Academic Update

I was up until 4am this morning reading for English and writing a 3 page interpretive paper on that reading, reading for sociology, and working on the Sociology writing assignment. I was hoping to have it all done at around midnight, but Raisa came in and we started talking for almost three hours. It was good to tlak and whatnot, but I really wanted to finish my paper and go to bed, but at the same time I really needed to just talk to someone about everything that's going on in my life. I may complain about some of the stuff she does but we get along really well and I have no problem telling her a lot of things. I'm not as comfortable with her as I am with Char, but we've gone through a lot of the same things so we can relate. ANYWAY....I finally finished all of my homework and went to bed around 4, only to get up for class at 8.
In theatre this morning the director of The Rocky Horror Show came in and we had a discussion about the show since it opens here this week . I couldn't believe that Rick, the kid who sits next to me, had never even heard of the show or the movie before this class!!! I just stared at him dumbfounded. I was also the only one in the class that knew the Time Warp, and was asked to demonstrate for the class lol. It was fun and lightened the mood of the day, which I had expected to be a day from Hell.
In philosophy I did absolutely nothing, as usual. My notes for this class are amazing, I'll post a pic of them below.
In sociology I got the grade back for my test and was pleasantly surprised! Out of the 60 (give or take a few) people in the class only 6 scored above a 40, and I was one of them woohoo! I got a 41/50 (highest grade was a 46) and on the distribution for this test it equates to an A-, so I'm getting better on these tests. I think we only have one more 50 question test and that is the final exam. We do have a couple more 25 question quizzes and God only knows how many more pop quizzes left. This girl I sit near, Lauren, has gotten the highest score on two previous tests/quizzes, this time she didn't and she only scored one point higher than me, so that made me feel good :-D. (lol I'm competative when it comes to my grades)
English was..well, English. Bob was late as usual and half the class wasn't there so he dismissed us early so we could all read the rest of the story he assigned, too bad I already read it.
After class I bought a ticket to the Rocky Horror preview tomorrow night, I already have a ticket for the midnight showing on the 11th, but I didn't want to wait that long to see it after hearing so much about it today, and since the previews are only $3 for students I figured hey, why not?
I also finished my priliminary schedule for next semester. We can't register until wednesday and I have to talk to my advisor at some point, but I'm thinking about taking 6 classes next semester, but I'm not positive about it. Right now I want to take English 102, Acting I, History 107, Psychology 101, Photography, and possibly Astronomy. I was told last semester that I have a science exemption but it doesn't show up on my transcript, so that's what I need to ask my advisor about. All I know is that I have a math and language exemption :-D
Guess that's it for now...


See how much I accomplish in philosophy? These are my notes for the past month, yet I still have an A in the class...hm...(notice how the actual notes digress to writing absolutely nothing lol)

Nothing Much

Nothing important has been going on lately...but I'm bored so I'll find something to post about.

Last Monday I took my theatre midterm, it was ridiculously easy. We got them back yesterday and I got a 96, only 2 wrong (one of which was a REALLY stupid mistake) but I can live with a 96 lol. I took a Sociology test yesterday too, not sure how I did on it though. I always think that I'm prepared for his tests and then I sit down to take it and I'm looking at the questions and it's as if I studied the wrong chapters. I don't think I did terribly bad, but I'm pretty sure it'll be another B, but that's fine, as long as it's not a C I don't care. All we have to do is show consistent improvement in his class and we pretty much get an A. The rest of my classes are ok. I have a 5 page Eglish papaer due monday and another writing assignment for Sociology due Friday, but since I'm going home on Friday I have to hand it in on Wednesday. So I'll be doing a lot of writing in the next few days.

I can't wait to come home next weekend!! Time goes surprisingly fast out here, I thought the time until I go home would seem like forever, but the weeks have flown by! It seems like we don't do much of anything, Ashlee and I watch movies, Char and I eat and take random pictures and then photoshop them, and the pimpettes just cause trouble. Oh, I go to class once in a while too lol. There is so much free time you'd think it would drag by. I won't lie, sometimes it does (*last night*) but it's ok we manage to find something to do.

Well since it's 3 in the afternoon and I just got up (didn't get in until 5 this morning) I need to get in the shower and then get something to eat.
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Check This Out

Ryan sent me this link and it really makes you think about how things are in this country. I liked it so I thought I'd share.

http://www.freedomunderground.org/memoryhole/pentagon.php

ResNet & Trillian

I'm having a major issue with the internet here at school. I hate it. The connection is never consistent. One day it's ridiculously quick, the next it's like I have dial-up again. Trillian (my IM program) is also not working. I can't get any of my accounts or screen names to stay connected. This is probably the third time it's done this. Ryan and Noelle have said something about Trillian doing this to them too so I can't blame it on ResNet, but it's still annoying!

I'm so tired today. I overslept and missed my first class and was a couple minutes late to my second class. I have a test in sociology on friday that I have to study for, and a paper due next friday that I have to get done by wednesday becasue I won't be in class that friday b/c of Em's wedding. I also have to read some dumb Russian story about a dog and write an interpretive paper for English on friday. Ok well I'm going to take a nap before dinner then Char and I are going to the library for a few hours.

On a more positive note, I got a couple more e-mails from Keebs--I can't wait to go home for the show in a few weeks!!! :-D

The Weekend

Mom and Mary came to see me this weekend. There was absolutely nothing to do on campus so they kept asking me what there was to do around here. I've lived here for over 2 months and I still had no idea lol. So we were going to go to a movie, but then we decided to go to Niagara Falls. In the rain. It was fun tho, cold, but fun. Mary and I learned how "good" Mom is at taking pictures lol. Afterward we went back to the hotel for a while and just hung around. For dinner we went to Applebee's and then there was our trip to Wal Mart. We had to walk through every aisle of Christmas stuff. Mom yelled at us because we were doing it wrong lol. Then I actually got to sleep in a big kid bed it was great! I never sleep well in hotels, but it was nice to have room to stretch out. The shower was definately the best though! No sandals...room to move...no fear of touching the walls. It was awesome lol. Cracker Barrel for breakfast, then we went to Prime Outlets in Niagara. That was fun, Mom bought me a new scarf which she now has to mail t me cuz i left it in the car. I could have walked out to get it, but I feel more important when I get packages. :-P

(feel free to send me something)
Buffalo State College
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So now I'm back and I went to my RA's program to stuff candy bags for the kids who are going to the Rocky Horror Union Bash next weekend. I have a theatre midterm tomorrow, so I should probably go study for a little while.

Carlos Mencia

This weekend is homecoming so for the past coulpe days there have been a lot of things going on around campus. Last night there was a show of some sort to name King/Queen that we went to. We didn't stay to see who won, we only went to see our friend Jason who is on hte Step team and some other dance team perform. After his acts we left and went to see comedian Carlos Mencia. I'd never heard any of his material before, but I knew that he had a show on Comedy Central so I figured he must be entertaining and Kristin had an extra ticket, so we went. He was absolutely HILARIOUS! He didn't tell a single joke, he just made the truth funny. He made fun of just about every race/religion there is which was perfect for a school like Buff State, which has a lot of diversity. I was in the front row toward the right, they were great seats! I almost fell off of my chair I was lauging so hard! At the end of the show the midget that opened for Carlos came back onstage and Carlos told him to come down and give me a hug and he did! HAHA it was amazing. Afterward we went to get pizza and then I wrote two papers (at like 1 am). It was a lot of fun.

I started writing this post on fri. It's now sunday and I'm finally posting it lol.

Getting Some Advice

I took Mom's advice and I e-mailed Keebs and Mouzakes, two of the three teachers I mentioned before, asking them for advice. Both of them responded quickly and they both agreed that I should find a school with a good English program, since it would be better to major in English and get my teaching degree later. Both also highly recommended the MAT (Master of Arts in Teaching) program at Union college. It's an expensive school ($43,000/year) but the program is only a year long and Mouzakes mentioned something about a way to pay off the loan in five years if you go into a non-profit job (i.e. teaching). I have to ask her for more info, but everything they told me was really really helpful. I FINALLY have B's e-mail address (Shane saw her today and got it) so I'm going to write to her and see what her opinion is. I've also been looking at colleges closer to home, but obviously it's way too early to know anything. I've got some ideas but I'm going to keep them to myself for a while so people (Noelle, Nikki, Shane, Josh, Ryan, Matt, etc.) don't try to talk me into something I don't want. Well that's it for now I guess.
Everything is going well generally. Mom is coming to see me on Saturday :-D so obviously I'm really happy about that. I talked to Sara and Austin today and everything seems to be good there. Um...I guess that's it, so goodnight.

Photoshop

I finally got PhotoShop!! It's my stress reliever and I'm actually starting to be able to do some neat stuff with it. I've got a Flickr account now and I'm going to use it to showcase my skills haha :-).
Check it out.

So Confused

I really don't know what to do anymore. Transferring has become such an issue lately. Brockport seemed perfect at first, until I realized I was settling because I knew someone going there. Thinking about Niagara I feel the same way. I love the people there and it's a beautiful school with great programs, but there is the cost issue. I've just been so desperate to find a way out of Buffalo and I've been so busy defending my reasons that after really reading what I was writing and listening to what I was telling everyone else I realize was just trying to justify it to myself, and I see through it all now. I'll probably stay here for the year and really research colleges, no outside influences unless I ask for suggestions from people who are knowledgable about it. I also realized that after talking it all out with someone for nearly two hours, one of the major reasons I don't like it here is becasue I am too far from home. I'm way too attached to my family, friends, and surroundings to be this far away. It kills me that I have to miss birthdays and family get togethers because it's not practical for me to come home unless I have a vacation from school. I hate that. After nearly two months here I know I am ridiculously dependant on my family and nothing is going to change that no matter how hard I try to detach myself. I feel like I'm missing out on so much. If I'm this far away for the next 4 years I'm going to miss so much of Austin, Cole, Nate, Lucas, and Ryleigh growing up and thinking about that kills me, I don't want to miss any of it. Pictures are great but they aren't the real thing.
Although it wasn't originally my plan to stay so close to home I'm going to start looking for schools within an hour or two from home. Possibly even right in the capital region. I know it's corny but I want to teach English and/or theatre at AP. I want to do this because of "B", "Keebs", and "Mufasa". I want to change someone's life the way they changed mine.

...I just don't know anymore....I really need mor time to think about everything.

Mar you were right about the hasty decision. Mom and Kari, thanks for the advice.

Well I have a paper to write, so I better start that now that it's almost 1am and class starts at 9.

NU

This weekend was awesome! I got to see two plays (both of which were very good), eat real food, and see my best friend!! Noelle called me on friday night and told me to pack a bag because she and her new boy, Matt, were coming to get me. When we saw each other it was like a scene from a really corny movie...we dropped everything and ran at each other and hugged for about 5 minutes lol. It's been probably about 5 or 6 weeks since we've seen each other; this is a record for us. We went to the Anchor bar, birth place of the buffalo wing, for dinner and then we went back to Niagara. I ended up forgetting my purse in my dorm so i had to say I was another girl so that I could get into Nobe's building. It worked and we had no problems all weekend. Emily didn't know i was coming, no one did actually, so when I walked in Em did a double take and started screaming and nearly strangled me lol. That was the general reaction from everyone else too. I felt so loved. We didn't really do much at all, but just hanging out with everyone was a lot of fun. Matt brought me back to school on sunday evening after we all saw "Gypsy". His aunt and uncle's dog was in the show so we dropped Beckham off and ended up staying for a while and riding the new quad (so much fun haha). The car ride back was a good chance for Matt and I to talk and I laid down the law with him :-P (No one messes with Bo). He's a really cool guy and I like him a lot. He was trying to talk me into transferring to Niagara rather than Brockport, and I must say, he succeeded. He's a sophomore and has a lot of connections I guess. He's also a very persuasive speaker...when I told him about going to Brockport for education he told me that their program really isn't the best at all, I was a little concerned about that before but i didn't really care becasue it was affordable and it wasn't in Buffalo. After talking to him I really see the advantages of going to a private Catholic college (even if I'm not Catholic). The tuition is about double there, but I'd rather pay more for a better education than settle for an affordable mediocre education. (and I'm the one paying off the loans so the parentals really don't have any say in it). So I'm actually getting on this one becasue there may still be enough time for me to be there by next semester.

On a completely different topic, Dad is being an ass. My friend Emily Dorr is getting married in November and I might not be able to go because he's more concerned with his insurance than anything or anyone else. Noelle, Em B, Nick and Matt are all taking the train home for the wedding and Em's dad is bringing them all back, I would go with htem but there wouldn't be room in the car for me so I'd have to ride the train back alone, and I am definately NOT doing that. Since Thanksgiving break is so close to it i figured dad might let me drive my car back out and i'd drive back for break. I called to ask and he was a complete jerk about it (and I'm being nice). It ended with me in tears, him not caring, and me hanging up. He never called back so he can {insert something vulgar here}!! UGH!!!

New Color

I decided that I wanted to do something different before I went home, it seemed like the right, if not cliche, thing to do. So I dyed my hair. It's temporary but I've been getting some positive feedback on it so I'll probably make it permanent at some point. It's not a huge difference, but I like it.

Really bad "BEFORE" pic

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"AFTER"

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THE PROCESS
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Trying to get my hair wet without actually getting in the shower

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Just being me lol

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"Shake vigorously"

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gross

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The Weekend

I finally got to go home for the first time in about 2 months this weekend. So here's the rundown.

Friday:

I got in around 2am friday morning because we decided to be rebels and go out on a school night lol. So I get back to my dorm and decide to do laundry. While it's washing I figured it would probably be a good idea to start packing what I could for the weekend. I threw the clothes in hte dryer and just left them there until hte next morning (who else is going to do laundry at that time?) . By hte time i finally went to bed it was around 4am. I had to get up at 8am for two classes and after that I only had about an hour before Ashlee and I had to be at the train station. My roommate gave me the number of a cab driver so I called...it was the scariest ride of our lives. I thought the car was either going to explode or just fall apart under us. So sketchy. We finally make it to the train station and we jumped out as quick as possible! Our train left on time and in about 5(ish) hours we were in Amsterdam...back in hte 518 woot! lol. Mom had planned on surprising me by having Lucas, unfortunatly Ashlee's mom, who was parked next to mom spilled the beans, but it was still great to see him. I got to drive for the first time in 2 montsh, it was amzing! (even thoough I hate driving mom's car) Then Mom, Bryon, Lucas, Carley and I went to dinner at some pizzaria (as if I don't eat pizza enough) we had fun, Car and I told fun stories about the stuff we do at college and we were filled in on hte things going on at home. We went back to Bryon's, Carley went to her mom's, I went to sleep.

Saturday:

I got up around 10 and mom made me breakfast and we got ready to go to dad's. We got there around 1(ish). I was so excited to see my car! lol I went inside and since dad wasn't home I figured he was out with my uncle for the day so I made other plans. As I was leaving dad came home and we talked for a little while but I had to go so we said we'd make plans and said we'd go to dinner or something at some point. So I ran out and got a couple pairs of jeans and a new jacket and then I went to meet my friend Josh. I needed to stop and get an unmbrella b/c I had left mine here in B-lo. Our friend Jon works close to Wal-Mart so we stopped and saw him for a minute and he said he was getting off in a half hour so he would meet us and we'd all do somehitng. Josh and I then went to Cracker Barrel where I saw -dun dun dun- Cynthia, my brother's girlfriend. I was going to say something about getting my clothes back but she started in on how Josh (my brother) was being a complete jerk lately so I felt bad. After we ate Jon met us and we went to the mall to hang out for a while and then Nikki called me and we got lost trying to get to her grandmother's house to pick her up. After finally finding the place (thanks to her mom's directions) we went back to hte mall and bought tickets to see "Waiting" we had some time before the show started so we wandered and ate again lol. As were eating Chelsea called and she said she was coming to meet us becasue there was still time enough for her to get there. Jon and Nikki went and played arcade games and Josh and I went and messed with this kid Chet who works in the Radio Shack. Chet had like this enormous crush on me and last time i was at the mall I was with Ryan and he was all jaelous and mad so Josh and I walked in with our arms around each other. Chet looked like he had been hit in the face with a bag of bricks when he saaw us lol. It was so hilarious. So after messing with hte poor kid we went to meet Chelsea by the theatres, in the process we saw other randoms that are now seniors; Collin, Roman, Lindsay, and Jordan and it turned out they were seeing "Waiting" too. Finally Chels showed up and we did the whole hugging thing. The movie was hilarious, there was no down time in between laughs I highly reccommend it...unless you have a weak stomach when it comes to people messing with food lol. After this Chelsea, Nikki, Josh and I went and got peanut butter pie at Denny's mmmm so yummy! Then Nikki, Josh and I went to Nikki's dorm at St. Rose for the night and watched part of "Sin City". My stalker called a couple times and we all took turns telling him off.

Sunday/Monday:

Woke up around 9 and took everyone home and went to take a shower before going apple picking, or so I thought. Mom called me to say that no one wanted to because of the weather but she said we were going to Mary's around 3-3:30 so I said I'd meet her there. I packed a few things I wanted to bring back to Buffalo with me and went to pick up my sister Sara and then went to Mary's and got to see all the kids except Austin and Lucas who were with mom. We sat around for a while waiting for mom to get there, we called and eventually she said she was dropiing the boys off to their dad's and not coming to Mary's. I hadn't gotten to see Austin at all so I got really upset and starting crying...a lot. So then mom calls and puts Austin on and he asked if I would meet them at Wholly Cow (a restaurant) and take him to Chachi's for a while. So after being completely and utterly pissed off and ditched by my mother I went to get him. I didn't say a word to mom, Austin got in, she said something about bringing things back to his mother's and then slammed the door. I left and haven't talked to her since. Still upset, but glad to see Austin we went back to Mary's for a while and I played with the kids (Ry sang the Barney song lol it was adorable!!!) and then I brought Austin home. It was about 7:30 so I called to see if dad was around and if he wanted to do something, he didn't answer and Josh had left me a voicemail so I called him and we made plans to go somewhere and hang out. Then dad called back and we talked for a while. I picked up Josh and we went to Ryan's. Roman and Jake were there too so we hung out and played video games and went to Taco Bell lol. (I miss hanging out with the guys so much) Then things got a lieelt weird. Josh basically told me that he thinks he likes me now...which is awkward b/c he just got out of a two year relationship with my best friend, not only that but I dated his best friend, Ryan...so I awkwardly told him that we would never go beyond being friends. Then after the awkwardness we all watched one of my favorite movies, "Love Me if You Dare" which is a French film, with subtitles, but it's amazing! The movie ended around 5am and we decided it would probably be a good idea to go home. We goofed around for a little while longer, having one of the funniest conversations ever, and finally left at about 5:30. I dropped Josh off and was in bed around 6am this morning. I slept in my own bed for about 5 hours then I had to get up and get ready to go. Mary picked Ashlee and I up and we went to the train station (Cole and Ry were so cute, tehy wanted to go on the train too). We left a little late but ulltimately we got to Buffalo an hour after we were scheduled to. We got back and Ashlee Char and I went to Panos and got dinner, my treat cuz I missed Char a lot...and I forgot my ID, which doubles as my meal card, at dad's so I wouldn't have been able to eat on campus lol. (he's mailing it to me) So now I'm back and that was my weekend. I can't wait to go home again...only four more weeks until Thanksgiving break. Oh and I still am not talking to mom becasue she blew me off yesterday and I'm assuming it was so she could go home and go to bed. Thanks I love you too. I'll probably start answering her calls again tomorrow, but for tonight I don't want to.

I think I'll go watch "Love Me if You Dare" again b/c it's amazing and i stole it from Ryan ;-) lol, not that he'll care. Good night!

Financial Aid

This morning I woke up to a very very pleasant surprise. I usually check my bank account every morning before class because I've been expecting my refund from the financial aid I got. I went to sleep with $10.17 to my name and woke up to $451. I celebrated by going to the bookstore and buying sweatpants since I've been too lazy/busy/poor to do laundry. I'm hoping to maybe run to Target and TJ Max, which are just up the street, either this afternoon or tomorrow so I can grab a couple new pairs of jeans since I have none because my brother dates a klepto.
Other than that htings are pretty good. Classes are still boring. But I get to go home the day after tomorrow!!!! I'm so excited! I don't have to ride the train by myself anymore either. I talked my friend Ashlee into coming home with me, she lives like 2 minutes away from dad's. I'm not really looking forward to the 5+ hours on the train, but it will give me some much needed time to reread a few textbooks and work on some homework and stuff.

Tag?

1. Go into your archive.
2. Find your 23rd post.
3. Find the fifth sentence (or closest to).
4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions.
5. Tag five other people to do the same.

I don't have 23 posts yet, so the 23rd thing I've written was:

It's pathetic, but I guess it's a good thing that I don't have to pay attention and I can pass with an A.

(pertaining to theatre class)

Well, that statement is still completely true. We've covered all of the material on that's going to be on the midterm and now we're onto the stuff for the final. It's a weird system, but whatever, it's the easiest course ever. I don't know 5 people on here. So I geuss I lose at this game of tag lol.

Λ Σ Υ

I didn't get much sleep at all this week so I decided to stay in on friday night. It was great, I watched a couple movies and went to bed early. That's pretty much all that happened Friday night.
Saturday night we went to some house near UB to watch a boxing match (random, I know) A guy we know that live in the towers gave us a ride over...we fit 9 people into 1 car. It was crazy. everyone but the drive was doubled up, most people couldn't feel one body part or another by hte time we got there. As we drove past this one car a lady stared at us and started count, so the guy who was driving turned on hte light so she could see better, her facial expression was hilarious! lol. After the random boxing match everyone decided to go to another party about 5 minutes away, so oncce again we got i nhte car, but this time we had 2 cars, but there were still 8 people in the car I was in. It was a huge house and it was ridiculously hot in there so Kristin and I kept going outside for some air. There was a lot of dancing and stuff going on so it was a good time. At about 2 Kristin told me that our ride was ready to leave. We had all decided that since we came together we'd leave together and with the person that brought us; as always Kristin and I were the only ones who kept to that. We came back and Raisa, Amanda, Noemi, Trianna, and Stephanie all stayed and said they'd just take a cab home. So Kristin and I left them there. Raisa came back at about 6:45 this morning, I have no idea when everyone else came back and Raisa said that Amanda decided to stay the the house. I can't belive how dumb they can be...
I've decided that today is a study day, time to catch up on some reading and try to get a little ahead in a couple assignments if I can.

Home in 6 days!!!