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Saturday, December 6th, 2008
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I'm so ready to go home. I have two days of finals next week then I get to leave. That however means that all my other finals are projects, which sounded good until I got so many that they started to stress me out.
I'm not sure where I was going with this post realy, i just sorta felt bad about neglecting it for so long, though I'm pretty sure the lj commune is dead.
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
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So I went to the PRISM dance. It was awsome. Fun drag queens doing flips in stelletos and hitting on me when I was working the door. I had to be a bouncer for an hour, a job that I felt didnt fit me that well. While I didnt need to "bounce" anyone, I did have to support a drunk woman (33 years old according to her drivers license) who thought that the "21 and over" braclet on her wrist was cutting off her blood circulation. I had to leave early and didnt stay for the clean up, which I feel bad about. I hope they dont scalp me at the next meeting.
Also, im starting to worry about the psych class I signed up for next year. I looked the prof up on line and she has 36 reviews 3 of which are positive. The consistant claims about her include her 30 page syllabus, leaving all bags at the front desk during quizes, tieing back long hair in a ponytail at all times, and testing multiple choice on the book instead of the actual info
ex.
What body part controls thought process?
A. The brain controls thought process
B. Thought process is controled by the brain
C. The human brain controls thought process
D. Human thought process is controled by the brain
(choose the answer reflected in the book)
If that is realy how she tests then she isnt doing it right. Ill see if another class opens up, but for now, I dont think I will drop it just yet.
COMING BACK TOMORROW!
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
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The funeral was... a funeral. They had two preachers give a sermon and had the family meet in a private room for a prayer, wich I had never experienced before. It was also a military funeral; it was quite interesting and moving druing the burial while the 18 gun salute was given (it is usualy 21 but they couldnt gather enough veterens in the area) and the flag folding was very ceremonial and precise. I got to be a suprise paul bearer, which was not fun at all. I was less concerned with the feeling of carrying an occupied casket and more concerned with the thought of "what if I drop it", and the funeral director was not very clear on how to actually cary it and place it on the lowering lift, so I just stood in the middle. The only thing about being the person assisting a lift from the middle though is that they seem quite useless. I didnt feel any stress in carrying the coffin due to the weight distribution being mostly on the two ends.
The 10 hour drive was fun too...
We got there at 5am and the funeral started at 11, but since we were family we had to get there at like 9 to arrange the cars.
I am intending to not sit in a car for the next week and a half when I come home next, but I am out of trash bags and probably cannot aviod it.
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
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My uncle died yesterday at about 7am. I know that is kinda a morbid thing to start a post off with, but I needed to get it out there. I think I would be more upset about it if he wasnt in so much pain when he went. We were all more releived that he isnt suffering anymore, and in our family, we do more of a celebration of life than a mourn of the death.
His funeral is on Saturday, needless to say, I will probably not be available to do anything now over the weekend.
On a lighter note, I went to a One Republic concert and found out that I like all of their songs except for their single. I love any band that puts chello with rock music.
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
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So, I am currently freaking out because I only got into 3 classes for sure next semester and if I dont get into drawing 2 and design 2 it will set me back a whole semester for my major. That and all of the other classes that I will need are full and I would have to take 3 hours of filler BS electives so that I can remain a full time student.
I have a project that I could be working on right now, but I cant seem to sit still long enough to mix paint...
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
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Super happy with the election results. I stayed up till 12 watching coverage even though i had to get up at 6, but it was worth it.
I got yelled at by Brother Jeb yesterday too (the crazy preacher who was on campus before) he was here yesterday preaching about how if Obama wins that it is in favor of terroroism and the devil. He then noticed my Tshirt that said "I am the Walrus" with a picture of a walrus on it and yelled at me "John Lennon is rotting in hell and you are going to join him" I walked past him laughing. I liked this time because he was standing outside preaching and insulting us, but unlike last time, no one stopped for him. There was no crowd around him, people either commented and continued walking or just walked by him like he wasnt there. I think people are starting to realize that if they ignore him that he will probably not come here as often.
Also, a group vandalized the campus last night. They sprayed Vs on all the poles, trashcans, and emergency call towers and a Guy Fawkes mask on the flag pole. I loved V for Vendetta (I plan on watching it tonight) and I think it is great to celebrate and protest on Guy Fawkes day, but dont vandalize our own campus. One of the reasons that I came here, honestly, was because of the beautiful campus, and the huge spray painted Vs sorta detract from it.
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
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I finally got my first parking ticket. Not that I was looking forward to it, i was just wondering how I went this long without getting a ticket. Anyway, I parked my car in the pointless and often vaccant commuter parking lot for 5 min while I unloaded my groceries. I came back to move my car and they already ticketed it. I thought it was abit rediculose, since it wasnt like there wernt other spots, and I intended on moving it. But I cant sign up for classes until it is payed off, so I went ahead and did that.
I am also for some reason still afraid that I will not pass my public speaking class. I have a 77% and still have a speech and final to do, but I am just feeling pessamistic about it.
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
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So there is apparently a new porno called "Nailn' Paillin, that uses a Sara Pallin lookalike and 2 russian guys who she sees from her house... WTF, thats amazing.
Also, a study showed that more viewers of the Daily Show knew who the British prime minister was than the viewers of the BBC.
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
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So, my morning class was cancelled for tomorrow, so I just have my written Japanese midterm. I dont know how confident I feel about it, but I dont think I can realy get much more prepared.
I did however, fail my first assignment. I got a 58% on a speech. It was pretty disheartening since I actualy felt more confident about that speech than any of the other ones I had given (all which I got over 80% on). It made me more angry than anything, but I was actualy angry with myself and not with the prof. which is a first since getting out of highschool.
The bugs in my room are realy starting to annoy me. My roomates like to leave the bathroom window open overnight letting in tiny nats and those horrid japanese ladybugs that smell when you touch them. We counted at least 10 of those on one of our lights.
I have not been interested in WoW hardly at all recently. I am either too busy or the internet is down on raid days, and when I do have time to get on, no one else is on and I have nothing to do. Sigh, I guess Ill have to wait for the expansion.
Oh well, I could be working on my one peice of homework now, but Ghost Hunters season 4 came out and I am compeled to keep watching them. They are like valentines day box chocolates, you cant be satisfied with just one.
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
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I think I may have just worn out all my art, and it is on my least favorite media.
Maybe one day ill realize im not an artist, but I dont know what else to do, so ill stick here till something calls me out.
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
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I find it funny how misinformed people are
Question at about 45sec mark
and the awesome comparison of the SNL skit to the real Palin interview
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
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I went to see an awsome play the other night. Shadow in the Darkness. I loved the play and the actors, but the ending sucked. Also, they used real ciggarets for props and they quickly stunk up the tiny auditorium.
I had an awkward talk with my Japanese prof. Apparently the quizes that I had been failing are only worth 2% of my total grade and that is why she grades them so harshly. On the final and on actual tests she will be much more forgiving.
Ill be home on Wed, YAY!
Oh crap, I forgot about my laundry, it has been sitting in the dryer for about an hour...
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
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So, I made the mistake of drinking an energy drink on the way back to school, at 8pm. I think I got maybe 30 min of sleep. It is driving me crazy and I know im just going to crash during a class today. All depends on what class today. Ive been having an odd daydream while I was not sleeping tonight that I was that obnoxious red head from the show Weakest Link. Anyone remember that, it was cool before the stupid blonde haired guy took over and they made it into a half hour long. IM gonna try and sleep now. I have class in an hour and a half. AND it started thunderstorming. Yah!
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
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I saw this in the student art gallery today, and it made me incredibly happy
Ive decided that, if I do stay in art, that I want to switch to art education. Everyone and their mom is doing graphic design and apparently it is almost impossible to hold a regular job. Also I think that I would get some more satisfaction of knowing that I am making a difference more than just lining the pockets of the marketing department of whatever firm I contract for.
Im also looking into art psychology. It combines the two things im most interested in and could make me lots of money. Only problem is it requires alot of school (I would basically be dual majoring in psychology and art) both of which are very time consuming alone.
I think im going to eat now. Ive been up since six and my next class starts in an hour.
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
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School is sucking all the art out of me. Today, i just stopped caring with one of my assignments and even wrote in the "post drawing description" that I became bored and frustrated with the subject and couldnt draw it well after that. Im tired of just drawing from 7:30am to 11:30pm with breaks in between for eating. Im wanting to move on to more interesting stuff, different media, but both my art classes seem to be one extreme or the other.
In one class he wanted us to copy the work of Van Ike on the second day and to finish in an hour, and every project that we have done has been in conte. He hasnt taught us anything about contour line or shading, the only reason that I know about that stuff was because of my highschool art classes. Some people who didnt take a drawing class in high school are totaly lost, and he hasnt noticed to slow down and teach us the basics first.
The other professor has had us draw circles with templates for the last 3 weeks, then on the 4th week she had us ink them. It did teach me about the elements of design for the first week and a half, but after that it started getting very streched out and time consuming more than a learing experience. The project was a good idea, but she made us work too long on a very simple idea.
On top of all this i have to have 5 weekly finished scetches, 11 art critiques and attend 3 cultural events, writing a paper on each (even the scetches).
Im going to keep going with the art major, but im going to try out other stuff next semester, see if the career im going into is realy just drawing from sun up to death.
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
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Watashi wa komarimas!
Im doing horribly in Japanese class. I study hard and think that I know the answer, but when she calls on me in class I have no idea what the answer is, or i put it in the wrong tense.
I was doing well on the last one, learning all the words, now I dont know any of them except oki(big) because Oki was the name of the guy from battle royale who got a hatchet through the head.
Tsukitte!
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Sunday, September 7th, 2008
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That line was from an improv show that featured "picking up a girl at a model UN"
I just got back from a "foam party" basically a rave with dish detergant all over the floor and some guys spraying a hose on everyone. It was fun until it got in my eyes. I got back to the dorm and noticed that my shoes are filled with soap and I cant seem to get it out (they are Nikes so I cant put them in the washer) Unless anyone else has suggestions im just going to sit here with a brush and some water and try to get it out...
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Saturday, September 6th, 2008
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One of my roomates and I are officaly hostel twards each other now. We never were very friendly with each other, but the other day he went off on somone who was visiting in my room.
His quote:
"I didnt ask for you to talk, if I had wanted you to talk i would have said (name) say something, no, I would have said hey faggot I dont like say somthing. Why are you even here? You must be one of Shawns friends, cuz i dont like Shawn's friends, but Im not gonna kick you out because I HAVE to respect Shawn's shit. Yeah, I just called you shit"
I then took my Halo 3 out of his Xbox. He asked me what I was doing and I said "Im putting my shit away".
I am going to the RA about it today. Other than this, he makes constant homophobic jabs at me and one of our other roomates and he is super unclean.
I also have stopped cleaning the bathroom because everyone in the room just assumes that if they dont clean I will clean it eventually. I have named the mold on the sink Charles. If it isnt cleaned tomorrow Ill do it and yell some more.
Im ready to go to an apartment.
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
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So, I have 4 scetches, a still life, and a speach due tomorrow, but I just spent an hour looking at lol cats and graph jam. And I havent felt happier since ive been here.
Also, gmail is telling me that my password is incorrect. Id like to access my email, and they dont realy provide any sort of support without emailing them, which I cant. ASSISTANCE!
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
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I found out who Rachel Anders is, and Im kicking myself over forgetting who she was.
Had my first (college) Japanese class today. The prof talked so fast and expected us to know everything she was saying. It was insanity. I may have to bring my Rosetta Stone with me. I always remembered my vocab after rosetta stone sessions, but I didnt remember hardly anything after her class. It is not a good idea to teach the words kiite kudasai and itte kudasai in the same lesson because they sound just the same, especialy when you are talking at 40k mph.
And I have a stalker already. She has been totaly creepy, asking where I am, starring at me out of MY window (when im not in the room) and tagging along everywhere uninvited. She also pokes me and hangs on me constantly. Right now she is sitting outside my door, waiting for me to prop it open. It is freaking me out. She also found all of my online stuff without knowing that I went by samuraiwalrus (including this for all I know). I have been dropping hints like crazy over the last two weeks that im not interested and she isnt getting the hint, so I may (and have already started) implamenting the ignore them and hope they forget about you tecnique. If that doesnt work, I may have to go with the totaly rude and just flat out tell her to leave me alone.
Shit she is still outside, I need a gf STAT.
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