Taking a Break From The Homework...

So here I am pounding away at the books. Darren is in NY for Thanksgiving and then some - and I am here. I realize that God doesn't give my anything I can't handle, so rather than have me moping around the house, he keeps my busy. There are times that his sense of humor gets to me, but this isn't one of them. I am actually grateful for the amount of work I have.

My sporadic writing isn't good enough, although I see that most of you are still frequenting the site. For this, I thank you. It's nice to know that there are some people out there who read my musings. Gives me a purpose... I think.

While I was out shopping a few weekends ago for my lil' boos birthday present (my cousin, Karson) I realized I have alot of pent up resentment for never getting a lite brite or an easy bake oven. It seems to me that every little girl deserves an easy bake oven. And every child a lite brite. Oh the feeling of baking those little cakes and cookies, and putting on the icing. The anticipation of the cake cooling off enough to put the icing on (failing to wait to put the icing on and eating the icing.. which you made...) Yeah. I want an easy-bake. I think I'm actually going to buy myself one, for the sake of having it. That and a Lite-Brite. With Lite-Brite there was this feeling of pure thrill when you poked the peg through the paper to see the light glow. Man that was fun. Amanda had one. I was jealous.

Hmm.. I had a thought and then I lost it... OH! RIGHT!

My fish are still alive. It is amazing. It has been two weeks this weekend, lasting much longer than Vino. The only problem is, I was told that my fish can not stay in the bowl much longer. They need a tank with an airation system. Aparently they are starving for air... meanwhile other sources tell me it is just fine and that it is normal. I never know what to believe. I realize that a tank would be really nice cuz then I could have many fishes.. I seem to have a new love for fishes. Mr. Bubble is doing well, and Eye-Gore is fair... it is weird to me that he see's straight up but he can never see the food at the top of the tank. I wish he could, I worry he doesn't get enough. For those of you that don't know what my fish look like, check them out.Eye-Gore and Mr. Bubble

Anyway.. I should hit the books again... I will try to write again soon with something exciting, riviting and attention grabbing.. something like...

FREE BEER!!!!!!!

End of Semester Blues

I am always so sad at the end of a semester, saying goodbye to all the new friends I have made, the wonderful professors who intrigued me all semester and made every dollar count. Sad to see myself one step closer to getting out of school...

NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The end of semester blues come from the ridiculous amount of tests and projects that start to come together. I want to die. I will write when I have something slightly more positive to discuss...

A few reviews, a little update, and what the hell do they pay you for?

Hi Everyone! So the new template has been implemented and looks pretty damn good. I have yet to see the sitemeter go up but there's no worries by my standards. I like my pretty template. Thanks go to Pat and Jordan for all their hard work (you can check out their sites by clicking the links on the left - Ends of the Earth and Random Streams of Disjointed Consciousness).

Either my taste in music has gone downhill, or some well known pop people are making a turn for the better. I recently downloaded Justin Timberlake's "Justified" and Christina Aguilera's "Stripped". I should give you a little background information and formally state that I have in the past hated Christina as she would over-sing her songs to the point of nails down a chalk board. She has a powerful voice and needed to learn to control it. I have also never really been an N*sync fan, and still am not. But! Both of these artists (er.. vocalists) have wow'd me with their maturity.

Justin managed to put together an album that 'sorta' gave us the story on him and Britney (admit it, you all followed the stories) through song lyrics and an interview Barbara Walters. Christina showed that she has learned to control her voice, as well as expand the dimensions of it. Both of them were co-writers on their albums and made sure that their input was implemented. For Justin, some of the high points (other than Like I Love You) are with "Senorita" and "Cry me a River" as well as "Still on my Brain" and "Take it from Here". Those are just SOME of the songs that will get stuck in your head. Now I know that we all have biases against Justin (he is a boy band member after all) but in all honesty, he really shows a side of himself in this album that N*sync would never be able to achieve.

On the Christina side, she bears it all, and it's great. The best song on the album is called "Lovin me 4 me" and it is in this song that she sounds the sweetest, with a nice jazzy overtone. "Walk Away," "Cruz," and "Soar" are also ballads that are not over done - contrary to "I turn to you". There are some other choice cutz, but really, the album just flows very well. Consider downloading it for a listen - from start to finish. She has grown - and it shows. I have to say that I have learned to appreciate her more (I always thought she had talent) because of her new found control and her exceptional showing of her vocal range.

Both of these albums are worth a listen, if not a buy (personally, I don't feel the need to further line their pockets, Christina recently bought a new home, and already had one that she never even bothered to move into).

So I am hoping that with this new template, the errors should be minimal, and of course, I am hoping that I will be able to keep blogging. School keeps me busy, so posts wont occur on a daily basis, but they will occur when I have the urge to write. I used to write all the time. I used to have many inspirations. I even used to keep a journal (I still do, but rarely find the time to write). I noticed that I write the most when there is more crisis in my life. Thankfully, there hasn't been many crisises lately.

Except one. Which doesn't even qualify as a crisis, rather it is a directional issue.

Unlike the streets we drive our cars on, the road of life is not so clear. There are no lines, or turning lanes, and you can't possibly know your way around town, so to speak. As I come upon graduation from the marketing management diploma, I come upon a new chapter in my life - whether it be educational or career wise. Because I was unsure where to take my life, I consulted a career advisor at my school. It is at the end of this meeting that I have to ask "What the hell do they pay you for?"

My options were as follows: a) graduate from the General Business Diploma, go onto the BBA b) graduate from the Marketing Management Diploma, go onto the BBA or c) Graduate from either of them - and don't go on just yet.

My ultimate goal in life is to achieve my MBA. To get an MBA you need a BBA. But what is the timeline for completion? Must I be done my BBA by the time I am 27 or can it be a little later? Do I really want to be at Kwantlen for an additional 3 years or shall I spread my wings and fly? Will I be living at home with Moms and Pops or will I be out the fuck?

So the career advisor said "It's really up to you!"

Thanks. Remind me to contact you with any other life altering decsions.

So Darren, the non-educated-in-career-advising-boyfriend said the smart thing....

Keep your options open and do what feels right.

Hmmm.. why didn't I think of that? Mainly because you don't think for yourself - you think for others. Sometimes you just need SOMEONE, ANYONE to be master of the obvious (which is never obvoius to you) and thats exactlky what I needed. I would have told anyone the same advice. I know this. But its always good to have some reinforcement.

testing

Hi Kids... bear with me!

In an effort to improve this site, I am going to go hunting for my own template - which btw, I have found. Yes, this one is ugly, iI know this, but I am working on it. I also will be using a new program called w.bloggar to post as it gives me more freedom to work with the site - the way it looks, and I can upload pictures easier, so perhaps I will put a picture up of me! (or not, don't get too excited)

I realize visitors have dropped, and I know why this is - it makes sense why this is. I haven't been posting. Let me say this is due to the 503 error on blogger. I have been frustrated with the fact that code keeps showing up on my page and all this shits going on. I don't know how to fix it because I am not a html-head and I have no idea what to do. Lame excuse you say... learn you say. Well, if i learned then why would I use blogger to begin with?

Just my idear. Hope all is well in your world.

Testing New Template

Due to blogger's apparent retardedness I had to try this... changing my template.

Of course, if this doesn't work, tears will be shed. All the features (guestbook, comments, links etc) will be reloaded as soon as Pat gets the time to do it.
Please work!!!

My template is still fucked, I have contacted blogger. I will post as soon as it publishes properly.