Well, it's frozen over twice now. The entire US has been blanketed with snow these past few weekends (with the exception of Hawaii). It has cost me three days of work, so I've had to play catch up. Unfortunately, last night I came down with a pretty bad cold and was bedridden for about 24 hours. Not to get into the messy details, but I think I am pulling through it now.
My AMST class is really getting to me now. I am consistently unable to get into Wilson library to do research. I will have to try tomorrow because I had a very poor product to show last time and am running out of time to do these projects.
The CSRI event is going so slow due to exceptionally poor leadership and planning. There is no efficiency at all because there does not seem to be a process!
I digress from what was not meant to be a downer post. This will be an exceptionally busy two weeks for me, starting with tomorrow's dance practice. Diversions has to rehearse for our DM performance (4am Saturday). This means that I will be unable to attend the pledge retreat to Blacksburg Va to visit the VT chapter.
Speaking of the pledges, they have a midterm coming up. I just wrote it and I tried to be fair but not too easy. They have to learn to take this seriously. Their big brother reveal is coming up as is their El Gigante challenge. No pledge class since mine has come close to putting up a decent performance at that event. I hope these guys have it in them.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Oddjob
It's been an up and down few days. Everyone knows how strongly I feel (about anything, I just have very strong emotional responses to almost everything) and has been very supportive. If I did not proudly wear my heart on my sleeve, I would be embarrassed by the last post being public(ish).
My parents are in town tonight to see a production. I'm going to catch up with them briefly. Hopefully I can talk to them about some pressing issues; there are several which require attention immediately. I also want their advice and, for the second time, to actually speak with them about relationships.
In more cheerful news, my first long day at work wasn't bad at all once I got used to getting randomly snowed on, freezing rained on, told my backbreaking labor wasn't good enough by the customer's fat, white trash girlfriend, not getting tipped a lot, and stiff knees. I had fun because the skeleton crew we were working was mostly comprised of managers who had senses of humor.
While on my break, I went over to Petsmart and played with the cats and dogs on display for the adoption Saturday event. I fell in love with a male cat, an American Gray named Joop. He was strikingly calm and good natured, liked to be held and was immediately trusting and loving. It's a shame that I can't adopt him. I do not have the money and I would get kicked out of my house for owning a pet anyway. That made me sad, but I'm still more happy to have been able to meet him. I'll go back on my breaks until someone chooses him (which may not be long. An old couple walked in while I was playing with him and they thought he was the best thing since sliced bread).
My parents are going to be here soon and I need to go do pushups, so I'll wrap up. I haven't eaten since 8:30am. There is Diversions dance practice tonight to gear up for our Dance Marathon performance. I'm excited, it's been a while and it's a great stress reliever. After that, Pierce's UGA friends will still be here and wanting to party. Who knows what tonight has in store.
Party at McCauley St tomorrow! GEAUX SAINTS!
My parents are in town tonight to see a production. I'm going to catch up with them briefly. Hopefully I can talk to them about some pressing issues; there are several which require attention immediately. I also want their advice and, for the second time, to actually speak with them about relationships.
In more cheerful news, my first long day at work wasn't bad at all once I got used to getting randomly snowed on, freezing rained on, told my backbreaking labor wasn't good enough by the customer's fat, white trash girlfriend, not getting tipped a lot, and stiff knees. I had fun because the skeleton crew we were working was mostly comprised of managers who had senses of humor.
While on my break, I went over to Petsmart and played with the cats and dogs on display for the adoption Saturday event. I fell in love with a male cat, an American Gray named Joop. He was strikingly calm and good natured, liked to be held and was immediately trusting and loving. It's a shame that I can't adopt him. I do not have the money and I would get kicked out of my house for owning a pet anyway. That made me sad, but I'm still more happy to have been able to meet him. I'll go back on my breaks until someone chooses him (which may not be long. An old couple walked in while I was playing with him and they thought he was the best thing since sliced bread).
My parents are going to be here soon and I need to go do pushups, so I'll wrap up. I haven't eaten since 8:30am. There is Diversions dance practice tonight to gear up for our Dance Marathon performance. I'm excited, it's been a while and it's a great stress reliever. After that, Pierce's UGA friends will still be here and wanting to party. Who knows what tonight has in store.
Party at McCauley St tomorrow! GEAUX SAINTS!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Devstating Loss
I feel very lonely. Like a giant hole has been violently blown from my life. Kelsey and I split up after more than two years together. I thought I would marry her. I'm hoping for a happy ending, but after getting off the phone with her for the second time tonight, I just feel empty. I am going to have trouble picking up the pieces of my life and move on with things - I know myself too well to kid it.
Over two years. So much comfort and familiarity. That's partly what caused the break. We were too comfortable with each other and too complacent to fix our problems. Both of us have a list of things we need to improve on, just so we become better people/partners.
We've left things somewhat open to the possibility of getting back together once we've had our time apart, but to be honest, I have no idea when that would be. There is no way to set a timeline to this sort of thing. All I DO know is that I want it to happen, whenever that time is.
Over two years. So much comfort and familiarity. That's partly what caused the break. We were too comfortable with each other and too complacent to fix our problems. Both of us have a list of things we need to improve on, just so we become better people/partners.
We've left things somewhat open to the possibility of getting back together once we've had our time apart, but to be honest, I have no idea when that would be. There is no way to set a timeline to this sort of thing. All I DO know is that I want it to happen, whenever that time is.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Weekend Wrap up
As I sit in the living room with Pierce watching a stellar Jon Stewart Daily Show, I figure this is a good down time to write.
Kelsey arrived on Thursday and stayed through this afternoon because we got a freak snowstorm up here and it iced in everything - including trains. Unfortunately, none of my classes were canceled, but I persevered. We grabbed sushi at Kanki on Friday and then got snowed in for two nights. Thankfully Domino's delivered last night. Kelsey grabbed a sausage and pepperoni and I got a chicken and tomato. Mine randomly came with garlic butter sauce all over the crust which made it deliciously gag worthy. Out of 5, I would rate it a 3. There you go, an official rating on this "new" pizza.
Unranked UNC lost to UVa in Chapel Hill which represents the worst loss since before Williams arrived. Joe Lunardi was on ESPN and said we were NIT bound if we did not win Thursday against VT. I say we're NIT bound anyway.
In other basketball news, the Charlotte Bobcats won again, bringing their record above .500 and in the middle of the East's playoff race. Larry Brown is doing a great job, but needs to find some 4/5 and 2 help at the trade deadline. I'm watching them play against a Brandon Roy-less Portland and they're not looking too good. Portland is one of those young West teams that are fun to watch, so a .500 team from the East would naturally be overmatched. Interesting NBA news: Kevin Durant is eclipsing Carmelo Anthony for the league scoring title and Durant just turned 22. This kid is going to be a superstar.
In Panthers news, Julius Peppers's agent has reported to ESPN and the Charlotte Observer that Peppers has almost certainly played his last game as a Panther. I'm not sure what is going to happen, but the Panthers have GOT to get draft picks out of this situation, but Peppers is an unrestricted free agent.
To cycle back up to the Daily Show, Jon Stewart just did a tremendous piece on President Obama's Q&A with Republicans followed by a one on one with a White House economic adviser. Best show I've seen in a long time. To follow that, Stephen Colbert won a Grammy last night and is parading it around during his show.
Before I sign off I'd like to remind everyone that Bank of America stadium in Charlotte will be hosting a Mexico v. Iceland World Cup friendly on March 24.
Kelsey arrived on Thursday and stayed through this afternoon because we got a freak snowstorm up here and it iced in everything - including trains. Unfortunately, none of my classes were canceled, but I persevered. We grabbed sushi at Kanki on Friday and then got snowed in for two nights. Thankfully Domino's delivered last night. Kelsey grabbed a sausage and pepperoni and I got a chicken and tomato. Mine randomly came with garlic butter sauce all over the crust which made it deliciously gag worthy. Out of 5, I would rate it a 3. There you go, an official rating on this "new" pizza.
Unranked UNC lost to UVa in Chapel Hill which represents the worst loss since before Williams arrived. Joe Lunardi was on ESPN and said we were NIT bound if we did not win Thursday against VT. I say we're NIT bound anyway.
In other basketball news, the Charlotte Bobcats won again, bringing their record above .500 and in the middle of the East's playoff race. Larry Brown is doing a great job, but needs to find some 4/5 and 2 help at the trade deadline. I'm watching them play against a Brandon Roy-less Portland and they're not looking too good. Portland is one of those young West teams that are fun to watch, so a .500 team from the East would naturally be overmatched. Interesting NBA news: Kevin Durant is eclipsing Carmelo Anthony for the league scoring title and Durant just turned 22. This kid is going to be a superstar.
In Panthers news, Julius Peppers's agent has reported to ESPN and the Charlotte Observer that Peppers has almost certainly played his last game as a Panther. I'm not sure what is going to happen, but the Panthers have GOT to get draft picks out of this situation, but Peppers is an unrestricted free agent.
To cycle back up to the Daily Show, Jon Stewart just did a tremendous piece on President Obama's Q&A with Republicans followed by a one on one with a White House economic adviser. Best show I've seen in a long time. To follow that, Stephen Colbert won a Grammy last night and is parading it around during his show.
Before I sign off I'd like to remind everyone that Bank of America stadium in Charlotte will be hosting a Mexico v. Iceland World Cup friendly on March 24.
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