i'm having a motivational problem today. i have plenty to do: review all of our training documents (new hires, finally! what economy?), do about 10 assignments toward next week's finals. and i know that i should, because i'm supposed to spend all of saturday celebrating the anniversary of sam's birth, and that only leaves sunday, because friday i ( Read more... )

i attended the first sessions of both classes in my first quarter of grad school. it's going well. i like it much better than college so far. even when it feels laborious, it's interesting. i’m thinking everyone should go to college in his her late twenties, not late teens. the workload seems very manageable. i'm trying to keep school confined to ( Read more... )

this is the least busy i've been in a while. maybe i'm forgetting to do something. my work computer was dying for a few days and was eventually replaced this week and without my passwords and cache, it was a reminder that i use the internet as a complete crutch. for remembering personal things i used to remember on my own, for essentially all ( Read more... )

today i worked for four hours and then walked down the street to schedule with an adviser. i'm going to depaul; i don't think that i mentioned it here yet. that news was last week, and class starts on march 30th, so now i'm in the thick of planning the next nine quarters. i actually like fitting all the pieces together, deciding what i should take ( Read more... )

i have to make an entry in the next hour in order to use my icon ( Read more... )

i'm here but i'm in this sick daze extending from yesterday i am thinking about leaving. i would if not for the rest of the day's meetings. honestly i may call in sick to work and the sweater party tomorrow. even if i wanted an ironic garish sweater at this point, they're probably all taken ( Read more... )

too cold; let's talk about spring ( Read more... )

i need a mission statement. for when i apply to go back to school. one that can go on an application and possibly make an appearance in an interview. something more winning and persuasive than, "i've exhausted my liberal arts degree (waits for the laughter to die down) and would like for people to take me seriously". likely followed by ( Read more... )

eventful times, but for as much history as was made, it's in a holding pattern until january. i decided in the booth who to vote for (left v. lefter), and i was pleased with my choice. this also marks the first time that someone i voted for will be taking office as president. wordy description made necessary because of al gore.
i really had no ( Read more... )

saturday (10/18) we left o'hare, stopped in dallas, and landed after dark in san jose. it wasn't long into the first cab ride that we realized a few things: the car trips are all far riskier than the flights, we were relived that we hadn't ourselves rented a car, costa rica wasn't any cheaper than anywhere else, and all advertising was still ( Read more... )