dear friends of high school of mine,
please come visit me in washington dc as i am lonely and i get a little more jealous every time someone's friend from home visits them here at gw. it's really not that expensive; you are confusing airfare to the east coast with airfare to majorca. oh, and while you're at it, try to find a way to bring me in-n-out. i miss in-n-out.
kthxbye.
love,
michael
29 February 2008
24 February 2008
clearly i'm not studying for my midterm right now
Why is it that, after nearly 19 years, I still can't stand the sight of the man in the mirror? Damn.
Anyway, this week has been pretty good. Erin came down to the Bou on Thurs. and decided to help us close. She also partook in our victory celebration because we CRUSHED PIP!!!!! (we beat our sales goal by $600 which was reason for a Top Gun-style high 5). Our victory celebration continued at J St. where Yvette orgasmed a little over the make your sandwich bar.
Quotes from the evening:
"Oh my God... this is AMAZING!!! We don't have ANYTHING like this at Maryland!!!"
- Yvette, on our sandwich bar
"I didn't realize you pay by the pound!!!"
- Yvette, after making the world's largest sandwich
"We crushed scone PIP!!!"
- Erin, mocking our sales goals at the Bou
"There is no way in hell I'm living with the sorority sluts!!!"
- Erin, on the girls from PA who might sublet Jaren's room
Of course, the festivities continued last night, when I went up to Maryland for the night. They actually have some pretty fun parties and I love their campus. It should be fun living with Yvette & Erin and taking classes there this summer :)
Next weekend is Philadelphia with Kieran, Garrett, Alicia, Shannon, & Jayne... but first there's my sociology midterm on Wed. Fuck my life. Speaking of which, my soc prof. started talking to me yesterday in the Marvin Center... wtf?????
OK, so it looks like I'll be spending spring break here in DC, but does anybody want to go to Ocean City or somewhere for a day or 2?
I don't like studying. I don't really care about structural entrepreneurship. I want to become a flight attendant after I graduate. Am I crazy for seriously considering this?
Kieran's roommate got arrested last night. I'm surprised I haven't fucked up THAT bad yet.
I need to buy groceries. And socks. All of mine have holes in them.
I think at this point, I'm just procrastinating studying.
I miss §.
I still hate the man in the mirror.
Anyway, this week has been pretty good. Erin came down to the Bou on Thurs. and decided to help us close. She also partook in our victory celebration because we CRUSHED PIP!!!!! (we beat our sales goal by $600 which was reason for a Top Gun-style high 5). Our victory celebration continued at J St. where Yvette orgasmed a little over the make your sandwich bar.
Quotes from the evening:
"Oh my God... this is AMAZING!!! We don't have ANYTHING like this at Maryland!!!"
- Yvette, on our sandwich bar
"I didn't realize you pay by the pound!!!"
- Yvette, after making the world's largest sandwich
"We crushed scone PIP!!!"
- Erin, mocking our sales goals at the Bou
"There is no way in hell I'm living with the sorority sluts!!!"
- Erin, on the girls from PA who might sublet Jaren's room
Of course, the festivities continued last night, when I went up to Maryland for the night. They actually have some pretty fun parties and I love their campus. It should be fun living with Yvette & Erin and taking classes there this summer :)
Next weekend is Philadelphia with Kieran, Garrett, Alicia, Shannon, & Jayne... but first there's my sociology midterm on Wed. Fuck my life. Speaking of which, my soc prof. started talking to me yesterday in the Marvin Center... wtf?????
OK, so it looks like I'll be spending spring break here in DC, but does anybody want to go to Ocean City or somewhere for a day or 2?
I don't like studying. I don't really care about structural entrepreneurship. I want to become a flight attendant after I graduate. Am I crazy for seriously considering this?
Kieran's roommate got arrested last night. I'm surprised I haven't fucked up THAT bad yet.
I need to buy groceries. And socks. All of mine have holes in them.
I think at this point, I'm just procrastinating studying.
I miss §.
I still hate the man in the mirror.
17 February 2008
you are cordially invited to the funeral of michael ross (unless you are adam)
Sabine Haddad, a resident of the Haifa district, Israel, recently applied to renew her I.D. card. It was then discovered that, at age 120, she is officially the oldest person to have ever lived, beating the previous record by 6 years. She takes daily walks, exercises, doesn't wear glasses, doesn't need a cane or a wheelchair, spends time with her 20 great-great-grandchildren, and attributes her longevity to drinking a glass of olive oil every day.
HOLYFUCKINSHIT.
Being 120 years old means she was born in 1888. This means that she has lived through both World Wars, both the rise & fall of communism, the disbanding of the British Empire (not to mention the Ottoman Empire as well), the decolonization of Africa, the standardization of using antibiotics to fight disease, the invention of nuclear weapons, the establishment of the Modern Olympic Games & the United Nations, the origination of electrical lighting... She was already 60 years old when the state of Israel was established, and over 100 when I was born. The world population has increased 4 ½ times over. And as of the election in November, she will have lived through exactly half of all U.S. presidential administrations.
So then Adam & I got to discussing: what would it be like if we were to live that long? How will the world have changed?
I have an answer: $1,397,257
That is how much, according to historical inflation trends, annual tuition at GWU will be in 2109.
And you won't qualify for any financial aid.
Me: "On second thought, I want to die early. That way, all of my friends have to come to my funeral."
Adam: "That's awful, Michael. I'm not coming to your funeral."
Me: "Fine. You weren't going to get an invitation anyway. Trevor, would you like to come to my funeral?"
Trevor: "Uhh, where's it gonna be?"
Me: "I don't know, somewhere metro-accessible though."
Trevor: "Well, if it's gonna be in California, then I'll go, 'cause that way I can make a vacation out of it."
Haha. :)
In other news, the new Caribou manager is gone, FUCK YEAH!!! Apparently corporate came in and fired his incompetent ass yesterday. Now Raz is the acting manager. I ♥ Raz, who said she's going to come to Apex with me one of these days. Yay!
Until then, I still have a fuckload of homework to do.
And I no longer have Florida to look forward to this spring break. (Maybe I'll at least make it out to Ocean City)
And then there's still the internship apps.
And someone stole my credit card information.
Fuck.
HOLYFUCKINSHIT.
Being 120 years old means she was born in 1888. This means that she has lived through both World Wars, both the rise & fall of communism, the disbanding of the British Empire (not to mention the Ottoman Empire as well), the decolonization of Africa, the standardization of using antibiotics to fight disease, the invention of nuclear weapons, the establishment of the Modern Olympic Games & the United Nations, the origination of electrical lighting... She was already 60 years old when the state of Israel was established, and over 100 when I was born. The world population has increased 4 ½ times over. And as of the election in November, she will have lived through exactly half of all U.S. presidential administrations.
So then Adam & I got to discussing: what would it be like if we were to live that long? How will the world have changed?
I have an answer: $1,397,257
That is how much, according to historical inflation trends, annual tuition at GWU will be in 2109.
And you won't qualify for any financial aid.
Me: "On second thought, I want to die early. That way, all of my friends have to come to my funeral."
Adam: "That's awful, Michael. I'm not coming to your funeral."
Me: "Fine. You weren't going to get an invitation anyway. Trevor, would you like to come to my funeral?"
Trevor: "Uhh, where's it gonna be?"
Me: "I don't know, somewhere metro-accessible though."
Trevor: "Well, if it's gonna be in California, then I'll go, 'cause that way I can make a vacation out of it."
Haha. :)
In other news, the new Caribou manager is gone, FUCK YEAH!!! Apparently corporate came in and fired his incompetent ass yesterday. Now Raz is the acting manager. I ♥ Raz, who said she's going to come to Apex with me one of these days. Yay!
Until then, I still have a fuckload of homework to do.
And I no longer have Florida to look forward to this spring break. (Maybe I'll at least make it out to Ocean City)
And then there's still the internship apps.
And someone stole my credit card information.
Fuck.
13 February 2008
hypothesis: bad weather → bad moods?
So my sociology prof. totally yelled at our class today on the grounds that we waste his time because we don't do the reading & so we can't have a good class discussion. Honestly, is it even POSSIBLE to hold a good discussion in a lecture of 80 students?!? I think he's probably just peeved that he has to teach us Gdub lowlives instead of at the morally superior University of Chicago like he used to.
Our new manager at work was being a dick today too. So Tenicia & I were joking around with each other & the customers, then he comes in & tells us to knock it off or we'll get the axe. I'd be fine if she & I were being unproductive or he was actually being a GOOD manager, but the truth is that I sold 3 pounds of the mahogany roast & he kept on forgetting about/fucking up everybody's orders. He actually made Tenicia well up a little... I didn't even know such a phenomenon was possible! Steve's not even officially gone yet & I miss him already :(
I'm sitting in the Marvin Center right now watching Ugly Betty on my laptop. I just watched this season's premiere again & cried for the 3507230725th time at the scene where it's revealed that the fiancé is actually dead. It makes me miss § a.k.a. major hag.
I smell like coffee beans. I'm still not sure how I feel about this.
I want to go to England. Fuck, I still need to get un pasaporte. I'd like to go over summer vacation but I really want to get an internship and I don't think it sounds really good to ask for an entire week or 2 off during a project that only lasts 10 or so weeks. At least I get to go to Florida this spring break. This is called prioritizing, because Florida is more likely than England to sink sooner thanks to global warming. Nevertheless, I long for moors, castles, & Harrod's.
Ya basta, time for a nap.
Our new manager at work was being a dick today too. So Tenicia & I were joking around with each other & the customers, then he comes in & tells us to knock it off or we'll get the axe. I'd be fine if she & I were being unproductive or he was actually being a GOOD manager, but the truth is that I sold 3 pounds of the mahogany roast & he kept on forgetting about/fucking up everybody's orders. He actually made Tenicia well up a little... I didn't even know such a phenomenon was possible! Steve's not even officially gone yet & I miss him already :(
I'm sitting in the Marvin Center right now watching Ugly Betty on my laptop. I just watched this season's premiere again & cried for the 3507230725th time at the scene where it's revealed that the fiancé is actually dead. It makes me miss § a.k.a. major hag.
I smell like coffee beans. I'm still not sure how I feel about this.
I want to go to England. Fuck, I still need to get un pasaporte. I'd like to go over summer vacation but I really want to get an internship and I don't think it sounds really good to ask for an entire week or 2 off during a project that only lasts 10 or so weeks. At least I get to go to Florida this spring break. This is called prioritizing, because Florida is more likely than England to sink sooner thanks to global warming. Nevertheless, I long for moors, castles, & Harrod's.
Ya basta, time for a nap.
12 February 2008
a blog, a blog, a server for my blog
Why did I create a blog? I really can't afford to have another distraction in my life.
Anyway, today was very cold. It didn't get above freezing all day and right now it's 20° outside. With any luck it will snow tomorrow.
I'm listening to The White Stripes right now through the headphones that Frontier Airlines gives out for free on their flights. I can understand why: they give me a headache and the cord keeps on popping out of the socket on my computer. The good news is that Frontier refunded my fare from when I missed my flight. The bad news is that they gave it back to me in credit, which means I have to fly their crappy airline again.
This summer looks like it's gonna be pretty fun. I saw the apartment I'm going to be living at, and it seems like a great place. Yvette & Erin are gonna be fun to live with. The apartment is only 2 blocks away from the University of Maryland, so hopefully I'll be able to take microeconomics there during the night and intern in the city during the day. I have a list of like 30 places that offer summer internships for which I am qualified, so hopefully I'll get at least ONE. If not, looks like I'll be Caribou's bitch full-time through the end of August.
Jared's tossing & turning keeps on shaking the bunk bed, but I'm gonna try going to sleep anyway.
Anyway, today was very cold. It didn't get above freezing all day and right now it's 20° outside. With any luck it will snow tomorrow.
I'm listening to The White Stripes right now through the headphones that Frontier Airlines gives out for free on their flights. I can understand why: they give me a headache and the cord keeps on popping out of the socket on my computer. The good news is that Frontier refunded my fare from when I missed my flight. The bad news is that they gave it back to me in credit, which means I have to fly their crappy airline again.
This summer looks like it's gonna be pretty fun. I saw the apartment I'm going to be living at, and it seems like a great place. Yvette & Erin are gonna be fun to live with. The apartment is only 2 blocks away from the University of Maryland, so hopefully I'll be able to take microeconomics there during the night and intern in the city during the day. I have a list of like 30 places that offer summer internships for which I am qualified, so hopefully I'll get at least ONE. If not, looks like I'll be Caribou's bitch full-time through the end of August.
Jared's tossing & turning keeps on shaking the bunk bed, but I'm gonna try going to sleep anyway.
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