December 12, 1999: almost done in by a beeti'll get into that later.but foist, update stuffs... so i emailed my cmu teacher about the class he's teaching next quarter. by the time i wrote him, the class filled up. and he wrote back to tell me that the waiting list was long and lalala, to look for the class in another quarter. :P that leads me to my winter schedule! see, i was conflicted about taking my final prereq for psych cuz i just didn't like what was available with my current schedule. but i decided that i've been messing around long enough here, so i enrolled myself in that final psych class, cognitive psychology. doesn't that sound fun? *haw* but i'm happy cuz i'm finishing up and because my schedule is finally done, with only a one-hour break on friday. *weee* i bought my text book also, it was USED and untouched! someone like me must have owned it before. *LOL* monday: i went to math section with my completed blue book and class was mostly review stuff. but i did find out that this guy next to me, whom i've worked with a few times..was a junior like me. that was interesting. had i known, i would have talked more to him or something...i just accepted the fact that i was prolly the oldest (or one of them) one in this class. *shrug* i met up with annie, who had to see her TA @ 3pm (it was 2.30). so we went to the HUB to get lunch and waited there. after they were through talking, we went over to wilson's dorm. but remember i was mad at him for saturday (see last update)? so i spent most of my time talking to mike and jim. and when i DID talk to weese, i was pretty mean. *d'awww* we went to dinner at mcmahon and then he drove annie and me home. he and i had a concert to go to that night as well. i decided to drive cuz i didn't want to walk, so i picked him up and apologized for my behavior earlier that day. and we're coo. :) we were late meeting mike for the concert because of the parking garage. he actually showed up. *L* the concert was a big choir. with an organ. i don't like organs. i don't really like choirs. so i didn't enjoy this performance that much. :P~ weese skipped out at the intermission because he had something else to do. after the concert, mike turned in his scantron and went off to gould to finish his paper...and i went home to sleep! it was 10pm. tuesday: it was the final cmu lecture of the quarter. you know, he was one of the best professors i've ever had. actually, he was the best one, now that i really think about it. i just hope he teaches other classes in the quarters to come. the final exam for this class was gonna be on friday. in math section we had a quiz. but we had a lot of other things to do as well. did i tell you about my second midterm score? it was better than my first. quel surprise! i blanked on the first question of the quiz, but everything else i'm sure i got right, so it'll be a good quiz score. i went over to meesh's so we could watch last tuesday's buffy. you know the one where she and spike were gonna get married? anyways..it was a good episode. i particularly thought it was funny when spike wanted to watch 'the telly' because it was time for passions. i called wilson to check if he was going to music class. (we should because it was review) and he brought up going to lunch. and i ate chicken strips! i've been craving them for about a year now. and they were goooooood. we said goo-bye to meesh and went to lecture. thankfully they handed us review sheets for the final (wednesday, 15th). it was kind of distracting to have this girl-woman in front of us though..she kept on interupting us. i mean, when she did..she told us 'useful' information. such as the review sheet was basically all you had to read for the exam. but then it got annoying. when weese and i were talking about another final he had..she thought we were talking about this class, so she told us it was on wednesday. i mean, hello? quit listening to our conversation, thanks. :P and tonight was a concert with Janos Starker. he's one of the world's best cello players, and one of the last as well. but lemme tell you something that pissed me off! while in music class, we were told that ticket sales for this performance were better than expected and since our group was 'easiest and quickest' to reach..then WE had to watch the performance on a big TV in Kane, rather than go to the real thing. that's just lame. for 1) the performance was a notecard event. i have a notecard, let me in. 2) why is this class getting the shaft? the purpose of the class is to give everyone the opportunity to experience different kinds of music. we've heard a violin-viola duet, opera singer, two choirs, wind ensemble...and i've waited SO LONG to have a full orchestra. and just when the chance comes, they want to prevent me from going? (okay i'm just gonna ramble on here...) and also, the class was set up so that performances would have the 'full' effect. but now they didn't need us..so then they just toss us aside? that's just lame! weese and i were pretty annoyed by it. so we were gonna be defiant and go to the real thing AND take larry with us. ha ha! i drove us there and then we went into the music hall first. luckily everything was still general seating. once we secured our seats, wilson and i ran off to kane to turn in our scantrons. when we came back we saw some people with signs directing the music 185 clas to go to kane. we just walked right by them. but when we got to the door, the ticket woman READ our tickets (which said 'notecard'). she instantly thought we were in the class and ordered us to go the kane. but then another woman came by and ASKED us if we were IN the class, and we said NO...so then we were let in. Ha HA! janossssssss-ah! wasn't performing until after the intermission. but the music before was really good. of course wilson wanted things loud and fast, which is why 'the enchanted lake' didn't hold his attention. i think 'enchanted rapids' would have been better suited for him. ;P then it was time for janossssssss-ah! he, of course, was incredible. his career spans 60years with many many honors. and it was wonderful. i would have been so deprived if i was watching it through cables in the other room. i feel very fortunate to have experienced it the way it was meant to be. and once my grade for this class is complete, i'm gonna email the professor about how unfair it was to have the class watch it on television. wednesday: i didn't even have to go to class today because my only class was review. but i went and he posted our grades (which weren't complete) but i'm happy to say that i'm sitting on an 88.5% and to have a 4.0 in the class i only need a 93%...i think i can make it. *BG* jennie and i left early though. i went to help meesh move some of her things home. she was self-conscious because everyone was staring at her and saying, "oh, she's moving out." but i thought it was funny because things kept falling off the cart. *LOL* jim stopped to talk for a little bit. meesh was picked up and then i went over to wilson's. we went to REI to look at stuff and buy weird foods they had there. we bought a zebra bar, which was very doughy-floury and it actually made my stomach hurt. *LOL* i bought HIM one of those gel-paks bikers eat (slurp?) cuz i wanted to see him eat it. *L* for ME, i bought these cookies with chocolate in the middle...they were pretty good, heh. weese didn't eat the goo stuff cuz the package suggested consuming it with water which we didn't have. another time then. he took me home afterwards. that night i didn't go to the last concert because it was lar and my one-year. we spent it quietly together. couldn't really do anything since it was a weekday and all, but it was alright. (one year!) thursday: my first day of no class! everyone made plans the night before, after the concert, so i had no choice but to go along with them. *chuckle* we got an early start @ noon.... but it was lost because we went to see "fight club" right off. and that movie was over two hours. and it was really really weird. but it was better than i thought it would be. the theatre we were in was very ghetto though. *LOL* we were SUPPOSED to go by the dorms to check on mike and jim to see what they were doing, but somehow we ended up going to red robin to eat. *d'oh* the service there wasn't that great. 1) they gave us this table next to the window separating us and the kitchen. 2) the table next to us had shoved OUR table over for their stroller, so there wasn't any room to sit. it was their responsibility to make sure that things were in order before we got there. and 3) the girl was an idiot. well, when we were lead to our table, i asked if we could get another one, preferably a booth, but they said that that area wasn't being used cuz those servers were off. fair enough. as for the stroller, i pointed it out (apparently the girl didn't NOTICE that there was NO room to sit) and she had the woman move it. stroller woman made this whiny face but complied. aren't strollers supposed to fold down anyways? *shrug* then WE had to pull our table over to make more room. *snork* and since we had separate checks, i made sure to write each person's name on it had our credit cards all together. she came out in a huff, saying that we had to say which went with which card. i pointed out the names written at the top of the check and the names on the credit cards and she felt dumb. well, i didn't mean to be mean about it but i guess i was pretty blunt. then we went to the dorms and jim was mad (not really) that we left him and stuff. hung out til annie and nelson had to go do stuffs at 5pm. and then i went to taco time with weese, jim, and mike. they dropped me off @ 6pm. lar hung out while i studied some more for my cmu final. friday: i didn't wake up as early as i had liked...9am. and that's only because i was being retarded. and then annie called me so there went some more time. i got there early enough and talked with moani before class. there was no use in trying to read/study more, i thought. the exam was fine. same as the other ones, which worries me... since i did good the first time (52/60) and bad the second time (45/60). my first paper sucked (65/90..i can't remember the curve) and i didn't pick up my paper the day before..so i didn't know.. i stood in this massive line to get my paper back. i admit it, i did cut. but those people in the back were never gonna get to the front because people kept coming in the front. *shrug* i got 82/90..yessssssss! i went back to the dorms (my, i went there a lot). i woke mike up...weese was going to lunch with cindy..and i went to lunch with jim. and he made fun of my pokemon knowledge. :P i mean, who doesn't know that pikachu's attacks are thundershock and agility? *LOL* that jiggly-puff's song puts them to sleep? that bulbasaur has vine whip and that leaf attack? that poly-whirl has something similar? *chuckle* but hey, at least i got home in time for DAYS and passions. weeeeee. i also cleaned up the apartment because i haven't had time to do so earlier. jen was coming up this evening and i hoped to see her sometime while she was here. but i decided to stay in and study some more for my math final which was yesterday. (yes, i have a final on SATURDAY.) didn't study much, though. lar and i went out in search of food at 10pm. every place we wanted to go was closed, so we ended up at the outback steakhouse. we ordered cheese fries and the bloomin' onion, which was SO good! we took the rest home. stopped off at hollywood video and rented "shakespeare in love" and "200 cigarettes." we also walked across to dick's to get ice cream! "200 cigarettes" wasn't all that great so we put the other movie in. i thought "shakespeare in love" was very good. and it was interesting how they interpretted a few things..such as (lar told me this) how marlowe helped shakespeare write some of his plays, etc. definitely something to watch again. and that fiennes guy..*ROWRRRRRRR* saturday: went shopping with weese, annie, and jennifer. but first we had to go to his dorm for him to take a shower. (see: lotsa weese) talked to mike and jim of course and then left for south center, where wilson bought things for himself. *L* ate at the food court (taco time)..and then wandered around. jen had to be at her car by 4pm and i had a final soon after, so we just went home. she gave me the best pokemon shirt! i'm gonna save it for when jim and i go see the movie. *heh* i did some last-minute studying. i paused while larry was looking at a problem for me, to make sure of the time and place of my exam....it was at FIVE O'CLOCK instead of FIVE-THIRTY!!!! crap, it was 4:20 when i realized this, so i just threw everything in my bag and drove off. it would have been horrible if i came late!! *EEEEEEEK* arrived in good time (yes, i drove again). i taped my notecards to my cheat sheet and waited. we all sat next to each other (jennie, ann, adam, and i) and took the exam. it was just LONG. really LONG. i finished it in just over an hour but went over a few things...i didn't think it was particularly difficult but the very last problem..i couldn't figure out. *grrrrrrr* i spent most of my time sitting there on it...and i still couldn't do it! *RAR* gave jennie a ride to her dorm and then went over to weese's once again. *LOL* jim told me he was selected to have a desk job at the end. what an opportunity! i talked pokemon with mike (charmander, charmeleon, and charizard)..waited for annie and nelson to arrive (they had with them "cruel intentions") and then i went home. i didn't know that the cd release party for jason webley was at another location, not his house...so i felt bad about not coming home sooner. hopes were dim of locating the place because lar and i didn't recognize any of the street names...and on our way back to the freeway and to home, we saw the street! and found the place! hooray! three-dollar cover. they had food...borscht(sp?) and many different kinds of bread..and kool-aid. we bought his new CD ($8) and also got henna on our hands (i took a pic) of a vegetable. (jason likes vegetables.) lar got a beet, and i got corn. when it was time for his set lar and i had good seats on the floor. we also recognized a few people from the night we sang backup for...so that was coo. and it was so cool! i enjoyed his slow songs the most because i could hear his lyrics, which are very good! he played what was on his CD for us..really really good. memorable moments? he had this green plastic wreath with two eyes and a mouth... it talked, sang, and winked its eye at us. *LKSMD:FLKWEMROWEIJRSF* he set a large (5-6ft) paper-mache broccoli on fire and had us chant "brocc-o-li, brocc-o-li..." *LOL!* it kind of looked like a burning cross....creepy. :P during his beet song, someone in the loft over him, waved an equally-large beet from above...and later held a large cardboard sign with the sing-along lyrics. and finally, they passed out shakers and sticks to the audience to make noise with..and it sounded really good! *chuckle* okay here's where the heading of this update comes from.... they also threw beets out to the audience. some of them starting juggling them. and among them, a guy trying it one-handed. now, these beets had long stems and leaves on them, making it difficult to get a grip on the actual beet part.... he threw it up and it started to come down. on ME. i put my arms up in a pathetic attempt to bat it away from my head, which was tucked under my arms. i squealed. but thank GOD, some one standing above me reached out and caught it...*whewwww* i thanked him for saving me. *LOL* his set was over and another band was gonna play "drunken irish music" but lar and i left. what a fun night..and all for $3. lar and i are planning on becoming bread snobs now. *LOL* we immediately went to QFC to get snobby bread (sweet potato and pecan) and snack foods. we were gonna finish our movies from the night before and pig out. *heh* we finished "200 cigarettes" which was just OKay. and then talked and put in jason's new CD and then fell asleep. today: we woke up at 11 and ate some bread for breakfast. *L* watched a little football..got a little competitive during mariokart...and then had a free [left-handed] desk delivered to our door. i cleaned up the rooms a bit and did the dishes... just relaxing since my hard finals are over. scores will be posted on monday...i can't wait to see them!!!!!! my last final is on wednesday and it's for music, so i'm not worried. then lar is leaving on thursday morning and i'm on my way home... made plans with jen to just come over when i got into olympia.. so i'm excited to see her again..i felt like i hardly saw her when she was up here. and i'm looking forward to being home and catching up on my soaps. :D the henna chunkies have fallen off and i can now see the dyed part of my skin. it looks more like a fish! <",)))>< this is getting long! talk to you guys later...i'll be harassing jim until he leaves to see when he wants to see the movie. i think waiting until after christmas is too long. :P *hehe* and weese is planning on coming down to olympia from wednesday-thursday..it should be fun. i can finish my xmas shopping while at home and do other stuffs as well. okay bye! December 15, 1999: apparently it's hard to explain......anything with my voice.i'll get into that in a second. but since my last update...on monday i woke up late and watched my soaps! i talked to annie on the phone and we were gonna go and sell her books back..so we did that. i had my mom's beanie pig wrapped..but the woman was special and wrapped it backwards... kinna. and she took a LONG time. oy...then we walked over to padelford to check my math grade... and i'm disappointed to say that i have a 3.5 in there. i thought i was a lot closer to a 4.0 then a 3.5..but somehow i have a a 3.5 in there. maybe i didn't do as well on the final as i thought.. or maybe my homework grade came up to haunt me again. who knows. but i couldn't stand there and mull over my grades because these goons in front of me were all crowding at the door and i only had time to read the last column (which was my final grade). *pout* annie went off to work and i went back home. i think we burritos by dinner..and they were very well made. *G* on tuesday meesh woke me up with a call. and i banged the receiver in my forehead. *ouch* i was having some weird dream with figure skaters though. *heh* she came by to get me around 9.30 and we did errands until about 11, which was when we had china first! we usually do that at the end of the year but since she's leaving, this is the end of the year and stuff. *d'awww* and i also got my NEW ID card w/o a picture..i've been waiting for one for soooo long. annie caught us on the way out of china first; she was going to study with wilson...but meesh and i cleaned out her room and stuffs.. and we were done ahead of time so we went over to wilson's. talked with everyone there and she left to take her exam. i got to watch passions in weese's room so i was happy. :) then mo talka..and meesh came back..still mo talka..and then we went back to her room to double-check stuffs. her RA came to check her out at 4.30....she told me mike's dad wasn't coming until 5.30..so i told her i would come back and help her with her things after mike and i went to pick his packages up. mike was late so the place was closed. and then i was worried that i wouldn't get back in time to get the club off the car for my sister with mike's dad coming and all.....so then mike and i walked to my place to take the club off. and of course he wanted to see the place..and you know? when we finally get back to meesh's...mike's dad was there. and they were packed and all ready to go. i was annoyed cuz i figured something like this would happen. *d'aww!* but i was too tired to walk back home..so i said bye to her and stuff..and went to mike's to just SIT. what a LONG day. we were waiting for wilson to come back from his dinosaurs final so he could take me home! he got here and jim wanted to eat..and he was hungry too...i thought we'd get a quick bite to eat..but that evolved into going to an actual restaurant so i just asked if i could go home. *L* i have no time for this? *chuckle* so lar was home and we ended up going back out to return our movies (which weren't due until today but oh well) and i went to get some food at dick's. i was starving!! we watched the simpsons..and it was the episode with the 'bigger brothers.' i haven't seen that episode very many times. and earlier this week was the episode at duff gardens, where lisa "drank the water." hilarious! i hope they start showing more of the different episodes.... then we talked until betty came by. she took the car last night to do stuff....i drove her back to her place, where she gave me a magazine and some food..and then i went back home. which brings me to the heading of this update. so i guess my voice is very hard to 'get.' only larry and my sister have brought this up to me. either i sound like i really don't care about anything or i sound like i'm mad at someone. i don't get it. in my mind i'm trying very hard to explain myself carefully but it just comes out wrong. i guess i have a yelling problem. like on the first austin powers movie..where he said since he was defrosted he would have TROUBLE controlling THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE! (or something) i say i get it from my mom because she yells when she talks. just ask michelle..*L* and i find that i yell when i talk to her..partly because that i just do and also out of exasperation at her 20 questions. but yeah..it's annoying. i'm only trying to communicate my ideas to someone and they think i'm mad. so that's why i prefer meeting people and talking to them rather than doing it over the phone. and i'm the worst person you can have to handle the phone at an office! and that's something i did for a whole summer over at the transportation office. i'm surprised i didn't get more complaints. :P i figured i should update for you guys since i won't be able to the whole time that i'm home. (which is 10 days) i can prolly update from a friend's computer but i'd rather be spending time with em.. and gathering stories to put on here, okay? forgive me and i'll write a good long update for you when i return. it looks like the pokemon movie will happen when we get back. *d'oh!* and also, yesterday meesh and i watched the first five minutes of "digimon..digital monsters." what a blatant rip-off! pokemon are WAY cuter so i don't think digimon will last. *bwuahahahahah!!!* <<<< ^ >>>> |
