Didn't work

11.30.03

So much for thinking that missing the boy would make Thanksgiving break drag on. Here it is Saturday night already, and I feel like I just got home.

I didn't get anything accomplished, which I would be fine with since breaks should be used for relaxing, but there's the issue of actually having things that need to be accomplished.

Like my law school applications. Probably a good idea to send those in at some point. The funny thing is, the stuff that I'm dragging on for those are extra things for the schools that I don't even want to go to, they're just my backup schools that I know I can get into. The deadline for all of them is in February, but I'm definitely getting them out now. At least my two recommendation letters and my transcripts have arrived safely at the LSDAS service.

I have five new CDs to listen to on the way back to school tomorrow, all of which are fabulous. The Britney and Kylie CDs arrived today, finally, and on Wednesday I bought the new ones by Kristine W, Nelly Furtado, and Enrique Iglasias.

Britney's new one is fabulous and definitely her first "grown-up" album. I still love her early work, I have such a fun time singing along with them. There's something cathartic about belting out, "I'm not that innocent!" while doing 75 down the freeway.

12:53 AM [link]

Manic depressive weather

11.24.03

Yesterday it was 68 degrees out. Today it is 25, and there was a light blanket of snow on the cars outside. Amy's boyfriend said it best when he said Ohio weather is manic depressive.

I am officially finished with the 10-page paper that is due tonight. I am also mostly finished with a 5-page paper due tomorrow (turning it in a week early for early grading and a chance to revise and regrade later, w00t!), but I am having issues with this can't-go-over-5-pages rule. I have too much to say, and I've been deleting chunks of paragraphs left and right. I hope it still sounds okay.

I get to go home tomorrow, amen. The only thing that sucks is that while I'm supposed to be enjoying Thanksgiving break, I'm going to be wishing that it would hurry up and end so that I can get back to school and see my boyfriend. Maybe this will make it drag out longer, and therefore give me extra break time, which will therefore give me more time to do nothing except play my brand new copy of Final Fantasy X-2. Or maybe it will equalize the time that playing video games sucks up and provide me with a full break.

And they say I don't know anything about quantum physics.

05:34 PM [link]

Stupid stupid people

11.23.03

I was taken advantage of today. Or at least someone tried to. I'm too damn smart for that.

I went to an independently owned video game store looking for three games that just came out this past week that I wanted to buy. Upon seeing that the Game Boy Advance game I was looking for was not displayed on the shelf, so I asked the guy working behind the counter about it. He told me that it didn't come out for another few weeks, but he had ONE copy behind the register, and he would sell it to me. First off, the game came out this past week. I'm very knowledgable about release dates when I've been tracking the game since it was first announced. Second, he wanted $40.00 for it. The list price for it is $29.99. He insisted that the only way he could give it to me "early" is if I coughed up $40.

So I told him right away that there was no way. After he tried to convince me otherwise, I told him I wasn't interested in buying anything from him and I turned out and left. One thing that made me think he was trying to rip me off was the fact that he thought I was just buying a gift for someone and couldn't that a girl would know anything about video games, much less play them. So there was definitely something fishy there.

Oh well, it's not like I have time to play any video games until this schoolweek is over, which is Tuesday, thanks to Thanksgiving break. I, thank god, just hit page 11 of the 10 page paper I have to turn in on Monday for my Criminal Courts class (why euthanasia should not be exempt from criminal liability, using only facts from research and no opinions), but I have another 5 page paper that I'm turning in Tuesday for my Law Enforcement class.

And the good news that Melantha just told me: NEW HARRY POTTER MOVIE ON JUNE 4!!!

05:38 AM [link]

Tails

11.22.03

The CDs from Amazon still haven't been shipped yet. Apparently I bought the Australian version, and it's not released until this coming Tuesday. I've been so tempted to purchase Britney's CD in the store and send the one from Amazon back when I get it, but I keep telling myself that I've already paid for it and it will arrive at home over Thanksgiving break and I have plenty of music to listen to until then. Especially since I found out that Kristine W has a new CD out and I remembered that Rob Dougan (from the Matrix soundtrack) has a newer CD too.

To answer the question Little Willow left in last entry's comments, the new Velvet Chain CD is beyond fantastic, as I fully expected. Erika Amato and Jeff Stacy even graciously signed it, which earned a "ooooohthat'ssocool" from me when I opened the package.

Amy learned in her biology class that sometimes people are born with tails that are removed right away. She decided that a lot of people must be born with tails and never find out because their parents don't tell them, since it would cause a lot of conflict and turmoil. Discuss.

On a shocking note, Amy's boyfriend has never seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off. I don't even see how that's possible.

12:46 AM [link]

Salivating

11.16.03

This is going to be a good week. I just got an email saying that Velvet Chain's new CD is shipping Monday. Velvet Chain is an indie band that puts all mainstream music to shame. They also treat their fans well, I have a number of autographed CDs from them and a custom-made CD with my name on it that includes a bunch of unreleased tracks.

Then on Tuesday, Amazon should ship both Kylie's and Britney's new CDs. I would have bought Britney's in the store, but Amazon is very sneaky with their "free shipping for orders over $25" deal...the Kylie CD (it's an import, it's not released in the US until February) was $24.95. Being five cents away, I refused to not buy something else and get free shipping. Of course, I could have waited until February and paid a much lower price for it, but give me a break. They're not even altering the track list, thank god, but I don't know why it's taking so long. Anyone who really wants it is going to import it, and then the sales in the US won't be as high as they could have been. Then, she'll decide to not release her next CD here due to low sales numbers. It's a vicious cycle my friends, and there's only one answer: I'm moving to England. :D

I've finished 90% of my law school application work. I needed some advice tonight to help me finish a few of the blanks I have, but my family is not answering any of the phones. I think they saw it was me on the Caller ID.

01:17 AM [link]

Weekend

11.14.03

So I still can't figure out how to fix the boxes on the comments form. They might have to permanently stay funky.

It's the weekend and my boy's out of town, so that means I have time to fill. Do I fill it with homework or do I fill it with video games? SUCH a tough decision.

If I give you two weeks to get your grade from your teachers so that I can make sure you're eligible to get initiated, please don't come to me the night before they're due telling me one of your professors went out of town and you can't get your grade from them now. By the time the seventh girl was telling me this, I was rather bored with the excuse. *yawn* Good news though, straw balloting in two days starts the election process, so that means I can pass on my position to someone else soon.

07:15 PM [link]

Group project hate

11.10.03

So the two people who I emailed Friday about a group project that we have to do by Wednesday still haven't emailed me back. THIS is why I hate group projects. I always get stuck with those kinds of people. I'm thinking someone's gonna get their ass kicked by Wednesday.

03:05 PM [link]

I suck

11.02.03

Yesterday I bought this fabulous grey shetland wool sweater for $8 at a thrift store. I was thrilled, it felt gorgeous and fit like it was made for me. However, I didn't know that it was made of shetland wool until after I washed and dried it just now.

You guessed it, it doesn't look or fit so fantastically anymore.

Sometimes I REALLY hate myself.

The only way to make myself feel better, I've decided, is to march to the mall tomorrow to find a replacement sweater (too bad the price won't be as sweet), a pair of black kneehigh boots, a pair of black slingback shoes with stiletto heels, and at least one new makeup item. I also need a new basic white tshirt, since mine mysteriously stretched out all funny, and when I washed that just now, it shrunk in the length. There goes the idea that cotton shirts with spandex in it won't shrink. I don't know what happened to it and I can't even remember the last time that I wore it and why or how it would have been stretched out.

Until I buy all that, I'm going to be really, really sad.

12:17 AM [link]