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~Close one door, open the next~ [04 Jan 2005|07:03pm] [ mood | okay ] [ music | Sha Na Na - Witch Doctor ] Well, since most people have moved on from Blurty, I think it's time for me to take my leave too. I'll still come to Blurty, in order to check up on the people who's journals I still follow on Blurty. However, that number has dropped considerably because a lot of the friends I had on Blurty have moved to other journaling sites.. If you want to know what's going on at my life, my livejournal can be found at http://www.livejournal.com/~lostangelssong. It's been fun. post comment

Just a quick rundown... [24 Dec 2004|06:52pm] [ mood | full ] In case I forget to say it later on, Merry Christmas, everyone. (Or happy holidays if you don't celebrate Christmas.) Apart from that... well... stuff's been going on. Yesterday I hung out with Gloria, Katrina, and Nana for most of the day. They came over at 3, and I took Nana home at about quarter of 7. It was fun. I made dinner, and we all talked a lot about a whole bunch of stuff. Explaining the whole Phoenix thing is -always- interesting. @_@ Really though, we all had a good time, dinner was wonderful, and it was good seeing my friends from high school again. Today I've been playing a lot of Sims, and I got to talk to Beth. That was nice. I can't wait to see her in January. We'll have fun. Tomorrow is going to be so busy. First is going to be the opening of the presents, followed by going to my cousin Joann's, and -then- going to my cousin Cindy's for dinner. It's going to be quite interesting. The day after Christmas, we're going to visit my brother, as is the yearly tradition. And then on the 27th, mom and I are going up to Buffalo until the 30th, so I will be incommunicado until then, most likely. To everyone I promised fics: I shall endeavor to get them done by New Year's. I'll be taking my laptop to Buffalo with me so I can work on them up there if nothing else. That's it, really. And in case I don't get around to posting before going to Buffalo, I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. post comment

~We need a little Christmas~ [10 Dec 2004|07:53pm] [ mood | determined ] [ music | Jerry Herman - We Need a Little Christmas ] First of all HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHEEPY! ( Cut for size ) I had to drive home today. That wasn't too fun. Especially since it was raining. I loathe the rain. In other news I have the psychology GREs tomorrow. Joy of joys. -_- I'm more than a little nervous. And as soon as I finish updating, I'm going to go study a bit. Classes ended this week. Finals are next week. I have two take home finals and one final I actually have to go in for. Joy. I'm the most worried about the one I have to go in for. Especially since the take homes are both open book/open notes. Well, that's about it. Off to study for me. post comment

Psychology is eating my brain again [08 Dec 2004|12:14am] [ mood | working ] [ music | fan humming and keys clicking ] Of course, this is what I get for putting off my journal for Senior Sem until the night before. Good news: There's only one entry per week required. It also lets me bitch about what a fucking stupid class Senior Seminar is. Bad news: I waited until tonight to do it. I'm more or less halfway done though. So I shouldn't be up all night. Today was just full of excitement. Jessica called me at 9:40 in the morning, crying. She had gotten into a car accident because a tractor trailer cut her and the two cars in front of her off. The two cars managed to keep from running into one another, however Jess's car hydroplaned into the red Saturn in front of her. The tractor trailer fled the scene, and so Jessica is getting charged with fault for the accident. Which really fucking sucks, if you ask me. So, we stopped at a place in Centreville and got some food, and then we got back to campus. We were back for about a half an hour, before I ended up taking Jess to the emergency room. Her neck was hurting, and her knee was sore, and we figured it would probably be best for her to get looked at Just In CaseTM. Anyway, we were at the hospital for about two hours, and then we got back to campus and got more food. Then I got to run up to Centreville again and pick up Beth from the Froot Loop Box around 3ish. Tonight was pretty uneventful. Played Kingdom Hearts, went to a hall meeting, and then went to Roses and Acme with Beth and Jessica. Beth was caffiene deprived, and Jess was loopy from the painkillers they gave her at the hospital, so it was -quite- an interesting trip. Now I must get back to work. I complained to my RA that my room was deathly hot. Here's hoping that Maintenance will get around to doing something about that before winter break. Though knowing the way things work at this school, that's not bloody likely. post comment

~Dancing bears, Painted wings~ [26 Nov 2004|06:58pm] [ mood | hungry ] [ music | The Mask - Cuban Pete ] I don't know whether it bothers me that I'm geeky enough to remember really minute details about the Masamune from Chrono Trigger or not. I'll take it as testament to the fact that I've played the game so many times that I've practically memorized the script and leave it at that. ^_^;;; And speaking of Chrono Trigger, goldchaosdragon and I finished the first part of our Chrono Trigger epic last night. Though... there is still quite a bit that needs to be done. I went shopping today, and Braved the crowds on Black Friday. I went to the mall, and I got Beth's Christmas present, and I just finished fixing it up so it's perfect. (Or as perfect as it's going to get, anyway.) I looked around for Christmas presents for my other friends, but couldn't really find anything suitable. I'll look around at Twigs and Teacups when I get back to school. ^_^;;; I have a few more people to shop for. I also went to JoAnn Fabrics. They were a lot busier than I expected them to be. But I had fun. Now I'm waiting for dinner. @_@ I generally adjust to eating late when I come home, but then I go back to school, and I have to adjust to eating dinner late all over again. It's not too bad, but it's a little annoying. post comment

Tired Brains [26 Nov 2004|02:53am] [ mood | sleepy ] ( Cut, because I know this meme has been circulating ) In other news, I've been having a nice talk with my friend EK for about the past 45 minutes. We've been plotting dastardly deeds of dastardlyness. Thanksgiving was nice. The turkey was good, and we had all the trimmings, as per usual. It's still kind of jarring that it's only the three of us for Thanksgiving. When we have Thanksgiving dinner, I keep expecting to look over and see my grandmother there. But she's not. And I don't think I'm going to continue that tangent, because it is nearly 3 am, and I really don't feel like depressing myself at the moment. Aside from that, not too much has been going on. I've been playing Sims copious amounts of the weekend. And Secret of Mana. And I'm going to have to start a new file in Secret of Mana so that Beth can see me save Santa Claus. And no, I am not making that up. post comment

Did we miss 395? [23 Nov 2004|11:49pm] [ mood | content ] So, the EROS trip to Arlington to help volunteer for NOVAM was today. NOVAM stands for Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry, and basically we were going down to deliver Turkey and all the trimmings for Thanksgiving dinner to some of its members. Originally, there were going to be 7 of us, but there ended up only being three. That was all right though. We started out at around 4:30. So, we headed along 50 west, until we got to DC. Then we started looking for the 395 junction, which is where the title came in. We had Mapquest directions, and as any of you who have used Mapquest before know, that is just -asking- for trouble. @_@ Anyway, we did manage to find 395, eventually, and once we got on it, we almost immediately got stuck in the TRAFFIC JAM OF DOOM! We moved about 7 miles in the space of half an hour. If that. I think it's because we hit rush hour traffic. Anyway, we finally managed to -get- into Virginia, and after more traffic, we managed to get off of 395 (which was a rather big relief) and find the NOVAM place. So, we pick up the turkeys, and the trimmings, and then we head out to deliver the turkeys. We got turned around a few times, but I think that's because it was dark, and raining, and the weather was all around just icky. -_-;;; But it was fun anyway. All of the people we delivered Turkeys to were rather happy, and one lady even gave us hugs. ^_^ It was nice. After we finished delivering the Turkeys, we headed back to WAC, stopping at the Double T Diner in Annapolis for a rather late dinner. That was fun. It was rather good too, though considering that all of us were pretty hungry, just about everything on the menu looked good. We got back about half an hour ago, maybe a little more. That was my big thing of the day. I get to go home for Thanksgiving after my two classes tomorrow. I would have four, but one was cancelled, and the other one is optional, so I'm cutting out after my second class. The parking lot around here already looks like a ghost town. @_@ This is going to be weird... especially since I was just home a few days ago. post comment

Urrrgh [21 Nov 2004|12:51am] [ mood | sleepy ] Note to self: I don't care -how- fun the party is, NEVER drink wine out of a box. It will make you hungover as all get out. That is all. post comment

Blah [18 Nov 2004|06:46pm] [ mood | irritated ] Well, it looks like I'm going home this weekend. Why? Thankfully it isn't because my computer died, as has been the reason the last few times I've gone home. You see, Beth's home sick with a sinus infection, so she's going to get stuff with her parents' money, play Sims 2, and sleep all weekend long. My friend Jess lives off campus, and has to train for her new job, so I can't hang with her this weekend. Which leaves me alone on campus, with utterly nothing to do. So, I'm going to go home for the weekend. It will be fun, I suppose. I'll get real food, and get my laundry done. Which is a plus, since I -desparately- need my laundry done. That, and maybe I can get together with Justin. That will be a blast... if I can manage to get ahold of him. I might also try to hang out with my cousin, Jeannie, if she's feeling up to it. So, those are the weekend plans. Today, I got to run around like a ninny. First, I got a package. It was the last thing that I ordered from Amazon.com. It was the Muppet version of the Frog Prince. So I watched it. There was some -serious- nostalgia right there. That's a good movie though, even after all these years. Even if I -was- making Chrono Trigger jokes throughout. After that, I got to run some forms up to Centreville for Beth, so that her supervising teacher can fill out her evaluations and stuff. Then I got to come home and go grocery shopping. My life is so thrilling, really. @_@ Tomorrow I get to go home after I go to class. Hopefully mom and I won't try to kill one another. That would be decidedly bad. Though I'm sure if she and I get into another cataclysmic fight, I will probably post about it here. ( Look! A quiz! ) post comment

Psychology is eating my brain... [17 Nov 2004|02:40pm] [ mood | geeky ] [ music | Computer noises ] I am such a geek. Why? Because when Jim is going over the ABC's of Schizophrenia, I'm sitting there and trying to see which, if any, Batman villains are Schizophrenic. For the record, I got through at least 1 possible diagnosis, with a potential diagnosis of one more. Once we get all the notes on all the psychotic disorders, I'll probably be able to diagnose any comic book villain -ever-. And yes, if you're curious, I do this with anime characters too. I haven't gone after the Harry Potter cast, save a mild diagnosis of Harry, but suffice to say Voldemort has -problems-. Oh, and Lupin's lycanthropy would have been considered a cause of mental problems over 100 years ago. I told you I was a geek. This is why people like me should never be allowed to study become psyche majors. Ever. We have far too much fun with it. Especially when we go into our bad Freud impressions... In other news, this week has been interesting, and it's only Wednesday. I realized about an hour beforehand that I had a test in Psych Testing today. That was fun. I studied for about 30 minutes after I had lunch. I don't think I did too badly, all things considered. Especially since there was a -lot- of material, and none of it was structured. It could have been worse. WACgiving is tonight. WACgiving is when they give us Thanksgiving dinner here, and it is hands down one of the most edible meals all year long. Yay. It means I can save my dwindling cash supply for when I really need it to do something more sane like buying groceries that will feed me for a few days. I can't wait until Thanksgiving break. Even if I don't get to go home until early Wednesday afternoon. Construction on the bridge will be done, which is a huge plus. Aside from that, classes have been going well. I finally got in the other book I'll need for my thesis. I'm going to try to get it renewed. Especially since I ordered it in Mid October, it just came, and it's due December 1. >.< If I can't get it renewed, I am -so- going to be taking notes on it over Thanksgiving. Joy. I also should get a move on in terms of the other projects I have to do for various and sundry classes. Joy. I will get all this done without going crazy. I will. post comment

You aren't supposed to EAT that! [08 Nov 2004|05:39pm] [ mood | sleepy ] [ music | The hamster chewing on the bars of his cage ] That's what I was yelling at my hamster a few minutes ago. You see, I had to change his cage today, and I noticed I was low on hamster bedding. No big deal, thought I, I have some on the other side of the room with the rest of his things. Or so I thought. Apparently all the bedding that was left was the only bedding I had. So... I kind of had to supplement it with shredded paper towels, until I can get to Annapolis, which is where the nearest pet store that I know of is. Which means I have to wait until tomorrow at the earliest. Well, as soon as I put him back in his cage, he immediately started stuffing the paper towels into his cheek pouches at an alarmingly fast rate. the whole time he was doing this, I was watching, and protesting that he wasn't supposed to be eating that, quite loudly. He deposited it all back in a corner a few minutes later, leaving me to believe he only did it to make the pieces of paper towel smaller. At least, that's why I -hope- he did it. Aside from that, I've been working on stuff for classes a lot lately. My latest project has to do with my thesis, and making a powerpoint presentation to present it to my Senior Seminar class. Joy. So a good two hours was spent roaming nomadically from computer lab to computer lab after classes today in order to get that done. Days like this are the reason that I wish I had PowerPoint installed on my computer in my room. On the plus side, as I was wandering around campus, I did get a package. I got to pick it up, so now Christmas shopping for mom and dad is done. That, at least, is one less thing I have to worry about. That's about it really. A nap is tempting, but seeing as how it's 5:30, it really wouldn't be worth it at the moment. Especially since then I'd have a helluva time falling asleep later. @_@ Joy. post comment

X_X [03 Nov 2004|11:00am] [ mood | sick ] [ music | Jess playing Sims ] Note to self: 2 capfuls of vodka in an otherwise gigantic glass of cider will still give you a hangover in the morning. Not a terrible debilitating one, but a hangover nonetheless. I was up way too late last night. Aside from that, computer is fixed. Yay. It didn't need reformatting. Yay. I think I'm going to curl up in bed, bury face in a pillow, and wait for Motrin to start working. post comment

~Oh Alcohol I still drink to your health~ [30 Oct 2004|07:19pm] [ mood | cranky ] [ music | Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom ] Well, I'll have my computer back tomorrow. Unfortunately the only way to -fix- said computer is by reformatting it. At least the guy who's working on it will back up my archive, so I won't -lose- everything that I've built up over the last few years. Here's hoping I don't run into any -more- computer problems. I'm home for the weekend, as I mentioned. It's been rather uneventful, all things considered. Though it's amusing when my father and I are in the same room together and watching the news. I make disparaging comments whenever Bush comes onscreen, and he makes disaparaging comments every time Kerry comes on screen. My mom, who at least keeps her mouth shut about the election when she isn't directly asked about it, stays out of it. She's the smart one, if you ask me. Aside from that, not much is going on. I really should get cracking on that Neuropsyche paper that's due Monday. But, since it's only three pages, and I'd rather not have to stop writing it in the middle, I'm waiting til after dinner. Slacker? Me? Never! I did do -one- constructive thing this weekend, and regestered for my GREs last night. Ah, the joys of being able to do things like that online. The way the test dates are, I'm actually going to end up taking the subject GRE for psychology before the general GREs. Joy. Speaking of the GREs I did manage to get a GRE prep book this weekend. Mom and I were out running errands today. In addition to -that-, I managed to get some new Christmas music CDs, since they were cheap, and were -everywhere- today. We also hit the grocery, but that's kind of a necessity every time I come home. Of course, at the grocery we got stuck in the line with the Uberslow Cashier of DOOM(TM)! I swear, it took this woman more or less 20-25 minutes to get the woman in front of us, -and- us out of there. I mean, talking to the customers is one thing, however when it is causing you to slow down so much that it impairs your performance, there is obviously a problem. I've determined... my period just needs to come so I can get it the hell over with. Then maybe I'll stop PMSing all over the damn place. >. post comment

Not AGAIN!! [28 Oct 2004|02:50pm] [ mood | REALLY FUCKING DISTRAUGHT ] [ music | computer humming and Jess knitting ] My computer is dead. AGAIN. It was working fine until today. RAGE! As for what it is doing... well it's back to it's normal "I'm going to eat up your hard drive AGAIN!" trick. The solution? Go home. Again. And take it to Mr. Bill so he can look at it. Again. >.< This is agitating. As I have a paper to write which is due on Monday. Grrr. At least mom has a working computer at home. This just makes my day. It does -not- help matters that I utterly burst into tears again while talking to my mom. But for gods sake it was working FINE until today!! And I didn't -do- anything to cause it to have a shitfit, goddammit!! In other news advising was today. I got my classes for next semester picked out. Woo. You know, I'm thisclose to just giving Mr. Bill a few blank CDs and telling him to reformat the damn harddrive, after backing up my the folder with all my things on it. After all, that might be the only way to deal with this fucking problem. -_- It -really- doesn't help that I am PMSing out the fucking -wazoo- today. It really doesn't. post comment

It LIVES! [25 Oct 2004|01:29am] [ mood | happy ] [ music | Conan moving around in his cage ] My computer! IT LIVES! Mwahahahahaha! This makes me -quite- happy. ^_^;;; I almost hugged Mr. Bill when he gave it back to me. Yay. post comment

~How Does it Feel~ [24 Oct 2004|11:43am] [ mood | hopeful ] [ music | Billy Joel - You May Be Right ] First, a quiz yoinked from sheep4859 ( File extensions ) Aside from that, not much has gone on. I am at home for the weekend. Supposedly, I'm going to hear about whether or not my computer is fixed some time in the near future. I hope it's done being revived. I -need- it for school, and I would rather not have to meet my father at parts unknown again to get it back. So here's hoping it has been fixed. I should know one way or the other by the time dad gets finished with church. Joy. Of course that means I can't go back to -school- until I find out about my computer, but hey, that's all right. This weekend, like most weekends I am at home, has been rather uneventful. Mom and I haven't gotten into any screaming fights, and that is always a good thing. I've been playing Sims for a good deal of the weekend. Yesterday I got to RP with both goldchaosdragon and my friend Jessica. Both were fun, and goldchaosdragon's and mine's epic is moving along quite nicely. Though thinking about it, it's always the ones that you don't expect that turn into the epics. I should see if I have enough music lying around to make a new mix CD. It's going to be a -long- drive back, and it's rainy. ETA: Just got off the phone with dad. Mr. Bill is making progress. He's gotten my 3 gigs of hard drive space back. Yay! He'll let dad know a bit more around 1. Which means I'm stuck at home til at least then. I do -not- want to leave home without my computer if I can help it. post comment

WOE! [20 Oct 2004|01:18pm] [ mood | irate ] [ music | Town Hall noises ] My computer is dead. I'm writing this from the Student Center. Here's what happened. I took my computer to tech support yesterday. BIG MISTAKE! Here is the -list- of things that they did to further mess up my computer. 1. They deleted the contents of my temp folder. You NEED some of those files for programs to run properly!You also need some of those files to -delete- programs. This is agitating. 2. They shut down -all- the programs that were starting at startup. This would be ok, if they hadn't turned off my antivirus software. X_X Really those are the only two things they did to fuck it up further, but really, that is enough, I think. The only positive thing they did is that my computer is running faster now. However, whatever was eating my harddrive space is STILL eating my harddrive space. I swear, I burst into tears last night. I was not happy. So, what am I going to do? I'm going to drive to... somewhere (the rendezvous has yet to be determined) and meet my father after Senior Sem this afternoon. He is going to give my computer to the resident computer guru at his office, and -hopefully- the man will be able to fix it by Sunday. As for me? I am going home this weekend. That wasn't originally my plan for the weekend, but I'm going to go home for the weekend in -hopes- that I will get my computer back by Sunday. So, how far back does this set me in terms of life? Well, driving to parts unknown definitely wasn't on the agenda. Nor was going home for the weekend. Plus, this delays my thesis work for at least a few days, since I can't really turn my computer -on- for fear it will eat my harddrive space. (Of course, I also can't do thesis work without any research and right now half of the research I need hasn't come in yet. X_X) The only positive thing about this whole damned experience is that I will be able to get real food for the weekend. And that's damn little consolation. I don't have time for my computer to be dying. I don't have the time or money to get a new computer. Thankfully, the resident computer guru my dad knows says he's dealt with things like this before, so he can probably fix it. I hope he can. If not, I don't know what I will do. Aside from -that- big mess, today hasn't been too bad. I still need to call my dad, which I'll more than likely do after Psych Testing and arrange where and when I'm going to meet him. And you know what? I'll probably miss dinner because of this, since I have to drive to parts unknown and back and the earliest I'll be setting out is like 4:30. So basically, no, I'm not dead. I'm just going to be incommunicado until Friday. post comment

What an icky day [19 Oct 2004|02:22pm] [ mood | annoyed and headachy ] [ music | Library sounds ] I'm writing this from the library. Why? Because Spyware at my computer. A few days ago I had 3 gigs of hard drive space. Everything was fine. Yesterday, when I turned it off, I had about 1.6 gigs. Now, you need to understand, I did -nothing- in the last several days that would reduce my hard drive space that much. When I get home from a meeting with my advisor (I am becoming -quite- familiar with her office) my computer was complaining that it had 59 megs of space left. So, I did the logical thing. I turned it off, and took it down to the help desk. Which is where it still is, unfortunately. I'm -hoping- that they don't have to wipe the hard drive. Or if they must that they back up my stuff first. I'm also hoping that I get my computer back at some point with in the next several days. In other news, I've managed to find some thesis research (finally) and narrow my topic down even more. Now all I need to do is wait for my things to come through on Interlibrary Loan and I will be all set. Now, all that's left to do is swing by the CAC, and get the package that came for me today. Then I need to go by the help desk, and see if my computer has been fixed. Then I think I'm going to go home, curl up with a book, take some Motrin, and maybe take a nap. Sounds like a very nice plan to me. post comment

::Groan:: [14 Oct 2004|02:45pm] [ mood | annoyed ] You know, I am beginning to think that the gods themselves object to my thesis topic. Apparently studying anxiety regarding sex vs violence in the media is not a good thing. X_X Ok, here's how it started. I originally had a topic last semester. Over the summer I decided I didn't like that topic. So, after talking to my advisor and having several meetings with her, I officially changed my topic. So, then I go look for research. I can't find anything. Our introduction to our thesis is due in two weeks, and I can't write it if I don't have any research. Well, earlier this week, I talk to my advisor. She says that we can meet this Thursday. I say ok. This Thursday rolls around, and I get a call this morning at 10 am. It's my advisor. She's not on campus because both of her children are sick. Both of her kids are under 5 years old. Anyways, she calls me, and we talk. She basically says to go ask Dr. M if I can use his password to search through some journals that the library doesn't get. So, after running around campus, spending nearly 2 bucks on copies for an assignment for another class, and basically getting all my stuff for today done, I go down to the psyche department. I explain my problem to Dr. M, and he pretty much says "Sorry, you can only use my code when you are utterly out of options." ARGH!!! So pretty much I'm back to the beginning. Joy. I'm gonna do some more basic (if futile) research tonight, and then talk to my advisor tomorrow, since I have two classes with the woman. Aside from that loveliness, not too much has been going on. I've been dealing with classes. Got those two tests back that I was talking about. Got a B+/A- on the Psychopathology test. I guess Jim couldn't make up his mind. Got a C+ on the Neuropsyche test. At least I passed. Despite that I still have about a 3.3 average right now in neuropsyche. So that, at least, is a plus. I'm heading up to Centreville in about half an hour to retrieve Beth from the Froot Loop box. But first... I need a shower. post comment

My Brain Hurts! [06 Oct 2004|12:50pm] [ mood | blah ] I got out of two back to back tests today, and I think I did a lot better on my psychopathology test than I did on my human neuropsychology test. It was still rather annoying to have two tests back to back, but at least I figured out -why- I did better on the first one. The notes Jim gives us are structured. He gives them more or less in outline form, and the stuff that isn't in outline has clear headings and is rather detailed. Contrast that to the notes Dr. Littlefield (my neuropsyche) teacher gives. They're scattered, she writes virtually -nothing- down, and the notes are all over the place. There's no real structure to them, which makes it harder to study them, even though there are less notes as a whole. I'm not the only one who was anxious about our neuropsyche test, though. A lot of people felt really unprepared. Pretty much everyone else in the class. And she wouldn't tell us -anything- about the test really, when we asked questions, because she had already made it up. Grr. Aside from my class woes, not too much has been going on. I've been going to class. Today is Wednesday, which means we have Senior Seminar, which is hands down one of the most useless classes in the world. Yes, it's -nice- that we're getting credit for doing a thesis, but that class is a huge waste of time. And we did send a letter to all of the professors in the department voicing our concerns about the class. Most of them were pretty much treated as "That's nice, kids. Now get back to work." So nice to see that they really -care- about our opinions. I swear, the most valuable thing I've learned this week is that when all conventional means of getting rid of a headache fail, a glass of wine works wonders. And really, that's kind of sad. post comment

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