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I'll start off saying I really enjoyed going to the wedding of my cousin Amanda and her now husband David. Both the wedding and the reception were very fancy and eloquent. The ceremony well it was moving. I've never been to a wedding before as an adult and it is an experience to see two people be bonded with love into something that should be eternal. The reception was a good time. Another reason I enjoyed going was that on Friday night went out drinking with my aunt and uncle. We had a drink at the top of the Hancock building, which was a phenomenal view. Staring out over lake Michigan, it was so vast and amazing. That was a good night.
What to say about this semester. This semester has definitely been interesting to say the least.
Well I guess the first and most obvious thing to discuss is damn it feels good to be in an environment that doesn't have a 3:1 ratio. RPI was awesome, but just having that fact sorta twists things. Definitely glad that I have a lot more experience and stories to tell. I finally feel comfortable in the fact that if the truly right girl for me comes along it will not be because my lack of experience, skill or confidence that it does not work out. It's so nice to just feel confident in myself when it comes to dating. It was definitely a learning semester when it comes to dating and well I've learned a lot and am better off for it.
Academically I've grown. I'm a much better student then I was in undergrad. I'm not sure what my grades are yet but I believe that they might be all A's. Finally doing research into something that I'm really interested in has helped a lot. It's been a very unique experience to develop my own experiment from the ground up. I'm very interested to see what kinds of patters there will be when I run it next semester. I'm very glad that I've created better work ethic in myself and really have found that it helps that you are truly interested in what you're working on.
Going to a new place knowing no one defiantly forces you to grow socially as I've discovered this semester. I still can't believe I made it through the near crippling loneliness that marked the beginning of the semester. I mean there was times when I would literally break down and cry. I'm so glad those times are behind me. What I have learned is how to interact with new people better, how to find and make friends, and just how if I'm myself people will respond to that and grow to genuinely like me. It's also really nice to hear from so many people that when I tell them I'm socially awkward that they go "really?" I guess I have gotten much better at interacting in a normal way. It's nice to know that I have made some friends and some really good friends. There really does need to be a word between friend and acquaintance that indicates friendship, but not deep friendship. It's really reassuring to know that where ever I end up I will be well equipped to adopt to that environment socially.
There was a lot that I didn't do this semester that I wanted to do, but there's always next semester to do them. Mostly I want to cook for myself more and get to the gym more.
I feel pretty good about the semester as a whole, it turned out pretty good and it looks like next semester will be even better for a number of reasons. One I found out a few days ago that my best friend in Arizona is getting an apartment one floor above mine. Two Rheyanne, don't think more needs to be said. Three I'm looking forward to classes that I will enjoy and are specially dealing with the exact stuff I want to do once I get into the real world, and four I already have a solid base of friends there. I'm looking to make my second semester at ASU even better then the first. Though before I get to that I'm going to enjoy this nice long one month break at home.
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I'm finally home, finally done with the semester. Hanging out with friends tonight, I'm so glad that's the case. Feels like I've lived half the semester in the past week. I'm worn out and will type a long post about the wedding, and a retrospective of my first semester of grad school later. |
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I was searching Craig's List for New Year's Eve parties and found the following ad
In case the link is dead because it gets deleted, I'll post it here.
Beer and Handguns (A2)
Looking for others that enjoy drinking boatloads of beer and firing handguns.
I prefer someone with no immediate family.
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That sounds like either somebody wants a redneck friend, or they are looking for their next victim, either way it's just sorta weird, then again the Internet is a weird place.
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I haven't decided whether I want to write a long post after I reach 1400 posts or after this journal becomes 5 years old. Since I have to work on this final exam I'll write a long retrospective on writing in this journal on the 5th anniversary. |
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I'm just sitting here in the union working on my final exam and realized I hadn't posted this, so here it is.
Read
Playing for Keeps
In N Out Burger
Played
Borderlands :: 5/5 :: 11-4
Dragon Age Origins :: 5/5 :: 11-21
Watched
Zomieland :: 5/5 :: 10-1
Monster Camp :: 3/5 :: 10-4
Paranormal Activity :: 4/5
Nerdcore Rising :: 4/5
Fanboys :: 4/5 :: 10-18
Where the Wild Things Are :: 4/5 :: 10-20
Very Bad Things :: 4/5 :: 10-23
Big Rigs :: 10-25
The Grand :: 3/5 :: 10-1
Sex and Death 101 :: 4/5 :: 10-1
The Rage in Placid Lake :: 4/5 :: 11-8
The Fantastic Mr. Fox :: 4/5 :: 11-27
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Just Finished my last grad class of the first semester, it feel good to be done. All I have left to complete is a take home final and I'm done with everything. The goal is to have it done by 5pm tomorrow, the secondary goal is to have it done by 8pm on Thursday. One more thing and I'm 1/4 done with grad school.
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I just got back from the Less Than Jake Concert and it was fucking awesome! They played all their old classics which was really nice. The two opening bands were interesting. The first one was a Alt Rock band from Flint, Michigan and they sounded pretty good, nice mix of some mellow stuff with some faster songs. The second opening well what to say about him. He was an emo rapper, which is something I didn't know existed. Wasn't exactly my cup of tea. Then Less Than Jake took the stage and put on such a good show, they really know how to play to an audience.
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I don't use the phrase Fuck my Life often because it's over used and most of the times people say it, it's only because one thing went wrong. Well that's not the case here. Fuck it, I'm not even in a good enough mental state to write this out, I'll write out the details tomorrow, suffice to say tonight was fucking awful.Current Mood:  depressed |
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What are 5 things you want to do before you die? Two other friends posted this and since I want to try to get to 1400 post before this journal turns 5 years old, and this seems worthwhile to post. So here it goes.
1. Create a picture that I really do feel is a masterpiece. I've fooled around in photoshop for a long time, and every picture I create is better then the last one, so I feel at some point I will create a masterpiece.
2. Have sex on the beach at my cottage on Clear Lake. This has always been a dream of mine and it really is something I would like to do at least once.
3. Find the one. Although there is no one special person, and I don't believe in soulmates this is more about not settling, finding that girl who I truly love and that each day I spend with her is a gift. Basically finding true love.
4. Travel to a different country alone. I haven't really seen much of the world and I think going alone would make me have to rely on others and would be a really interesting experience.
5. Rebuild a car. I think it would be an awesome experience to restore a very old car and have it as my own.
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This whole week so far has been filled with days that are 10+hrs of school work each day. This week is really draining, I just want to be able to shut the door on some of these projects, but each day there's a little more I have to do in each. Fuck its been a long day today, and was going to write something else but can't think of what it was. Fuck I need more sleep.Current Mood:  exhausted |
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Today got some very good news and some less then good news. I'll lead with the not so good news. That news is that the due date for part of my research project got moved up to tomorrow, so it's looking like a very long night of homework, but at least it will be done. Well actually just finished my homework. The good news I got today was that there will not be an in class stats final, only a take home test. Fuck yes, I had planned to go to a concert with Kate next Monday and it would have sucked to have a final the next day, now that's not the case, fuck yeah! Also I'm feeling much better, seems like my cold is receding, thanks for all the well wishes on the last post. Tomorrow is another long day, bring it on!
Dec. 1st, 2009 @ 10:08 pm
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It figures on my busiest day maybe of the whole semester that I would wake up feeling like shit. Didn't sleep well at all last night because of bad cough I had. So today I don't have the cough, but my stomach is churning and my mind just feels foggy. Fuck, Tuesdays are already long days, and this Tuesday might the be longest yet and I have to do it already feeling like shit. Fuck!
Dec. 1st, 2009 @ 09:21 am
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Fuck this plane ride, well at least it's not as bad as the one coming here. Part of the reason that I'm in a shitty mood is the fact that I'm running on 4 hours of sleep, and it's fucking hot on the plane, combine that with being crammed into coach and it's a recipe for a shitty mood. Wait what was I going to write about, oh right I was going to do a summary of my Thanksgiving Break, since I really don't want to read and I have be trapped on this plane for two more hours.
Thanksgiving break was good and definitely the break I needed from grad school. Thanksgiving was a great time with my mom's side of the family, which is my favorite side of the family. The only thing was I wanted to talk to my grandparents about Kate and such, but I know that if I tell them about her they would not be able to handle the fact that she has two kids. I'll catch up with them once I'm back for winter break in two weeks, Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck, as you can tell my mood just went from shitty to pissed. The guy in front of me just leaned his chair back so my laptop is jamming into my stomach. Shifted around and now it's better, but still I just want to be on the ground. Anyway, Friday I went and stood in line with Travis, Nick, for Black Friday at Best Buy. I wanted to get a PS3, and they had the deal I wanted. Got there at 2am and the line was already wrapped 3/4 around the store. It was an experience, and to Best Buy's credit they handled the mass of people very well. I am now the owner of a PS3, so now I have all three of the systems of this generation. The only thing is that we don't have any HD TVs at home, which means I can't use the PS3 to its full capacity, looking forward to taking it back to Arizona after winter break and hooking it up to my HD TV and enjoying the great graphics in all their glory.
Both Saturday and Sunday were just spent hanging out with friends or doing homework. It was a good break with no fighting between my parents and I.
Speaking of my parents, man I don't what's going to happen with them, there relationship seems to be doing worse every time I see them. My father is so quick to lose his temper he ends up treating my mom like shit sometimes. I don't know what the fuck is his problem. I figure let me view it a little more over break and just see if I can't figure something out. I'm too the point where I'm going to say something, just have to figure out what that something is.
Okay I'm calmer now, and not in such a shitty mood. Only an hour and a half left on this plane.
Made it home okay, damn this is going to be a hell week. Everything needs to get done this week.
Nov. 30th, 2009 @ 03:08 pm
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At the airport now, and I thought it was going to be packed, but it's not that bad actually, so now I'm sitting here, waiting a few hours for my flight, and really happy that the airport has free Wifi. I have enough books to keep me busy, but now this gives me a chance to finish up a few things.
Nov. 25th, 2009 @ 09:41 am
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I can't believe it's finally here, Thanksgiving break in all of its glory. I'm so glad that I'm going home for a few days.
Nov. 25th, 2009 @ 07:41 am
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Talk about following in footsteps, profs daughter came to class today and she's in the exact same field as our professor. I mean there's something to be said for doing the same thing as your parents, but she's in the exact same field, wow that's weird.
Nov. 24th, 2009 @ 08:07 pm
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Today marks the last day of my pledge. I made a pledge to myself when I came down here that I would wear shorts, short sleeve shirts and sandals until Thanksgiving break. The only time I've deviated from that is when I needed shoes to run for sports and such. Even if this is a little pledge kept it feels good knowing that I made it, and proved that it isn't cold down here. Even during some of the cooler nights down here I did not put on a jacket, I stuck it out. It's a small victory but I'll take it.
Nov. 24th, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
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The Firefly theme song just came on in random shuffle on WinAmp, I'm having a very meh day, and it both makes my day a little brighter but also saddens me. Working from home is weird, it's weird but there are some two day stretches where I don't leave my apartment and the only contact I have with the outside world is the Internet, eh guess it happens sometimes.
Nov. 23rd, 2009 @ 01:53 pm
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I'm sitting here on my futon, it's Sunday night and my motivation is at a very low level. Got everything done for tomorrow that needs to be done. Tomorrow is another full day of grad school work.
( Found this on a friends LJ )
I'll do the last 15 days another time.
Nov. 22nd, 2009 @ 10:43 pm
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There's a lot I need to get done today, yet I feel so little motivation to do anything. I got enough sleep, and slept well, it's just my motivation is gone, well not completely but nearly. I guess I just need to press on and work regardless of how burned out I feel. I don't have any plans tonight, nothing going on with Kate since she has the kids tonight and thus can't go out. Only a few more days and I will be back home.
Nov. 21st, 2009 @ 01:56 pm
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