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[Jul. 17th, 2004|03:52 am] |
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Well, I distracted myself from doing my laundry tonight with a few hours of Tales of Symphonia, and then when I'm done and ready to go to bed, I realize that I forgot to throw my sheets in the dryer, and because of this, I have to wait an hour to go to bed, until I have clean sheets. Grrr. |
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[Jul. 5th, 2004|04:18 am] |
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So, I've decided that this year, I'm really going to buckle down and get my GPA to where I know it should be. I need to get it up to a 3.0, and now that I have a goal, I think I can do it. My goal? An internship at BMW. I was researching it tonight, and they require a 3.0 GPA. I'm hoping I can get it up there by the end of this year(my junior year), and I can do the internship the spring of, or the summer after my first senior(first of 3. *sigh*). I really wish I would have had my recent revelation a few years ago, before I decided to be a slacker and fucking up my GPA to make it harder for me to get it up now. I know now that I want to work for BMW, preferably in Munich, possibly in South Carolina, before I graduate. I know it's possible now, I just need to make it work. |
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[Jun. 27th, 2004|12:56 am] |
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Well, it's official: I didn't inherit my dad's keen sense of direction. Tonight after the PvP Midwest meet(which kicked ass, by the way), I was driving back to my grandparent's place, where I'm staying. Well, everything's going fine until I accidentally get off at the wrong exit on the interstate, and get myself all turned around there. I finally find my way back on the interstate and end up getting forced to take another exit I didn't want to, because of a stupid truck, and from that exit, it took a good 5 minutes to find my way back to the interstate(the area was wierd like that), and then I finally make it to the exit I'm supposed to get off at: 159th St. Unfortunately, I go the opposite way I'm supposed to on that street, and don't realize it for a few miles, when I end up in a really bad area. I eventually find my way back to where I started, and went the other way, and ended up back here, at my grandparent's house. It took 45-50 minutes to get to Gurnee this morning and just over an hour and a half to get back tonight. Oy. I'm not driving downtown tomorrow, but I know I'll find SOME way to get myself lost. It's a tradition anymore. Anytime I'm going somewhere unfamiliar, even if I have perfect directions, I WILL find a way to get lost. I'm pretty sure it's a law of nature by now. |
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[Jun. 25th, 2004|03:36 am] |
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You know, I just realized something. I miss having a girlfriend the most whenever I'm sick. Every girlfriend except for one(who oddly enough, was a nursing major) played the role of mom whenever I was sick but away from home. I know it seems odd, but that's one of the coolest things ever. |
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[Jun. 19th, 2004|02:40 am] |
Wow, hectic week. Turns out I passed my econ class, so that's happy. I've started my other class, and it looks to be easy as hell. I can't see me getting anything less than an A, as long as I keep going to class and don't miss any labs.
Went home last night to visit the folks, and I realized something. Plainfield doesn't really seem like home to me anymore. Freshman year, whenever I'd come home for the weekend, I'd see a few of my high school friends, and I saw a lot of them the summer after, but ever since the end of last summer, I don't have any reason to go back to Plainfield besides my parents. One of my best friends just decided to start ignoring me for no reason, and that really hurts. Another of my good friends moved to California to go to art school, and I never got ahold of her contact info before she left. Yet another is too involved in school to have friends(pre-med), and a few others have seemingly dropped off the face of the earth. So, in conclusion, this summer is really sucking so far. I've got no friends back home to hang out with when I go there, and I've got two good friends up here for the summer, as all of my other college friends are scattered across the country until fall. Granted, I don't have a whole lot of time for friends this summer, working 45 hours a week and doing school, but I really miss my friends from back home, especially Aaron, Karen, and Anna. |
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[Jun. 14th, 2004|01:18 am] |
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Well, I just looked up my grade for my ECON final exam that I took on Thursday, and I got a 66. A fucking 66. I worked my ass off for that class, and a 66% is all I have to show for it? That's fucking bullshit. How the fuck am I supposed to get a management degree if I can barely pass an entry level econ class? I really thought I had things figured out for my future. Now I'm not even sure anymore. Maybe I'll just say to hell with the management degree, graduate with my German degree, and enlist, because God knows I won't be able to get a good job with a German degree alone. |
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[Jun. 10th, 2004|01:50 pm] |
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Ok, kiddies, caffeine pills are BAD! Last night I was stressing out studying and tried caffeine pills for the first time ever to keep me up. Oh, they kept me up all right, but made me unable to study, as I was shaking and even more nervous than before. Oh, and to add on to that, I felt extremely hung over for my exam today, and felt like I was going to vomit the entire time. Last time I ever use caffeine pills, that's for sure. |
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[Jun. 8th, 2004|07:10 am] |
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So...I've had my car for about 12 hours now, and I've already put 140 miles on it. I should really stop just driving around for the sake of driving, with the way gas prices are. Though I have to admit, going down to Indy for no apparent reason last night was fun. |
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[Jun. 8th, 2004|12:42 am] |
Finally got my new car!
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[Jun. 3rd, 2004|06:43 am] |
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I really need to start sleeping. Seriously. I'm getting to the point where I'll only sleep about 5 nights per week, and that's really not healthy. It's not like I don't try. Take tonight, for example. I got home from work about 1AM, bummed around for about an hour, and then laid down to go to sleep. I tried for about an hour, but no sleep came, so I got back on the computer, messed around for a bit, and around 4, I tried again. Same thing. So then I got up, and realized that I'd be worse off if I did sleep, because I've got an appointment at 1 tomorrow to start the paperwork on my new car(which I should be getting on Monday), and to take it out for another test drive, to make sure it's what I want. At least I have that to look forward to. Getting a new car in less than a week, and knowing that I'll have a car that I can take home regularly without worrying about it breaking down. It's a 2001 Cavalier, and I'm getting a pretty good deal on it, so I'm happy. I've had two people tell me that it's a girl car, and I just have one thing to say to them: "Bite me." Even if it is a girl car, which I don't think it is, I like it, and that's all that matters. |
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[Jun. 1st, 2004|03:27 am] |
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Well, I just figured out my grade for my ECON 251 midterm, and as per usual, I made a shitload of stupid mistakes, and didn't do so hot, so now my chances for an A in the class are ruined. If I get at least a B on the final two quizzes and ace the final exam, I can pull off a B, though, so I'm gonna really have to study harder. I can't afford to get a C in this class, I really can't. |
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[May. 28th, 2004|04:17 am] |
I am stressed to hell and back over my economics exam tomorrow. I know the stuff as well as I think I can, but I did for the first quiz, too, and I barely passed that. I'm tired as hell, and I'm working 16 hours(on top of class) tomorrow, so I know I should sleep, yet I'm afraid to, because if I don't make sure I know every word in the book, I'm not going to get an A or a B, which I need. I NEED to get an A or a B in this class. My GPA for my pre-management courses needs to be 2.75, and it's at about 2.7 right now. So, pretty much, I need an A or a B in the rest of my pre-management courses to keep it there. It's do-able, but I really need to kick this exam's ass.
In better news, I was talking to my roommate about my plans for getting a car at the end of the summer(the whole reason I'm working my ass off with two jobs), and he told me that I could probably lease a brand new Cavalier for about $100 a month with a $2000 down payment. I plan on having at least that much by the end of the summer, and I can definately do $100 a month. I ideally wanted to get a truck, just because I like driving them, but I wouldn't mind having a Cavalier one bit, especially not a new one. |
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[May. 23rd, 2004|05:54 pm] |
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I've only been working my new job for a week, and I'm already completely fed up with it. I should NOT have to babysit my staff. They're supposed to be there to help me make the shift go more smoothly, not make me want to find a gun and shoot myself. |
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[May. 22nd, 2004|03:21 am] |
Crossposted from PvP:
Since I needed a second summer job while I'm still here taking classes, I decided to apply at the Hollywood Video here, as I had worked at the store back home back in high school as a CSR and last summer as a shift leader. I apply, talk to the manager, and the next day, I get the call saying I'm hired, no interview needed(I got a great recommendation from my old manager).
I've only been working here a week, and it's already driving me insane. The store I used to work at was one of the best if not the best in the district. This store is just the opposite. I can think of(and have written down) over a dozen things that need to be changed, that are being done improperly, and the manager has been reprimanded for it by the DM repeatedly. The only other person who does things properly is the assistant manager, because she transferred from another store, as well. She said she tried to get things fixed, but the manager won't give her the resources for it. So, right now, I'm typing up a proposal with all of the problems I have recorded, and a good solution for each, and plan to present it to him at work tomorrow. However, I have a feeling he'll tell me the same thing he told her(she told me as much, but said I was welcome to try).
If he does what I think he might, and says no, I'm thinking about going above his head to the DM, but I'm not sure if I should. I really want the store to be run efficiently, and I'm only 19 and I could run the store better than he can. The only thing stopping me from going above his head to the DM is the chance that he might end up losing his job over it(hopefully not, but it is a possibility), and I don't want that to happen. He's a really nice guy, just not the best manager, and I don't want him to lose his job over it. |
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[May. 17th, 2004|11:28 pm] |
So...I'm looking over my syllabus for ECON 251K, and guess what? I have a quiz over the first four chapters on Wednesday...only the third day of class.
Maybe taking maymester was a mistake. |
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[May. 17th, 2004|08:27 pm] |
So...my maymester econ class is being taught by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Ok, not really, but he does sound exactly like him, with the German accent and all. |
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[May. 14th, 2004|01:43 am] |
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So, I won $4 playing poker tonight(it was only a $2 buy-in, we're all poor), and got drunk in the process. All in all, a good night. |
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[May. 12th, 2004|11:18 pm] |
WHOO! This summer might actually not suck. I got some great news today: all of my loan information for summer classes went through(my dad neglected to tell me that he was going to let me do the FAFSA until last week), so I just need to go to the financial aid office tomorrow and get all of that taken care of. Also, I found out today that I got the job I applied for a few days ago at Hollywood Video. They originally weren't going to have hours for me, but someone working there asked to have her hours cut, so the manager talked to my old manager(I used to work at a different Hollywood Video back home in high school), and gave me a call today telling me I got the job, no interview required, because I was already trained as a manager.
So, between school and both of my jobs, I'll be in class about 10 hours per week, and working about 45, so I'll be busy, but I just might be able to save up enough to get my truck by the end of the summer. |
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[May. 12th, 2004|01:43 am] |
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Wow, seeing my friend's baby today made me really realize how odd I am for my age. I'm only 19, yet I'm anxious to start a family. I want to get married and have kids, but I know that I have at least 2 years before I'm stable enough to get married and more until I'm stable enough to be able to support a child. |
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