay with online poker. My stress levels have been through the roof, which interferes, but i have good days and bad days.
This is my last full semester. I'm most likely taking a marine biology course in the summer because i enjoyed the oceanography course so much. Class at the beach? Yes, please. After school is done i don't really know what comes next. At some point i'd like to move somewhere i can find a job and cheap property, but i don't know how long it'll take to get there.
I'm glad life is being kind ;-)
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why stress levels through the roof? because of poker or other situations entirely?
marine biology! that's what i wanted to do back in the day. well, i just wanted to swim and play with shamu & the dolphins but me and biology don't get along. at all. i'd like to see you swim with shamu though. ;)
is it driving you nuts not knowing what comes next?
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My stress levels are so high because i don't know what comes next. I'm trying to set myself up so that i can get my own place and never have to scramble to find another retail or restaurant job, but i don't have a lot of confidence in my ability to get there. It's probably going to bother me until i get securely on my way, and who knows how long that'll take?
I've considered getting into marine biology at different times, but never seriously enough to pursue it. Swimming with Shamu would rock my socks ;-)
What are you planning on doing after you get your doctorate?
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are you working right now? if so, where? me telling you not to stress would be like telling the sun to never come out, i realize, but i hope one day you're done stressing. at least in extreme amounts. (:
oh! how's uncle life?
i'm planning to be a professor. strange thought? for the past couple of years i wanted to work for the FBI or the national center for the analysis of violent crime because jacob and i both want to live & work in D.C. at some point. but, my serial murder professor/thesis chair/mentor really hates the FBI and basically makes me feel like i'm too good for it. i can make more money teaching at a university anyway, and there i can do my own research and have students assist me, haha. so, that's the path i'm currently on. all subject to change.
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are you still living with your parents? i'm finally on my own again and it feels soooo gooood. you should move to texas so that you can love life. ;)
eh, yeah, toddlers. i'm never impressed with babies or toddlers so i know what you mean. i would definitely love to see you change a diaper though. heh.
all of the schools that i would love to teach at don't offer a criminology program, like ut-austin, ut-san antonio, george washington state. i want to stay in texas, but really, it'll be what i can get at first without moving up north. i can't do the north.
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Yeah i am. We're in an apartment now, which sucks. I need my own space, but i have to wait awhile to get it. Texas is on the radar, but i'll have to work a few years here before i can afford to move anywhere on my own again.
I don't think i've ever changed a diaper in my life, unless maybe i "helped" my parents change my sister when we were little. Actually i might be lying. It's possible i changed wet diapers when i was living with my friend Kim and her son. I don't really remember, and don't want to ;-Þ
I'm surprised it's hard to find a criminology program. Or is it just at UT-some-other-location?
Woot! Just won $1700 in that big poker tournament. I came in 547th out of 36,000 players. I got so lucky repeatedly, so i can't take much credit. Just wish i could have gotten lucky at least one more time ;-Þ
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that sounds claustrophobic, i'm sorry. have you thought about going to graduate school or are you way over school by now?
haha, i can believe that. i think the only baby i ever saw you around was londyn, whom is 8 now so i don't really remember her baby years. that was too long ago for me to bother remembering.
criminology is rather new when compared to all of the other disciplines. most think it's the same as criminal justice, which it's not, but that's the program that most universities have. UT-dallas has a crim program, where i'm hoping to get my doctorate, so who knows, maybe they'll like me enough to keep me.
SWEET. congrats! that's a good chunk of money. do you actually get all of that?
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I'm not even going for my bachelor's. I just want my associates so i can get a job that involves a lot of sitting and not stressing. I was over school before i even went back ;-Þ This summer i'll look for work, take whatever i can get, and start saving up for moving away.
Wow, Londyn. I remember her a little. Always in dresses...or imitation-dresses. I don't really get baby clothes.
I didn't realize criminology was a recent addition. Good luck with UT-Dallas ;-)
Thank ya ;-) Yep, it's all mine. Well, i'll probably make enough money over the second half of the year to pay taxes on it, but the rest of it is mine. These olympics have me seriously considering Vancouver as a home...gambling isn't taxed in Canada. In the meantime, Uncle Sam can have his cut, the greedy money-grabbing bastard. I <3 Ron Paul.
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haha, i'm essentially going to be in school my entire life. that's a really depressing thought. sigh.
she's in 2nd grade now...along with my brother. i can't deal with it at all.
ew, canada. i've been once, but really only to see john mayer. the people were weird, but they have good healthcare at least. and why do you <3 ron paul? you sound like my parents.
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Yeah, but you're good at it, so it works ;-) There are worse ways to spend your life than as a professor with a doctorate.
My baby cousin Caitlyn just had a baby. My little sister's married with a child. I'm helping my mom and her husband with their retirement accounts. Everyone's getting so old!
Good healthcare, low crime rates, less invasive government, and LOTS of open space. My idea of a good time ;-)
I <3 anybody who's for shrinking the government, and he's the most libertarian politician out there. I don't agree with cutting everything he wants to cut, but there's so much bad government to get through before the good stuff starts getting cut out that i'd vote for him with no reservations. I wouldn't even mind him cutting some of the good stuff, because even the good stuff has gotten so warped that it needs an overhaul.
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i'm good at going to school? haha. at least i'm good at something! ;)
my grandpa's older brother passed away over the weekend (i didn't really know him at all though.) and my other grandpa in louisiana is going to be 80 soon. and then he's like "after 80, i'm planning my funeral." kinda funny, but scary at the same time that my grandparents are getting that old, you know?
but WAY too cold in canada. negative temps? no thank you! i have to be honest, i don't know a whole lot about him but my parents were all about him two years ago, and all of that above sounds really decent. as long as he doesn't want to cut NASA or human space flight out of the budget. obama and i are not on speaking terms right now. i know it's really hurting him.
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