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Jul. 7th, 2009

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Bored in the brain.

location: Home (Westbury)
mood: calm calm
FOODOLOGY

What is your salad dressing of choice? oil & vinegar

What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? Hmm... P. F. Chang's.

What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of? french fries

What are your pizza toppings of choice? pineapple & ham (together, or just pineapple... I've never tried ham on its own)

What do you like to put on your toast? butter

TECHNOLOGY

How many televisions are in your house? 7 or 8 working ones. Lots of broken ones (left behind by previous tenants).

What color cell phone do you have? black

BIOLOGY

Are you right-handed or left-handed? right-handed

Have you ever had anything removed from your body? nope, not yet... I'm sure I'll eventually need my tonsils out (they're naturally gigantic, so they're bound to get in the way one day, right?).

What is the last heavy item you lifted? I honestly can't remember. A TV? Or maybe the AC?

Have you ever been knocked unconscious? Yes.

BULLCRAPOLOGY

If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? No thanks.

If you could change your name, what would you change it to? I don't know. When I was younger, I wished my named was Nicole. Dunno why. I just always preferred it. I think it was one of the names my parents were considering for me (if I was a boy, I was going to be Mickey -- after Mickey Mantle -- because I was born on his birthday).

Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000? Nope.

DUMBOLOGY

How many pairs of flip flops do you own? 4

Last time you had a run-in with the cops: A "run-in"? Does getting pulled over for speeding count? Because that happened 3 weeks ago. If that sort of thing doesn't qualify, then I suppose it would be the summer after high school graduation, in the parking lot of a playground near my friend's house.

Last person you talked to? My mom

Last person you hugged? Josh

FAVORITOLOGY

Season? Fall

Holiday? Halloween

Day of the week? Saturday

Month? October

CURRENTOLOGY

Missing someone? Yup, lots of people.

Mood? Spacey...

What are you listening to? the Food Network

Watching? Food Network... specifically the commercials :-P

Praying for? I don't pray, but I'm really, really wishing that Half-Blood Prince is a sick adaptation of the book (just watched the trailer among those commercials).

RANDOMOLOGY

First place you went this morning? Bathroom.

What's the last movie you saw? either The Mummy 3 or Rock'n'Rolla... don't remember which I watched last.

Do you smile often? Yeah.

OTHER-OLOGY

Do you always answer your phone? Haha, rarely. And only if I know who is calling.

Its four in the morning and you get a text message, who is it? Most likely Twitter, because I forgot to turn off the notifications for the night.

If you could change your eye color what would it be? Dark blue.

What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? I've never ever been to a Sonic.

Do you own a digital camera? Yeah, and it sucks.

Have you ever had a pet fish? Yeah, several, but not any more.

Favorite Christmas song(s): Er... Let it Snow, maybe?

What's on your wish list for your birthday? The Sims 3... but hopefully I'll afford it myself before then.

Can you do push ups? Barely.

Can you do a chin up? Nope, never could. I haven't tried in years, but I doubt that's changed.

Does the future make you more nervous or excited? It used to flat out frighten me, but now it's a sickening combination of the two.

Do you have any saved texts? Several.

Ever been in a car wreck? Yeah.

Do you have an accent? I've been told that I don't have a Long Island accent, but I don't believe the people who have told me... though I wish I could :-P

What is the last song to make you cry? I can't remember.

Plans for tonight? Picking up Josh from the train @ 6, playing Harry Potter Quidditch (Xbox) all night, also probably getting some laundry done.

Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom? Yes, but I hadn't.

Name 3 things you bought yesterday: Harry Potter Quidditch, Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (both are Xbox games), a Netflix account.

Have you ever been given roses? Yeah, plenty of times.

Current worry? Money, money, money.

Current hate right now? Money, money, money.

Met someone who changed your life? Several, actually.

How will you bring in the New Year? Hopefully with my boyfriend and a handful of our close friends, inebriated and joyful :P

What song represents you? Oh, gah, I have no idea.

Name three people who might complete this? I don't even know if 3 people read my LJ.

Would you go back in time if you were given the chance? Sure, that'd be sick.

Have you ever dated someone longer than a year? Yes, I've been with my boyfriend for almost 3 years.

Do you have any tattoos/piercings? 9 in my ears... although I think 3 have closed, as I haven't used them in a long time.

Will you be in a relationship 4 months from now? I'm pretty confident.

Does anyone love you? Yeah :D

Ever had someone sing to you? Yep, practically every day... but maybe that's singing AT me :P

When did you last cry? Friday night.

Do you like to cuddle? Love it!

Have you held hands with anyone today? Josh, this morning.

What kind of music did you listen to in elementary school? Pop

Are most of the friends in your life new or old? Depends what you consider new and old. I'd say old.

Do you like pulpy orange juice? No, no, no. Yuck.

What is something your friends make fun of you for? I'm super clumsy, often talk faster than I think, and I laugh at everything, especially at myself and inappropriate moments.
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Jun. 25th, 2009

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My job is the reason I'm currently broke.

location: Work
mood: annoyed annoyed
You know what? I'm pathetically broke enough as it is without Hofstra withholding my paychecks. Living paycheck-to-paycheck really blows when you miss ones in between and get paid once a month. Basically the school misfiled my paperwork that authorized me to work this summer, so I'm not authorized to work the 130+ hours that I already did this month. So I can't be paid for them until I'm authorized. Which isn't at all my fault, but theirs. But, no, they cannot correct their mistakes, so I won't be paid for another month. So I won't have rent for this month and my parents can't loan me any more money. So my boyfriend has to cover my share of rent. So this blows.

So, I finally quit that second job I had from the spring and made a whopping $37 in my final pay check from them. Woo. But my cousin who got me the job there had her hours cut, too (evidently they hired a ton of HS kids for the summer who work for less money... less than minimum wage, that is, since that's all I was paid... and now their college-aged employees who probably need the money more ALL have had their hours cut), so she quit (after which she was cursed out by our 40-something year old boss... and my cousin is 18... poor girl, idk what I would have done in that position). She was hired by a different kids' party place (supposedly Fun Craft's -- the previous place's -- competition, which is why our old boss was so furious when she quit) and recommended that I apply as well, and I'm definitely going to, especially after news about my delayed paychecks. I need some extra cash, purely for living expenses like groceries and laundry detergent, and even an extra $30/week would help.

If I don't get hired there with her (although it's a big, new place that should still be looking for employees, according to my cousin), I'm going to apply as a waitress. My friend Kaytee does that and makes about $200 a weekend (assuming she's working dinner shifts) in tips alone. That's incredible and the only reason I'm not jumping for a job like that is because I am seriously skeeved out by touching other peoples' food/half-eaten meals. I used to loathe cleaning up the dinner table for my own family, nevermind strangers. Especially because when I was younger I'd do weird things to my uneaten food in restaurants, like mix ketchup into all my leftover food and beverage... yeah, I was probably the biggest pain in the ass to the waiters. Plus, I've heard one too many horror stories about what goes on in the kitchen of some of these places. It hasn't kept me from eating there, but working there and seeing the behind-the-scene horrors? Eh, not something I'm dying to try.

Anyway, in the past several hours Josh & I have at least made a plan for how we're going to stretch our money this month so we can live comfortably... for college students. I only get paid twice a month (which is why it utterly BLOWS to miss a single paycheck), but he gets paid weekly, so we'll at least make rent (sometime in the 5-day grace period we're permitted after the first of the month). I'm not entirely sure how we'll pay all of our utilities for the month, but luckily the only one under my name is the gas bill, and we haven't received it yet for June. Also, worst case, we can pay our other housemates for the other bills when I do get paid in mid-July (since my paycheck will have to be astronomical because it's also the first check that will have my summer bonus -- of 75 cents more per hour -- in it).

For some reason this entire entry typed in bold and I can't undo it. Oh well. I cannot wait for August so my student loans kick in again and all I have to worry about paying for is utilities.

I'll try to update this again soon. I mean to more often, but usually distract myself in some other way before getting the chance to actually write out an entry :-P

Ciao,
Dani
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Jun. 9th, 2009

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Published, yay!

location: Work
mood: pleased pleased
music: Matt & Kim - Daylight
So, that website I mentioned in my entry yesterday, Triond, has published part 1 of my 3-part editorial series about drug policy reform on one of their subscribers' sites. Here's the link. Check it out, please - the more views the page gets & the more comments/likes, etc., the more I get paid :P

Part 1 of 3: Prohibition's Previous Failures

If that link doesn't work (for some reason it didn't work as a direct link for me), here's how you can find my article on the site:

1. Go to www.socyberty.com
2. The right hand side of the page is an orange box called "Inside Socyberty". Click the link that reads "Law".
3. Unless new content has been published since, it's the second article on the Law page. "Prohibition's Previous Failures" is the title.

Leave feedback! If you agree, excellent. If not, your comments (assuming they are intelligent, which I think I can reasonably expect from any of my LJ buddies) will most likely help my editorial writing, especially if there are counter arguments that I neglected or don't seem informed about. The other two parts in the series focus on drug education and how the legalization of marijuana would effect college students (it was a class project originally, and I had to make it relatable to Hofstra students specifically).

Thanks for reading, if you do :)

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May. 6th, 2009

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Survey during class time :P

mood: bored bored
music: None
THREE WAYS I AM STILL A KID:
1. I love playing dress-up
2. I love cartoons
3. I have no money

THREE WAYS I AM ALREADY OLD:
1. I don't like to drink all the time
2. I sleep a lot
3. My neck hurts right now

THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO:
1. Go skydiving
2. Get a better job
3. Have a family

THREE WAYS THAT I'M A STEREOTYPICAL "BOY":
1. I like sports
2. I don't cause drama
3. I throw on the first clean thing I see most mornings

THREE WAYS THAT I'M A STEREOTYPICAL "GIRL":
1. I love cuddling
2. I love shopping
3. I love puppies

THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. Internship
2. Saving money
3. Get a pet

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My eyes
2. My smile is ok
3. My hair
(yeah I went with physical things)

THREE THINGS YOU HATE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Stomach
2. Thighs
3. Arms
(sticking with the physical)

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Italian
2. Russian
3. American

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. The future
2. Dark water (mostly the stuff underneath it though)
3. Heights

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Coffee
2. Internet
3. Cell phone

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX (OR SAME.. WHATEVER YOU LIKE) THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Facial features
2. Taller than me
3. Muscular arms/broad shoulders

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1. Fly
2. Run remotely fast
3. Throw a frisbee

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. Magazine journalist/editor
2. Political writer
3. Lyricist

TEN things you wish you could say to ten different people right now: (no specific order)
1. I love you.
2. I miss you.
3. I don't like calling you because you annoy me and constantly make me feel guilty.
4. I'm angry at you for taking advantage of my fear of confrontations
5. I don't care about your class enough to do my astronomy homework.
6. But I still think astronomy is cool.
7. I am not completely sober right now.
8. I'm an atheist and I'm afraid you'll never accept that.
9. Or that you'll hate me for it.
10. We need to agree to disagree.

EIGHT ways to win my heart:
1. Make me laugh
2. Be intersted in my life - notice little things
3. Call me and tell me you miss me
4. Be a fan of Harry Potter (the books)
5. Don't ask me to do things - just see what it is I do
6. DON'T cause drama.
7. Look out for me
8. Don't be a Republican (sorry! It wouldn't work out)

SEVEN people of the opposite sex who mean a lot to you:
1. Josh
2. My dad
3. My brother
4. Matt
5. Mike
6. Joe
7. Nicholas


SIX people of the same sex who mean a lot to you:
1. My mom
2. Allyse
3. Ali
4. Kaytee
5. Nicole
6. Ayala

FIVE things that cross your mind a lot
1. I need to lose weight
2. I should be more motivated
3. I have too much crap to do
4. What do I need to do again?
5. I need to fix my resume.

FOUR things you do before you fall asleep:
1. Watch the Cooking channel :P
2. Check my emails
3. Use the bathroom
4. Games on my phone?

THREE songs that mean something to you:
1. "You're Making Me Live"
2. "The Wind Beneath My Wings"
3. "Butterfly Kisses"

TWO confessions:
1. I smoke
2. I hate my body

ONE thing you're thinking about right now:
1. Why am I taking this silly survey?

Do you have a busy weekend coming up?
Lots of work to do & going home for Mother's Day

Does it make you mad when people stare?
Kind of.

How did you get your last bruise?
No idea.

What are you doing Thursday?
Working at my job & on my homeworks

Who is your last text message from?
Twitter Breaking News thingy

Do you feel awkward when strangers say hi to you?
Depends on if they look like they wanna kill me or something violent.
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Apr. 14th, 2009

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Oh, another one!

bold the states you've been to, underline the states you've lived in and italicize the state you're in now...

Alabama / Alaska / Arizona / Arkansas / California / Colorado / Connecticut / Delaware / Florida / Georgia / Hawaii / Idaho / Illinois / Indiana / Iowa / Kansas / Kentucky / Louisiana / Maine / Maryland / Massachusetts / Michigan / Minnesota / Mississippi / Missouri / Montana / Nebraska / Nevada / New Hampshire / New Jersey / New Mexico / New York / North Carolina / North Dakota / Ohio / Oklahoma / Oregon / Pennsylvania / Rhode Island / South Carolina / South Dakota / Tennessee / Texas / Utah / Vermont / Virginia / Washington / West Virginia / Wisconsin / Wyoming / Washington D.C.

That's kind of sad :-P

==

Three things about your neighborhood that make you want to live there: Ummmmmm, good question. It's near my school, and that is literally it.

Three things about your neighborhood that make you want to move: Crime everywhere. It's annoying. And scary.

The thing that you eat that is bad for you that you will never stop eating: French fries.

Default drink of choice: Iced tea or diet coke.

Sexiest fashion item for the opposite sex: I have no idea. Plain white t's. Not the band.

Favourite wine varietal: I don't know much at all about wine, only that I like red.

The person you can imitate: Russian women...? I can do the accent all right.

One thing you’d like to change about Sacramento: Uhm...

Bartender who could sell you anything: Doesn't exist.

Book you’re reading: I just finsihed "New Moon" and am about to buy "Eclipse" since it's not yet available in eBook form.

Biggest fear: the future & all of the unknowns.

Cliché that you use too often: Hehe, I honestly can't think of anything, although I'm sure there's plenty.

Under what circumstances would you join the army: If I had to choose between that and my life.

Your maternal grandfather’s personal story: Grew up on a farm in Italy with something like 8-10 brothers and sisters; came to New York at age 16 for an arranged marriage; ditched his arranged marriage & married my grandmother instead (she was 18, he was 19 or 20). He's lived in Brooklyn & Long Island since.

Best bar stool in the city: I can't remember its name - my friend brought me there, so all I know is that it is near FIT.

What are you proud of: Currently, my grades.

The thing that makes you the angriest: People who are too stubborn or set in their ways to see reason/logic.

Saddest thing about Sacramento: I couldn't tell you.

Most challenging aspect of blogging: Commitment. In other words, I fail.

Food your mom makes better than anyone: Fried chicken cutlets, or spinach pie, or cheesecake.

Musical instrument you long to play: Piano. I used to know how, and I really want to pick itup again.

Sport you gave up: Soccer, softball, volleyball, field hockey - you name it, I tried it & quit.

The game you’re best at: I don't know.

Mac or PC: I love Macs, but I've never owned one, so I guess PC.

Favourite local designer: Hm... I'm not sure. I'm not big on designers.

The number of fist fights you’ve been in: Do they count if they were against my younger brother?

The scariest situation you’ve ever been in: Car accident.

Three things of no value that you will keep until you die: Er... does sentimental value count? I'm gonna say no, so then my diaries & photographs.

Local person you admire most: argh, these questions are making me think.

Best concert experience ever: U2 - I don't remember what year I saw them, though... 2005? @ Madison Square Garden. Awesome.

How you waste time at work: Internet. Hanging out with Josh & Nicole & whoever else visits or is working at the time.

The thing you wished people cared more about: Equal rights, privacy, transparency.

The thing that makes you the most nervous: Dark water.

Town you were born in: Plainview.

Old television shows you can tolerate re-runs of: Cheers, Family Matters, um... there are others.

Quality you admire most in yourself: I think I'm generally a positive/optimistic person, and I am competent in things I set my mind on.

Default junk food of choice: Chocolate chip cookies or brownies.

The career path you considered but never followed: Writer, politics, management, law

The one country that you have no interest in ever visiting: Ummm... Argentina. I don't know why.

Your top 3 films of all time: Lord of the Rings (I'm clumping the trilogy into one movie for the purpose of this survey), Hook, and Moulin Rouge (or Big Fish - darn it, this is hard!)

The first three things you do every morning: Put on the radio, use the bathroom (let's clump washing up/showering/brushing teeth all together here, k?) & check my planner.

Biggest hope: That sometime soon aliens come visit us and tell our world leaders how they're doing it wrong.

Favourite book as a child: "Peter Pan" by J. M. Barrie.

Drink you’ll never have again: Long Island Iced Tea

(again, snagged from maryanni)

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Jun. 6th, 2008

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Insufficient.

location: Work
mood: anxious anxious
music: whatever's on the radio
So, I've totally been lacking in LJ updates lately. My bad!

Random question, but why do I only get message updates from maryanni? For the longest time I thought she was the only one of my friends who updated, until I took a look at my friends page. Does anyone know how I can make it so I get message updates when anyone posts?

Aaanyway, I totally overestimated my grades for the semester. I got a single A, rather than the 3 I was expecting. Lame. But I still managed to keep my GPA over 3.0, so it'll do. I still have two years to boost it to a 3.5 - I just have to start getting the A's I expect. Oh, and I'm changing my major. I've been thinking about it for a while now, in the back of my mind, and I've finally come to a decision I'm happy with. I'm going to be a Marketing (advertising?) major. I'm meeting with my adviser on Tuesday to figure out what classes I should be taking. It's probably going to set me back a full semester, but I'd rather that than spend my entire life on a career path that I don't love. Journalism is great, but honestly, in our society today it's truly corrupt. I will never be able to report the news the way I want to, and being a magazine editor? Well, that sounds cool and all, but mainly because of the lifestyle, I think. I took a layout class last semester, which is one of the primary jobs of an editor, and it may have been one of the most frustrating assignments I'd ever had. I don't think I could do that for the rest of my life.

The only experience I have in advertising was a simple class I took in high school. I loved it. I'm sure there's plenty more to the field than making logos & playing with Photoshop, but what I've seen so far I really like. And, let's be honest, a job in marketing will bring in wayyyyy more money than one in journalism. And the way our economy is going, I really need to take that into mind. Plus, I really think I'd be good at it. The only reason I ever got into journalism in the first place was because I really enjoyed writing and I figured it was the most logical way to make money through what I write. Plus, it came easily to me, and it was one of the first things I ever felt satisfied with. But lately, that satisfaction is absent. It needs to be triggered by something else.

Now comes the part where I tell my parents. This will be fun.
[hm, maybe I'll minor in journalism. as long as marketing doesn't fall under "communications" (i'm not sure if it doesn't, but i would think it'd be more of a business thing), i'd be able to do this]
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May. 9th, 2008

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How Predictable.

location: Work
mood: aggravated aggravated
music: "Heaven" - artist unknown
I'd like to apologize for my previous entry. I wrote that after my conversation with my parents, and was enraged.

I'd like to add that after work yesterday I called my mother who assured me that all would be fine. Of course I didn't believe that for a minute, but I've given up with them. I'm working at Hofstra this summer. I'm getting a car. And, in working at Hofstra, I get a dollar bonus for the summer - which means in total I'll definitely make enough to pay my mom for her car by the end of the summer.

I'm done screaming and arguing and constantly needing to reason with illogical people. After all the drama and tears they put me through yesterday, my mom called me afterwards saying that we could do exactly as I had originally planned. Which means yesterday's shitfit could've been entirely avoided if they used their brains and agreed with me in the first place.

How do I deal with this shit all summer without going insane? All advice welcome<3

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May. 8th, 2008

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OMFG, REALLY NOW!?

location: Work
mood: angry angry
Wow.

So, I'm basically a week away from being done with the semester and guess who is already getting on my case for the summer? That's right - the beloved parental units that believe they have control over my every move. Please, let me explain:

I was trying to get a job at my dad's office again (I worked there over winter break and last summer), except the position was given to someone else. No biggie, right? I still totally have my job at Hofstra and have been offered a position for the summer. It's $3 less per hour, but if I stick it out through the summer, I get a raise in the fall.  The only drawback would be that I'd need a car at the start of the summer. So last week I spoke to my parents. I told my dad that I was going to have to let my boss here know by tomorrow (Friday) whether I'd be staying or not (he was still trying to get me into his office anyway) and I told my mom that I'd give her $2000 for her car (this was actually her suggestion) so that I could have some kind of transport this summer. She was eager to get another car anyway - she hates her Santa Fe.  So it was all worked out, right? I'd be able to drive back and forth to Hofstra where I'd be working. I even suggested (since I'm renting a house from this June until next June) that I could spend half the summer at home and the other half in the house in Uniondale. My mom seemed thrilled about how I was approaching the situation - being appeasing and compromising to their will - duh. But even still, I was pleased that they weren't giving me a hard time.

What was I thinking?

I IMed my dad this morning just to double check that my job at FMS (his office) was definitely not happening, because I had every intention of telling my boss here at Hofstra that I'd be working here for the summer.  He gets back to me saying to wait, that he'd need to discuss it with my mother first. I HATE THIS. First of all, why on earth do you need to discuss my job? This is where I work, simple as that, especially if nothing else is available. What, do they expect me to start looking for jobs NOW? I'll wind up with a less-than-minimum-wage job in retail. So he goes, "Just call your mother and see what she says," two seconds after he himself had gotten off the phone with her. So of course I knew they already had made up their minds and had no intention of listening to me at all. This was typical.

So, I called my mother who proceeded to confirm all of my beliefs. "Oh, well, we need to sit down and talk about this... I don't want you commuting back and forth... I don't want you to live in Uniondale... No, I haven't started looking at cars... No, you won't have a car until after the summer." <-- So, what a perfect hitch in my perfect plans. I had everything settled. I just needed them to help me with my car situation. And to be perfectly honest, my mom is handicapped. I need a car a lot more than she does. She has relatives living all nearby in case of emergencies (that's why we moved to stupid Suffolk county anyway).

Not only am I the only one of my five housemates not living in our house this summer, but now I won't even have a job to afford the fucking thing. I hate this. They always do this. Why did I think that my growths in college would mean any growth at all on their parts? I'm a fucking idiot for ever thinking my relationship with my parents could actually get better. They're obviously of no help to me this summer - looks like I'm on my own again, except I cannot make a decision for myself without their approval. So what does that make me?




Helpless. God, I hate that.
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Apr. 15th, 2008

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Closing time; you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.

mood: calm calm
music: "Closing Time"
Well, the semester is more than half way over. All I can think about lately is the house I will soon be residing in with my friends Kaytee and Madara... and Madara's friend whose name I keep forgetting (whoops! I'm sure once I finally meet her that will change).

This semester so far has been fun. I've gotten sick twice, which was lame, but not the worst thing in the world, considering I've recovered and it was nothing that lasted more than a few days. Classes have been going... well, all right. I'm fairly certain this semester should be raising my GPA, because my classes were so easy. I do this little review on my blog every semester for my classes, so I can't neglect this term:

JRNL001 - Media Ethics: I haven't gotten a single grade back in this class yet (of which we've only had 2, a third to come shortly), so I honestly have no idea how I'm doing. But I'm there 95% of the time and I am always one of the major participators (which counts for a lot, evidently), so I'm confident I'll be all right there.
JRNL013 - News Reporting: Well, while my articles have all been late, my professor is completely understanding that isn't my fault, since the Public Safety department and director are douches. I have until next Wednesday to write my last two pieces, which need to be killer. Wish me luck! I've been doing pretty poorly on my news quizzes, but those are weekly, so hopefully the grades will even themselves out. And on the articles I have submitted, I've gotten straight B+'s. I'd like to end the semester in this class with at least a B - I think that's conceivable.
JRNL053 - Copy Editing: I've aced this class, no sweat. I got an A on my midterm, and he doesn't apply any sort of attendance policy (which makes him the most wonderful professor I've ever had). Plus, I told him that I want to be an editor, and I always participate. Yay for brownie points! I know I'll get an A in this one :)
ITAL001 - Beginner Italian: Not only does my professor love me, but she finds the fact that me and Josh are dating adorable. We're definitely two of the most active students in class, and oddly enough, I think our relationship has made us more well known to her. I've gotten almost straight A's so far there (I think I've gotten a single B, and one C+, but that was the very first assignment and I didn't realize we couldn't repeat words in our composition). No worries for this class, either. Perhaps it's just my enthusiasm about the language, but Italian seems so much more fun than Spanish.
RELI080 - Life, Death, and Immortality: Well, I haven't gotten my midterm or second exam back yet, so I have no idea where I am grade-wise. Me and about 5 other people participate in this class of practically 30, so I'm not too concerned here either. He knows my name (which is saying something, considering he still thinks my friend Mike in class is really "Michelle" - oh, and he's totally senile), and I've even stayed after class to have philosophical debates. He's the kind of professor who wants every student to do well, and has assured us that no one in class will fail. Again, I think I should get an A. I've also been told that in his previous classes, the way he determines your final grade is as such: He asks what grade you want, and what grade you think you deserve. I'm not sure which of the two he gives you, or if he uses his better judgment, but hey - that sounds cool to me.

So, overall, I'm confident. The only class I need really be concerned about is JRNL013, and possibly JRNL001 (since I've heard bad things about his grading policies)... but overall, I'm expected at least 3 A's this semester, which will be a vast improvement from the past.

YAY :D
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Mar. 20th, 2008

color, flower, rainbow

Enjoyable Quotes

location: home
mood: hippie-ish
music: Across the Universe Soundtrack
Random, but for some reason I've had these saved on my computer. I thought I'd share :)

"Although we adore men individually, we agree that as a group they're rather stupid." -Mary Poppins.

"It's not just you. It's the idea of you, the idea of love... to rub my hands across your back, to kiss you, knowing what no one else knows about you, seeing you at your weakest moments because you're delicate, your smile, your strong hugs... it's the idea of you that makes my stomach tingle."

"The hardest part of letting go is the fear that right when you do, he might catch on."

"If drama was alcohol, we'd be wasted."

"You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all of those songs."

"Sometimes things aren't meant to last. They just take a place in your heart and make you a little smarter for next time."

"You don't realize how strong a person is until you see them at their weakest moment."

"If the world had no consequences, the first thing I'd do is kiss you, and then punch you in the face."

"The simplicity of being appreciated is the best gift of all."

"Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable." -The Wizard of Oz.

"Depression is such a cruel punishment. There are no fevers, no rashes, no blood tests to send people scurrying in concern. Just the slow erosion of self, as insidious as any cancer. And like cancer, it is essentially a solitary experience. A room in hell with only your name on the door."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create." -Einstein

"Maybe the best thing to do is just stop trying to figure out where you're going and just enjoy where you're at."

Aaand done. For now :)
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