i think that after UCB, any where but harvard, johns hopkins, yale, or northwestern or haas or UofM is just going to feel like a massive step down.

so how am i going to take time off AND finance my professional degree and certifications?

oh the dilema. cuz there's no way i'm getting my business or accounting or finance degree from SFState.

i have a photo of my brother and sister. it was taken on mackinak island in the butterfly sanctuary. my mother took it when a black and yellow butterfly landed on my brothers hat. its at the very top of his head, and if you're not looking carefully, you'll miss it entirely ( Read more... )

augustana was amazing. musically, the most sound performance i have ever seen live. performance-wise, i'll admit they were outdone by their opening band Vega4 ( Read more... )

when the sound of my treo ringing broke through my dreams, i was so startled that i lept out of bed. glancing at the clock as i dashed across the room, it registered 3:49am just as i stumbeled over the dog gate. "who the fuck would be calling at this hour?" i asked in a shrill, frightened voice, huffing down the stairs to my bag. ann called ( Read more... )

you know, they're always okay with the partner you had when you started seeing them, but the new ones are always "painful" for them.

ugh.

would someone please explain to me the logic of half-assed IT work? why, in all their infinate wisedom, would a consultant not do a complete job installing, checking, and documenting new software or a new user? why would they sacrifice quality of service (IN A SERVICE_ORIENTED JOB) and quality of end-user experience in an effort to save, what? ( Read more... )

I arrived at the downtown "campus" if City College a little early. I wondered if I would somehow seem older than my classmates, like the mom that goes back to college when her youngest has finally flown the nest. or worse, like the fallen liberal arts student that I am, academia having taken me as far as I wanted it to, now pursuing a ( Read more... )

and so it begins ( Read more... )

explain to me how i ended up in a three-way kiss with a woman i don't know.

oh new years. a slut's holiday.

[sighs and shakes head]

on saturday, december , a flock of 29 swans landed on Rush Lake in michigan. to be more specific, it was 2 flocks. one of 25 mute swans. and one group of 4 trumpeter swans ( Read more... )