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Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
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| Time: | 7:12 pm. |
| Mood: |  worried. | | Music: | The Fray - Look After You. |
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Finding a career/real job is really hard. Just thought you'd like to know.
I am so completely screwed.
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Today is my 23rd birthday.
*does a happy dance*
This morning I got to work and today was my sister's first day back from vacation yet she went out of her way to walk to the Starbucks down the street to get me my favorite drink for my birthday. It was so nice of her. After she gave it to me I was talking to her for a minute or two and then promptly (somehow) dropped my beautiful tasty drink all over the floor!. I hadn't even taken a sip yet :( I'm such a moron sometimes. Even on my birthday. And that drink was expensive too! My mom ended up buying me another one at lunch haha.
This has definitely been a memorable birthday so far...
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| Time: | 9:03 am. |
| Mood: |  excited. |
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I'm going to the Red Sox game today! So excited. But for the second time in a row I'm going to a game where my favorite guy Jason Varitek isn't playing. Figures. I'm still wearing my Varitek shirt though :)
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Making an update!
I said I was going to update more during the semester but school was more busy than I thought. The good news now though is that I am completely done with school. The semester ended May 10th and on May 12th I was officially done with my college career. It is such a relief to say I am a college graduate. I still can't get over it. Me...a college graduate. Craziness.
The semester was good. I took 6 classes instead of 4 so I could graduate in June rather than December. Foolish me decided that this was the semester I was determined to get a 4.0 as my gpa. I've never managed to do that. I tried really hard but couldn't do it. And I am so mad at myself. Why? This is what I got:
Women, Work, and Stress (Women's Studies): A
Youth and Society (Sociology): A
19th Century and the Material Culture (English): A
Colonial American Literature: A
Cultural Anthropology: A
and alas...
Short Story: A frickin Minus.
I was soooo close! So I got a 3.95. Still the best I've ever done so I'm proud that I did well and didn't slack at the end. What sucks though is I probably could have gotten an A in that class if only I rewrote one of my papers that I got a B+ on. If I had I would have gotten my 4.0. I am so beyond pissed at myself that I didn't rewrite that paper. That was the one week I decided to slack. I'm such a moron.
But I don't care that much. I still got a 3.95. And I ended up with a 3.8 for my major which is pretty good. And I graduate Magna cum laude so I feel good about that. I just missed Summa too. Ah well. All I care about now is that I am done studying for tests and writing papers. Done Done Done.
Yay. Now I must enter into the real world of work. I'm now working 40 hours a week at my bad job and looking for a permanent salary job. It's crazy how old I feel now.
Oh and p.s. I got sucked into MySpace by my sister. Foolish me. Anyone here have one because I need friends haha. My profile is Here. Friend me if you want/can :)
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Well I haven't posted in a while but I really think what I have to say deserves a post:
I was just on my way home from my sister's because she and I threw a surprise 30th anniversary party for our parents and we ran into a bunch of cop cars on the side of the road. we could see some guy standing with the cops and from the distance we were at it looked like he had no shirt and no pants. So I was like hey look that guys in his skivvies! So we get closer and...well...what I thought was a black speedo from far away was definitely not a speedo. Nope. So instead of "Hi Mr. Man in a speedo on the side of the road" it was "Hi Mr. Man's PENIS on the side of the road! Yep, nothing like drunken naked men on the side of the road at 1:30 am. And definitely nothing like full frontal nudity right there in your face when you aren't expecting it.
The funny part was my Dad who was driving told me to cover my eyes haha. Please like I could ever do that :)
I guess it's true, the crazies really do come out at night.
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Sunday, January 22nd, 2006
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Tomorrow I start my last semester in college. EVER. I'm so excited but so extremely nervous about being done. I'm hoping to graduate, get a job, and then maybe get myself my own apartment if I can find a good roommate. I really want to go to grad school though but I think I'm going to try and find a job somewhere first that might hopefully pay for it. I guess I still have 4 months to figure it all out. But then again, 4 months is not a very long time. This is why I'm freaking out a little bit. OK, freaking out a lot.
Anyways, so my last semester looks like this:
MWF 9:30 - Sociology 201: Youth and Society (I was almost a Sociology major and this is a low level course so I'm hoping this will be easy)
MWF 10:30 - English 466: 19th Century Lit and Material Culture (The class where I write my thesis like research project that I'll work on all semester and need to present in May. Probably the toughest class I'll have but at least I won't have to write an actual thesis to graduate)
MWF 11:30 - English 407: Colonial American Lit (Easily most likely the worst class I've ever taken. One of the books I have to read is called "Letters from a Farmer." Ooh, now thats fascinating. But it's the only class I can take that will fill my last major requirement so I'm stuck with it. I can already tell this class is going to suck big time)
MWF 12:30 - Anthropology 106: Cultural Anthropology (Could be interesting and it's only a 100 level course so hopefully this one is easy too and a good one to have at the end)
MWF 1:30 - English 324: Short Story (An elective and something I'm actually interested in. And one thing I know for sure is that the readings won't be long which is always a plus)
Sat 11:45-2:45 - Women's Studies 180: Women: Work and Stress (A 6th class unfortunately but it completes my credit hours and allows me to graduate. Thank God. It's on Saturday but for only half a semester. I can handle that)
So that's my last semester at UMass Boston. 6 classes will be tough but I don't think anything can be worse than my last semester. At least I hope not. It sucks that my vacation is over. It went by so fast.
Alright, so tomorrow it all starts...
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2006
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| Time: | 5:42 pm. |
| Mood: | worried. | | Music: | Roseanne on TV. |
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Last week I was told by a guy I work with that I was beautiful. Today the random lady at Dunkin Donuts told me the same thing. What the hell? I'm beginning to think I'm being mocked :/
Anyways, tomorrow my dog is going to a neurologist for a pretty serious appointment. She hasn't been walking on her front paw for months now so we brought her to the vet and he didn't find anything wrong with her leg. But she keeps lifting it up when she's standing and is still limping around so they think there's something wrong in her brain thats making her think her leg hurts her. So tomorrow she's going to be put under anesthesia and they're going to mess around with her nerves so that she can see what's wrong with her. And that makes me sad :(. She's 11 so she's old and who knows what they're going to find wrong with her. The poor thing :/
Anyways, just wanted to update something and that's whats going on. Hopefully everything will turn out ok. I'll update about it I'm sure.
oh and on a happier note...Gilmore Girls is back on tonight after like a month. I'm definitely looking forward to that.
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Sunday, January 1st, 2006
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so guess what? i'm not dead.
so the last post i made was on September 9th which was completely unintentional. i went away for the weekend and fully intended to post when i got back and never got around to it. turns out September was just the beginning of probably the most stressful last few months of my ife.
so since then this is whats happened:
+ went to my sister's wedding which was absolutely gorgeous and perfect
+ i started my new job at my sister's company while she was on her honeymoon and that went well. i started working 10 hours a week doing typical temp work (filing, copying, etc.) which was annoying. but i just recently got "promoted" to a job where i actually get to write up descriptive analyses on medical cases the company defends which sounds boring but is actually kinda cool. and now i'm working 36 hours a week and i really like it. it makes me feel professional :)
+i went through the most hellish semester of school ever. i started out with 5 classes which were all really really difficult. so i ended up dropping one half way through the semester. i wrote 43 papers by the time it was all over. i took a really difficult course for my major which was a lot of work but i ended up getting an A which was great, but probably the most difficult class i had was one i was only taking for credit hours. figures. but after all the stress and all the screaming i had to do as i fought my way through each of those papers, i actually made it through the semester. and i did well. i ended up with an A, two A-'s and a B+. not my best semester but i'm just happy i made it through without doing worse than a B+.
so now i'm really enjoying my christmas break. a lot. i've just been reading and watching DVDs and hanging out and working and i'm loving all of it. at the end of January i start my last semester of college. i can't belive it's already here. it's going to be another difficult one though i'm sure. i'm taking 6 classes (one on a saturday) just so i can hurry up and graduate. and then i have to figure out what i want to do with my life and then i have to find a job. i'm looking at graduate schools though. i doubt i'll actually go but i'm just looking for now.
and i've decided to finally plan my trip to Europe. i've been saving and making a lot of money lately so i'm finally going to plan the trip as a graduation present to myself. i just need someone to go with.
so now that i'm free from classes again i'm going to try and start posting again.
so Happy New Year! my resolution this year: to do things i wouldn't normally do. i think i'll make 2006 a great year by broadening my horizons, if you will. i'm definitely looking forward to what the year has in store for me. thats for sure.
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Friday, September 9th, 2005
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off to my sister's wedding!
i'm definitely going to update later this week.
:) :) :)
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Monday, September 5th, 2005
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| Time: | 5:32 pm. |
| Mood: |  depressed. |
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school tomorrow! AHHHHHH!!!!
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Thursday, September 1st, 2005
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| Time: | 3:30 pm. |
| Mood: |  contemplative. | | Music: | Big Brother 6 Live Feeds. |
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Please don't tell me it's September already...
I ordered the 2nd season of Felicity on the 30th and I got it on the 31st. I was totally surprised and pumped to see it so quickly. now I can waste even more hours in front of my television! yay!
lets see...my last day at work is Saturday. as far as i'm concerned that's just going to be a fun (but sad) day. Wednesday was my last day with all the shitty people so I can pretty much breathe alot easier anyways. so Saturday will be Saturday I suppose.
Classes start on Tuesday. my (hopefully) Senoir year. it's only taken me 5 years to get to this point. My classes will be...
10-11:15 Best Sellers in US
11:30-12:45 The City in American Literature and Culture
1-3:30 Narrative in the Novel and Film (this one is going to be so kick ass)
then on Wednesday I'll have...
8:30-9:20 Modern American Fiction
9:30-10:20 20th Century Women Writers
I can't believe this new semester is here already. i can feel the stress coming upon me as I type this...
So now that the end is near it's time to think about what I'm going to do if I manage to graduate next May. I've been seriously considering going to Simmons in Boston for Grad school. I think I'd like to get a double degree in Library and Information Science and Scool Librarianship. So that way I can go either way with a career: working in a public library or working in a school. I think that would be cool if it wasn't for the tuition of going to grad school. It's like $900 per credit hour. no way can I afford that. But if I could get some kind of a scholarship it might work. I just sent away for more info so I'll definitely check into all that. I'd love to go to Simmons for the reason alone that they would place me in a job somewhere which would be great since that is going to be quite a difficult task once I do manage to graduate.
Lots to think about in the next year. How terrified am I?
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Friday, August 19th, 2005
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I am frickin obsessed!!
I've always watched Big Brother since I'm a self-proclaimed reality show whore but this year it seems to be a sickness. Why this year of all years? One reason:
KAYSAR!!!
I LOVE Kaysar.
I'm so obsessed that I even bought the 24/7 live feeds online so I could watch the people in the house whenever I want to. $12.99/month. I'm so dumb. The other night I was up until 4:30 just watching the feeds because Kaysar was up haha. Then when I woke back up at 6:30 and he was still up I watched some more before I fell back to sleep again.
I think I need therapy for this. Although Kaysar was evicted so I guess I don't have to worry about this anymore because really what's the point in watching if Kaysar isn't on?
*help me please*
Anyone else watch this and know what I'm talking about? *sigh*
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Thursday, July 28th, 2005
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| Time: | 6:57 pm. |
| Mood: |  RAWR!. |
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i don't want to do jury duty tomorrow!!
*kicks and screams*
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| Time: | 4:41 pm. |
| Mood: |  amused. |
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This is strangly entertaining:
http://izpitera.ru/lj/tetka.swf
i've been sitting here for like 20 minutes in a complete daze.
somebody help me.
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| Time: | 7:28 pm. |
| Mood: |  lazy. | | Music: | Red Sox game. |
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One bad thing about your older sister getting married is that every member of your family suddenly wants to know when you are getting married. or in my case when i'm going to get a boyfriend so that i have the option to marry. ugh. thanks Lauren for this. i get asked that question so much lately that i'm afraid i'm going to have to resort to taking my best friend Meghan with me as my date for the wedding and introducing her as my girlfriend just to shut them up haha. and it wouldn't be that far from the truth because she is technically a girlfriend of mine. i'll leave it up to them to decide in what way i mean though :). right Meghan? (yeah, i'm totally kidding btw haha. i would definitely be taking a boyfriend if i had the option. just wanted to clarify hehe)
her shower went great. everyone had a blast and Lauren (my sister) was totally blind sided by it. she was shaking when she walked into my backyard and saw everyone enjoying a Mexican barbeque haha. she said she had suspicions but didn't know for sure. although she said she really suspected something when she pulled out some old shorts to wear to what she thought was just a cookout with some family friends before her shower and when she came out they were gone. Barry (her fiance) threw them in the wash and said oh you must have worn them and forgot haha. and then he made her wear a skirt haha. so it went good and i got to see a lot of family and some old friends like my old neighbor Ciara who moved away at 9 and who is now 19 so that was good. and i met Barry's sister and her daughter who live in California and his sister-in-law and her three kids who are all in the wedding and the sweetest things ever. so that was good too.
the best part was we forced Lauren to hit a pinana filled with all sorts of goodies like sexy underwear, not so sexy granny panties, candy, condoms, you know, all the embarrassing stuff haha. the best part was all the kids picking up the condoms and Barry chasing them around the yard saying "those are adult candies, i'll take those!" haha. good times. later Lauren came up to me with something called "liquid love" (we have yet to figure out what this is exactly) and a condom and said "here, go find yourself a date to the wedding" hahaha.
so i had a good time and i'm looking forward to the wedding. in 47 days. oh my.
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| Time: | 4:24 pm. |
| Mood: |  hot. | | Music: | tennis on tv. |
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well i finished my Harry Potter a couple of days ago. i loved it! definitely one of my favorite now. i still love The Prisoner of Azkaban and The Goblet of Fire best but this is definitely third on my list. i can't wait for the next (and last :( ) one. if anyone else has read this and wants to discuss it please feel free to do that with me because i am dying to talk to somebody about it! and i've definitely watched the 3rd movie about 4 times since i finished the book haha. my obsession always comes back when a new book comes out. although i will point out that i only watched my DVD once. the other 3 times was when it was coincidentally on HBO. of course i had to stop and watch it. much like i have to stop and watch The Princess Bride and Ten Things I Hate About You when they're on tv too. what can i say. it's a sickness.
well this sunday is my sister's bridal shower. we're throwing it in my backyard. talk about mucho stress! i've been baking in my kitchen all day with no air conditioner in my house in 90 degree heat plus the 375 degrees that my oven was set to. now that i've stopped sweating though its not so bad :). we've been working nonstop crazy on my house trying to get it ready for the 60 people we'll be having over. it's been crazy. my dad just built us a deck outside which looks great so we're all set to throw a great party. it should be fun. unfortunately i have to work tomorrow which means i'm going to be feeling mighty useless while everyone is here getting set up. i feel bad i'm gonna have to waste my day there when i could be helping here. but what can i do. i'm probably going to have to take Monday off anyways since i'll most likely be recovering from the margarita's my sister's fiancee will indeed be making for us haha. the shower is a Mexican party because my entire family is obsessed with Mexican food, my sister and her fiancee make killer margaritas, and they're going to Mexico for their honeymoon. so a lot of tequila is going to be consumed and i don't know how i'm gonna show up to work the next day. i can't wait for Sunday though.
i've been enjoying my 4 days off. the same days off i'm going to have for the rest of the summer. thats fantastic. except for next week when i have *gulp* jury duty next Friday. i'm terrified! never done it before and not looking forward to it.
and i got one of my two grades for the summer. an A- in Children's Literature. is it wrong that i wish i got an A?
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| Time: | 9:46 pm. |
| Mood: |  deflated. |
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i'm back from my Red Sox/Yankee game. what a surprise we lost. we came so close in the bottom of the 9th though. i got so excited there for a minute. maybe i'll post more later.
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| Time: | 2:25 pm. |
| Mood: |  feeling great. | | Music: | Jurassic Park on tv. |
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i got it! i got my Harry Potter yesterday right on time. i'm so excited to read it. although i'm in the middle of another book right now and i still have about 300 pages left to read that i'm determined to finish first. it sounds like a lot but it's a 900 page book so in the grand scheme of things its not that much more to read. i thought about stopping and picking up Harry right away but i feel like when i go back to this one it will be a letdown after reading what i know will be a great book. i have Tuesday through Friday off this week though so i'll be sure to have read both of these books by Saturday. at least thats the plan.
i'm about to go to a Red Sox game though! i'm going with my dad and its the first game i've been to in like 15 years haha. i'm excited because i've watched every game in the last two years just about so i'm looking forward to this one. and its against the Yankees so i'm looking forward to booing A-Rod and Jeter. should be fun. the only downside is my favorite player Varitek isn't playing! i'm wearing my Varitek shirt and everything man. oh well. it should still be fun and maybe he'll make an appearance at the end of the game. still get to see Big Papi though!
oh and lots of good things happening for me lately!
:)
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Wednesday, July 13th, 2005
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| Time: | 2:16 pm. |
| Mood: |  relaxed. | | Music: | TV. |
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well i finished my summer classes this week. it feels good that is all done with. now i actually have a summer vacation to look forward to. but i have to wait for my grades which is never fun. i'll just have to wait and see how i did. i think i did ok. i'll find out next week i guess.
anyways, now i have time to update about my trip to Rhode Island. i had a great time. I love Newport, Rhode Island. it is so beautiful and reminds me a lot of Cape Cod which i also love. the entire atmosphere is great and i can't wait to visit again sometime. i'd actually like to live there one day if only things weren't so expensive over there. but i definitely recommend it for a fun time. (Meghan i think another road trip is in order) :)
( update on the tennis tournament i went to under the cut for those who want to read about it )
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| Time: | 5:49 pm. |
| Mood: |  busy. |
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an UPDATE!
I'm enjoying the first day of my mini vacation. I had my second to last classes yesterday and now I have Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off. It's been a long time since I've had more than one day off in a row. I got Dave at work to cover for me on Saturday so that I can go to Rhode Island for the day. I'm going to the Newport Tennis Championships which I'm excited about. It will be my first actual tennis tournament. Too bad I could care less about anyone left in the tournament. Except Vince Spadea but no one really wants to see him play. So thats a little disappointing but I'm still excited to go because there is a museum there and I'll get to see Jim Courier who is being inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame which is my main motivation for going anyway. Oh and too bad it's raining! It's been raining forever and it's most likely going to ruin the entire day tomorrow but thats typical with my luck.
Anyways, no one really cares about this.
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tired.
Is that what I think it is?.
Ready to Go.
Oh, Kaysar.