so i feel like it's almost midnight and my carriage is about to turn back into a pumpkin. that's the only way to describe how i feel. maybe it's just because the school year is about to end, and maybe i just have a lot of anxieties, but i feel like something in my life is about to bring me down hardcore.
i wish i had the humility that i had in high school. linda always told me that i need to stop being so overly rational and to let myself enjoy life. i've tried to do that this year, but right now i'm just feeling like my old, excessively calculative self.
i'm really jealous of the kids here at gw whose hometowns are close enough to here that they can drive home, at least on long weekends. this summer's going to be hard: truly i am going to be "on my own", since i won't have gw's red tape to create my world for me. i'm trying to whether if i really hated thousand oaks as much as i remember hating it, because right now, it looks like i won't be there from may 26 until thanksgiving.
so i guess what i'm trying to say is that, as always, i don't know what i want. even when i have it, i wonder if i had actually wanted something else all along. i could really use a hug right now.
30 April 2008
29 April 2008
so my birthday thing is next week
...and while it was supposed to be just a simple going out to dinner and a club, it has turned into waaaaaay too much work because i have to figure out how many people to make the reservation for. 30 people said "yes" on facebook but i know a lot of them aren't gonna turn up (or are just going to the club and not to the restaurant) so it's really frustrating because i don't know how many to make the reservation for. ugh, why do my birthdays always turn into such hassles?
hmm... i think i'm gonna go with stephie's idea and make the reservation for 20, and if there's too many well that's too bad for those people. i mean, 20 is still a huge number of guests. damn, i need to call and make this reservation before it's too late!
conclusion: if you are reading this, PLEASE tell me whether you're coming or not. and leave your name (your anonymous comments don't help me, sorry). :)
oh, and i went to this hip hop concert thing w/ pammy, stephie and kathleen tonight. it was kinda fun i guess, even though i proved myself to be the whitest person on the face of the planet. hah.
hmm... i think i'm gonna go with stephie's idea and make the reservation for 20, and if there's too many well that's too bad for those people. i mean, 20 is still a huge number of guests. damn, i need to call and make this reservation before it's too late!
conclusion: if you are reading this, PLEASE tell me whether you're coming or not. and leave your name (your anonymous comments don't help me, sorry). :)
oh, and i went to this hip hop concert thing w/ pammy, stephie and kathleen tonight. it was kinda fun i guess, even though i proved myself to be the whitest person on the face of the planet. hah.
17 April 2008
and maggie makes three
lisa: so why aren't there any pictures of maggie here?
homer: oh, i keep them where i need them the most.
some day, i will love someone enough to "do it for her". a partner, a child, a friend perhaps. but it's gonna happen.
and now for the question of the day: if you say you love someone to death, does that mean you love them enough to die?
homer: oh, i keep them where i need them the most.
↓ ↓ ↓
some day, i will love someone enough to "do it for her". a partner, a child, a friend perhaps. but it's gonna happen.
and now for the question of the day: if you say you love someone to death, does that mean you love them enough to die?
16 April 2008
okay, crisis averted.
i got this e-mail this morning:
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from Bethany Rogerson
to Michael Ross
date Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:09 AM
subject RE: Internship at LCV
I will double-check with Elizabeth (O'Connell), who you spoke with on Friday, but I can't imagine that that would be a problem. We're all excited to have you join us. Don't hesitate to ask questions if more come up. I'll get back to you later in the day to confirm about the class. Also, definitely feel free to call me Bethany!
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and then a little later on:
∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙
from Bethany Rogerson
to Michael Ross
date Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 10:44 AM
subject RE: Internship at LCV
I spoke to Elizabeth - not a problem.
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baller. i love it when everything falls into place so smoothly like this.
and looking at the kids i graduated from high school with on facebook just makes me even more anticipatory to live here over the summer.
∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙
from Bethany Rogerson
to Michael Ross
date Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:09 AM
subject RE: Internship at LCV
I will double-check with Elizabeth (O'Connell), who you spoke with on Friday, but I can't imagine that that would be a problem. We're all excited to have you join us. Don't hesitate to ask questions if more come up. I'll get back to you later in the day to confirm about the class. Also, definitely feel free to call me Bethany!
∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙
and then a little later on:
∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙
from Bethany Rogerson
to Michael Ross
date Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 10:44 AM
subject RE: Internship at LCV
I spoke to Elizabeth - not a problem.
∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙
baller. i love it when everything falls into place so smoothly like this.
and looking at the kids i graduated from high school with on facebook just makes me even more anticipatory to live here over the summer.
anth 001?
as great of an opportunity this upcoming internship of mine at lcv is, it's kind of a pain in the butt that it's mon.-fri. 9am-6pm which severely limits my ability to take summer school classes. (i'd take ones online but none of them are classes i need to take, and i'm not gonna waste my electives on internet courses.) anth 001 meets mon.-thu. 6-8pm at gwu (not umd) so i'm going to ask my supervisor if i can leave a few minutes early while that class is in session so i can make it to class on time. if i can't get in some credit hours over the summer then i may not be able to graduate when i want to which is a year early which means i'll have to waste even MORE money on this stupid overpriced school. fuck.
[end of rant]
[end of rant]
14 April 2008
yvette blogs more often than i do
so as the clash would say, this weekend totally rocked the casbah. on friday i found out that i got an internship at the league of conservation voters. it's a lobbyist group that pushes pro-environment legislation, which heck sounds a lot better than that lobbyist group i interviewed with up in greenbelt last week who worked for insurance groups. scary!!! i'm sure it will comprise a lot of paper-pushing but hopefully i can do some good so that we can avoid dying in our own filth and pollution. the good news is that it's paid so it will help defray some of the expenses of living in washington (er, college park) over the summer, but the bad news is that it starts may 27 which hardly leaves me with a summer at all!! luckily linda, allan and gina are all planning on coming to visit me in august, and at least most of the friends i've made in college are local (pammy, monica, lisa, christina, and obviously the crew i'm living with in college park). so in short, this summer is going to be kickass. :)
saturday was more interesting than awesome, i would say. we went to this semi-sketch mexican restaurant/lounge off the u st. metro where more guys outwardly hit on me than i think have ever before in my life. then this guy who was in yvette's spanish class last semester showed up shit-faced, drank $40 worth of alcohol and then bailed. the waiter then tried to stick yvette w/ the bill, but obviously she wasn't going to accept that shit so she called this guy back and he came back, but he still refused to pay. some people said that he then tried to push yvette down the stairs but i don't think that really happened, but they got into a big fight nevertheless. basically this all culminated w/ ras (one of the 4 managers i had while at the bou) took him outside and beat the shit out of him. he ripped her shirt, but she got him a lot worse: by the end of it all, he was gushing blood out of his head. (when yvette & i swung by on sat. morning to thank the restaurateurs & waitstaff, they told us that they saw him at 4 a.m. stumbling up & down w st. still gushing blood.) yvette talked on the phone w/ him fri. night after we got back to college park (i slept over because jared's girlfriend is visiting from ft lauderdale... lol) and he basically threatened her, saying that she'd "better watch out" when on campus. which is total bullshit, because not only is the law on her side but even someone as scrawny as i could easily take this guy down in a heartbeat. through and through, though, the night was a lot of fun, the restaurant served some pretty delicious food/drinks and even though i spent way too much $$$ it was worth it.
saturday night was also fun as well since we were celebrating pammy's birthday. we went to this yummy asian restaurant near farragut square even though i was having pretty bad allergies around that time. then we partied it up in gutheridge hall, where i hung out w/ this chick katy who's in my linguistics discussion section. basically, last week the rest of her discussion gave her flack for aspiring to be a housewife. shouldn't feminism be about choice??? it seems to me that, by telling women that they "have to" or "ought to" be career women is merely adjusting socially-prescribed, gender-based roles in society. i'm glad i stuck up for her in discussion, as it turns out that this girl katy is actually really cool. she's getting married at the end of may!!! best of luck to her.
but enough about her: today, i got a zipcar and drove pammy, monica and becca to tysons corner where she made 2 adorable "babies" at build-a-bear!!! she is already completely emotionally attached to them both. i'm actually quite proud of myself for not dying while driving on the east coast, but as it turns out it's even EASIER to drive here than back home, especially on the highways (what we call "freeways") since the exit signs advertise the name of the town or major attraction (clarendon, tysons corner, etc.) instad of the name of the overlapping road like in california (hampshire road, janss road, you get the idea). the notion of that will forever fascinate me. i was also a little late returning the zipcar but they waived the penalty fee since there were road blockages meaning it took me FOREVER to find where my car was parked in the 1st place (they moved it since the lot it's usually kept in was blocked off because of world bank meetings). i'm actually thus far enthralled with my zipcar membership and wish i had more opportunities to use it. :(
tomorrow is the 13th to last day of school. fortunately, because i have free time from quitting the bou i only have one paper left to write. but i NEED to do well on these final exams to make up for my lackluster midterm grades (b+, b+, b-, and c+)!!
realizations over this weekend regarding i am like how i was in high school:
1. i spend a significantly larger amount of money on my friends/family members for their birthdays than i do in myself in general.
2. i am a member of multiple cliques; this is how so many people know me. (the difference is that, now, i don't think this is such a bad thing.)
finally, my classes for next semester:
1. international politics
2. environmental policy (i guess this will go well w/ my internship, lol)
3. death & dying (special topics course for my sociology minor)
4. advanced spanish grammar
5. something about evolution & primates that i need for my science requirement, but i don't really remember because i'm tired :(
saturday was more interesting than awesome, i would say. we went to this semi-sketch mexican restaurant/lounge off the u st. metro where more guys outwardly hit on me than i think have ever before in my life. then this guy who was in yvette's spanish class last semester showed up shit-faced, drank $40 worth of alcohol and then bailed. the waiter then tried to stick yvette w/ the bill, but obviously she wasn't going to accept that shit so she called this guy back and he came back, but he still refused to pay. some people said that he then tried to push yvette down the stairs but i don't think that really happened, but they got into a big fight nevertheless. basically this all culminated w/ ras (one of the 4 managers i had while at the bou) took him outside and beat the shit out of him. he ripped her shirt, but she got him a lot worse: by the end of it all, he was gushing blood out of his head. (when yvette & i swung by on sat. morning to thank the restaurateurs & waitstaff, they told us that they saw him at 4 a.m. stumbling up & down w st. still gushing blood.) yvette talked on the phone w/ him fri. night after we got back to college park (i slept over because jared's girlfriend is visiting from ft lauderdale... lol) and he basically threatened her, saying that she'd "better watch out" when on campus. which is total bullshit, because not only is the law on her side but even someone as scrawny as i could easily take this guy down in a heartbeat. through and through, though, the night was a lot of fun, the restaurant served some pretty delicious food/drinks and even though i spent way too much $$$ it was worth it.
saturday night was also fun as well since we were celebrating pammy's birthday. we went to this yummy asian restaurant near farragut square even though i was having pretty bad allergies around that time. then we partied it up in gutheridge hall, where i hung out w/ this chick katy who's in my linguistics discussion section. basically, last week the rest of her discussion gave her flack for aspiring to be a housewife. shouldn't feminism be about choice??? it seems to me that, by telling women that they "have to" or "ought to" be career women is merely adjusting socially-prescribed, gender-based roles in society. i'm glad i stuck up for her in discussion, as it turns out that this girl katy is actually really cool. she's getting married at the end of may!!! best of luck to her.
but enough about her: today, i got a zipcar and drove pammy, monica and becca to tysons corner where she made 2 adorable "babies" at build-a-bear!!! she is already completely emotionally attached to them both. i'm actually quite proud of myself for not dying while driving on the east coast, but as it turns out it's even EASIER to drive here than back home, especially on the highways (what we call "freeways") since the exit signs advertise the name of the town or major attraction (clarendon, tysons corner, etc.) instad of the name of the overlapping road like in california (hampshire road, janss road, you get the idea). the notion of that will forever fascinate me. i was also a little late returning the zipcar but they waived the penalty fee since there were road blockages meaning it took me FOREVER to find where my car was parked in the 1st place (they moved it since the lot it's usually kept in was blocked off because of world bank meetings). i'm actually thus far enthralled with my zipcar membership and wish i had more opportunities to use it. :(
tomorrow is the 13th to last day of school. fortunately, because i have free time from quitting the bou i only have one paper left to write. but i NEED to do well on these final exams to make up for my lackluster midterm grades (b+, b+, b-, and c+)!!
realizations over this weekend regarding i am like how i was in high school:
1. i spend a significantly larger amount of money on my friends/family members for their birthdays than i do in myself in general.
2. i am a member of multiple cliques; this is how so many people know me. (the difference is that, now, i don't think this is such a bad thing.)
finally, my classes for next semester:
1. international politics
2. environmental policy (i guess this will go well w/ my internship, lol)
3. death & dying (special topics course for my sociology minor)
4. advanced spanish grammar
5. something about evolution & primates that i need for my science requirement, but i don't really remember because i'm tired :(
08 April 2008
greetings from college park!
basically i am stranded in college park for the night at yvette & erin's apartment because i came up here for dinner and i missed the last train out of the college park metro stop. the problem is i need to be back at my dorm by 7 a.m. to register which means i have to wake up at 5:30 (aka in 4 hours) and take either the umd shuttle or a wmata bus to a metro stop to get back to gwu. i'd register here at yvette & erin's apt. but yvette's computer is painfully slow and erin's keyboard is missing the 9 key which is fairly essential for entering in crn's. plus i don't remember what i'm taking since i decided to be a public policy major (yes, i'm serious this time) and i realized from that that i don't need economics because i took history instead (er, well, i got out of it b/c of ap exams) and my list of hopeful courses is on my computer which is at gwu. the scary thing is that i'm registering for my 4th to last real (aka not summer) semester of college, aleady, since i am indeed graduating in may 2010.
in spite of all this drama and commotion, i am more motivated than ever to live here over the summer. ventura county is a pitstain, and as joe goldman once so beautifully put it, it's the "kentucky of california". so let's just say this summer in maryland is going to be great. so let's just say i'm about 95% sure i'll be here over the summer...? (you can tell since i can type in the 9 who's computer i'm on at the moment) so i think i'm going with my original plan and will be in california from may 10 until around the 28th (since umd summer term starts june 2). i'm also hopefully going to be back for thanksgiving. and christmas, of course.
hey, with all the effort i put into applying for internships, it had BETTER pay off in me getting one. the good news is that i have 2 phone interviews tomorrow and an in-person one on thursday (i won't reveal the organizations' names, i don't want to jinx it for myself). i had a job interview last week for a retail management position but i'm skeptical that i got the position. if all else fails, i can always become a macy's bitch at p.g. plaza!!
i need to go to bed now if there's any chance of me waking up tomorrow to find my way back from the ocean state.
happy 21st birthday, yvette!!
in spite of all this drama and commotion, i am more motivated than ever to live here over the summer. ventura county is a pitstain, and as joe goldman once so beautifully put it, it's the "kentucky of california". so let's just say this summer in maryland is going to be great. so let's just say i'm about 95% sure i'll be here over the summer...? (you can tell since i can type in the 9 who's computer i'm on at the moment) so i think i'm going with my original plan and will be in california from may 10 until around the 28th (since umd summer term starts june 2). i'm also hopefully going to be back for thanksgiving. and christmas, of course.
hey, with all the effort i put into applying for internships, it had BETTER pay off in me getting one. the good news is that i have 2 phone interviews tomorrow and an in-person one on thursday (i won't reveal the organizations' names, i don't want to jinx it for myself). i had a job interview last week for a retail management position but i'm skeptical that i got the position. if all else fails, i can always become a macy's bitch at p.g. plaza!!
i need to go to bed now if there's any chance of me waking up tomorrow to find my way back from the ocean state.
happy 21st birthday, yvette!!
03 April 2008
jacqueline bouvier kennedy onassis hall 802
that's right, bitches. beasley and i got our 1st choice for housing. and we are going to party. it. UP. actually, we're gonna have to party it down, since we're gonna be on the top floor aka the penthouse.
anyway, i NEED to know if i got accepted into the seminar at the inst. for humane studies!!! the suspense is killing me and apparently i won't know until the middle of this month. if i get in (and i am certainly not hopeful or holding my breath), that will set up a lot of my summer automatically: i'll go home on may 10, take some classes at community college, then come back for the seminar in mid-july (at which housing is provided to me for free) and spend the rest of the summer living in this very reasonably priced apartment in silver spring.
and if i DON'T get in, kill me now, for that means i have to either shell out nearly $1,500 to live in college park, or worse, spend my summer in california. (it sounds ideal until i tell you the story about what my hometown is like.) either way, i still need an effing JOB. and it doesn't help that this is the 11th hour! :(
i'm actually considering being a public policy major, instead of international development. thoughts? at any rate, the courses i'm lined up to take next semester fulfill requirements for other path:
economics 12 (microeconomics)
i also FINALLY got around to going to rice hall yesterday and had my adv. placement scores put on my transcript. those alone will mean i can graduate a semester early, & w/ summer school classes i can graduate a full year early. fuck!! i still need to figure out what i'm gonna do w/ my life!!
i'm off to find food... i can't wait until i live closer to the marvin center...
anyway, i NEED to know if i got accepted into the seminar at the inst. for humane studies!!! the suspense is killing me and apparently i won't know until the middle of this month. if i get in (and i am certainly not hopeful or holding my breath), that will set up a lot of my summer automatically: i'll go home on may 10, take some classes at community college, then come back for the seminar in mid-july (at which housing is provided to me for free) and spend the rest of the summer living in this very reasonably priced apartment in silver spring.
and if i DON'T get in, kill me now, for that means i have to either shell out nearly $1,500 to live in college park, or worse, spend my summer in california. (it sounds ideal until i tell you the story about what my hometown is like.) either way, i still need an effing JOB. and it doesn't help that this is the 11th hour! :(
i'm actually considering being a public policy major, instead of international development. thoughts? at any rate, the courses i'm lined up to take next semester fulfill requirements for other path:
economics 12 (microeconomics)
- sect. 10 @ wed fri 9:35-10:25
- sect. 35 @ mon 3:55-4:45
- sect. 13 @ mon 11:00-11:50
- sect. 10 @ tue thu 12:45-2:00
- sect. 10 @ tue thu 11:10-12:25
- sect. 10 @ mon 2:20-3:35 & wed 3:45-5:00
- sect. 10 @ tue thu 2:20-3:35
i also FINALLY got around to going to rice hall yesterday and had my adv. placement scores put on my transcript. those alone will mean i can graduate a semester early, & w/ summer school classes i can graduate a full year early. fuck!! i still need to figure out what i'm gonna do w/ my life!!
i'm off to find food... i can't wait until i live closer to the marvin center...
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