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wFriday, April 12, 2002 |
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today's rating: is blah a number?
yeah, so...ummm....i had a psychology test this morning. to be more exact, it was a Personality Theory test. and i can't say i'm the best student, so what i am about to say should come as no surprise.
the way it should have gone: i had it all planned out. i knew i really needed to read the chapters and actually sit down and study the material. i had it all planned out (i know, i know...but the redundancy adds to the literary merit). after water polo practice was over at 930, i was gonna go home , finish my taxes by 10, drop off a 1999 Georgia Tech Intramural Softball Champions shirt at my friend's house1030, and come home and study. i should have my nose in a book by 11 and be asleep by 1. yeah....riiiiiiiight.
the way things go in my world: i knew i needed to study. and i had it all planned out. i got out of water polo practice late. extra dedication you ask? nah, i'm just slow sometimes. i got home and finished my taxes....and then proceeded to converse with my parents for about 45 minutes. already an hour behind schedule...man i'm good. then i stop by my friend's place to drop off the shirt. hey, i thought...might as well go on in and say hi to everyone....and while i'm at it, why don't i play video games for an hour and a half? yeah, that sounds good. (you should now hear the smack of your hand against your forehead) so i left my friend's place at 1...got home...actually read a chapter -- kinda surprised myself there -- and decided i'd wake up early in the morning and study. i woke up at 5 this morning, read my four chapters, went to school and took my test. don't think i did too horribly either, i might add....but that's always the case....bad grades seem to surprise me more often than not
online class registration i was registered for all my classes for fall semester in about 2 minutes today. no longer does registration call for standing around in huge lines only to find out when you get to the front the class was full 15 people ago. in fact, i've never had to do this. the only images i have in my head come from Rodney Dangerfield's Back to School....feel old yet?
paranoia whenever i have a morning test i set the timer on my tv, the timer on my radio, the alarm on my computer, my alarm clock, and my cell phone alarm....all at five minute intervals -- the latest being the loudest and the farthest from my bed. i suppose you could say i have a problem hitting the snooze...
music o' the day: Hoobastank - Hello Again
writing o' the afternoon
a littly salty perhaps
i ingest it whole
and i'm overcome with comfort
reaching out with an expecting hand
it returns empty
with a sharp twinge piercing the pit of my stomach
i thought i was done
but still i hungered
and so i searched
every stone unturned
i came upon its hiding place
yummm....goldfish
posted by
yeah...about that... at 5:26 PM
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wWednesday, April 10, 2002 |
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today's rating: 7+
man, skip writing for one day and there's so much to say....
1) unfortunately, things don't always turn out how we wish they would, and friends and loved ones don't live forever. my parents felt it was time to put our cat to sleep yesterday. her health had taken a turn for the worse and she was struggling to do pretty much anything. it's a shame too....she was a great cat
2) today's wednesday! that means it's 49 cent cheeseburger day at mcdonald's....who could ask for a better breakfast?
3) i went to see my academic advisor tuesday morning. it's kind of ironic that i skipped class to meet with her. she was no help. she shouldn't be called an "advisor;" she doesn't advise. no, instead she should be called a "why-don't-you-go-home-and-figure-this-stuff-out-on-your-own" lady. she just gave me all this stuff to do on my own. if i knew what i was supposed to do, why would i need to see her for advisement?
4) on my own, i've figured out what classes i have left to take in the two semesters before i have to join the real world. only 25 hours of classes left. add those to the 142 i've already taken, and the 15 i'm taking now...um, let's see...that's 182 hours i'll have when i graduate. it's a good thing i only need 122 to graduate for my major. hmmm...6 years, 182 hours, no minors, no certificates, no honors or awards.....that's what i call time well spent at college.
four sentences from the nearest book: Lancelot and his young brother, Ector Demaris, had been sitting in two charis. They got out of these chairs and were mounted on two horses. Lancelot said: "Go we, and seek that which we shall not find." So they did. -- TH White's The Once and Future King
music o' the moment: Incubus - I Miss You (acoustic)
writing o' the midafternoon
hello again
it's a pleasure to see you
it's been a while
a venture out
we spent those few hours sitting side by side
not speaking, but together just the same
i wonder what i never saw before
or what i chose to overlook
but i think i see you now
and it's good
so when will i see you again?
posted by
yeah...about that... at 2:33 PM
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wTuesday, April 09, 2002 |
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today's rating: better....average...that's what? a 7?
yeah, bein sick was no fun. so i celebrated by driving 9 hours in a van to virginia. can you say party animal?
actually i drove the water polo team up to UVA for a tournament. i dunno what it is, but driving a 15 person Ford Econoline passenger van is so much more fun than driving my small, notsomasculine Escort. sittin high on the road, intimidating old ladies to move out of my way, with three thousand pounds of stell at my control.....hell yeah!
old friends it's great having old friends where even if you don't talk to them or see them for a while, whenever you hang out, it's like you never missed a beat. i went out tonite to a movie with an old girlspacefriend. i dunno what it is, but it's incredible how comfortable i am with her. when nothing's expected and you're just hanging out....it's just an awesome feeling.
however, there is often a downside to old friends: this mostly applies to the relationships i have with some high school friends that i have seen/talked to/hung out with since being in college. a couple years go by, no talking, never a thought of them crossing your mind.....sometimes you just wish things stayed that way. it's funny how when you see someone from high school, they still only remember you as you were. i like to think i matured from the obnoxious, annoying, irritating, vexing, grating, infuriating, pestilential tall skinny kid i was when i was 17. but sometimes it seems, we all don't change as much as others....
family i'm worried about my mom. technically she's fine. but she's always busy, staying at work til godknowswhen, running such a hectic life. and she's always had time for me. so i'm one of the lucky ones. yeah yeah yeah, i know this sounds weird and not very steve, but i'm just thinkin bout her. and now our cat isn't very healthy. she's 15, which i guess is pretty old for cats. she doesn't eat, doesn't drink....which explains why she weighs 4 pounds right now. looking at her, she's just skin and bones.
i got a call from my mom today that Nikki's not doin so well. she's not eating, and has problems walking. her voice was shaky on the phone. i wanted to say something, but for the first time in a long time, i couldn't come up with something to say. and since i've moved out of the house, the cat is pretty much the only thing my mom has to be a mom for. that sounds kinda weird. i love my mom and appreciate everything she's done for me, and she'll always be my mom....but being a grown up, technically speaking, i don't rely on her as much as i used to. and i know the time is coming soon when Nikki goes to the litter box in the sky, and i don't know what i'll say to my mom. cuz i know she'll take it the hardest. hmmmm....
on a more light-hearted note now you too can run with our four-legged friend down the streets of an arizona city. apparently, some genius is planning a smaller, more "tamer" running of the bulls in Scottsdale, Arizona. The organizer himself, realizing something odd about people's fascinations about this event, has said "The people who enter are looking for an adrenaline rush or live life on the edge....You probably have to be a little off to do this." yeah....riiiiiiiight
the last ever girlspace update two whole weeks, she doesn't take the time to say hey...do we even count as friends? bye.....have fun doin your thing
music o' the day Bad English - When I See You Smile
ahhh....time to sleep.......
posted by
yeah...about that... at 2:56 AM
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thoughts and musings and quandries that plague my mind....
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| name: Steve |
| what's my sign: Aquarius |
| school: Georgia Tech |
| AIM: cage fiend |
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| the time is 4:52 AM |
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| eating: nothing |
| drinking: water |
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