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I'm still here
Feb. 14th, 2008 | 12:55 am
It's the morning of valentine's day.
I'm finishing a short (1500 word) paper on Hitler's role in the Holocaust
And listening to Slayer's 1986 classic album "Reign in Blood"
life is...the same as its been but Irony is fun
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Nov. 20th, 2007 | 02:37 pm
I am completely screwed. I had to skip classes today to submit a paper by the end of the night and my internal network card is fried so I can't use the internet (ethernet) in my dorm room, but wireless works for now in commons
And I have 8 days to research for the huge paper that I haven't started. Since I'm going home this weekend that number is now 2
And I have 8 days to research for the huge paper that I haven't started. Since I'm going home this weekend that number is now 2
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Nov. 8th, 2007 | 09:34 am
I get to spend my birthday debating in Rochester next weekend (yay), now to figure out how to write the paper and briefs (uh oh)
Prelim spring schedule
Mondays- nothing!
Tuesday- 7:25 to 8:15- American Civil Liberties
9:35 to 10:25- History of the Holocaust
11:45 to 1:30- Constitutional History since 1877
3:00-4:55- History of American Education
6:15- 8ish- debate
Wednesday- 4:05-7:10- American Science Fiction
Thursday- 7:25 to 9:20: American Civil Liberties
9:35 to 10:25- History of the Holocaust
12:50 to 1:30- Constitutional History since 1877
4:05-4:55- History of American Education
Friday- 10:40 to 11:30- History of the Holocaust discussion section
When I resolve things with an advisor about adding history practicum/dropping conditioning I might remove either the constitutional history or the education history
Still need to add credit for debate
Prelim spring schedule
Mondays- nothing!
Tuesday- 7:25 to 8:15- American Civil Liberties
9:35 to 10:25- History of the Holocaust
11:45 to 1:30- Constitutional History since 1877
3:00-4:55- History of American Education
6:15- 8ish- debate
Wednesday- 4:05-7:10- American Science Fiction
Thursday- 7:25 to 9:20: American Civil Liberties
9:35 to 10:25- History of the Holocaust
12:50 to 1:30- Constitutional History since 1877
4:05-4:55- History of American Education
Friday- 10:40 to 11:30- History of the Holocaust discussion section
When I resolve things with an advisor about adding history practicum/dropping conditioning I might remove either the constitutional history or the education history
Still need to add credit for debate
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welcome to hell month again
Nov. 3rd, 2007 | 09:34 pm
mood: bad overall
music: Serj Tankian: Empty Walls
2 small papers due this week, one large one due before thanksgiving, one larger one due after thanksgiving
Briefs due November 19
Have to drop Conditioning because I've missed many more classes due to illness (unexcused because I didn't go to the clinic) than I am allowed to make up
Lots of debate work to do to as well, but that isn't bad and it helps (made it to semifinals at the last tournament :) )
Registration in 5 days and hopefully this time there will be open slots for the classes I want, ideal schedule is: American Civil Liberties, History of the Holocaust, History Practicum, Southern Politics, Intercollegiate Forensics (credit for debate), Weight Training 1, and American Science Fiction Honors (I already have this one)
I turn 20 in two weeks, woo
Briefs due November 19
Have to drop Conditioning because I've missed many more classes due to illness (unexcused because I didn't go to the clinic) than I am allowed to make up
Lots of debate work to do to as well, but that isn't bad and it helps (made it to semifinals at the last tournament :) )
Registration in 5 days and hopefully this time there will be open slots for the classes I want, ideal schedule is: American Civil Liberties, History of the Holocaust, History Practicum, Southern Politics, Intercollegiate Forensics (credit for debate), Weight Training 1, and American Science Fiction Honors (I already have this one)
I turn 20 in two weeks, woo
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no debate this time
Oct. 4th, 2007 | 06:41 pm
mood: upset
gastroenteritis+onset of a really bad cold+temporary inability to feel blood sugar symptoms=not going to vegas this weekend :(
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pain>nothing at all, but no pain >>>this pain!
Oct. 3rd, 2007 | 12:55 am
music: Iron Maiden: The Clairvoyant
Good- debate tournament in vegas this weekend
Bad- flights to/from vegas=3 hour jet lag and missing "mandatory extra credit lecture", missing D&D game but the DM can easily write me out this week (got turned to stone and sold so I had to build a new character)
Really bad- Quiz on a book the day I get back, midterm first thing in the morning wednesday I get back and conditioning midterm later that day,midterm thursday I get back, messed up sleep patterns and put off bloodwork far too long
Just under two weeks until I get the big paper for Con Law. Writing that and the big paper for America in the Fifties Honors in about 1 month time=PAIN Minipapers and reading is adding up. Need free time to play guitar and wii
Current difficulty sleeping is not helping either
On an unrelated note, why would a history teacher ask this question of a quiz about the book Cry, The Beloved Country: "Who is Pamela Anderson currently getting married to?"
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Aug. 15th, 2007 | 04:57 pm
debate camp was fun. Had an incompetent partner and went 1-6 in the camp tournament but I learned a lot about debate and the middle east. Also learned to appreciate my regular partner a lot more.
Went to a nightclub for the first time, fun but somewhat uncomfortable.
Started playing WOW but I don't like it enough to get stupidly addicted to it.
Can't wait to go back to gainesville and debate/study/play dungeons and dragons
Went to a nightclub for the first time, fun but somewhat uncomfortable.
Started playing WOW but I don't like it enough to get stupidly addicted to it.
Can't wait to go back to gainesville and debate/study/play dungeons and dragons
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done with my job
Jul. 29th, 2007 | 11:59 am
music: Metallica: Master of Puppets
finally, no more 8 hour days on the job making collections calls, here were some of the more odd calls I recieved (no names because I don't remember and if I did it would probably be illegal to post them)
1. A voice message that began: "hey you stupid f***ing bill collectors...(lots of profanity) if you call me again I will make you pay my cell phone bill.
2. A guy insisting that he only owed $200 even though he charged more than that to his card and didn't pay that amount back but he didn't file paperwork disputing the rest.
3. Female saying she won't pay because of the high interest rates and fees after she was late on payments, wouldn't accept a plan reducing the APR by 9% because it 'would still be too high', seemed to get angry when I told her what happens if she kept refusing to pay (3rd party collectors and/or lawsuits)
4. A guy insisting he wasn't behind and sent a payment in july, but refused to tell me when he sent one or how much it was for. Then he said he wanted to get sued for the balance (roughly 800) plus 320 in fees and an uncalculatable amount of interest (not his words)
5. "I don't care about my credit I'm dying of cancer" (her words)
A coworker had one with "I'm not going to pay because I'm waiting on the results of my murder trial" (not even the manager knew how to respond to that)
1. A voice message that began: "hey you stupid f***ing bill collectors...(lots of profanity) if you call me again I will make you pay my cell phone bill.
2. A guy insisting that he only owed $200 even though he charged more than that to his card and didn't pay that amount back but he didn't file paperwork disputing the rest.
3. Female saying she won't pay because of the high interest rates and fees after she was late on payments, wouldn't accept a plan reducing the APR by 9% because it 'would still be too high', seemed to get angry when I told her what happens if she kept refusing to pay (3rd party collectors and/or lawsuits)
4. A guy insisting he wasn't behind and sent a payment in july, but refused to tell me when he sent one or how much it was for. Then he said he wanted to get sued for the balance (roughly 800) plus 320 in fees and an uncalculatable amount of interest (not his words)
5. "I don't care about my credit I'm dying of cancer" (her words)
A coworker had one with "I'm not going to pay because I'm waiting on the results of my murder trial" (not even the manager knew how to respond to that)
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harry potter thoughts
Jul. 21st, 2007 | 02:48 am
finished a speed read of deathly hallows...holy crap
no one would expect the series to end like this based on Sorceror's Stone
some of my predictions were right and some were not
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1 week until we know
Jul. 13th, 2007 | 05:43 pm
music: weird al: white and nerdy
predictions for HP 7:
Harry is a horcrux and has to die in order to finish off Voldemort. However he will live on in spirit as Harry Weasly, with Neville as godfather and Molly as a grandmother
Percy will become a death eater
Snape is loyal to the order and had agreed to kill Albus
others to come later,
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Jun. 29th, 2007 | 10:40 pm
mood: varying but usually sad
strange supreme court decisions regarding the first amendment and desegregation
Tragic double murder/suicide of one of the best wrestlers ever where the details get even more bizarre by the day
White house attempting to achieve dictatorial powers
getting even more difficult accounts at work
trying to learn electric guitar
this has been one hell of a week, most of it not good
Tragic double murder/suicide of one of the best wrestlers ever where the details get even more bizarre by the day
White house attempting to achieve dictatorial powers
getting even more difficult accounts at work
trying to learn electric guitar
this has been one hell of a week, most of it not good
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Jun. 25th, 2007 | 06:15 pm
I really do not want to go to work tomorrow, but I have no choice. 25 days I have left to work there
First guitar lesson today, it was fun but my left wrist needs to gain strength and flexibility
Weigel is probably inordinately happy at the Morse v. Frederick ruling (schools can punish student speech if it 'advocates criminal activity').
Still too much time before HP 7 and ADI
First guitar lesson today, it was fun but my left wrist needs to gain strength and flexibility
Weigel is probably inordinately happy at the Morse v. Frederick ruling (schools can punish student speech if it 'advocates criminal activity').
Still too much time before HP 7 and ADI
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Jun. 21st, 2007 | 09:33 pm
watched a documentary called "Maxxed out" about how evil the credit card industry really is. My job isn't at that level luckily but I don't want to work there once this summer ends
on mondays until ADI I will be taking electric guitar lessons, if I like it and can actually play it hopefully I can continue in gainesville
I wonder if debt collection agencies are LN, LE, or NE for the purposes of designing a dungeons and dragons campaign involving them (I'd have to be DM and not use some of my sourcebooks but it could be an interesting adventure)
on mondays until ADI I will be taking electric guitar lessons, if I like it and can actually play it hopefully I can continue in gainesville
I wonder if debt collection agencies are LN, LE, or NE for the purposes of designing a dungeons and dragons campaign involving them (I'd have to be DM and not use some of my sourcebooks but it could be an interesting adventure)
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Jun. 15th, 2007 | 09:33 pm
remember a line in the original shrek from the robin hood song: "that's bad, that's bad it's really really bad"
best description of the new fantastic 4 movie possible
best description of the new fantastic 4 movie possible
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Jun. 9th, 2007 | 04:41 am
mood: partially relieved
facebook stat: how do people have fond memories of middle school? mabye my experience just sucked or they have convinced themselves Loggers Run middle was actually a good place, no idea how
tuesday morning is going to be horrible, wake up probably 6:45 to get to work at 8AM when right now I fall asleep after 5 AM
Roomate results are pretty good, one with no facebook info, one with a guide dog, and a nuclear engineering major who apparently has diabtetes and likes to watch O'Reilly. this shall be a fun year
why did I think July 21 was Sunday, not Saturday. Hopefully I can arrange with my supervisor or manager to work the 22 so I can bask in the glory of Harry Potter 7
still too long until the end of July, I gotta get out somehow
tuesday morning is going to be horrible, wake up probably 6:45 to get to work at 8AM when right now I fall asleep after 5 AM
Roomate results are pretty good, one with no facebook info, one with a guide dog, and a nuclear engineering major who apparently has diabtetes and likes to watch O'Reilly. this shall be a fun year
why did I think July 21 was Sunday, not Saturday. Hopefully I can arrange with my supervisor or manager to work the 22 so I can bask in the glory of Harry Potter 7
still too long until the end of July, I gotta get out somehow
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work data
Jun. 4th, 2007 | 10:41 pm
one day (roughly three hours on call)
35 no answer/busy
43 answering machines
6 third parties
6 wrong numbers
3 actual cardholders
1 payment
1 instance of frank luck
too many days until the next harry potter and Arizona
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I need a new computer in a couple years
May. 19th, 2007 | 04:13 am
http://pc.ign.com/articles/788/788627p1.h
Starcraft 2. Enough said
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back and boredish
May. 6th, 2007 | 07:09 pm
well, the family drama is back in full force, I'm doing my best to avoid it
I might have a job at Publix soon, hopefully tomorrow's interview will go well
mostly I've been replaying Shadow Hearts: Covenant, one of the best games ever made
in the music world: 9 days until United Abominations by Megadeth is released, and 19 days until Weird Al in concert at Pompano. Hopefully I will be able to get the album and go to the concert.
still no open slot in American Constitutional Law, so it goes
I might have a job at Publix soon, hopefully tomorrow's interview will go well
mostly I've been replaying Shadow Hearts: Covenant, one of the best games ever made
in the music world: 9 days until United Abominations by Megadeth is released, and 19 days until Weird Al in concert at Pompano. Hopefully I will be able to get the album and go to the concert.
still no open slot in American Constitutional Law, so it goes
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May. 3rd, 2007 | 12:32 am
location: the pit
music: Disturbed: I'm alive
exams done! now to pack and reflect
Final grades unless there is a major change:
Writing in pre-law honors: A
Microbiology for nonmajors: C (should have taken the easy way out of bio requirements)
Human Sexuality: B (worse than I expected but I did the final in 1/8 the alloted time with my roomate watching supertroopers)
Race Law: B+ or A (better than I expected)
This puts my final GPA at either 3.5 or 3.45, not too bad but it could have been much better
next semester my schedule has been reworked to speech lab (1 credit for debate), intro to interpersonal communication, American Civil Liberties, Israeli Society, America in the Fifties Honors, and Modern Conservatism. The only thing I might change is replace American Civil Liberties with American Constitutional Law. Combine that reading load with debate research and it will be fun.
One hell of a contradiction when I say I will get out more and then have that kind of schedule. hello academic pain!
Final grades unless there is a major change:
Writing in pre-law honors: A
Microbiology for nonmajors: C (should have taken the easy way out of bio requirements)
Human Sexuality: B (worse than I expected but I did the final in 1/8 the alloted time with my roomate watching supertroopers)
Race Law: B+ or A (better than I expected)
This puts my final GPA at either 3.5 or 3.45, not too bad but it could have been much better
next semester my schedule has been reworked to speech lab (1 credit for debate), intro to interpersonal communication, American Civil Liberties, Israeli Society, America in the Fifties Honors, and Modern Conservatism. The only thing I might change is replace American Civil Liberties with American Constitutional Law. Combine that reading load with debate research and it will be fun.
One hell of a contradiction when I say I will get out more and then have that kind of schedule. hello academic pain!
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As if I needed another reason to
May. 1st, 2007 | 03:32 pm
mood: WTF
http://www.islet.org/forum/messages/4788
"less painful and easier to comply with for these young patients"
! I can't think of any sarcastic comment on the level of how absolutely ridiculous that statement is.
"less painful and easier to comply with for these young patients"
! I can't think of any sarcastic comment on the level of how absolutely ridiculous that statement is.