Saturday
November 18, 2000

Hey everyone,

I was just reading this essay on Why Web Journals Suck and it got me paranoid that my journal sucked so I'm here to write some stuff to unsuck it. :P

But uh, Tuesday's shopping endeavor with Wilson was successful! First I had stats and he showed us this film clip from "Trapeze" which was supposed to relate/represent confidence intervals? Even after learning CI, I don't think it was anything remotely resembling "Trapeze!" He is such an interesting person.

He comes in wearing traditional "NW" attire, the sweater, scarf, cords, trusty brown shoes, and knit hat. He also brings with him a paper bag, which I thot containted his herbal remedies from our very first discussion. But it really holds a banana, which he likes overly ripe.

Why am I talking about this?

So after class, Wilson and I met up and went to Schmitz so that he could get his paycheck. It took him forever! In the meanwhile, I checked email and got a response back from the front desk girl where I used to work. She told me that they were still hiring under work study and too bad I wasn't one. Which is no new news to us. But she went on to say that they might have trouble getting work during the holidays, and they may even go hourly.

That's where I pop in. I'd totally do it, if I knew how much they'd need me. Cuz I'm in it for the MONEY. I need the money for either xmas gifts or going to LA. Where are my priorities. :P I'd like to work full time with them again, or a substantial chunk of the week. Just update me with what's been going on and I'm good to go!

I'm looking forward to that, in the literal sense. Not too terribly excited about going back..but it's something.

Wilson and I rode the bus downtown and went to The Bon. We looked thru their leather coat section and found a good style/cut for him. But the nicest one was a Nautica one, which was around $400! You know me and name brands tho (don't know, don't care), but it was the nicest one there. However, the nice saleslady found him a good coat and was extremely helpful without being overly pushy. I was impressed. She even remembered to put a plastic bag on top of the coat, which was placed in a paper bag.

Went over to Old Navy but they weren't having any good sales. :P I do my best Old Navy shopping at this one too.

Down to the International District to have lunch! It was Dim Sum at Top Gun, which I've never experienced before. It turned out okay, but I can see where it can get totally expensive! I got to try 4 different things and it was nice. Wilson actually remembered that I can be allergic to shrimp and felt bad that one of the dishes had some! That really surprised me since half of the time, I'm not sure he's even listening to me. *LOL*

Next, we went down to Uwajimaya and I bought the crap things I do: stationery, candy, chips, Pocky...The store is moving at the end of the month! I'm looking forward to it. Maybe that's where they stashed all the new shipments of Pocky because it's been slim pickings the past FOUR TIMES I've been there!

Rode the bus home and I spent the afternoon watching tv and doing my stats. I caught up and spent some quality time studying for my exam. Boy, I was proud of myself that night. *L*

On Wednesday I was freezing in my 9.30, went to the lab to talk to Ellen, and then went to The Worst Class Ever last. They didn't collect journals but did say that exams were being distributed on Friday. *EeeP*

The most exciting news about this class is that the professor is not tenured. So that means 1) he WILL do class evaluations (hope hope!) and 2) he could get kicked out!

Well, no I don't want him to lose his job, but I really want him to reevaluate his lessons and see where he's gone wrong..cuz he's gone wrong in so many levels and directions. :P Worst class ever....

I don't remember the rest of the day.

Thursday morning I registered for classes. The animal lab section I wanted was full, as always! I'm a bit anxious of that because it's been recommended to take lab right after stats! So we'll see where my seniority takes me. :P But so far, I've signed up for a CMU class with the Best Professor Ever, and I REFUSE to give that class up. EVEN for a different lab section. He's just THAT good. I signed up for a 400-level psych which is a requirement and later that day I signed up for a women's psych class. Betty said it was a good class and the prof was even cooler. So that's my class schedule for next quarter. I have to recheck that it won't affect my trip to LA.

If Ellen and I can even figure out when MLK weekend is. :P~

Stats class was just review. We had an extra credit problem to do, which was easy and I left! Ran into this girl I used to be best friends with in grade school and we talked. For Two HOURS. TWO HOURS in the cold! We were standing right before the air bridge, next to that weird piece of 'art' of bins and grass? But we stood there talking...two hours!!!

Why'd I keep it going for so long? Well, I figured that since she was on her way to CLASS, that she would GO. Then I thought that we really hadn't been talking THAT long. Then we were going over some deep stuff that you can't really call off.

Then we ran into another girl and the 3 of us talked til the last one (smart one) was able to break off from the conversation. I latched onto her and we walked home together! Whew! It was definitely weird...loads of interesting...and I guess I'll have to call up that girl some time.

After standing in the cold for so long, my glasses remained fogged up for a good 10mins. I was also starving and called for pizza. However, the girl told me to call back! Apparently they don't deliver until after 5pm? Where does it say that on the flyer, missy! I was disappointed, very pissed off, but I did wait the 1.5hrs and got my damn pizza....which had too many toppings on it and didn't taste too good.

I had trouble studying but I have a good grasp on the calculations. I went to bed early! after finishing up Harry #3...god I love these books..

So Friday was my stats exam. I had already emailed the TA of The Worst Class Ever to tell him I was skipping out early. He responded that I should talk to him before class, which I DID, but he gave me that: "And....?" look and then said that class was finishing up early anyways! :P

I got my exam back and did slightly below the mean, 62 at 64.3. I'm okay with it, I guess. I can't do anything about it NOW, eh? My only hope is to do a kickass final paper...but how's that gonna happen if I haven't even started it? Gotten an idea?

I got to stats twenty minutes early, to secure My seat..but there was already some BITCH sitting there! I sit in the second row, first seat..so then I sat in the first row, first seat! I was highly frustrated! As people started trickling in, this dude who normally sits behind me (if I'm in MY seat) in the 3rd row, started yapping to the seat stealer and sat next to her!

A light bulb went off and I realized..SHE also sits behind me (when I'm in MY seat), so that means she KNOWS that THIS IS MY DAMN SEAT!

God that annoyed the fuck out of me. I could hardly concentrate on my exam. Multi-choice were fine. The calculations were a big trickier because everything was there in one lump..and not divided among chapters. I was going along on the last problem, having the feeling I was doing it wrong, but not stopping. When I got to the end, I reviewed all four problems and when I got to the last one. I FUCKED UP BADly.

Rather than erase everything on the page, I scribbled on the margins and made arrows in every direction. Damn, it was bad. I think I did it right? Thing is..it was the chapter I missed when I went home! The irony!

On the way home, I ran into the front desk girl who asked me if I got the email. I said I had been busy studying so I didn't respond. I just wanted to get HOME!

Larry and I took a nap for several hours..well, *I* did anyways. We went on a hunger drive after 11pm, when all the restaurants close up. His car was making some weird sounds so we went home but already decided to just break down and go to Denny's Diner...the Most Evil Place On Earth.

I barely make it there first, because it's so damn cold and I had a shirt with a kind of large neck and no scarf..and a thin coat. We stand there in the waiting area for a full 5mins without anyone acknowledging us! So then we leave, only to realize that this really IS our last resort (huh huh) and go BACK...to a line...to more waiting.

We ordered ASAP and waited. Then the queerest thing happened. This dude walks up to us, with a plate and goes: "Egg?" We both look down to see a single, scrambled egg. "Er...no?" And then we both burst out laughing. A SINGLE EGG, isn't that hilarious?!

The food came and it was just..you know, filler. It didn't taste good but it made your stomach stop hurting. I just wanted to LEAVE. But we were faced with more waiting to CASH OUT. NICE. Then more waiting on top of that because Lar's metal strip is so used that they wouldn't accept it, so then I had to get off the comfy bench to pay on one of my cards. :P

Home.

Went online.

Talked to Ellen for a couple hours.

Still no sleep and it's 5.30am.

Why?

I'm going to some Wonderful Once In A Year Coat Sale.

Okay what's up with all the capitals and title-ization of things?! It's late...

It's at the docks of Tacoma and the doors open at 7.30. We need to meet her family at 7am. That means we leave around 6am. Nice. But I need a coat and I really hope there is something there for me! Then we'll come back up to Seattle, only to have me leave around noon to go home! This is fucked up! But at least I really can't do the driving home and when I get there I'm sleeping!

Sleeping.

Yum.

Warmth.

Wish me luck on the coat sale.

Talka later!