Wednesday, October 26, 2011

PAD

air beds, floor meals,
dark skin, burger deals,
word games, museums,
SAT comparisons.

Basketball, dodgeball,
proposals in the fall,
brushed teeth, yards of floss,
chicken nuggets in barbecue sauce.

Lengthy showers, midnights at the pool,
arguing a scrabble rule,

TBC

What if

I did not cry
To weep is to admit defeat
and I am still in shock

Restful nights
will become sleepless fights
pillows too fluffed and blankets too tight.

Cooking for love
will turn into fast slop
thrown together, eaten alone.

Lively moments in my car
spent listening to novels
now spent staring at walls.

All men now look like you
None at all similar

Busy weekend!

Heather and I's wall is this Friday!!!


And then... Saturday.....!!!!


And then Sunday.....


Meanwhile I will be with....

After more than one year I can finally use my = sign again!!!!

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Unintended pun?

I was at work the other day. I had gotten sat a 4 top. They were two middle-aged couples. I went over to greet and ask if they wanted drinks. Right away, before answering me, they started talking to each other in another language. I was taken aback. What language were they speaking? I guessed Russian, it didn't sound hard enough to be German. I know very few words in either language, so I wasn't 100% certain either way. They turned to me and gave me their drink orders. I went to the back to get their drinks and ran into Jay Jay and said to her, "I think my table is Russian." She responded quite casually, "Are they in a hurry?" I stopped for half a second then burst out laughing. She looked at me, "No, I think they are speaking Russian and may be from Russia." She laughed a bit too. I continued laughing at the perfect misunderstanding.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

impromptu public speech

My school has had a lack of applications in the past year or so and to try to up the number of people applying they did this thing for fall break to promote the school to high schools near and far. They sent off students with postcards and a mission: talk to you high school career counselor/college counselor about New College and have him or her fill out a simple postcard and send it in and get put into a lottery for $500 cash! Good odds right? In the real lotto, it has been said that you have a greater chance of getting hit by lightning than winning. With this local lotto, I have the same odds as dying in a motorcycle incident (2007). Since there are less than 900 persons able to do this, count on at least half not doing it to begin with (450), about half those not bothering (225). Those odds look super good!  Add in general attrition and the odds would most likely be 1 in a 100. So I have pretty good chance of winning money! Woot. Anyways I meant to be talking about MY experience talking to my own high school career counselor.

Upon driving up to my high school (it had been a while) I was immediately bewildered. I remember where most everything is, and could see what I had thought the administration building was, however it was surrounded by orange tape, piles of dirt, and heavy machinery. Ok, I drove around a new road, recently added and found a close parking lot. I was wondering if they had moved the administration to a new building or if I could access the building I thought was the one from the other side. The parking lot (I am notorious for getting lost in parking garages and being confused in parking lots, and I'm no dumbie-spelling?) was not straightforward though it was one way and I ended up driving in the wrong direction to find a parking spot (I swear I didn't see the arrow 'til it was too late).    

So I go up to the administrative building, which was actually the building I thought it was. I bypass the administrating people and go right up to the guidance/career office (no pass I'm so hardcore lol). I walked right up to him and he actually recognized me and introduced me to the ten or so students who were doing various things in the office as "number one in her class, the one who made me this apple that so many students ask about." When I graduated from high school I got a bunch of fake apples and wrote on them and gave them to the teachers I liked or the people who had helped me a lot (like Mr. A and my personal guidance counselor for VPA). I told him why I had come (talk about New College etc) and he told me I should give a presentation to the students there since the other NCF student hadn't when she came in.

A little nervous I began giving my impromptu public speech. Interesting enough I started by talking about how comfy the new chairs were in the new building. Stupid yes but I soon segwayed into my AOC, how the classes were, thesis, grades, etc. I told them that if they hadn't already they should tour. It was super cool that I felt that I gave a good presentation and didn't actually feel that nervous. I didn't actually forget everything like usual in a speech. Maybe it was that I wasn't prepared to give a speech, the familiarity I have with the subject, or the casual atmosphere that caused me to not fail hard.

travel time, leisure converted to work?

I am obsessed with the idea of effective use of time and making maximum productivity out of the time one has. Lately I have thought that I am effectively "wasting" the time I spend driving. Sure, I kinda can't get around the fact that I need to drive to get places and that this activity can take quite a lot of time (for reference see post regarding what I do with my life, i.e. how I spend my time). I spend hours driving and so far I have used that time to.... drive for one and to listen to music. What a waste of valuable brain time! I could be recording a novel! Or recording anything awesome! Or studying (somehow)! Or improving myself! I have decided to try to use this time more effectively (multi-tasking in effect) by doing more productive things while driving (nothing dangerous). I started an audio book (The Giver). I might try to learn Chinese or some other language while driving. If you have any ideas for activities, let me know.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Fall break goals


                  Make lots of money!
                  Edit thesis lit. review
done           Edit thesis methods and current study
done           Make comprehensive survey for thesis
                  Finish current summaries for thesis
                  Finish Spanish paper
done          Write human sexuality paper
                  Start narratives paper
                  Clean house
                  Yardwork
                  Spain application?
                  IRB application
                  Tutorial plan done
                  Halloween costume? 

Sunday, October 2, 2011

weekend over, homework check

I feel smug in the good amount of homework I have gotten done this weekend.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

9/30/11

Not a polite tug
But a yank
Straight to the backs of my eyes
I feel so feminine
Feminine-Frágil
I don't want to be weak
Escondido en mi espacio
I just want to be held tight
I need some direction
Or I will go back and forth
Swaying the problems
In and out of focus