June 1, 2000: Weekend In Hell

Now, didn't I say I was gonna try to update at the beginning of the month? Well, here it is...I wasn't so hot at trying to update at the end of last month though..so my bad.

Well, going home was good. In the beginning my weekend rocked. B and I got home w/o much traffic on Friday. She drove since I was feeling really tired all week and stuff. Then we went out and bought some energy drinks: Red Bull, Whoop Ass, and Sobe. It was fun.

Saturday I woke up semi-early. She and I did our downtown thing. And it was a lot cooler cuz she bought me that game I like. SNAFU! I haven't found a picture of it online but when I do, you'll see it. It's fun! I was tempted to buy some Beanie2000 beanies...cuz one of them was a sheep and Meesh likes sheep...but I wasn't sure if she already had it. Who knows. So I didn't buy anything.

Went home and I left soon after, to meet up with Jennifer. I wanted to get there early since she was working as checker and she wanted to check me out. But when I got there, she was already counting out her drawer. She said she did good that day, so I was happy.

We weren't sure of what to do so we went to Target and bought hair clips and me, a new brush. Then we went to the mall and looked around. Went to RR to eat....but I wasn't hungry, so I drank about 4 Mt.Dews. For some reason the drink didn't appear on the bill, so I was even happier. I tipped the equivalent, so it's fine.

Now we really didn't know what to do so we went to Josh's work...to see what he was doing. She thought he got off at 8 and it was 8, but he really got off work at 9pm. So then we decided to go to her house and watch TV.

So we watched "Never Been Kissed." At the end of the movie, Josh came over and then some stuff happened...and I ended up leaving cuz I had to get home early..otherwise I would stay up too late, etc etc. And her cats were getting to me. But it was nice to spend a long time with her. :)

I also helped B get into Mp3z and stuff. So we d'loaded her FreeI.net and Napster.

The next morning was Sunday and we were going back to Seattle. This is when everything goes downhill. First, B did laundry while I was sleepa so she didn't take out my grey cardigan, which was wool, and shrank it TEENY! I was pretty upset cuz I was wearing it while I was figuring out how to defuzz my black one. Nonetheless, I was upset that I had lost an article of clothing.

Then my left eye swelled up. I'm not sure why, but it did. And I also got a rash on my chin. Now the rash isn't as noticeable and the swelling has gone down..but I was reeeeally upset about those things.

I got a late fee on my credit card bill. That angers me! I am ALWAYS on-time for everything! I really don't think it takes over 10 days for mail to get there and the check to clear. So I'm gonna call them up, act nice, and maybe they'll take it off..cuz Hello, my bill for this period is really supposed to be only ONE DOLLAR.

Anyways, some other bad shit happened...all in about TWO HOURS so I was verrrry upset. OY. It was the Worst Weekend In The Whole World, Ever! It really sucked too, since it was a long weekend and we couldn't really do anything cuz I was in The Most Foul Mood Ever! It really sucked.

So yeah, this week has gone by fast, as all 4-day weeks do and final week goes. I know I should be studying more for my CMU final, but I just can't. I get frustrated when I start, so I study for another class. :P Yeah, so I really need to study for CMU cuz that's my lowest-graded class. :P~~~~

I'm really anxious about finals though. *DUH* I know. But I have two finals on Monday: CMU and Classics. I'm not very worried about psych. But still. Why couldn't CMU be later? ARRRRRGH.

I can't believe school is just about over. But then I go back to school after two weeks or so. Just ask me if I bought my books. Yeah, I suck. Too busy.

You wanna know who really sucks? This girl in my Classics section this morning, she asked to borrow my study guides. I said it was fine cuz Hello...I've seen her ask people to borrow this or that, and she writes down the questions on her paper and then returns their shit. And plus, today was the last day for this class so it would be the last chance for her to borrow anything, and for me to lend her anything.

I bet you already KNEW that she was gonna walk out of there with all my study guides huh? SHE DID! She even left five minutes early. I just sat there watching her too. I was just in shock that she was leaving with my notes! I thought she was coming back since she left behind some papers..but she left them behind in case our TA was collecting them. :P

So I grabbed those papers, cuz I needed her name to find her right? I just couldn't BELIEVE IT!!! I couldn't sit still in psych...we just watched two films. He didn't give us enough time for class evals... but oh well! I just wanted more structure to lectures! More organization! Then I rushed off to buy my scantrons for tomorrow.

I got home and tried to look that girl up and I couldn't find her. So I emailed everyone I could think of TA and professor. I also wrote to the student aide guy I talk to to see if I can borrow HIS notes tomorrow after the exam to make copies of.

While I was waiting I was FUMING. Larry and I BOTH. It was hilarious. you really should have been here. It was funny. I mean, I knew in the end that I'd be okay..just GREATLY inconvenienced, but okay. But still no reasonable person would have just thought it was OKAY to leave with someone else's notes when the final was on Monday. And no reasonable person would have lent notes OUT if s/he knew that person was not gonna return them ASAP!!!

Anyways, I got responses back from my TA first. He gave me her name and email. Turns out she signs her papers with her first and middle names! WHO DOES THAT! OTherwise I would have found her. In fact, I was doing a search by first name and I said we should pay attention to middle intials as well...and you know? One of the names we paused on was HER!!! So I wrote her and I was like: I want my notes back NOW.

The prof also wrote back and it's fine. I called her but no her..so I'll keep calling and there you have it. I had a very exciting past few hours but I'm glad it's over. I need to focus on my books!

Has anyone else seen that Whisk commercial with the iron crying at the washing machine? Cuz this Whisk has wrinkle-reducer...Anyways, I always feel bad for the iron cuz it looks so sad and cute while it's crying....just wanted to share.

PS: I did miss those four points on the Classics quiz...but I'm still kicking ASS! And I'll kick that girl's ass when I meet up with her tonight!!!!!!!!

Last old entry was May 25, 2000.

June 5, 2000: Now why did she go on and do that?

Before I get into the whole update-thing, I just want to complain about this woman! So after Annie and I took the CMU final, we went to the music library to wait for Nelson. She and I sat before two of four computers there and talked. After a few minutes, this woman..who had been parked in front of Nelson's counter..taps ME on the shoulder and asks ME if she could use this computer to do a search!

My first instinct is to let her. So I apologize and move and all that nice stuff. Annie and I relocate to a table next to the fourth computer...which I thought was broken, otherwise why would she ask me to move?

But it wasn't!

Now that just pissed the hell out of me. Why did she make me move? What the hell? She was just exercising her power of being OLDER over me or something. That really annoys! ARGH!

So I had to share that tidbit before I went further....

Okay so I called that Girl Who Ran Off With My Notes Thursday afternoon. I finally reached her and asked for my notes back. She amused me by asking how I got her number. So I amazed her with my genius. No, really, I just told her how I looked for her. She said something about Ethan (our TA) being mad that she wasn't using her own study guides and I said I didn't know anything about that.

But we arranged to meet up 1.5hrs later. I think she didn't even look at my papers after leaving and needed the time to copy everything down! HAW! I contacted Larry who expressed an interest in coming because he thought that I'd KICK HER ASS. I wouldn't, even though she sorely deserved it.

Around 6, I grabbed a Stranger and left to meet her. Larry was der and we sat on the stairs to talk. She came a few minutes later. I had already decided that I was gonna be polite but cold and to let her know what a stupid thing it was for her to do. She hands them over and starts TALKING TO ME.

Argh...I do not need to know that she was sick and missed the first three weeks of school, which is why she needed my papers. Blah blah, and Larry was just sitting there. It would have been weird to just leave him behind, even though we weren't going to the same place afterwards.

Blahblahblah...I did get in that I was shocked when she left early with my notes. She said something about returning them to me on Monday, and I said that wouldn't have done me any good. I also mentioned that she could find ME in the school's database like I found her...stupid freshman!

Friday night was basically our last night for freedom. So we goofed off a little. Went grocery shopping at night. I picked up some ingredients for this pasta recipe. Then we ate at Stella's, which was a great experience last time.

But not now! We got the same waiter but he did just a bad job of taking care of us. First of all, both orders included the soup. He comes back with Lar's soup, mumbles something about being right back....so then we thought he was going to get mine. Turns out he came back with a SPOON. So he thought we were sharing! Whatever! Lar called him back and told him both orders came with soup.

The next mistake was not putting the vinegrette on the side, so I just propped up my plate with silverware. The salad wasn't that great, and in fact...I was getting sick of having it, so I didn't finish it. So lackluster experience, at least we know that it's not always like this. Now know, so we won't drool over it. Prolly won't return for several weeks.

Well, my weekend consisted of heat and books. Not a fun combination, especially if you're like me and like being cold! Who likes studying? Yes, I thought so. That's it!

And as for today! I had two exams. My Classics final, worth 40%, was at 8.30am. I woke up at 7am, after only sleeping about 4-5hrs, cuz I was hot and stressed out. There was light drizzle before the exam, which was bad, coupled with people's body heat...so it was really sticky! I was very sticky during my exam! It was terrible.

The exam itself was good. I don't think I missed very many points, which is good because I need this grade to be high. I got home and studied for my CMU exam, which was 8hrs later.

I mostly didn't study...I watched the end of DAYS (which is getting lame) and Passions, which is getting juicy! I made some more of that pasta stuff cuz it keeps pretty good.....Annie picked me up and we got there 30mins early.

The exam was fine. One question totally threw me, but as for the others I BETTER get most of the points!!! Went to get Nelson and you're back at the top.

Went grocery shopping and now I'm home. Hanging out tonight and possibly reviewing a little. Who knows, I don't care.

Bye.

June 16, 2000: Ho hum...

I suppose it's time to update again. I was thinking about waiting until after my birthday to do it..because then I'd surely have something interesting to share, right? But it's just been too long. A few things have happened and I have enough to write a decent entry.

As the month of June goes..there are a lot of birthdays. There is one today, Sarah's, we went to middle school together and she was my link to Rebekah. Rebekah went to OHS, where I enrolled after middle school, so I had a steady friend. Anyways. Tomorrow's birthday is this guy that I've had a life-long competition with. Beit it with ourselves or with our parents bragging about us. I think he's been ahead of me for a couple years. Hell, he's in the stock market. That's a gold star, right? Ha!

Well, summer vacation is winding down now. I've been done for a full week! But it seems like longer. My last final was last Wednesday, Psychology. It was twice as long as the other exams so that meant twice as many chances for me to fuck myself up. It was comforting that this guy who went to Tuesday's study session sat next to me and sat thru most of the 2hrs. Everyone had nearly left by then and that always makes me nervous--when I'm one of the last people.

Lar and I finally saw "Gladiator" and it was good. Russell Crowe is yummy, I'm sure everyone knows by now. I think it's funny how no one's really noticed him until this part. Sure, he was nominated last year at the Oscar's for "The Insider," but he was unrecognizable in that part! And a handful of people may remember him from "Virtuosity." I fall victim as well, in trying to remember the movies he's done in-between.

We didn't do much last weekend. We didn't do much this week, either.

Our vacation has consisted of staying up really late, sleeping somewhat late, and repeat. For a few days we entertained the notion of going somewhere just so that we did something. But after a lot of speedbumps the idea was abandoned yesterday morning. It's alright though.

I'm in the process of looking for a job, withdrawing from summer quarter. Work is better for me. I've not worked in over a year and like what people commonly say: It makes you lazy! I don't want to be lazy anymore. Larry begins work on Monday.

Michelle is coming back on Sunday. I probably won't see her for a very long time. She needs time to settle in and other stuff, and she's over 2hrs away. I'm excited about seeing her again and starting next year...which I think will be much better for me.

And I'd like to say that this past quarter has sucked! I hated just about everything about it. The only thing that made me happy was Classics, so naturally it was my best grade this time: 3.9 baby! I got a 3.3 in Psych, so they used my final grade...and that also means that I did miss too many on it. Grrr! Next, CMU was a 3.1...I am satisfied with that grade because it meant that I was able to pull things together at the end. *whew* This raises my cumulative to a 3.12..I'm now firmly nestled in the 3's! YAY ME!

Annie's in San Francisco apparently. Dawn invited her to go down with her since Domingo's brothers live there. I am jealous! She's gone somewhere! I tried to plan something for myself but hey, it fell thru. But still...jealousy! She better have gotten me something. :P

Wilson's moved to West Mercer, which is right next to the old dorm I used to live in. He says it's depressing there and I agree. I need to visit him one of these days.

Jim's gone back home to Spokane and is hoping to work at Zumiez for the summer.

Mike's gone to Ballard and I haven't heard from him since!

It's just kind of weird how summer is. I've forgotten what it's like, how people just drift away and then come back 4 months later like nothing's changed. Strange, strange....

Today we're going to see "Titan AE," which Larry's been looking forward to ever since last year or something. Damn! And we're gonna redeem our free Bloomin' Onion at the Outback..the one we got for making girl cry..*L* It should be a full day.

Lar's got two appointments and I'm making a trip down to the UW Temp Services for work. Right now I'm supposedly finishing up revising my resume. I've decided to open a OneBox account. That way, I don't need to stay off the computer (if necessary) and people can use my OneBox number to leave me voicemail! Seems pretty professional, huh? I can also receive faxes as well. OOOh. Yeah, whatever...these services have been available for forEVER.

I'm going home late on Saturday, my sister has a ballet to go to! I'm actually kind of glad my vacation plans for Lar&I fell thru since I really want to go home! There are many things that I need from there, to do there, that I can only do there, etc. Besides, Father's day and my birthday....!

And before you even ask..my birthday will be low-key. If anything, if at least we'll go out to dinner where I can order my first drink. Then we'll just go home since he has work in the morning..and hopefully, so will I. I'm boring that way.

But the possibilities! I can now go to casinos..woo hoo! B and I can meet up with the rents at the casino. *LMAO*

Anyways, I guess that's all from here. I'm looking forward to going home....