Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Idiot Pig Tickets

Apparently I wasn't enough of an idiot freshman last semester, so the world decided that this spring semester I shall make up for it.
In exactly one week I have already:
-forgotten my keys, twice
-locked myself out my room while doing dishes in sweatpants (hence no cell phone) therefore...
-used up the one spare keys "get-out-of-jail-free card"
-been late to class
-skipped a class
-procrastinated homework

It's not a good start. Really I should have already made these mistakes first semester (I did, toward the latter part of it) and learned from them. I'm just going to blame everything on the cold I immediately contracted upon arrival to campus. Yep, that cold has completely fucked with my sense of smell and capabilities of cognition. Damn cold.

In other news, classes are going pretty well. I'll be doing a truckload of reading and writing essays this semester, but I'm hoping to manage my time effectively. I can pretty much already tell which classes I will look forward to (Tai Chi, HNRS 130) and which classes I will dread (HNRS 230, Bio). And French remains the "meh" class. My enjoyment and workload for the Bio Lab is yet to be determined, although I am already aware that dissecting a fetal pig is in my grim future.
On a more pleasant note, I'm loving Tai Chi; the martial art and the class itself. I can't really put into words why I'm enjoying it so much, so that will just have to do for now.

OH. My future is not so grim. The Muse concert is happening, a ticket has been purchased and friend to go with has been acquired. ALSO. Today my bestie from NJ and I made tentative plans for her to come down in April and see Kevin Smith live! I really hope it works out, but I'll find out soon because those tickets go on sale this week and I'm determined to buy them before they potentially sell out.
Yay, I'm excited again and glad that this post ends on the positive side after beginning negatively.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Crunk Internship Stipend

Driving back to school tomorrow, classes start Tuesday. Wow.

Winter break really did fly by. But looking back, it was probably the best winter break...of my life. Yep..that seems right. New Years was a blast, for the first time ever. Usually New Years Eve becomes my most depressing day of the year. However this year I had the house to myself and, being 18, accordingly got crunk. Nothing big, just a few friends over- played Apples to Apples, Rock Band, raved, and took bunches of fun pictures. Hopefully I'll never have to go back to those lonely NYEve's of lonely self-reflection.

The Smithsonian internship was really really great. The work itself was pretty tiring (in that it could get quite dull) but the people and, well, just the fuckin location made it blissful. So, I've decided to apply for this new research internship they're starting in the summer. Sure, it'd zap most of my summer time buuuut hello connections, experience, references, and a $5,000 stipend! Yeah, I'm all over that. With my recent experience over winter break plus my sponsor's recommendation, I think I have a great chance of getting in. *crosses fingers*
Unfortunately, that adds another application to my table of worries. But this one is due very soon, and not the same time as the other one. Yeeeah that UVA app...ugh. I finally started it though, about half an hour ago, ha. Just filled out the easy simple stuff, but at least that's something. On the down side, it reminded me how tedious and unpleasant these things go, and that is really not good for my procrastination problem. Looovely.

Ah well. I'm feeling good.