Christmas Countdown... Day 16

Today I'm going to talk about being thankful for Men, lol. I'm thankful that they are what they are and very rarely bother with anything like pretenses. Men are so much less complicated than women. Why, you ask? Well let me tell you:

1. On a recent shopping excursion with a male friend of mine I've discovered that shopping with a man is so much easier than shopping with a woman... they don't even try on their clothes before they buy them?!?!?! If it says on the label that the pants are the right size they throw em in the cart. I went Christmas shopping with a female friend a couple of days after that and she spent TWO HOURS trying on every pair of pants in the entire store.

2. Although some men are primpers and can spend forever getting ready to go out, even the most fashion conscious male out there cannot hold a candle to a high maintenance female. I had a friend in high school who would get up at 5:00am to start getting ready for school. She would shower, dry her hair, straighten her hair and then curl her hair... WTF? Why did you straighten it if you were just going to curl it again? She says you get a prettier curl that way... I say to hell with that I'm sleeping in until the last possible moment.

3. The last thing I will say in my Ode to men is that they understand the finer points of going to the movies. I would rather go to the movies with five men than one woman. Why? We women find it necessary to talk and analyse the whole damn movie WHILE IT'S STILL PLAYING. A guy (or at least the guys I know) will sit there and not say a word until the whole thing is over.

Now this is not to say that I don't like having female friends... they come in real handy when you need someone to bitch to about something that happened or to talk about anything for that matter... but that's something I can be thankful for another day.

Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you're starting to get into the spirit of things.

17 Days left of my Thankful Christmas Countdown

Today I'm thankful for being able to have all the necessities of life. I'm grateful that I have enough food to eat and wine... I mean water to drink ;) . That's it. I'm just thankful I'm one of those people who had never had to know what it was like to be hungry.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Countdown to Christmas....Day 18

Technically there are only 18 days until Christmas now since it is after midnight, lol. I just got off work and I decided to post the next installment now while I've got something fresh in my mind that I'm thankful for.

Tonight I'm thankful that I have a boss who'll not only laugh at me for flipping out at an asshole of a customer, but she will also congratulate me for sticking up for myself.

There is something about spending ones money that must turn some people into braying jackasses. So here I am at work and it's after 12, we close at 12, and I'm waiting for this guy to come in a pay for his gas. I look outside and his car was there but he was nowhere to be seen. Now, I'm waiting for him to come inside and pay so I can close up shop and go home. At this point, I'm tired, my feet hurt and I've got to be back to work in eight hours. I decide to go outside and see where the hell he's disapeared to. When I get outside he comes around the side of the builiding, I don't know if he went there to talk on his phone or take a piss, either way I'm a little bitchy at this point. So I say to him in my best customer service voice. "Sorry Sir, I was just wondering where you went, we're just waiting on you to pay for your gas so we can close up." I was VERY polite when all I wanted to do was kick him in the nuts and tell him to hurry the hell up so I could go home. His response "Yeah, well, I was waiting on to come serve me." HUH? We're a FRACKING self serve station. I still don't understand what he meant by that but anyway, I digress. I just left it at that and went inside to finish my closing stuff. He comes inside and proceeds to VERY SLOWLY pay for his gas, and then as he was leaving he says to me "You know you ought to watch it your being pretty blunt." WTF?!?!?!?! I thought I was very diplomatic up until that point, so you know me being me I lost it. Basically here's what I said:
" I was actually being pretty polite up until this point but let me tell you something, I'm not here to serve you when you're ready to be served. I close at 12 and I expect people to be courteous enough to be here and have what they need before then. I do not get paid to be here after 12 so unless you are willing to supplement my time be on time." I then shut the door in his face and finished closing up.

So here's what I ask all of you to do this holiday season. When you come across a harried and stressed out cashier/retail salesperson, take it easy on them. Give them a smile and wish them happy holidays. Always remember that they deal with a lot of crap from a lot of people all day long. Most days I get treated like dog shit no less than four times a day for things that are not my fault. I have rules to be followed just like everyone else in the working world. I can't bend the rules for one person unless I'm willing to bend them for everyone. Some people say the days of customer service are gone and that the customer is always right. I say, screw that. Customer service is gone because customers forgot how to treat us like people and the customer is not always right. Sometimes the customer is an asshole who deserves nothing less than a snowball to the back of the head.

Happy Holidays to you all. Thanks for listening to me rant, I know I'll sleep better now that I have that off of my mind.

Countdown to Christmas....19 days to go

So, here it goes.... there are nineteen days until Christmas and I have to say that it's my most favorite time of the year. Sure I bitch and moan about how commercial it's gotten. It's always a bit of a struggle to juggle finances and buy presents for the myriad of people on my shopping list. However, this year I wanted to start thinking about what I'm thankful for, why I'm glad I am who I am. Each day I'm going to write one thing that I'm grateful for. It'll be something I've done, experienced, someone, you get the picture.

Day 19

Today I'm grateful for all the opportunities my parents gave me growing up. I know now, looking back, that we were never what you would call well off. We were your typical middle-class family. My Mom was a stay-at-home Mom (the hardest working mothers out there if you ask me) and my Dad managed a Dairy plant. We had a nice home on a nice street. Growing up though I always hated the fact that my clothes were never really in fashion and I never had all the expensive stuff that some of my classmates had. I did however do a lot of things that I'm sure cost my parents bucket loads of cash.

They never said no when I wanted to go to Ireland with my Ballet troupe, or when I wanted to go to Cadet camp every summer, or the summer I trained like a moron for my Basketball group. My Mom would have to get up at 6:30am every morning that summer to bring me to morning practice, she would pick me up after that and then bring me back again for afternoon practice. She never complained at all. They allowed me to do countless things that I'm sure some parents would never agree to. So today I'm grateful that my parents just let me be me.

Merry Christmas everybody!!

BTW. Sorry I've been away, I was lulled by the craziness that is facebook. :D

Cirque du Soleil

So tomorrow night promises to be an interesting night. Something I've always wanted to do was see Cirque du Soleil. This weekend they will be doing seven performances of Saltimbanco. I got tickets. I'm so excited I don't know how I'll make it through work tomorrow.

I've got so much catching up to do my reading fellow bloggers ramblings and musings that I honestly don't know where to start.

Annie...Dayum girl you gotta stop writing so much it'll take me months to read everything you've written :D. I miss you so much sweetie. MWAH!

Wolfie... the story sounds great I can't wait to get some time so I can't sit and read it.

Poohbee... *sigh* I can't wait to catch up on all your adventures.

Veevee... does this stuff really happen to you, lol. Funny stuff girl, funny stuff.

I'll let you all know how the concert goes. Gone to get some sleep since I have to be up at 5am tomorrow to go to work.

Oh my... is anyone even reading my blog anymore? I don't blame you if you all deserted me, lol. Actually, I have a fairly legitimate excuse. I was away on vacation. You see, in February my best friend since grade 7 had a baby and asked me to be the child's Godmother. I decided that I would love to take my summer vacation to go and visit them on my summer vacation.

So, on June 18 I flew into Calgary (Alberta) where my Jay picked me up. She was there with her daughter (her fiancee was working and couldn't make it). We spent the night in Calgary and the next day we drove to a little town on the Alberta/BC border where she lives. I spent the next two weeks touring various hot spots in BC and Alberta, such as the Calgary Zoo, the West Edmonton Mall and other gorgeous spots in the Rocky mountains.

I do have plenty of pictures to post but since I don't own a digital camera I had to borrow my sister's while I was away and she's being a slackass about e-mailing them to me so I can share with my friends.

I hope you all are having a wonderful summer.

Wolfie and Pooh.... you guys can use my cbox to hang out and shoot the sh*t anytime you want. MWAH!

Stepping On The Soapbox.... Again

So, I'm not usually one for preachy films who tell me that I'm a horrible person and wasting my life. But I have to say that I've watched this documentary twice already and it's incredible. I know many people out there believe that Global Warming is a theory and it's all propaganda. Untrue. I don't claim to be a scientist, I'm actually on the other end of the spectrum. However, it's a little hard to ignore what's right in front of our faces. The natural disasters, the rising temperatures and even the rise in respiratory problems should all show people that this isn't a problem that can be ignored.

I often wonder how people can be so far in denial that they convince themselves that this is all just a media circus. Al Gore talked about the surgeon generals warning and how people convinced themselves that they didn't need to heed this 'hype'. We, as a human race, are not able to deal with major catastrophe, we ignored Katrina until it was too late. And now we're ignoring this.

Don't get me wrong. I realize that there a great many people who are doing everything in their power to stop Global Warming.

I'll have to admit, I'm all for warmer climates but not at this expense. I can always go on vacation to warm my chilled bones.

Stepping off the soapbox now. Thanks for listening, you can roll your eyes at me later ;)

MIA....

Ack! I'm horrible. I cannot remember the last time I posted on my blog. Annie has so many new posts that I have to go to her archives to read them. I still can't access Wolfie's blog from my home computer so I know I have to take my computer in to get fixed... it's ill. And Pooh has tagged me and I didn't even know it.

Tomorrow morning I have to go do some first aid training for work so I have to get up pretty early. I'll think of something interesting that has happened to me and tell you all about it.... gotta get some sleep so I'll be alert enough to french kiss a dummy ;)

Able to Breath Again

I've been pretty lax lately in my blogging efforts. And sadly enough, there still isn't much to report. Life is just chugging along... the same old, same old. My goal this summer is to get more organized. I've got to start paying bills on time :P. It's not that I don't have the money to pay them, it's just that I forget to pay them and then I run out of money because I am an impulse shopper. I once bought a bed on impulse. Walked into Costco owning an old twin sized bed and walked out with a Sealy double bed set, lol. See what I mean about impulse shopping.

Most people make New Years Resolutions, I however am nothing if not a bit odd. I make summer resolutions. Who's got time to make resolutions right after Christmas? When the Winter semester ends I make resolutions for things that I want to accomplish this summer.

1. Get organized with bill paying... NTS... if I pay them on time they'll stop calling me :D

2. Save some money... doesn't have to be a fortune, just enough to set aside for a rainy day.

3. Finish up my last course in order to obtain my degree.

4. Exercise more, the summer time turns me into a hibernating couch potato.

5. Pay more attention to my friends and stop being such a recluse.

6. Get my passport etc. in order so I can head to Korea in January.

7 Don't forget to apply for Convocation.

There, now you all know what I need to do this summer and you can poke and prod at me if I start to get lazy and don't do what I'm supposed to. You've got written proof :).

Okay I should go get some studying done since finals are next week. Plus I have my Archaeology lab exam tonight.

Mwah!

Becky

Lost and Found

LOST: My sanity
IF FOUND: Please return to Becky On Top Blogspot
REWARD: I will be sane again.... enough said

Ranting again....

This rant is just about something that someone did to piss me off. Last week I graciously loaned my really good set of notes for my Religious studies class to a girl who sits next to me.... occasionally. I say occasionally because she's absent more often than not. Anyway, she only asked to borrow one days notes and I loaned them to her telling her that I needed them back ASAP because I hadn't had a chance to type them up yet and I needed that days note in order to continue on with the next three days.... did I lose you yet?

Anyway, she hasn't been to class since. So I've been over a week now waiting on those notes so I can get on with typing up the rest of my notes on Judaism. GRRRRRR! You know, if someone loans me something I make sure I get it back to them the very next class. None of this two weeks later crap.

To make the best of it I have a test next Wednesday and NO NOTES for that class. It pisses me off. I make it a point to go to every class and take excellent notes all for what, so that some slacker can borrow them and never return them.

NTS: From now on pretend I don't have my notes with me.

Stand on the Soapbox or Keep My Mouth Shut?

So, I've been conflicted about whether or not to post about this and in the end I decided I had to. I was just too pissed off not to say something about it. In true Wolfie-style I'm about to go off on a rant....

Yesterday I was at school and eating lunch with some friend (two of whom I haven't known long), anyway I was telling them about this funny video that my brother sent me from YouTube... a music video with David Hasselhoff, it was called 'Get In My Car', or something to that effect. The conversation inevitably turned to amusing things we've seen on YouTube and one of the girls, who I'll call C, mentions how she likes to watch these, quote, "hilarious" videos a high school friend of hers does. She then goes on to tell of this one that she finds particularly funny where her friend is ranting about... well lets just say it was a homophobic/violent rant. I'm honestly a little sick to my stomach thinking about it.

After she announced this we were all silent for a minute until I spoke up and said that I didn't think this would be a funny video at all and I would be extremely insulted and disgusted if anyone ever suggested that I watch it. I know I was very abrupt with her but I wanted it known that, under no uncertain terms, would I ever find this remotely funny. Frankly, I was insulted and extremely shocked that she found it funny.

I'm one of those people who gets offended at stuff like this. I never tells racist jokes, I don't laugh at them, I don't read them and I sure as hell don't want to hear them. I thought that a girl who was more than halfway through her University career, and is supposed to be smart, would show more class than to suggest that we would find this amusing. I honestly don't know what the other girls there thought but V was clearly pissed since she didn't say another word after that. I couldn't keep my mouth shut and had to let my feelings be known.

It makes me wonder if she isn't the person I thought she was. Perhaps it was a poor judgement call on her part, but I'm not sure I want to stick around to find out.

Archaeology

As most of you know I briefly considered changing my major to Archaeology. I came to my senses when I realized how many years this would add on to my degree
and decided to keep it as it was. Anyway, I decided, against my better judgement, to still do an Archaeology course as an elective since I still needed some of those. So far it's been going good. However today is the day that I get my Mid-term back. I have to say I'm quite terrified. I thought at the time that I did good but now that I've had two weeks to think about it I'm starting to doubt myself.

All right, I must go now and get some lunch and head to my impending doom.... I'll let you know how it goes.

Ramblings

So, I've been very inattentive lately. I haven't posted at my blog or visited others at their blogs. Work and school has kept me very busy and I've been reading your blogs but just haven't posted.

Had a religion test this morning on Buddhism, I'm feeling pretty confident that I got an 'A' but we shall have to wait and see. I have a Folklore paper due this weekend and then I'm FREE for next week.

Meeting up with some friend tonight for Dinner out to the Red Pepper, if you don't have those where you are I pity you. It's a buffet-type restaurant that serves stir-fry. The buffet has all the vegetables and meats that you can imagine, you fill your plate and give it to the guy who will stir-fry it while you watche, he'll serve it on a bed of rice and with a side of your choice of Mongolian sauce. Ummmm....

We're thinking about heading to a movie afterwards but we're divded about which one to see, Music and Lyrics or Zodiac. Personally I like seeing Thriller/action movies in the theatre, comedy and fluff can be aprreciated just as well at home on the couch.

Anyway, I must go now and pretend to do some work. Hopefully next week I'll be able to get out to your blogs for a visit.

AC 360

So, I've been racking my brain trying to think of something interesting to blog about. Somehow I didn't think you all would be very intrigued about my recently acquired slovenly habits. Mid-semester break is giving me the chace to sleep late write for a while, laze around, read, laze some more, eat, and so on. This morning I perused my bookshelves in search of something to capture my interest during the wild snowstorm which has struck my province. 45 inches of snow later I glanced up from Anderson Cooper's Dispatches From the Edge and realized it was over. The winds has stopped howling and the snow has covered the ground making it a veritable Winter Wonderland outside.

I decided to blog about this wonderful book:


For those of you who don't know, Anderson Cooper is a Reporter for CNN. He has covered major world events, from biggest tragedies to those unseemingly unknown events that plague us. His story is a heartbreaking tale of travels in South Africa, Niger and East Timor to name a few. The devastating story of a boy named Aminu, and Anderson's journey as he reveals stories about himself and the tragic loss of his brother.

Now, I know some of you are thinking "Where does she come up with this stuff?" The truth is I happened upon Anderson Cooper quite by accident one night. I was having trouble sleeping and was flicking through the channels when I stopped on AC360. I've been hooked ever since.

To be honest, part of me watches it because I'm a chick and Anderson is hot. The other part of me watches it because it's a great program that really investigates interesting things.

Anyway, that's my blog on AC and his book. Hope I didn't bore you all too much. :D

HAPPY BELATED VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!!!!

I just wanted to wish all my Blogger Buddies a Happy Valentine's Day. Sorry I missed it yesterday. I spent my Valentine's writing a BRUTAL Anthropology mid-term and then hung with some pals afterward. Since I am single this year I decided to stop at one of the Kiosks on campus and buy myself a Rose. Hey, if no one else is going to get them for me I might as well buy them for myself.

I promise over mid-term break next week to make more posts. I've been so slack :D. Hope you all had a happy Cupid Day.

Last but certainly not least.

This Saga begins at the bottom of this page with me 'Getting a Life'...

The Earth Sciences building and the University Center are right next door to each other and connected by a short sky walk. The Anthro dept rented out a room in the UC since their building is WAY up the other end of campus and no one would have showed up if it had been there. So we head over to the Anthro Mixer where we are asked to sing and perform a song. We sang the Spice Girls... nuff said.

They are out of Vodka at the Anthro Mixer so I opt for a Rum and Coke. Here we stay until the end of the Mixer Crawl when we all head downstairs to see who won the best poker hand. We didn't win but a great time was had by all. My ride showed up and I headed my drunk ass home and into bed, with a quick stop my McDonald's for a Cheeseburger and Fries. Nothing better than fast food when your drunk.

Thanks for listening guys. Tomorrow I'll answer Wolfie's tag about my collectables.... do boyfriends count? Teehee Just Kidding.

Next Up... Earth Sciences

Now we've left the Science building raced through the Chemistry building over the skywalk into the Earth Sciences building. This crowd has lots of space, shots of tequila and FOOD! Yay! By this time I'm starving. It's been several hours since I last ate and a hot dog sounds great. A and I do a shot of tequila and get a Vodka and Pineapple juice for the road. C and I order the dogs and she gets a cupcake that have gummi worms on top. We stay here for a while just enjoying the fact that there is a place to sit, something to eat and a bathroom nearby cause I had to Pee... a lot.

We decided to leave the Anthropology Mixer until last since most of the girls were Anthro majors so......

2 + 2 = Physics Mixer?

The Physics Mixer had the best drinks by far. Something Purple that they named Verbatim (sp?). Not sure what it was but it contained Sour Puss and Blue Curacao.... Yum Yum. By this time I'm feeling a little tipsy. Too many drinks consumed in a very short period of time. Had our drinks and left... the Physics majors were trying to do Math calculations on the board... life of the party and all that :D

Fourth Mixer

From the Second Languages Mixer to the Biology Mixer which was down the hall and around the corner. I can't remember which question was there since I was in the lineup for drinks. Found some friends there who challenged us to a drinking game called Tip Cups. Each team lined up on either side of a long table. Starting with the first team member you had to drink your drink as fast as possible then lay your cup upside down on the edge of the table, you then had to tap the portion of the cup that was hanging off the edge and flip the cup over, with that task accomplished it's teammate number two who's got to drink up. The first team done wins and has to forfeit their card to the winning team.

Good times were had by all at the Biology Mixer....

Next up? The Physics Mixer....

Numero Trois.....

READ THE POST ABOUT GETTING A LIFE.... if you haven't already.... *snerk*

Third Mixer took place in the Science building.... so instead of taking the tunnels we decide to race across the courtyard from the Arts building (where the Philosophy mixer was) to the Science building. It was pretty cold out.... Brrrrrr....

In the Science building we first go to the French and Spanish Mixer (yes I know the Science building is an odd place to have second language mixers). What a Crowd! They have two tables crammed into a very small room serving drinks, Vodka and Cranberry again for me, this time I made it a double. Here we have to say a sentence in either French or Spanish... everyone turns to me, apparently I'm the only one who has taken more than the required six credits in a second language since entering University. I say a short sentence in French which does the trick and we add another card to our hand. For an extra card we need to translate a sentence, done! And we have an extra card.

We drink quickly here because there are way to many people and linger in the hallway for a while talking to some friends we met up with.....

To be continued.....

Stop Two....

Again.... in order to understand what the f**k I'm talking about you must start with my post about getting a life....

Next stop was the Philosophy mixer.... BORING.... first of all the person mixing the drinks sucked! The girl taking the money had a major attitude problem and there wasn't enough room. Blah! Anyway, had a Vodka and OJ there, V answered the question of Why? with, Why not? Original right? Got our next card and off we went to the next mixer....

First stop...

If you haven't read my post about getting a life start there....

Stop one was the Math Society. We leave the University Center (which is where the bar is) race through the tunnels and sky walks through the Chemistry building, through the Science building to the Math Building. Once there we jog up three flights of stairs to the Math Society room. We get carded (good lord) and enter. We're the first one's to this room and the Vodka hasn't even arrived yet. We ask the person in charge what we have to do in order to get our card and he tells us we must tell him what an Isosceles (sp?) triangle is..... hmmmm.... it's a good thing R knew what she was talking about, I couldn't remember.

Vodka arrived and I had my first drink of the night, $3 for a Vodka and Cranberry Spritzer. Very good. We mingled and R, being very crazy approached a group of Math majors to ask them what their favorite number was, lol. What a pick-up line.

Once we finished our drinks it was off to the Philosophy Mixer.....

Getting a Life

Well, no pretty pictures to post today but I would like to tell you all about my adventure Friday night. I very rarely go out. Mainly because I have school during the week and then I work every weekend (a lot of early Saturday and Sunday mornings for me).

Anyway, last week I was invited to attend a Mixer Crawl with some pals from the Archaeology Society. This is exactly what it sounds like.

Students form groups of about ten. Everyone meets at the campus bar and each team registers with the committee and gets a map of campus with a big red dot at the site of each mixer. The mission? Go to each societies Mixer and perform/answer something in order to recieve a playing card. At the end of the night you must return to the Campus Bar and whichever team can make the best poker hand out of their playing cards wins.

So the night started with a trip to the dorms (never lived in them myself) where we hung out with my friend V. We listened to music had some beers and then proceeded to apply makeup etc. just in case one of us got lucky :D.

We all congregate at V's room and I meet some nice people that I hadn't previously known. We head to Campus bar, register, and we're on our way....

Annie has tagged me!

Since I have nothing else to post about I thought I would respond to Annie's tag.

---Firsts---
First Best Friend:: Jenelle, she's still my best friend and has been for too many years to count.
First movie watched in theater:: I think it was a Star Wars movie
First Crush:: Arthur... he had long hair and thought he was a bad ass
First CD/Record (Artist/Song) owned:: Kris Kross I think (they were a teen 'rap' group)
First "real" Kiss:: I was in grade seven and it was pretty awkward.
First Place away from Parents:: Ummmmm.... lets not go there. :P
First Car:: Nor there....
First Piercing:: Got my ears pierced when I was five or six I think.
First tattoo:: Haven't found one that I like enough to make permanent.


---Lasts---Last Time You Smoked::
Last Food You Ate:: I'm eating Cherry Chip cake with Vanilla Frosting right this moment.
Last Movie You Watched:: Erin Brockovich on TV.
Last CD You Listened To:: Gavin DeGraw
Last Words You Said:: I'm going upstairs to study (what a fibber)


---7 Things You Are Wearing---
1:: White socks
2:: black track pants
3:: Red Sweatshirt
4:: White headband/bandanna-type thing
5:: Pink bra (had to check and see what color)
6:: Daughter's Pride Ring
7:: Funky necklace from Kenya that my Sister found for me at a yard sale.


---6 Things You've Done Today---
1:: Woke up at 5:30am and cursed the alarm clock
2:: Showered and got dressed for work
3:: Shoveled the walkway
4:: Argued with customers
5:: Did paperwork
6:: Called the Doctor to cancel an appointment


--1 Person You Want To See Right Now---
1:: My best friend because she's seven months pregnant and I would love to see her before the baby is born.

There, I'm done. Annie sucks and since the only people who come to my blog have already been tagged by her then I'm not tagging anyone :D

Snowstorms.

The last 24 hours has been crazy. Tons of snow which resulted in the University closing for the day. Yay! Snowday for me. Must go make good use of my time while having my little mini vacation.

MWAH!

Wolfie thinks my career idea is going to turn me into the next Unabomber, lol. Since most of this was before my time *snerk* I of course turned to the Internet to supplement my meager knowledge of Ted. This is what Wikipedia had to say:

"After resigning his position at Berkeley, he held no permanent employment. He lived a simple life in a remote shack on very little money, occasionally worked odd jobs, and received some financial support from his family."

This is what I had planned:

I'm finding a really remote town and building myself a log cabin in the middle of BFN I can live off the land and eat wild game and berries so who needs money for that. I don't need light cause when it gets dark I'll go to bed. I'll chop wood for heat and throw away my telephone

I think Wolfie my have a point here.... NTS find a new career plan. :D

Career Options....

Upon much deliberation I've finally decided on a career path. I'm an English Lit. major who once had her writing style described (by a prof.) as "fluid and lyrical" and also a History major who really enjoys learning about past events. Plus I'm one of those really nerdy people who actually enjoys researching. So this is my future career path.....

Upon convocation in the Spring I'm finding a really remote town and building myself a log cabin in the middle of BFN then I'm settling in with my newly purchased laptop and writing historical romance novels. I figure this way I can live off the land and eat wild game and berries so who needs money for that. I don't need light cause when it gets dark I'll go to bed. I'll chop wood for heat and throw away my telephone so creditors harassing me to pay back my student loan can never find me.... Bwahahahaha.

Ummmm.... probably not exactly like that. But hey, who knows.

Of course in this fantasy world my laptop battery never runs low because I don't have electricity to recharge it.

Ha!

Funny stuff.....

*Five Levels of Hangovers*
*
**One Star Hangover** (*)*

No pain. No real feeling of illness. You're able to function relatively
well. However, you are still parched. You can drink 5 Cokes and still feel
this way. For some reason, you are craving a steak & fries.

*
**Two Star Hangover** (**)*

No pain, but something is definitely amiss. You may look okay, but
you have the mental capacity of a staple gun. The coffee you are
chugging is only increasing your rumbling gut, which is still tossing around
the fruity pancake from the 3:00 AM Waffle House excursion. There is some
definite havoc being wreaked upon your bowels.

*
**Three Star Hangover** **(***)*

Slight headache. Stomach feels crappy. You are definitely not
productive. Anytime a girl walks by you gag because her perfume reminds you
of the flavored schnapps shots your alcoholic friends dared you to drink.
Life would be better right now if you were home in your bed watching Lucy
reruns. You've had 4 cups of coffee, a gallon of water, 3 iced teas and a
diet Coke--yet you haven't peed once.

*
**Four Star Hangover** (****)*

Life sucks. Your head is throbbing. You can't speak too quickly or else you
might puke. Your boss has already lambasted you for being late and has given
you a lecture for reeking of booze. You wore nice clothes, but that can't
hide the fact that you only shaved one side of your face. Your eyes look
like one big red vein, and even your hair hurts. Your ass is in perpetual
spasm, and the first of about five shits you take during the day brings
water to the eyes of everyone who enters the bathroom.
*
**Five Star Hangover** (*****)*
*
**You have a second heartbeat in your head, which is actually annoying the
employee who sits in the next cube. Vodka vapor is seeping out of every pore
and making you dizzy. You still have toothpaste crust in the corners of your
mouth from brushing your teeth in an attempt to get the remnants of the poop
fairy out.** **Your body has lost the ability to generate spit so your
tongue is suffocating you. You don't have the foggiest idea who the hell the
stranger was passed out in your bed this morning. Any attempt to take a dump
results in a fire hose like discharge of alcohol-scented fluid with a rare
'Floater' thrown in. The sole purpose of this 'Floater' seems to be to
splash the toilet water all over your ass. Death sounds pretty good about
right now...*



*THINGS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO SAY WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK:*

Indubitably; Innovative; Preliminary; Proliferation; Cinnamon.
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**THINGS THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK:*

Specificity; British Constitution; Passive-aggressive disorder; Loquacious;
Transubstantiate.
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**THINGS THAT ARE DOWNRIGHT IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK :*

1.) Thanks, but I don't want to have sex.
2.) Nope, no more booze for me.
3.) Sorry, but you're not really my type.
4.) Good evening, officer. Isn't it lovely out tonight?
5.) Oh, I just couldn't. No one wants to hear me sing.
6.) Sorry I'm being such a jackass.

School.... again

Yay Me! I got an 85% on my Geography quiz. It's not worth much in the grand scheme of things but hey an 85% is an 85%. I had to place twenty Countries, Cities or Physical features on a map of Europe. Not hard you say? Well, in my defense this is the first Geography course I've ever taken in my life.... ever.

Nothing else new to report. Almost cried this morning because the coffee stand ran out of Hazelnut cream coffee just before I got to the line, then I was happy again because the coffee lady made a fresh batch just for me, okay probably not just for me but I like to think it was for my benefit. Perhaps it was because she thought I looked homicidal.... ya think?

Okay I must go now and print off the slides for my History class in two hours.

How am I posting this at school you might ask? When yesterday I lamented the fact that I was unable to access blogger at the library. Well, I've discovered that I can indeed access this site I am just unable, due to unknown circumstance, post pictures. Alas, there will be no pretty pictures on my blog whilst in class.

MWAH to all.

Update on life....

Wow! I just realized how long it's been since I posted anything on my blog. You guys must think I'm a real slacker, lol.

School is... meh... good. Right now it's good but I can see many late and hectic nights in the future. Got a side gig as a note taker in my Human Animal class. Basically there's a girl in my class who has a disability that unable her to take her own notes so I get paid $100 to take her notes for her. I'm given special carbon paper and she takes one sheet and I take the other. Pretty sweet deal, I get paid to take notes. Woohoo.

The rest of my classes are good. My schedule has completely changed since the beginning of the semester and I've decided that I'm going back to my original plan and finishing my English Lit. degree. As much as I love Anthropology it would just take me too long to finish my degree and I'm starting to get antsy. I NEED to graduate soon. Blah! So the head of the Anth. department has asked me to apply for their Masters program so I'm going to and we'll see how that goes.

So now I'm basically doing some electives in order to finish my degree on time. I decided that I would take mainly first year courses since they're usually easier plus an American History class and my Anthropology class. They're all very interesting.

Dr. Make Your Brains Melt (not to be confused with Dr. Hottie) is a History professor at my school. Anyway, his office just happens to be next door to my American History Prof's. Yay! Future prediction? I can see me having to consult with my History Prof alot *snerk*.

Shit!

I had a post but lost it.... gone to see if I can find it.

More Visits with Dr. Hottie

Today was my return visit with Dr. Hottie. I've popped a tendon in my right ankle. I am however permitted to return to work (oh Joy of Joys), and shall be submitted to unknown tortures with a Physiotherapist.

Tales of said unspeakable tortures will ensue.

Tuesday Morning Surprise!

I went to check the mail today and found that my two new books

(that I ordered) had arrived. YAY! Just when I was getting extremely bored with sitting around, entertainment has arrived. These will be my first read by this author- although I've read the books she writes as Sherrilyn Kenyon which are VERY different- and I've heard she's good.

Anyway, if you all are wondering where I am for the next few days I'm holed up with some new books.

Monday Morning!

I get to work this morning at 10:00am. The owner and her husband are there. I'm thinking they have nothing better to do on New Year's Day then to come in here and bug me. Then I notice the BIG hole in the wall. Some delinquents decided that last night was a great night to pound a hole in the wall and steal the cigarettes and lotto tickets which we had locked behind the cage. FFS. So here I was, it's Monday morning, there wasn't any coffee made yet and I'm supposed to be civil. Grrrr. And they wondered why I was crabby,