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Wednesday, March 12th, 2003
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9:52 pm - This is going to be another long night!
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here is what hallie wrote for me regarding my 16th century lit paper and the teacher.
Don?t Know What I Am Doing?
Help!!
I need a topic.
Help!!
Not just any topic
Help!
Give me a topic
Heee-ee-elp!
When I was writing for another college class
I never needed anybody?s help, so kiss my ass!
But now those days are gone
the Bitch is my professor..
and now I find a crazy mind
where sane ones were before
help me if you can I?m breaking down
she really chafes my ass, knock her down
she blocks the door ?fore the late ones come around
won?t you please, please help me?
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| Tuesday, March 11th, 2003
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7:37 pm - Ugh!
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I am attempting to multi-task. I am writing and researching a German presentation that is due tomorrow. I am also trying to write a paper on The Graduate that is due Thursday. I have another paper due Thursday that I have to work on tomorrow night, so this other one has to be done tonight! I wish I had the energy to do all this. I have reached the point where I am so tired I can't even sleep. This quarter has been very bad and I have been so busy that I have no time to write in my journal let alone read other people's journals. I feel bad. The good news is that I only have about 14 weeks until I graduate!!! Yeah! And it only took 8 years!
current mood:  tired
current music: Dixie Chicks
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| Sunday, February 9th, 2003
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4:57 pm - Lots to do...
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Just goes to show how easily side-tracked I have been lately...I started this journal entry, walked away to do something that I can't even remember now, ended up cleaning my desk off and folding my clothes, and walked back in here to check something out and saw this journal window just sitting here, waiting for me to type something.
School and work have me nuts! I am so busy, I don't know which way is up anymore. I have yet to start studying for the GRE. Oh-I don't know why I am bothering...I know I am gonna screw it up anyway. Ah well.
Have to go and write, write, write...
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| Sunday, February 2nd, 2003
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1:26 pm
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On Thursday, I arrived at my 9:30am English class about a minute or two late, but no later than that. My teacher had not even started class...however, she had enough time to ask several people to sit in front of the two doors to the classroom, in order to block people from coming in late; or at least make a big enough scene when people attempted to come in, by falling over desks and bodies. Worse yet, in my opinion, was that one of the girls was sitting in front of a door that opened in to the classroom. So, not only did she succeed in making it difficult to get in, but anyone that may have wanted to go to the restroom would have had a hard time getting out without making a racket (remember that on her syllabus she stated that "you should not get up and leave the classroom during the class because it is an interruption..." and followed it up with stating "If I can hold it, so can you, and I drink a lot of coffee." What a bitch. What fucking nerve. I am not sure what she is trying to prove. This is not the movie Dangerous Minds, and we aren't a bunch of hard to control teenagers. While I understand that coming in late, especially 20 minutes late like some people have been doing, is a problem and an interruption, the problem should not be dealt with by blocking the doors to a classroom. Maybe I am the only one who holds this view of the situation, who knows. All I know is that she is making a class that I thought would be interesting into a three-ring circus.
If I had only been there two minutes earlier to hear her ask those people to move in front of the doors, ugh! Aside from intimidation, what would make someone agree to do such a silly thing? I have never heard of a teacher resorting to such immature tactics. I guess it is true that you learn something new everyday.
I went to my advisor to ask about this tactic, and this gave him the opportunity to vent about how he hates when students make a habit of coming in late, etc. However he also agreed that the door incident was a bit much, if not just amusing for him to hear. I am glad that I could provide him with some humor in his day. I am still just a little baffled by this and I don't know why. I guess it is no big deal, in the long run, but really just a bad idea altogether. Still, I find it hard to repsect her as a teacher, even more now than before. Before I just did not know what to make of her, but now I know that despite the fact that she knows her subject very well, she is just a bad teacher.
Well, I have two papers to write this week. One has to be good and the other has to be really good. Of course, I have no idea what to write about. One is for my Film class, and the other is for her class. I have resorted myself to getting a bad grade (i.e B or C) on the paper for her class because she is hard to please. I got a B/B- on her first paper...the final grade will be determined at the end of the class on whether or not I improve; imagine that.
Lots to do and no time to do it all...story of my life. I am taking the GRE on March 3, and I have not had a chance to even start studying for it. Oi!
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| Wednesday, January 29th, 2003
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1:03 pm
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Trying to keep up with my journal, but school and work have been keeping me too busy. I have another paper for my Eng 521 class due tomorrow. I turned one in yesterday, and a big one is due next Thursday. She is crazy, I'm sorry. I hate this class.
Well, have to go and read read read. I just had to vent.
current mood:  aggravated
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| Tuesday, January 14th, 2003
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11:46 pm - Some Very Bad News...
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I just decided to check out the Great Big Sea site, because I have been away for awhile, with being busy and all, and I get the shock of my life: Darrell is leaving the group! I can't believe it! I know there are more important things in life than bands, etc. but this is very saddening because he is part of so many great memories I have...travelling to see them play, meeting so many great people along the way, and just meeting him because he is such a great guy! This is an end to another chapter in my life...it is really depressing. I don't like change.
current mood:  sad
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| Monday, January 13th, 2003
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3:02 pm
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School started last week, and due to another class cancellation, I was forced to schedule into another English class. I was hoping to get a break from taking two or three English classes together, like I have been doing these past four quarters, but alas, it is not meant to be. So, thinking that it would be fun I signed up for 16th century Lit. Well, the topic is very interesting, but the teacher is insane!! She actually has the nerve to write on her syllabus that "we should not get up and leave the classroom in the middle of class," which she followed up with by saying, "I am a small person; if I can hold it, so can you, and I drink a lot of coffee." The nerve! I am 25 years old, and I have not had to get a hall pass to use the lavatory since 8th grade. Jesus, how old are we here? I thought that was just plain stupid.
So, needless to say, she is one of those young, eager teachers with a huge syllabus to fulfill. We have one page papers every week, along with a group report and two larger papers. OMG! I hate this class, already! If I pass this class, this will be my last quarter of English classes, meaning my major work is over! I only have three filler courses left in the spring! Yay!!
I pulled a muscle in my back this morning while, get this now, brushing my hair! You know you are getting old when you pull a muscle brushing your hair! How sad is that?
current mood: annoyed
current music: The Beatles "Abbey Road"
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| Tuesday, January 7th, 2003
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11:22 pm
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Not even sure when I updated this journal last...not that it matters really, because nobody seems to read it except me. I suppose that is what a journal is for, after all. School started yesterday, and I am ready for it to be over. I just want to graduate already. Thank God I see a light at the end of the tunnel, because I will be graduating in June. Only 8 short years later. Not sure about Grad School, but I am sending all the stuff in just in case. Most people would take a break before deciding about Grad School, but I am already 25, and there is a really possibility that if I don't go now, I won't go at all. Ugh!
Today's has been a depressing day. The only news I have heard lately relates to football and war. I am so sick of it. I mean, sick of the football talk. "And now for more about the impending war in Iraq, let's head over to OSU's head football coach Jim Tressel for his thoughts on the situation," or "Let's see what the OSU cheerleaders have to say about Saddam Hussein." Oi! Enough already!
current mood: tired
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| Monday, December 16th, 2002
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1:24 pm
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Well, the grades are in and I am so relieved! I got an A in Amer Fiction, an A- in Eng 580, and a B+ in German! Whew! I am so glad that I pulled a high B out of German, so at least my GPA did not drop dramatically. I am still thinking about Grad School, so I have to keep my GPA high in order to be considered for a Fellowship. Although, Grad School is looking more and more like it is not going to happen. I have so much info to pull together in order to meet the Jan. 15 deadline and I am worried my letters of recommendation from other teachers will not get there in time. Oh well.
"You can't afford no ring, you can't afford no ring, I shouldn't be wearing white and you can't afford no ring." ~Dixie Chicks "White Trash Wedding"
current mood: accomplished
current music: Dixie Chicks
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| Sunday, December 15th, 2002
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9:09 pm
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I am so excited!! I love the show "American Dreams," and the next new episode will be when The Beatles invade America!! OMG!! I am such a geek, I can't wait!! OMG!! I love that show!
current mood:  bouncy
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| Thursday, December 12th, 2002
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2:33 am
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I am 2 1/2 pages away from the end of my school quarter. However, when I toy with the font, and make it Courier New, it becomes only 2 pages. Hmm... Oddly enough, I might go beyond 5 pages in regular Times Roman because I have a lot to say. Weird. I never have this much to say in an essay.
current mood:  anxious
current music: Paul McCartney "Wingspan Disc 2"
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| Wednesday, December 11th, 2002
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5:34 pm - The Countdown is On...
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I have only one little paper left to write, and it is due by 2pm tomorrow. I can't wait for it to be over with! I am not even freaking out about the paper, like I usually do.
Anyway, I went to a GEC counselor today and she did not have bad news for me, like I thought she would. I only need ten extra credit hours to graduate in June. I can handle that! Whew! What a relief!
Well, off to write my paper.
current mood: anxious
current music: The Beatles "Abbey Road"
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2:56 am
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I really cannot wait for Finals Week to be over with. I have SO much left to do before I can even enjoy a nice, peaceful Christmas break. I still have to write a 5 page paper, research and gather all of my Grad School Info together, work, work, work, and speak to a GEC counselor so she can tell me I need a bazillion more credit hours before I can graduate. I am not looking forward to that!
current mood: tired
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| Thursday, December 5th, 2002
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11:43 pm
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Wow! I have not written in this journal in so long. I have been so busy lately. These past few weeks have been the busiest for school, but the bulk of my workload is over with. I just have to survive Finals. Two exams and one five page paper. Not too bad.
Along with school, work has kept me pretty busy. They have really increased my hours...I have no personal time, anymore. As a result, I have nothing exciting to write about.
The new Paul McCartney CD and DVD came out on 11/26. It is freaking awesome, of course. That was the highlight of my month. That, and having a few days off at Thanksgiving.
Ever since that TV movie, Martin and Lewis, I have been a Dean Martin fan. His Christmas songs rock. Save it, I already know I am a geek.
Well, have to go and finish decorating the apartment for Christmas. It looks really cute, I must add.
current mood:  cheerful
current music: John Lennon "Happy Xmas"
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| Friday, November 15th, 2002
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1:46 am
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OMG, I can't believe it...not only am I finished with a paper early, I already sent it to the teacher in an e-mail attachment! OMG! I am in total shock!
Hopefully, I can keep this trend going because I have two papers due next Tuesday and not enough stamina to do them both the night before.
Just realized it has been a long time since I wrote in here last. I have been so damn busy. Quarter is almost over, thankfully!
current mood: happy
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| Friday, November 1st, 2002
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3:29 pm - from  hallie
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we have men climbing around outside the windows...
They've been singing the Mighty Mouse theme, one guys does a great "Sloth" (from Goonies), and 2 guys just left to go get cigarettes.
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| Thursday, October 31st, 2002
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5:29 am
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3:49 am
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I am really struggling with this paper and I am extremely worried. Not in a good mood at all, right now. It is 3:45am and I only have two pages written. I am so exhausted, I can't think straight. This is not good:-(
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| Friday, October 18th, 2002
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2:19 pm
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Well, I completed my very first paper of the quarter at 7am on Thursday morning. Only got one hour of sleep before I had to get ready for my 9:30am class. Needless to say, I was a zombie yesterday! To top it all off, my nose would not stop running at all the whole time I was writing my paper, so my nose is bright red because of it!
Also, completed my first (of three) German essay. Hopefully I did not chop the language all to hell.
So, this weekend, I have to begin The Sound and The Fury and The Danish Girl for my two English classes and write a roleplay for German. I cannot wait to graduate!
I am jealous because K in my German class is going to the American Idol concert tonight in Cinci. How fun; I wish I could go!
Countdown to Great Big Sea in Toronto: 7 Days and 6 Hours
current mood: relieved
current music: Flogging Molly
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| Wednesday, October 16th, 2002
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2:46 pm
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Well, at least I have a topic, thesis statement and some ideas for my paper...it is just going to be tough organizing these ideas, because when I know I have 5 pages to fill up, I panic. I hate having to pull stuff out of my a** to fill up pages! Wish I did not have to work tonight so I could spend all my time on this.
current mood: worried
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