for the first time in my academic career, i have failed something. it was a finance test worth 25% of our grade. for the record, i completed every homework assignment, attended every class and review session, and studied my a*$ off for the test...only to receive a 55%. so, now i don't know what will happen regarding passing this class. and failing ( Read more... )

i had a great weekend...got an internship with the arvada center for the arts -Allison's new workplace- so that's cool ( Read more... )

i am fully aware that many of my entries include the weather...but come on! it's colorado ( Read more... )

tonight and tomorrow night i was supposed to be attending an over the rhine concert...concerts...whatever. but alas, no such luck. they've postponed the tour indefinitely to work on their marriage. i think that's amazing that they have their priorities enough in tact, but still, i wanna see 'em! someday soon, right? so, here's my over the rhine ( Read more... )

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do you ever feel like there's no balance in your life? that everything is heavily weighted to one side or the other...? i feel like i'm either engulfed in schoolwork, overindulging in my friendships, or creatively jumping off the deep end somewhere! and there's no happy medium, or meeting place where all those paths can converge ( Read more... )

finally, today marked the first day of fall in colorado (in my mind, anyhow). the last month's weather has been to the tune of 85 degrees or so...today - 56. unfortunately, tomorrow is supposed to be 40-something...why oh why can't colorado hang on to a weather system for a few days?!? who am i to complain - 300 days of sunshine ( Read more... )

elliott smith commited suicide?

crazy.

i've been sitting here for the last 7 hours working on a paper about sexism/gender roles in america. not that the subject isn't interesting, it's just ridiculously HUGE...and i have specific questions i need to answer in this 10-pager. i've got about 7.5 page so far, but none of it seems to gel together very well. sigh ( Read more... )

I had a great day with my cutie patootie, 2.5 year old friend, Josie. She's such a smart kid. We went to the Butterfly Pavilion today, which to my dismay, doesn't house only butterflies. They also house BUGS. And we're not talking "ooh - isn't that a cute walking stick." We're talking "look at the largest spider in the world - he's got a span of 15 ( Read more... )