I'm really glad that I can walk to school in this weather. I'm terrified of driving in the snow now. I didn't mention this before because it was pretty embarrassing and made me look really irresponsible, but in mid January, I spun out on Prospect driving home from work and I hit a tree, really hard. My car is not ok and for a while I was worried I ( Read more... )

So now all that's left to me applying to grad school is writing my letter of intent. In 2 pages I need to explain why I want to go to grad school and why I would be a good graduate assistant. How do I sum up the feeling I get when I'm at work and all of the techs are mocking me because I didn't take their dinner order on time, even though none of ( Read more... )

I just scheduled the GRE for Wednesday 1.23. Now I have about 2 weeks to study and get familiar with basic high school math again, which I haven't done in 4 years. Damn it. But I'm not that worried about it because everyone involved with the graduate school selection process at JCU has told me it doesn't really matter what I get, as long as I take ( Read more... )

I think next Christmas I'm going to have to make the "no penguin" rule. It's not that I don't love them. I clearly do, but it's starting to get a little out of hand. And I think that most of my family is just looking for something, anything with a penguin on it and buying it for me, no matter if I really need it or not. Do I really need a second ( Read more... )

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I'm really good at avoiding studying. Finals this week, then a month off. I can already tell I'm going to be bored out of my skull while I'm off. We're super slow at work, and most of my friends work on a regular basis, so there probably won't be much hanging out. I'm going to be really really poor for the next 2 months...and probably for years ( Read more... )

I guess it's time for an update. I'm waiting on a kid in a group from school to send me part of this paper I'm supposed to write. Group papers are the worst idea ever. The 4 people in my group were supposed to send me their parts by Tuesday so I could write the paper. It's due tomorrow. I'm still missing two of the parts. This one kid who is in the ( Read more... )

Other than the Neurosis shirt Adam is bringing back for me from Texas, please don't let me buy any more new t-shirts. No one is the free world needs as many t-shirts as I have. I know this because I just did a month and a half's worth of laundry today. Free t-shirts are another story. I know it's hopeless for me to turn those down. I should start ( Read more... )

Have I mentioned that I really hate hippies?

I bought a new car today. Well it's not really new, but it's new to me. It's a 2002 VW Cabrio, white, convertible. It's in my name and I paid the down payment. I apparently have really good credit and didn't need a co-signer. I also got a really good deal on it, way below the actual value of the car. So apparently I'm also a pretty good negotiator ( Read more... )