Nothing but Song

Feeling :  hopeful  Listening :  The Winters Sky - The Pipettes  Reading :  Dawn on the Coast

Birthday countdown time! 18 and counting, since it’s still technically August 31 on the West Coast.

I decided to jump on the bandwagon and open a reviews site. I’ve called it Kiss My Sass because I can, haha.

It’s the Twitter version of reviews. It’s got everything a good reviews site has too: ratings and links to its Amazon page. I was bored at work the other day, and I found the 14 worst Web 2.0 websites. When I saw Blippr, I thought, “ooh, I could do that.” So I did, rofl. It’s pretty sick.

Labor Day tomorrow! Holiday pay! Yay! Early shift = home early! Yay! My Ate is gonna make turkey burgers. Yum.

Meme time! This is an introduction to the beautiness that is me and my blog.

Today
“I’ve called it Kiss My Sass because I can rofl.”

Three months ago
The only one I remember is “Cookie Jar.” Which I hope will be a single ’cause it was too much fun to dance to.

Six months ago
Speaking of 2.5, I like it so far. It’s more aesthetically pleasing.

Nine months ago
Not one of them has made an effort past Erin and Jason on my 23rd birthday to spend time with me.

A year ago
Saturday night, after work, I went with my co-worker R to see UB40 at the House of Blues, and saw my cousin there! rofl.

Two years ago
N/A. I removed almost 3 yrs worth of posts before March 2007, in an phoenix-like effort to (brannigan) begin again.

Journal started: February 6, 2007.

Feeling :  hungry  Listening :  Melt Away - Mariah Carey  Reading :  Stacey\'s Mistake

Update on my last entry: I got everything sorted out for my FAFSA, except how much I’ve been awarded. FAFSA Dude said I make too much to qualify for grants, but I did qualify for a loan. I keep checking my student account, and it hasn’t updated since I went to see him Tuesday. This waiting is aggravating!

Dig the new theme? I found it on WP’s site. I was gonna make my own, but I was too lazy to formulate my ideas further. I sketched some ideas out. But when it came down to coding it, I lost the will to live, haha.

This feeling is probably because I played this one arcade game the other day. I took my nieces to the Coney Island arcade at New York, New York. I forget the name, but it’s the one game where you physically duck and dive behind obstacles so you don’t get shot? It’s Japanese, I know that for sure. Anyways, my legs are still yelling at me from the ducking and diving. I love that game though. If I concentrate, I can get pretty far in it. I love the interactive element of it.

And it just goes to show me how out of shape I am. Ugh! Maybe I should join an aerobics class. I know they offer them at the neighborhood club here in my ‘hood. That’ll be a tough one to swing though, what with school and work. Doesn’t hurt to do some research right? I wish I had more space in my room to exercise. I’d do it regularly if I had more room to do my thing. It’s not that I don’t have the motivation to do things, it’s just the logistics of them all.

I opened up quite a few listings since my last entry as well. Check out my fanlisting collective, Murder on the Dancefloor, for all of ‘em.

I’ve also been trying to find a really good photo gallery script for Heaven or Las Vegas, and failing terribly. I’m test driving Zenphoto right now. I checked out their site at work today and was impressed with what I saw. I was thinking of making Heaven a photoblog, but then I thought I didn’t want to bother with it, ya know? I’d rather keep my blogging in one central location, i.e. here. So I may upload a simple photoblogging plugin, and there are a few that are compatible with both Zen and WP. So we’ll see.

And guess what? Some of my peeps on Twitter know, but my parents told me the other day that when I graduate from college, they are retiring to Hawai’i. My Kuya G is stationed there, and he has an extra room in his condo. They’re gonna rent it off him, and live off SSI. Plus me and my mom were making plans to visit everybody, meaning my other brothers before they settle into Kuya G’s place. My eldest brother, Kuya D, is stationed in North Carolina. And my little brother is currently stationed in Virginia, with plans to transfer to Italy! And he asked if I wanted to spend the summer with them! I’m like, “Srsly?” And he’s all, “Yah srsly!” OK, those weren’t the exact words, but pretty damn close. And we’ll prolly visit wherever my Ate M moves.

Anyways, I’m excited for these big plans. It’s like, I really have something to look forward to, y’know?

My plans for tonight are figure out Zenphoto, pig out on food, take a shower, slap some IcyHot on the muscles on the top part of my thighs (whatever they’re called, no wonder I got a C in Biology!), and call it a night!

I just wanted to update you all, in case people were wondering.

?: “Favourite slow jam?”

Feeling :  annoyed  Listening :  N/A  Reading :  A TON of books. :)

Happy birthday Corinne!

In case you didn’t know, I got back into fanlistings. I just opened 3: Victoria Asher, Ghosts, and Revolution in Me. I also just got approved for Stephen Campbell Moore, and I applied to adopt a few as well. I doubt I’ll get the adoptions, since I’m technically “new” to fanlistings. But let’s hope! *crosses fingers*

So what’s on my drama plate today? rofl.

I got a call this morning from the registrar’s office at school. “We got your fax and we need to refer your call to the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences to check on the status of your prerequisite block override forms for such and such classes.” They gave me a phone number to call, so I called it.

In case you were wondering, I managed to get off of financial hold, because I finished paying my fees for last semester with my last paycheck. \m/ I added two classes to my fall schedule: Outlaw Genres and US Foreign Relations I. I need 12 credits to be a full-time student, which would be 4 classes.

Since this is my first and last year at school, I decided I needed a little help financially and applied for FAFSA. I checked to see if my money had been awarded, but they’re saying I need to sign paperwork in order to determine my eligibility. No problem. Since I was financial hold for so long, they probably thought I wasn’t even gonna come back. And signing paperwork? Pfft. I’m a corporate drone; I know ALL about signing paperwork. rofl.

I only really need 3 more upper division English classes to finish on time. They just so happen to be offering them: Fundamentals of Business Writing and Comparative Literature (and Outlaw Genres). The system wouldn’t let me add them though. It said I didn’t meet the prerequisites. Bullcrap. I took the prereq class at another school under a different name, and ran into this problem last semester. So I filled out the paperwork and got the call from the office.

When I called the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the lady I spoke to (who needs to work on her customer service tone, geez) said that they were in the process of checking my paperwork and would have an answer for me by the end of the week.

I asked her why, since they processed my last prereq block override form in no time flat. She explained that they were moving the department to our shiny new Liberal Arts and Sciences building. That’s the reason why I have to wait until the end of this week to get confirmation on whether or not those classes can be added to my schedule.

This is SO unnerving. School starts at the end of the month already! But I just have to remind myself that a few days wait isn’t so bad. Ugh, ugh!

ETA (August 6): I logged into my Student Account just now… and they added the 2 classes I need! Yay! Now I have to hot foot it down to my financial aid office on my day off next week and sign whatever paperwork I need to sign so I can get some help ’cause ooh boy, I need it. They also processed the check I sent them for graduation in the spring too. I knew everything would work out! 1 more semester. Meep. I need Community-Based Learning Capstone, Historical Investigation and Senior Seminar. And French 4, but I’m taking that at another school. As soon as I use what I need for this semester, I’m gonna use whatever’s left over for French 4. YES. \m/

Today was a good day though. Me and my niece C picked up her friend N at noon or so, and we all went to do errands. N had to be home by 3, although we failed at that. If I had known the night before that N needed to be home by 3, we would have left much earlier. Anyways, they came with me to get my oil changed and my smog check done. Then we went to Caesar’s Palace to take pictures. We hit up FAO Schwarz and Niketown. That’s all we had time for.

I took my D40 with us, and the pictures came out so well! I’m not gonna post the ones I took with their faces in it, because that’s just wrong. Maybe their feet, but not their faces, rofl. I’ve uploaded the ones I took that they weren’t in to Heaven or Las Vegas. LOL, most of the pictures I took they were all up in ‘em so I don’t have a lot to upload.

I have so much to do tomorrow. It’s crazy. I better eat dinner and go to bed.

?: “Favourite cover song?”