Friday, December 31, 2004

WTF is wrong with Michigan?

Ok, it's December 31st and it's 60 degrees outside. What's wrong with this picture?

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Thursday, December 30, 2004

Random Conversation With Mom

Ok, been meaning to blog about this for a while but I forgot. So this conversation occurred about a week and a half ago while at the mall near the Santa village.

Me: Awww, those kids are so cute.
Mom: You've gotta get married and give me some grandchildren soon
Me: Ummmmmmmmmm... ok
Mom: Well, after you finish school and get a job of course

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Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Dun dun dun, my motherboard bites the dust

Well, it wasn't my monitor cable, even though the bent pin didn't help. My motherboard on my machine has bit the dust because nothing will load, even with sticking in a new video card to override the old one. Joy. So now I have to wait for my cousin to find me a new case and motherboard, at least my computer should run better when it's repaired

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Monday, December 27, 2004

Time for a change in my lifestyle

Joyous. I had new employee orientation today at Covenant and got my rotation schedule for what departments I'll be in when. I start out in phlebotomy, which isn't that surprising, I'll be in the Cooper Campus that first week and then I'll go into hematology next (my weakest subject). But the worst part is that every Friday I have to be in at 0500 to do morning draws, at least I get to leave at 1330 on those days, but that requires getting up at 0330 on those days. That means going to bed at 2200 at the latest. Ugh.

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Sunday, December 26, 2004

Christmas Reprise 2004

It seemed that Christmas came too fast this year and then when it came it was over too soon. Of course, it didn't help that I also worked Christmas Eve and got all the "I need something that smells nice for my wife" customers and had to rush to get ready for Christmas dinner that night. But it was nice that night, except for me spilling a glass of water all over the card table that us grandkids were sitting atand on myself. And my poor great-grandpa doesn't have any teeth right now so all he could eat was sweet potatoes. It was a nice night though but I did have a bit of a problem staying awake through Midnight Mass. Got to sleep in until about 11am though yesterday and had a nice morning and then went over to Grandma's and had a nice day. Had to keep saying No a lot though and try to stay one step ahead of the kids. It was a nice Christmas though, just over so fast.

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Thursday, December 23, 2004

I am not a juvenile delinquent

Bah. Work today was evil. I felt like I was a juvenile delinquent. The one second that I stop working to answer a question that my coworked asked me (which was work related) our store manager walks by and asks if one of us was at the other end of the department. Well, I was on my way to the stockroom to put some stuff back that my supervisor had given me. Then we get yelled at by our supervior for talking. So I get sent back to fragrances and then Joyce gives me a handful of sucks to go hang up. I go and put them away and on my way back I stopped and picked a couple of scarves up off the floor and Jennifer was standing nearby working on some jewelry so I talked to her as I was picking up the scarves and heading back to the fragrance counter. Immediately Joyce swooped over and yelled at me for talking and sent me back over to fragrance (where I was headed in the first place) and told me that I wasn't to leave that corner because the store manager was watching us. What the hell is wrong with that store? What about the concept of teamwork? Apparently JCPenney knows nothing about it and I'm just ready to tell them all off, but I need this job

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I just LOVE Gateway

So I broke a pin on my monitor cable over the weekend. Went to RadioShack and bought a replacement, but it didn't work. Went to gateway.com and looked for a replacement part but couldn't find it. Stupid gateway and their hard to navigate site. But on the plus side I just found the part on newegg.com so dad ordered it for me. So hopefully it'll be here Fridayish since it was sent via FedEx. I can't wait, I need to access some files that are on my computer.

People are insane this time of year. Yesterday I took a phone call at work about fragrance and it took me a few minutes to get the answer since I don't have much fragrance experience and when I returned to the lady on the phone and she asked if I'd get her someone who actually wanted to wait on her. Just let me drop everything and work on your problem when it's 3 days before Christmas. I loathe last minute shoppers. And for some other excitement we had an associate go into labor in the breakroom today. Work is so much fun

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Sunday, December 19, 2004

Where have I been?

So I'm back home now. Got home at about 6pm on Friday after getting all my crap moved home. As dad said, the next time I move, it'll be when I move out of the house. Right now I can't wait for that. Anywho, got home, started unpacking, set up my computer and the tower will boot but all that happens with the monitor is that the monitor self test image goes down the screen. Looked at the cable and yup, there's the problem, somehow I managed to mash down a pin, so my monitor isn't getting the full signal that it's supposed to, so I'm stuck on the family computer. Blech. I can't wait for my dad to buy me a new cable. I wanna use my computer, I've got files on it that I need to access, and I have the urge to start writing a story. So yeah, that's where I've been. Busy doing stuff around the house (unpacking, which sucks more than packing) and we had the family over for my lil bro's birthday today.

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Thursday, December 16, 2004

The Ramblings of a Perceived Perfectionist

I should have worked harder in SimLab. I should've studied more for that big test. I know I did fine, but I could have done better. That class is the one flaw in my grades this semester. Sure, I'm back on the Dean's list and my GPA is back on the rise, but a 4.0 would have been nice to see just once, instead I'll have to be content with a 3.95 because of one A-. Damn you minus! Damn you!

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Wednesday, December 15, 2004

An interesting away message


Today we salute you, stressed out college student, during exam week. As you sit in your lonely cubical in the library, doped up on Starbucks & Aderol, you think to yourself, 'am I ever going to need to know this stuff in life?' The distractions are tempting and you have suddenly diagnosed yourself with ADD along with advanced delusionary schizophrenia with involuntary narcissistic rage. I'm sure by now you know exactly what everyone is doing because you have checked your buddy list 800 times. Christmas break is just days away, and your Prozac prescription will be in tomorrow. So crack open an ice cold Bud Light after that last exam, because for most of us, Christmas will be spent in rehab.


Thank god I'm done!

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Tuesday, December 14, 2004

I feel crummy

I didn't fall asleep last night until almost 5am. I'm just thankful that I didn't have an exam today, just the fear of god speech, so I was able to sleep a bit later then had it been a normal class day. And I've had a stomach ache since yesterday too. It's joyous. Blech.

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Untitled by me

Lonely
Hurt
By Someone
That I
Trusted

Alone
Weary
Afraid To
Care Too
Much

Aching
Rejected
Missing You
My Dear
Friend

Hoping
Waiting
For You
To Reach
Me

Healing
Thinking
Missing You
My Dear
Friend

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Sunday, December 12, 2004

A Little Slow

Ok, I know this is Ferris and all, but I swear, some places are just a little slow here. I quit working in the dining hall at the end of September, over 2 months ago. This morning, at this bright and early time of 8:22am (I know this cuz I looked at my alarm when the phone rang and swore), I get a phone call that went a lil like this:

Me: Hello
Sam: Hi Amanda, this is Sam at the Rock, are you coming in to work at 10am today?
Me: *stunned silence* Ummmmm, I quit a long time ago.
Sam: Oh, someone must not have taken you off the list, I'll do it now.
Me: Ok *hangs up*


Don't ya think that if I haven't been showing up to work for 2 months, that ya would get the point, especially since I did give 2 weeks written notice (something that most people probably don't do).

People at Ferris are special...

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Friday, December 10, 2004

Last class

I sat through my last class here at FSU today. It's kind of an odd feeling. Here I am, ready to go out into the workforce and start my internship. It's like I'm in limbo. Not quite a student, not quite ready to be working on my own. All I'm really sure of is that I'm done here and it feels good.

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Wednesday, December 08, 2004

It's finals time, so once again...

Finals start on Monday, so once again, 50 ways to fail an exam...

1. Bring a pillow. Fall asleep (or pretend to) until the last 15 minutes. Wake up, say "oh gee, better get cracking," and scribble furiously. Turn it in a few minutes early.

2. Get a copy of the exam, run out screaming "Andre, Andre, I've got the secret documents!"

3. If it is a math or science exam, answer in essay form. If it is long answer or essay exam, answer with numbers and symbols. Be creative. Use the integral symbol.

4. Make paper airplanes out of the exam. Aim them at the instructor's left nostril.

5. Talk the entire way through the exam. Read the questions aloud and debate your answers with yourself out loud. If asked to stop, yell out sarcastically, "I'm so sure you can hear me thinking." Then start talking about what a jerk the instructor is.

6. Bring cheerleaders.

7. Walk in, get the exam, and sit down. About five minutes into the exam, loudly say to the instructor, "I don't understand any of this. I've been to every lecture this semester! What's the deal? And who are you? Where's the regular guy?"

8. Bring a video game. Play with the volume at max level.

9. On the answer sheet find a new, interesting way to refuse to answer every question. For example, write "I refuse to answer this question on the grounds that it conflicts with my religious beliefs". Be creative.

10. Bring pets.

11. Run into the exam room looking about frantically. Breathe a sigh of relief. Go to the instructor and say "They've found me, I have to leave the country" and run off.

12. Fifteen minutes into the exam, stand up, rip up all the papers into very small pieces, throw them into the air and yell out "Merry Christmas." If you're really daring, ask for another copy of the exam. Say you lost the first one. Repeat this process every fifteen minutes.

13. Do the exam with crayons, paint, or fluorescent markers.

14. Come into the exam wearing slippers, a bathrobe, a towel on your head, and nothing else.

15. Come down with a bad case of Turet's Syndrome during the exam. Be as vulgar as possible.

16. Complete the entire exam in another language. If you don't know one, make one up! For maths or science exams, try using Roman numerals.

17. Bring things to throw at the instructor when she or he is not looking. Blame it on the person nearest to you.

18. As soon as the instructor hands you the exam, eat it.

19. Walk into the exam with an entourage. Claim you are going to be taping your next video during the exam. Try to get the instructor to let them stay. Tell the instructor to expect a percentage of the profits if they are allowed to stay.

20. Every five minutes, stand up, collect all your things, move to another seat, and continue with the exam.

21. Turn in the exam approximately 30 minutes in. As you walk out, start commenting on how easy it was.

22. Do the entire exam as if it was multiple choice and true/false. If it is a multiple choice exam, spell out interesting things (DCCAB. BABE. etc..).

23. Bring a black marker. Return the exam with all questions and answers completely blacked out.

24. Get the exam. Twenty minutes into it, throw your papers down violently, swear loudly and walk out triumphantly.

25. Arrange a protest before the exam starts. You could threaten the instructor that whether or not everyone's done, they are all leaving after one hour to go drink.

26. At some point during the exam, start crying for mommy.

27. Every now and then, clap twice rapidly. If the instructor asks why, tell him or her in a very derogatory tone, "the light bulb that goes on above my head when I get an idea is hooked up to a clapper."

28. Comment on how sexy the instructor is looking that day.

29. Come to the exam wearing a black cloak. After about 30 minutes, put on a white mask and start yelling "I'm here, the phantom of the opera," until they drag you away.

30. Go to an exam for a class you have no clue about, where you know the class is very small, and the instructor would recognize you if you belonged. Claim that you have been to every lecture. Fight for your right to take the exam.

31. Upon receiving the exam, look it over. While laughing loudly, say "you don't really expect me to waste my time on this drivel? 'Days of our Lives' is on!"

32. Bring a water pistol with you. Enough said.

33. From the moment the exam begins, hum the theme to 'Jeopardy'. Ignore the instructor's requests for you to stop. When they finally get you to leave one way or another, begin whistling the theme to 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'.

34. Start a brawl in the middle of the exam.

35. If the exam is maths or science related, make up the longest proofs you could possibly think of. Work PI and imaginary numbers into most equations. If it is a written exam, relate everything to your own life story.

36. Come in wearing a full knight's outfit, complete with sword and shield.

37. Bring a friend to give you a back massage the entire way through the exam. Insist this person is needed, because you have bad circulation.

38. Bring cheat sheets from another class (make sure this is obvious... like history notes for a calculus exam) and staple them to the exam, with the comment "Please use the attached notes for references as you see fit."

39. When you walk in, complain about the heat. Strip.

40. After you get the exam, call the instructor over, point to any question, ask him or her to work it out for you.

41. Wrestlemania.

42. Bring balloons, blow them up, and start throwing them around like they do before concerts start.

43. Try to get people in the room to do the Mexican wave.

44. Play frisbee with a friend at the other side of the room.

45. Bring some large, cumbersome, ugly idol. Put it right next to you. Pray to it often. Consider a small sacrifice.

46. Get deliveries of candy, flowers, balloons, and telegrams sent to you every few minutes throughout the exam.

47. During the exam, take apart everything around you. This includes desks, chairs, and anything you can reach.

48. Complete the exam with everything you write being backwards at a 90 degree angle.

49. Bring a musical instrument with you and play various tunes. If you are asked to stop, claim "it helps me think." Bring a copy of the student handbook with you, challenging the instructor to find the section on musical instruments during finals. Don't forget to use the phrase "Told you so".

50. Answer the exam with the "Top Ten Reasons Why Professor (name) Sucks

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Monday, December 06, 2004

What Level of Hell Will You be Sent To?

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
LevelScore
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)Moderate
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)Very Low
Level 2 (Lustful)Very High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)High
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)Moderate
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)High
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)Very Low
Level 7 (Violent)Moderate
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)Low

Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test

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Saturday, December 04, 2004

Not good for Grandpa

My great-grandpa is in the hospital right now. He's got pneumonia and septicemia and they think that he may have had a stroke. He's signed a DNR order and has told my grandma that when he's gone he's gone, he doesn't want to come back. He's 98, I'm not so sure he'll make it to 2005...

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Wednesday, December 01, 2004

Rest In Peace Shane...

What worse news to wake up to than someone that you went to school with died... Shane was 3 years behind me, but we went to the same elementary school, middle school, and high school. He was one of the happiest people I knew, even when his cancer was sucking the life out of him. He was first diagnosed with cancer in elementary school and they kicked it into remission. Then a few years later it came back and he beat it once again. Then it struck the third time and Shane just wasn't strong enough. He wasn't expected to live until graduation. He made it that far and everyone applauded when he crossed that stage to get his diploma. Everyone at home knew his story, there were benefit dinners to help pay for his treatments and he was a part of the swim team. He was too young to go, but he went... rest in peace Shane.


God saw you getting tired
When a cure was not to be.
So He wrapped His arms around you,
And whispered, “Come unto me”.
You didn’t deserve what you went through,
And so He gave you rest.
God’s garden must be beautiful,
He only takes the best.
So when I saw you sleeping,
So peaceful and free from pain.
I could not wish you to come back,
to suffer that all again.

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