140113 - Past + Present
2014-Jan-13, Monday 07:02 pmSo, it turns out most messages from the past are completely pointless and unhelpful...
181213~ Breaking My Brain
2013-Dec-18, Wednesday 10:41 amSo...over 3.5 hour math test....no thank you.
ATG has BIG NEWS!!!!!
2013-Nov-07, Thursday 04:20 pmATG may have to say good bye.....around summer time and then say hello from another place in the world!
210813 Nutella Cupcakes and a Tutoring Job
2013-Aug-21, Wednesday 07:02 pmA bear throws together some sweets, school things, and a shout out to her friend.
Movie Moose 130806
2013-Aug-06, Tuesday 11:38 pmIn which the most recent endeavors of a moose are discussed.
This'll be Funny Some Day
2012-Aug-15, Wednesday 12:22 amMM discuses upcoming changes, academic cul-d-sacs, and finances.... or you know..not.
NAK - The First Day
2010-Aug-18, Wednesday 05:52 pmFirst day of college was today. I think you'd have to be a professional student before you could actually consider it a non-stressful experience. Even when you've got all your ducks lined up in a row, you feel all jittery and out of place. Gotta say it though, very little actually went wrong today.
Parking was atrocious, but everyone makes such a major deal over how bad the parking is that you forget how bad the parking situation is. Then when you're in that situation and you end up parking in Lot G which is a quarter mile away…. you can't help but think, 'whoa! the parking is really frakin' bad! D:'. Then you remember, that's exactly what you knew all along and you laugh at yourself… it doesn't make the parking better, but you're mood is just a tiny bit lighter….well, at least it was for me :)
Soooooooo! All of my classes are on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays... although, my fourth class is just on Mondays and Wednesdays… I have Sociology first at 9, and it probably would be better if I got up and left the house at 7:45, and then just waited around until 9 for my class. If you're curious as to why…reference the above paragraph <..<
I've never really understood exactly what Sociology is… Evidently, sociology, anthropology and psychology are all in the same field, only they have more specific focuses. I look forward to actually understanding what the hell that means, and hope to God it doesn't bore me into insensibility :3 After Sociology is English Comp I, which is actually jointed with Sociology… evidently it's something that helps you to apply skills you'd learn in one course in …all courses…or something. I dunno. At this point my brian's kinda fried anyway. I'm generally bad at lecture classes…because my ADD kicks in and just flairs up into this horrible thing. I'm kinda the same at reading though… I tend to read stuff and not remember a thing of what I've read. I've tried reading out loud, but that doesn't really help much. But the English Comp class is also a 'discussion' class…which might be better than a lecture class if only because it's a little more engaging….provided that I actually engage, of course.
But after those two classes (which appear to be THE classes, the hardest classes I will have), I have Algebra. I never thought I'd say this, but… I think I might actually enjoy/not despise this. They're starting off with basics, so instead of straining my brain to remember what I used to know (and purposefully forgot) about algebra, I actually get a refresher course. Also, the lessons are all on computers and you listen to headphones while someone explains what you're supposed to be learning and you take notes and …stuff. It's pretty cool actually. Or maybe it's just my love of computers coloring my natural abhorrence of the dreaded beast (aka algebra).
I then have my hour break, and at 1 I'm off to Intro to Info Tech, which is a computer class. Intro to Info Tech is actually longer than the other classes… Most of the classes are only 50 minutes, but ItIT is an hour and 20 minutes long, but that's because we only meet on Mondays and Wednesdays.
You know how, when you have a bunch of classes, you designate one as the 'easy' class? It's not really easy, but in comparison to the others, it may as well be, right? Well, Into to Info Tech is that class. It'll be great too, because as much as I loved Word 2003…it's the old version now. So I'll probably get a better understanding of how to work the newer programs :)
The instructors are really cool though. I mean, I haven't had a single problem with any of my teachers at all. They all seem pretty awesome at this point… of course, it's still early. But they all seem pretty accessible. During Intro to Info tech, I got on my student e-mail and added all my teachers' emails to my contacts… just in case.
That is my 'thus far' report of college…thus far o..o' There really isn't much else to say. I have chapters to read over and stuff to do, but over all I have to say, the experience wasn't as daunting as I thought it would be. As long as our instructors don't make us constantly play these ridiculous social games and causing my social anxieties to flair up, I should be fine… I suppose I'll be fine even with the social anxieties…. they just don't make it easy -..- Oh well. I'll put on my big girl panties and deal with it. It's all I know how to do.
Guess that's all for now. Later, Sunshines :)
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Registration
2010-Jul-02, Friday 09:37 pmOK, so, today...despite feeling horrible, I went to the local college and registered for the fall semester! I went today, and signed up right away to speak to someone. Gotta say it... these people have a much better system than Fletcher did. Fletcher had us taking our schedules around to the different teachers and asking them to sign that they had a spot open in their class for a student... Oh, and all the teachers were in their class rooms, not sitting in an office all easy-like for us. It was like a mad scavenger hunt. This time, you're called and they ask you if you've filled out an app, and if you have you're shown to an advisor :D
My advisor got me a student ID number and got me all setup on line...and then informed me that none of my stuff from Fletcher actually transfered to places I needed it.... so I had to go and take a Compass test to see how I would place. Luckily it's not something you have to sign up for on a certain day at a certain time. You just go over, pay for it and take the test. Also lucky, I'm a very fast test taker. Took me about 20 minutes to get all three parts done. As expected, I totally owned the Writing and Reading section...but totally sucked at the math =..=' Writing score was 99 and I finished in 17 minutes, Reading was 93 and I finished in 19 minutes, aaaand Math....was a whopping 41 and I finished it in 8 minutes. I'm one of those people that, I won't agonize over something if I don't know it or if I'm not certain. I put the answer in that's closest to what I think it might actually be and move on....thus it took me no time at all to fail at the math :)
Anyway, that being done, I rushed back over to the registration and explained that I'd seen Dr. Gwen and she told me to take the test and come back. After a few minutes, I was back to registering. She was really great about everything, and I think half of that is because they're so used to people getting fed up with the protocol and taking it out on them, they find it a joy when someone's willing to be adaptable.
Anyway...All my courses are on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (although one's only on Monday and Wednesday)...except for the one I'm thinking of dropping. Introduction to Sociology is at 9, English Comp 1 is at 10, Beginning Algebra is at 11 and Intro into Info Tech is at 1. Sooo, class, class, class, quick lunch break....and then another class :) Except that the last one I don't have on Fridays :D The other class is Medical terminology...and it's on Thursday at 5...and it's 3 hours long O..O' I understand that a load of people got there before me and filled the normal class period up...but I don't think I can sit in a class for three hours, much less a 'medical terminology' one. If it were like...something fun...like ... a writers' workshop...or maybe something artistic but very hands on...like... clay! I'd love to learn to work a kiln...
Another (sorta) shocker is that when I was waiting (which was a lot) I actually started writing a lot. I've been feeling so bad lately, that even at times when I normally would write, I'd just sit there and stare at a page and get depressed. But I sat in the halls today, and flipped to the spot in my notebook that was clear, and cranked out about 8 more pages of the next chapter o..o I suppose it shouldn't be too shocking... I did most of the base work (characters and world building) for my story when I was last in college. What can I say? Those generic little buildings, so plane and boring, it's not like you can get distracted while you're sitting around waiting for stuff to happen...so you day dream. And, if you're me apparently, you write. It made me wonder, if I went to the public library with my notebook and just sat there at a table...if I wouldn't write better. I mean, I've said it before, my home is awesome. There's all this cool stuff and ...well...it's real easy to get distracted. Maybe if I was in a more sterile environment, with fewer distractions... I might actually write more often and better... Of course, that'd require me leaving the house....and there are distractions at the library... srsly, books, hello. There's always Sally Rae's :D
I'm going to go ahead and just wrap this up now. This was supposed to be all about registration, and I got a bit derailed. So anyway, that's my story of today. I got registered for the fall semester, and I'm scheduled for orientation on August 10th, at 12 in the afternoon. They're going to give us basics about the college and then show us around and point out our class rooms. So that should be ...what's a good word? Fun isn't right. Hm...productive? Yeah, that'll work :)
Guess I'll talk later. Night!
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2007-Apr-26, Thursday 01:53 pmYou know, I’ve been trying to think of things to post, and the only thing that keeps coming to mind is….I’m tired. The day is barely half over, and I’m tired. I know I should stop complaining because I’m always tired, but when that’s the only thing that’s on your mind, it’s impossible to avoid.
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Been getting letters from Lacey more regularely. That’s always fun. And Today is Thursday, so that means (maybe) Supernatural tonight. God I hope it is. I miss that show coming on regulare. I really wish that my TV would straighten itself out too, because the picture is always a little hazey. I’ve gotten used to it, but it’s aggravating none the less.
I still don’t know if Scamp is coming over. I don’t know if she knows whether or not she’s coming over. I was going to e-mail her last night, but….hell. I was too tired. Pathetic, no? Well that’s life. Besides, my inadaquiate correspondence notwithstanding, what with her recent problems with the school, I don’t know what she’s going to decide to do. She might not be in any mood to come over....It’s quite a pickle those people have put her in…a hot, and spicy pickle..hmmm…pickle……
I was so tired last night I ended up going to bed very early last night…woke up to the weather this morning. My story keeps coming into my head...I keep thinking of things for it, but I’m so tired, and so focused on trying to work that I don’t write it down. I’m gonna have to try and remember all this crap later….s’a good thing none of it is vastly important.
I have about 7 gifts left to buy before I can call it quits for the year, and I gotta say that looking at buying stuff that I’m actually going to need for my house…I keep thinking that I’m just never going to get this all done. Next check, I have to pay 2 tithes, and my Car’s insurance….I’m pretty sure that’s gonna lay me out too. So, no gift buying this time around, even though I really want to get it done. After the convention, it’ll be a lot esier. But for right now…I’m getting spread thin.
Oh well. I’m gonna go ahead and sign off. See ya’ll later, sunshines.
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Yaviel Isilmiel
The Times, they are a-changing
2007-Apr-05, Thursday 02:18 pmMan, it always amazes me how quickly things can change. Just the other day I was finishing up my e-mail to my cousin Scamp and now, she’s going to be going to college. Makes me feel a little foolish and arrogant in that I was trying (in some parts) to encourage her about moving in with me and getting a job and/or going to school….and now she’s going to be going on her own without any help from me. I mean, it’s great! She’ll finally be able to have a working routine (no matter what they say, being any type of college student is serious work =.=), and it’ll be something to add to her repitoir whenever she does decide to get a job. It just seems like a shock I guess. Also, kind of a downer, because she won’t be able to come over as often…and I don’t know when scool will be starting and all that. I hope it’s after our trip in June >.< It kinda sucks that we won’t be living together as soon as I had hoped. But, it’s not like it’ll never happen. We’ll just have to visit whenever we can and see where things go from there…on the other side, it’ll make things easier for her to visit whenever I do actually move into the Nexus. It’s not like we’ll have to plan around my parents vacations ^.^
In other news, if you know me/like me/love me (or any combination there of) by God, please go over HERE and vote for Supernatural! I really want to save my show…I was afraid it was in danger too, since it doesn’t air as often as it used to.
I have such a headache. I woke up this morning an hour early, and since then, nothing seems to be going very good. Oh well. Maybe it’s cause I had so much scaning to do =.= That’s a suitable excuse, I think I’ll stick with it. I’ll write later, sunshines. Ja.
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LJ Idol, Season 3, Post 3 - Dare to Dream
2007-Feb-05, Monday 12:24 pm2/9/2007 EDIT: 
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LJ Topic: “My Biggest Mistake and What I Hope that I Have Learned From it"
Hmm. What a loaded topic. How do you approach something like that?...and more importantly, what is my biggest mistake? I’ve never been the type to rehash problems or mistakes. You make mistakes, you learn from it and you move on letting the wound heal in due time; a good motto really considering I’m the obsessive type that’d just as soon beat my own self down before anybody else. Not only that but my memory isn’t worth ash, so even when I do make mistakes, I tend to forget not long after. Then there’s the fact that my life is over-all mundane and what mistakes I do make don’t really impact the dullness of it.
So...should I talk about my horse Rocky, and how I agreed to sell him because my bouts with the endometriosis were making it impossible to ride him and give him the proper attention he needed? No. That wasn’t really a mistake. He went on to greener pastures, even if I couldn’t ride. Perhaps I should talk about believing the local doctors for over three years when they said it was all in my head, then seeing a specialist and finding out my condition was actually worsening...no. Too self-righteous. I think I’m beginning to see why this topic is one that I find hard to write on...my mistakes are not mistakes, only difficult lessons. It felt terrible to sell Rocky after growing attached to him and loving him for so long, but it was the right thing to do. He was wasting away in a pasture, doing nothing but being fed and eating grass all day long. The same with my doctors. They’re doctors, they should be smart enough to know when something’s wrong, no? But they let me down by closing their minds and assuming that if they could not find something, there must be nothing wrong. I learned to listen to myself, to trust myself and to pay more attention to who I’m confiding my trust to.
But I don’t want it to seem as though I’m trying to cop out of the subject. So I’ll write about mistakes and what I’ve learned. But haven’t I already? Is this enough, typing out that these were mistakes and that I don’t view them as such?…I’ll throw in one more, just to be certain.
When I graduated from High School, I debated for a while as to what I should go to college for. I had to go to college; my brother didn’t and my parents have ragged on it every sense. Not going to college would disappoint them and make them feel as though they’d failed at raising two children. But like many young people, I had no idea what it was that I should be going for. Should I pursue something that would flourish my writing and allow me to better write my book? …No, that would be entirely too risky. What if I didn’t get anywhere with it and ended up wasting the money? OK. Web design. I’ve always enjoyed graphic and web design, and I’ve never had a degree for it so that I could do it professionally. Certainly that would be something worthwhile. No...risky again and besides that, Nichols (the closest official college) is a very expensive school. I don’t want to pay an arm and a leg for something like that, a field that I may never succeed in. So, I investigated the local community college. Their equipment wasn’t as good, and they didn’t have quite as many options, but still! I could study Office Systems and Accounting, earn some sort of Business Degree and then I’d at least have a fall-back. Something that I could always use…but certainly something I didn’t want to do for the rest of my life. 2+ years later, I earned my Associates Degree in Office Systems Technology...I’ve been working at this little desk job, a job my degree provided for me. And all the time I keep saying “If I could go back to school for something like writing or web design, I’d do it in a heartbeat.”
Perhaps having this degree under my belt was a good idea. Perhaps it will help me in the future…but the time it took to get it could’ve been used to further my dreams. I should’ve trusted myself or at least been willing to take the risks. But I didn’t want to burden my parents should the financial situation get out of hand, and I was too afraid to fail them (and myself). Failure is a part of life. Everyone does it (and I can say that without feeling cliché). And we all deal with it and walk away with something more. Sure, you may have failed, but you still have something more than what you came with. I learned something else while at this desk job, filing, copying, taking phone calls, and organizing mail...yes. I can be content with this. It’s something I can do and that I do well...But it isn’t fulfilling. It doesn’t pressure me, it doesn’t challenge me, and it doesn’t satisfy me. In its own way, it smothers me. I can’t write because all of my efforts are devoted to this job. I’m tired at the end of the day, and I’m not strengthening the very skills that make me me. Perhaps the biggest thing I’ve learned from this…is not to be afraid. I’m going to fail at some things. It’s inevitable. But I shouldn’t be afraid of that, or if I am, I shouldn’t let that paralyze me.
In the future (once I’ve accomplished many other goals), I hope to be able to go back to college for the things I love to do. Maybe I will fail at them...but if I do, at least I can say that I dared to dream.
LJ Idol, Season 3, Post 1 – Topic: Introduction/Whatever
2007-Jan-22, Monday 09:14 pmFor those of you who know me...guess what? I decided to join LJ Idol season 3 over at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
therealljidol. /nod nod nod. It was kinda sporadic and totally on impulse, but I figured “why not? I post anyway!”. So if you do know me, you can skip over this post without gaining my fury (yes, my fury which is contained to this adorable little annoyed face ¬.¬). But if you’re in the mood for a giggle, and you don’t mind going over things you already know; by all means, continue reading.
therealljidol. /nod nod nod. It was kinda sporadic and totally on impulse, but I figured “why not? I post anyway!”. So if you do know me, you can skip over this post without gaining my fury (yes, my fury which is contained to this adorable little annoyed face ¬.¬). But if you’re in the mood for a giggle, and you don’t mind going over things you already know; by all means, continue reading.
Now, to you newcomers, hello and welcome. After much agonizing over the first entry, I decided to give a brief description of myself (what everyone who thinks they know me knows) and then follow up with something perhaps more my style (probably random and inane). I shall now commence telling you a bit about myself.
The Basics. My name is Tracie Marie. Everyone at work, college and church knows(or knew) me as just Tracie. I later gained the nickname MsMoon after waaaay too much Sailor Moon. I was born and raised and now live and work in southern Louisiana. In fact, I live about 40 minutes south of New Orleans. I was raised by my wonderful parents with the occasional presence of my older brother. My dad is now 65 years old (soon to be 66). He’s worked over 30 years on off-shore drilling rigs. Mom is 56 (they’re 9 years and a few months apart) and a home maker (behold my heroes). My brother just turned 37 on the 19th. My brother and I are 13 years apart. I am 23. I was a daydreamer as a child and I still am today. I love to write, but sometimes it’s better to read (it’s more relaxing, and I don’t have to do all the thinking). I occasionally play World of Warcraft (though not as seriously as some) and Katamari Damacy on PS2. I went to college for a little over 2 years and emerged with my Associates Degree in Office Systems Techonology. I now work in town as a Clerk. It’s been the best job I’ve had yet, if only because my coworkers and I get along so well. I use this journal to try and keep track of old friends (and new ones) while updating anyone who cares for half a second on how my life is going. I also throw in facts that interest me every now and then.
That’s enough of that for now. I think I’ll go ahead with the other half of this entry.……..I’ve no idea what to write. /looks around.
You know, I love Weird Al. I have four of his CDs, and I’m slowly working on getting all the others that came before. Seriously, ya’ll. If you had said 20 years ago that Michael Jackson would be next to nonexistent in the public eye, but Weird Al would still be going strong, somebody would’a called the men in those white coats to come and cart you off. If he can survive this long, there must be something to him, right? So why is it, I get funny looks when I say he’s one of my favorites? At work, a lot of the girls look at me funny whenever I mention him. I mean, there are worse things out there…I’m sure we can all attest to that (and my coworkers who have kids agree with this whole-heartedly!). Oh, sure he may not be the charmer that Orlando Bloom is (who had me at 'Mae govannen'), and he’s not as ripped as Vin Diesel (who I’ve loved ever since Riddick), but you know what? He makes me laugh (and sometimes he has an interesting perspective about things O.o). As far as I’m concerned, I can’t laugh enough. The world is very depressing, and there are things out there that will just rob you of your joy at any second. So why not laugh while you can? So you know what? I can live with lanky and pale and long curly hair...Chicks dig scrawny pale guys right? (I’m sure some do). Honestly, I’ve always based attraction on more of a personal level...I never have found myself attracted to guys that were just "hot". In fact, the one guy that I constantly got hung up on all the time when I was a lot younger was short and partially bald and didn’t have the best of bodies...but you know, he didn’t seem too bothered that I was overweight and ugly. And he really made me laugh. But that probably has a lot to do with the fact that I think I’m physically unattractive, but I still think I’m a beautiful person, so my perception of what is attractive had to change...Deep huh? And to think I started off with Weird Al! Man...I think I just remembered why I like to just let myself ramble so much o_o
All right...it’s 9ish, and tomorrow I start my first day of working 8 – 5. I’ve been working 10 – 5 for a very long time now, and I’ve gotten used to sleeping in till 7. But tomorrow I wake up bright and early at 5:30. Ah well. It’s all gonna be worth it once I can afford to own the Nexus. (I’ll just leave that at that and let those of you who’re new wonder what the heck the Nexus is. God knows I’ve ranted and raved about it enough in the past couple’a weeks =___=). So yeah. Thanks for reading and I hope I didn’t loose you though all that insanity. But that’s all for this entry. Tootles!
To those of you newbies who don’t know, I always post a quiz result at the end of every entry just for the heck of it. I enjoy taking the quizes, and it’s something visual to break up all this text. I don’t see any reason not to include that in my LJ Idol entries. So there ya have it. Peace out.
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Quite a productive day...
2006-Jan-17, Tuesday 11:14 pmBeware, for I am: 
Tired
Tired
Holy quadrupeds...Ok, something I’m working on that I’ve discussed on ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ruby_unicorn is taking way longer than I thought it would. Otherwise, I would’ve posted and then been in bed by now. But I’m gonna go ahead and make time for this post before today becomes tomorrow.
Ok, so interview/skills assessment. I got there around 1:45 for my appointment that was at 2. They said it wasn’t a problem, and they started me on the computer right away. I was on there for 10 minutes or so when another girl walked in for the same thing. They’d double scheduled, and since they only have one computer, they can only assess one person at a time. So, since I had gotten there and started already, I was able to continue. OCD comes in handy for once.
The assessments...let’s see. One was on filing, the other was on customer service, another on Word 2003, another on Excel 2003, there was grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and math, typing and data entry too. So, I got there at 1:45 and I didn’t look up till around 3:22. It took that long. And I’m usually a speed demon, but I was going a bit slower just to try and do really well.
I bumed out on the math, but I expected that. I scored flawlessly on grammar, spelling and vocabulary (I was so nervous that I wouldn’t! I mean, it’s something I obsess over, and it would just figure that I’d take a test on it and suck). I got /thinks I think and 80% on Excel, which is really good since I haven’t really done a lot with Excel since I graduated. Word I scored 100% on the basic and intermediate levels and ...I think 85% on advanced. I typed 69 words per minute (which sucks since I used to be able to type about 75). And I know that I did really well in data entry. We never did discuss filing or customer service...but I can’t imagine that I did badly on that. Overall I made a...I think she said 84.75% and she said most people don’t score above 80% so that was good. She did seem happy that I did 69 words per minute...I should probably practice with Mavis Beacon some more...or maybe I can get the typing software that they had at the school! I hated using it at the time, but I could get up to 80 wpm with only 3 errors with that sucker.
Oh, also, I found out that my High School GPA was 3.0 and my college GPA was 3.3...I have no idea what those numbers mean. I assume they’re average. I mean, I know a 4.0 is the best you can get, so a 3.3 is really good for college (considering they said I was dyslexic and couldn’t learn). But I kept forgetting those numbers, so I wanted to make sure that I’d written them down somewhere!
So, the lady there said that there was someone looking for secretary work who could write up letters and such for him, and since I scored superbly in my grammar/spelling/vocabulary I’d probably be good for that type of job. The job pays $8.50 an hour, so I told her to go right ahead. Then again, if the job paid $5.15 an hour with chance of pay increases, I wouldn’t mind that either. Some money coming in at a small increment is better than no money at all. She said she’d check with the guy and call me in the morning (tomorrow) and see if she couldn’t get me an interview for that afternoon.
I honestly felt so relieved that someone verified that my skills were good. I was wondering if maybe I just wasn’t good enough...like I had the skills but I wasn’t aware of them. I was so glad the lady was all like “You gots mad skillz!” ...I’m paraphrasing of course...
So that was done, and I was grateful for it. I got home and watched some TV with Mom for a while. We were really just biding our time till American Idol premiered. You know, I realize that on that guilty pleasures list I made, I should’ve put Reality TV, because I am addicted to it even though I think it can be so stupid at some times. I mean like Idol for instance. It’s like a train wreck. You tune it to see the insanity, laugh at people, ‘ooh’ and ‘ahh’ for a few minutes, and thank God that isn’t you embarrassing yourself up there! Tonight was so funny though. Mom and Dad and I laughed so hard at the people, the judges, each other laughing at the people and judges. It was great.
We missed out on Gilmore Girls and I skipped my Supernatural but since I tape it regularely, it’s ok! I’m not worried at all! I’ll have to tape the next showing of Idol tomorrow though...note to self.
I am now really really tired. I’ve showered and everything, but I’ve been working on this thing (which will eventually be posted in ruby_unicorn) since I got out of the shower. So as soon as I’m done with this, I’ll be sending an old friend a happy birthday message and then I’ll be off to bed. I think I’ve earned it.
Goodnight everyone. All in all, not too bad a day.
| What Your Sleeping Position Says |
You are calm and rational. You are also giving and kind - a great friend. You are easy going and trusting. However, you are too sensible to fall for mind games. |
MM
Hello from the Darkness
2004-Dec-09, Thursday 07:33 pmWell here I am again...Lord knows I take the longest breaks from this journal >.<' But I figured I'd better write now or I might not write for a much longer time.
So, here's what's been going on, or what soon will be. We're having our Christmas on the 13th of December. Many reasons back this decision. My dad is going off shore on the 16th and I'm going to the hospital on the 14th. On the 13th I go for my blood work but I have no idea how we're gonna work our Christmas around that. I assume that once we get back from the doctor's office we'll eat and have our X-mas, 'cause I have to fast for the blood work and all.
So we finally got to a doctor who knows what they're talking about. Doctor Kelly and the Omega institute tells me that the Depo provera shots don't always help and they're obviously not helping me. We did a lapscope again and my condition is the same - if not slightly worse from the last lapscope I had four years ago. The depo shots were supposed to keep that in check but it turns out that Endo isn't dependant on estrogen; it's just sensitive to it. So it can continue to cause problems. So on the 14th I'll be undergoing this huge surgery where they open me up and scrape out the lining of my organs that the endo is growing on. They say I'll need at least four weeks to recover.
So, yeah that's why I might not be posting for yet another long while. The doc says that he's gonna insert a tube that pumps anesthetic over the organs into my abdomen...Lovely. Anyway. What's new with you people? Yeah.
Now next semester should be fun. I'm taking six classes O.O; Yeah. I'll be taking 17 credit hours and if I can pull it off, I'll be graduating. I can't wait. I've come to find a certain measure of contentment with my job (except for when I work Game Room =.=) but still I long for the simple yet slightly more plush job of a secretary.
I'm still trying to push myself and write more, but I'm slightly disappointed in the fact that I've let a lot of my other stories drop...Especially the EQ Stories. I keep trying to pick those up and I've always forgotten where I left off. And I am still trying to organize my world. I keep making things harder for myself. Oh well...I'll just keep at it and we'll see where that goes.
I suppose that's all for now. Make bets on when I'll post next. But for now, I've got a test early tomorrow morning. Ja.
-MM
So, here's what's been going on, or what soon will be. We're having our Christmas on the 13th of December. Many reasons back this decision. My dad is going off shore on the 16th and I'm going to the hospital on the 14th. On the 13th I go for my blood work but I have no idea how we're gonna work our Christmas around that. I assume that once we get back from the doctor's office we'll eat and have our X-mas, 'cause I have to fast for the blood work and all.
So we finally got to a doctor who knows what they're talking about. Doctor Kelly and the Omega institute tells me that the Depo provera shots don't always help and they're obviously not helping me. We did a lapscope again and my condition is the same - if not slightly worse from the last lapscope I had four years ago. The depo shots were supposed to keep that in check but it turns out that Endo isn't dependant on estrogen; it's just sensitive to it. So it can continue to cause problems. So on the 14th I'll be undergoing this huge surgery where they open me up and scrape out the lining of my organs that the endo is growing on. They say I'll need at least four weeks to recover.
So, yeah that's why I might not be posting for yet another long while. The doc says that he's gonna insert a tube that pumps anesthetic over the organs into my abdomen...Lovely. Anyway. What's new with you people? Yeah.
Now next semester should be fun. I'm taking six classes O.O; Yeah. I'll be taking 17 credit hours and if I can pull it off, I'll be graduating. I can't wait. I've come to find a certain measure of contentment with my job (except for when I work Game Room =.=) but still I long for the simple yet slightly more plush job of a secretary.
I'm still trying to push myself and write more, but I'm slightly disappointed in the fact that I've let a lot of my other stories drop...Especially the EQ Stories. I keep trying to pick those up and I've always forgotten where I left off. And I am still trying to organize my world. I keep making things harder for myself. Oh well...I'll just keep at it and we'll see where that goes.
I suppose that's all for now. Make bets on when I'll post next. But for now, I've got a test early tomorrow morning. Ja.
-MM
Here I go again
2004-May-20, Thursday 12:28 pmHey everyone, wasabi? I guess I missed my update last month, gomen ne >.<’ It’s been a long and grueling couple of days (weeks? months?). It’s been so long I can’t even remember what was going on back then...Hold on a sec while I re-read my last entry...
Health is so depressing I don’t even want to write about it. I’ve been having a little problem; every time I go to the bathroom I bleed. Of course that gives my doctor reason enough to want to do another colonoscopy (sp?) Not fun to go through, especially with me starting my summer semester next week X.X’ We’re all off the South Beach diet. It was far too much of a beach...I was always hungry on that diet...and I ended up gaining weight instead of loosing. Once I got off I lost some...Funny no? I’m like 194 now. Stupid Depo-Provera shots >.>
Work is wonderful...for now. Summer will soon be starting and that means we’ll be a whole lot busier. Shrek 2 came out yesterday...and though I want to see it, I cringe at the thought of working on weekends...on any day now. I’m now working in café, and I’m very happy about that. All the frozen cappuccino I can drink, I usually bring books, and I’m usually left alone for long periods of time so that I can read those books. But then summer’s coming and I’ve never worked Café in the summer...God help me. We have a new manager. Chris left us, or was fired or something. We’re still not sure. But now it’s Jamie that’s our GM (General Manager not Game Master...I know I laughed at the comparison.) So, now everyone’s wondering how long he’ll last...I know that’s sad and all, but we’ve lost *things* ...Four GMs already. There was the first who I never worked for, and then there was Sherry, and Kevin and now Chris is added to the archives...
School is about to start this Monday (Monday, May 24, 2004) and I’m dreading it in a way. Since it’s the summer semester and all, it’s only two months long, but the classes are longer. Not to mention that I’ll be waking up around 5:30AM every morning for the next two months. God help me. I’ve dropped Accounting. My mom was tired of hearing me complain and I got sick of complaining myself, so I just decided to have Office Systems Tech. as my major and leave it at that. No regrets about that whatsoever. I wasn’t meant to be an accountant. Give me my computer and leave me alone. What I really want to get into is web design, but the plan is to get my office systems tech degree and then after I get a ‘good’ job, go for Web Design.
There are now two new web sites I have or help with. MMEQDB is my original and will always be mine of course. Now I have Sloths Gone Mad as well. Sloths Gone Mad is about Me, Chibi, and Reiko. It’s a lot of fun, and lets people get to know us for us instead of just as MM, Chibi and Reiko.
I’ve stopped playing EQ. Shenna hit level 14, BSG-san gave me 20,000 plat (she has a level 48 High elf Wizard) and I bought horses and then I was like "OK...now what?" and plus things started getting busy and I had less time to devote to it and it just faded into the background. I still write my EQ fiction and stuff but I think after the year subscription to EQ we just go ends I’ll just give it up or something. *Shrugs* If I don’t have time for it, then I might as well just write and remember.
I’m still collecting the EQRPG books. I have the Player’s Handbook, Monsters of Norrath, Game Master’s Guide, Realms of Norrath: Freeport, Realms of Norrath: Everfrost Peaks, Realms of Norrath: Forests of Faydark, The Temple of Solusek Ro, and Monsters of Luclin so far. I also bought the D&D The Draconomicon, mostly because it’s about dragons and I totally love this book. It serves as a great inspiration. I have all the other EQ books in my wish list. The
wish list has grown by leaps and bounds...It’s now 8 pages long with 184 items. Hey, at least people will know what to get me when birthdays and Christmas rolls around ^.^
In other news...I love my parents! Every time I go to work or school and I hear people talking about their parents (or lack thereof) I feel so proud and appreciative for mine. My mom never ceases to amaze me with her compassion and consideration. And my dad is always trying to please and help me in any way he can. They both take care of me and do things just for the simple reason that they knew I’ll enjoy what they’ve done. My dad came up to me the other day, and out of the blue said "Go, take your mother, and buy yourself a digital camera." And I said, "Yes, Daddy! Common Mom!" After long nights mom always offers to give me a massage, and cooks for me, and brings the food to work if it’s necessary. Everyone at work wants my parents, and I’m just glad I’m the one who got them ^.^
Ok Mushiness over with. I guess that’s it for this entry. I really need to update sooner...it’s why these entries are so huge. Well, I’ll try keeping that in mind. Ja ne, Mina.
Don't send in the Clowns
2004-Mar-08, Monday 09:30 pmHello Mina. Long time yet again, no? Well, that’s my fault. So much has been happening, even when it seems like nothing is happening. Most of the time, I was either so tired I didn’t want to look at the computer, or I just forgot about my journals. And how long it’d been since I’d written in them. MM
Well, what’s new? According to my last entry I took this in sections...I think I’ll forgo that and just write out in paragraphs like usual. It’s not that it’s something I don’t like doing...I’m justing being lazy for now.
Ok so Health, which is always a big issue with me. Health is always an issue because something’s always wrong. This hasn’t changed. If I were to go through a list of all the things wrong with me, it’d take quite some time, and that’d be mostly because I’d have to pause in between typing to cry at times. My legs feel like they’re getting weaker and weaker. My knees have always given me problems and since Dad and Momie (my grandmother on my dad’s side) always had arthritis, we just left it at that. Know we think it may be a mixture of that and my weight. Last time I checked I weighed nearly 200lbs. Not something I’m proud of, but also not something I could really avoid.
Also in health news, my mom and I (Dad too, when he isn’t getting rid of the ‘bad stuff’) are all on a diet. South Beach diet to be exact. And let me tell you, it’s quite the beach...Low carbs and sugars or at least that’s what Mom has me believing it’s all about. Last week I felt like I was going through detox, but I suppose that’s the point. Mom’s lost two pounds already – she went to the doctor the other day so she got the chance to weigh herself. I on the other hand have no idea. I certainly don’t feel as though I’ve lost any weight or inches. If they’d dig out the exercise equipment and show me how to use it maybe that’d help. I’m gonna have to get on Mom about that.
Work went from wonderful, to torture then back to moderately ok in the time that’s passed. I’m sure I’ve mentioned that I work at the local AMC Palace 10, the local theater. Well, I was going to be moved from the box office because I had gotten written up too many times for being short in too little of a time span. I told Brad (one of our managers –there’s five) that I couldn’t work anywhere else, because of the shin splints and arthritis. Well, he said he’d leave Chris (our head manager) a note to call me the next day. So I waited...and waited and by Saturday, I was some what fed up. So I go down there and ask Chris if I still have a job. And he replies “What do you mean?” so I had to explain what happened with Brad, and he told me Brad didn’t work there anymore (he caught the lobby on fire or something the very night he told me he’d leave Chris a note). So he was gone, so I talked to Chris and James ( the Schedule manger) about it, and they said they’d talk to Heather and Mrs. D and get back to me. Another week passed. I went down to the office on Tuesday and asked Heather what was up. She had no idea what I was talking about =.=;;; So, I explained the situation and she said I could work Café, and just pull up a stool to sit on when I wasn’t weighting on customers. So, I said I was cool with that and she said she’d talk to Chris and James and get back with me. Another week passed. I went to see Chris Saturday, and he informed me that James had forgotten to put me on the schedule. By the time the whole thing was done, it’d been about four weeks between the time I’d last worked till the time I worked last Saturday! (Saturday, March 6, 2004.)
School is a beach too. I have all the courses I said I’d have in the last entry – Business English, Word, Accountings 1250, and Accounting 1300. Word is fun, and I learn a lot from that class. Business English is alright, but I wish someone would’ve thought to move the class to some time other than 7:30 a. m. (it’s hard enough with going over Business English, but at 7:30?) The two accounting courses are the beach. Mr. Samuel is as grueling, annoying, and hard to learn from as he was before, only it’s worse because we have him for TWO accounting classes at once >.< I just keep thinking that if I pass these two accountings and then take Accounting 1400 and 1500 in the summer semester I wont have to worry about Accounting any more. Which is enough motivation to make me endure...though sometimes I do ask myself ‘Why ;_; ?”
MMEQDB has been updated! *crickets chirp* Yeah, yeah I know. No one cares. The update is a good and a bad thing. Since this is my diary, why don’t I tell you why *grin*. Well, it’s a good thing ‘cause it really needed to be updated. I had so much stuff I’d been working on that wasn’t really ‘up’ and I was more than happy to show that off to everyone. It’s a bad thing, because I’ve already decided what type of thing I want to change that’ll be in the next update. Maybe, one day, I’ll get it to where I think it’s fine and doesn’t need any changing...but for now, it’s always changing and evolving. But it keeps me off the streets.
Also, in related news, my twin and I keep talking about EQII. And let me tell you the more I hear and see about EQII the more I want EQII. Of course it’s finding out what the specs are for the game and what my computer has and can do that’s got me really antsy. But my dad already said he’d help me out with it if I needed the help which is cool.
Another thing in EQ news, my EQRPG books collection has gone up again. I now own: The Temple of Soluesk Ro, The Players Handbook, the Game Master's Guide, Monsters of Norrath, and Realms of Norrath: Freeport. Of course there’s still a lot of stuff I want to get, but I’m holding off on it for right now. I’m trying to buy some of the anime I’ve got stacked up in my wish list so that I can stop drooling over it. My wish list is huge and I really wanna stop waiting around and start buying some of the stuff for myself again...but I’m just gonna buy one anime box at a time this time ‘cause I can’t afford much else =.= Of course since the list is so vast (I have 7 pages of stuff and 160 items after all) it’s hard to nominate what I want to buy first. I’m gonna buy the first season of Robotech (also known as Macross) soon. I also put the three seasons of Hercules in there – I used to be a huge Hercules fan – and so that increased it a bit. But hey, it’s my ‘wish list’ after all.
The only other thing to report is that I’m trying to think up a new quiz to put up at Quizilla. I already have one up, but as a friend of mine pointed out, it’s EverQuest. She, obviously, doesn’t play EQ. So there you go. So, I’m going for an Anime-ish one this time around. But whatever.
That’s all this time around, Mina. I’ve typed myself tired. And I’m sure you’re sick of reading by now. Drop a line, or leave a comment if you want. Sometimes it’s the little things that make the difference.
News Letter Style
2004-Jan-10, Saturday 03:08 pmOk I just went into serious rant mode. Oh well. Wanted a long entry anyway. I guess that's all for now, Mina. I'll write again whenever I remember to (heh). Ja.
This just in
2003-Dec-29, Monday 08:32 pmHey Mina. It’s been quite a while since I’ve written. Let’s see what’s new? I’m working at the Palace still. We’ve got DSL (whohoo). Lots of new characters on EQ. I just had my wisdom teeth pulled. Working like crazy on fan fics and stories. On break from school for now, we’re starting up again on January 12th I think...That’s all I can think of so I’ll just take one of each and elaborate on all of ‘em.
The Palace is somewhat busy and somewhat not. With the holidays and all, the week days are more busy than usual, and since summer is over the weekends are always a madhouse. I’m calling movie thingies right and left. I’ve already got the big mialarg(sp?) for Pirates of the Caribbean, and the small box office mialargs for Underworld and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and I’m getting the small box office mailarg for Master and Commander and the poster for Gothika. But the Gothika poster is for Reiko.
Having DSL is really great. I don’t have to get off when ‘Ka-san or ‘To-san want to make a call. My downloads are so much faster. I can play EQ or Achaea whenever I want. I have found though that the DSL doesn’t help when you’re playing EQ. It helps with Achaea, ‘cause it’s so much faster. But with EQ it’s just normal. And the same goes for DreamWeaver. My updates for my site are just as slow. But I still love it.
Oh yeah, and in EQ news...I think I have like 44 characters O.O I’m also starting to play Achaea, which is an all text RPG. I have *thinks* 5 characters. Druzzil, Cerimaa, Mariko, Alessandra, and Illyana. Yeah that’s all of them. Ok now back to EQ. I’ll write about Achaea later. In EQ I have characters on Firiona Vie, Rodcet Nife, Tarrew Marr, Terris Thule, Tunare, Veeshan, Xegony, Xev, Zebuxoruk. So yeah I’m spread out there. Tunare is my newest server but I’m pretty much just saying to myself at the server screen “ok...who should I play today?” and picking randomly.
Oh yeah, my wisdom teeth are now in the same place my tonsils are. Which I’m assured is a nicer place. I had them pulled Friday the 19th. The doctor sent some pills home with me, and my mom was asking if I’d be ok by myself. I told her I’d be fine and all. When she got back I had to tell her I had an allergic reaction to the medicine and that when I was sitting up I couldn’t breathe. I could breathe when I was lying down but not sitting up. She felt terrible about that. But I got some new pills and I’m great. And just this morning the doctor said I’d healed up nicely.
I’m now back to working on my EQ stories again. And I’m working like mad on my original in different ways. I’m also working on a cross-over fic, which, for now, shall remain in the dark. I’m carrying a note book with me everywhere so if inspiration strikes, I’m there.
As for school, next semester (the Spring semester) I’ll be a full time student once again. I’m taking Word, Business English and two – count ‘em, two – Accounting courses. One’s computerized payroll and the other is the next Accounting. I hope I’ll do ok but for right now, I refuse to worry. I’m on break after all.
Suppose I’ve gabbed enough for now. I’ll try to remember to write here more. Ja ne for now though.
