Nothing but Song

Feeling :  amused  Listening :  Move This Mountain - Sophie Ellis-Bextor  Reading :  A lot for this one little field to list!

Kristine is back! Show her some lurve.

So where have I been this past week or so?

EVERYWHERE!

Monday nights, I have Fundamentals of Business Writing.
Wednesdays, I have Comparative Lit. emphasizing Japanese and Latin American Lit of the 20th Century.
Thursdays, Outlaw Genres emphasizing U.S. Third World Women’s Autobiography.
Online, I have U.S. Foreign Relations.

My only complaint is how much gas I burn going from my house to old Henderson 3 times a week. Meep. I keep wanting to cry, watching the meter go down. I try not to drive fast either, and I drive a compact! That tells you how far school is away from home. *le sigh*

At least work is working around my schedule. I work loads of early shifts now, so I have enough time to get home and study. I’m really gonna apply myself this semester, I swearz.

I can’t believe I spent almost over $120 on my Business Comm book. It’s redonkulus. But it’s the only book required for that class, so I guess it’s a small price to pay. Most of my other books I can get super cheap on Amazon. Of COURSE, my U.S. Foreign Relations class has 3 required books that are uber expensive. Yuk.

I was a little apprehensive when I printed the syllabi off from WebCampus for the brick & mortar classes, but most of my fears were allayed when my professors spoke to us. I mean, yeah, they pretty much told us what I kinda already knew as that’s what happens on first days of class, but hearing it from a real, live person is comforting.

What few friends I made at school in the past few years are in most of my classes this term. It’s pretty cool seeing a friendly face or two. I’m determined not to be an evil bitch this year. I am a senior after all. I’m tempted to join some clubs on campus, but to join clubs means commitments, and I don’t really have time for any further commitments.

It’s also been a crazy week because my childhood best friend had her second son, and my brother and sister-in-law had their first, a girl. I won’t say their names or anything.

My niece M has my brother’s chinky eyes, rofl. Plus the shape of his head. She’s tiny like her mom though. But my dad also said she has our lips, from our mom.

My dad flew out to meet her on Wednesday morning. He crammed a trip back to Cali in two days. I drove him home from the airport after class tonight, and he was telling me this story about how she had been sleeping all day. My dad has this deep booming voice when he wants to assert his authority, so he booms out gently, “Hey, open your eyes.” And you know what M did? She opened them up! Then he goes, “Yeah, you know your Lolo’s voice already huh?” And he swears that she moved her eyes in response to his voice! They (my mom, my dad, my brother, my s-i-l and whoever else was in the room) started laughing. Unfortunately, nobody had a camera out to tape it. How precious is that?

My brother just posted pics of the baby on his MySpace and I’m in love.

My dad says I’m banned from hanging out with her ’cause of my “attitude problem.” It’s true that all the baby girls I’ve taken care of (N, C, and N) have all ended up sassy. They’re quick witted. They’re assertive. They know what they want. But that’s how all girls should be, I think. At least they’re not doormats!

I’m debating on whether or not to cancel my vacation that I had planned for the weekend of my birthday. My dad suggested I save it for her baptism. It hadn’t even occurred to me to save it for that! We’ve got a couple of weeks ’til the vacation. If I go in tomorrow and cancel it, I’m sure they’ll accept it. *crosses fingers*

?: “Any plans for Labor Day weekend?“

Feeling :  giggly  Listening :  Saved by the Bell on The N  Reading :  The Mind Reader, Claudia and the Bad Joke, and Indian in the Cupboard

Yesterday was hectic. I had worked 8 days straight to get Wednesday/Thursday off, but that’s because we needed coverage at work on Tuesday. I’m used to having Tuesday/Wednesday off. Because I worked so early on Tuesday, I had a v. funny feeling they were gonna give me a taste of what our leads go through. And boy, did I!

I was also unofficially christened one of my supervisor’s adminstrative assistants. English is his second language, so when he sends emails, he writes the way he speaks, rofl. When he heard that English was my major, his eyes lit up and he said I have to interpret his emails. So all the emails he allowed me to read (in between calls and stuff), were hilarious to try and make it sound like readable English, bless him.

It was actually kinda fun to learn the crap our leads go through. I hope they don’t offer me the relief lead position that my supe was emailing our head cheese about. I mean, yeah, I’d be very good at it, because I take pride in my work, but I don’t want that responsibility. Or maybe I do and just don’t know it, haha.

My supe was also saying I could be a CEO someday. My work ethic is impeccable, so he says. I guess that’s true. Then I got to thinking, “Maybe I could.” Maybe that’s why I’m floundering where I am now. I like being in charge. I like taking control of things. I’m very ambitious in that sense. But when I’m hindered by anything because of my role as a corporate peon (rofl), I feel stilted. Like there are certain things I simply cannot do because I am only an agent. If I was a supe, or manager, I would do anything to please my guests. Period.

I dunno. It just made me think.

Then my supe also said something very sweet. He said that guys are afraid of smart and pretty girls, which he said I was. I blushed, because nobody has ever really told me that, you know. Girls have such low self-esteem that when compliments like that come out of the blue, it really boosts their ego.

Also, I tweeted that I got busted for being on the Internet. Turns out that head cheese called my supe, and I got called out on it. I was so ashamed because it makes everyone look bad when somebody does something they’re not supposed to do. It’s like the one time I space out on the internetz, during a lull in business, they walk by! Ugh. Luckily, I’m not working at that desk anymore, rofl. But I learned my lesson. You always have to be on your toes, ’cause you never know who’s watching.

On Wednesday, I was so ready to not do anything, even though I had a bunch of errands to do (which I didn’t even really finish). I had to drop off some packages to ship, went to the ATM, to the library (got some goodies at the used bookstore there, they’re in my Goodreads account), and then we spent almost 2.5 hours at Ross. I had only wanted to buy a few things, but I had taken my nieces along and since school starts next week for us, I agreed to buy them a few new things. It’s kinda funny; I went to the fitting room a ton of times, but towards the end, I didn’t like any of the shirts and pants I was trying on. The first few I tried on, I fell in love with and bought. Isn’t that weird?

I bought a new bra (that is uber comfy, my other ones are only marginally comfy, rofl, and would’ve bought more in the same style, but they didn’t have any in my size), 3 new tops, new Dickies, and leather boots (that C said remind her of Ryan Ross, which is why I fully bought them!). They got some really cute shirts between them too. I wanted more unmentionables, but alas, I did not have the cash. I’ll have to budget for them soon.

I checked the bookstore to see what books I needed for my classes, and thank GODDESS, most of them I can put on hold at the library. The rest I’m gonna have to shell out a pretty penny. One class has a book that’s $100+. I found it on Amazon for maybe $90.

I’m hungry, but I’m too lazy to see what’s downstairs that I can eat, haha.

But Back to the Future, Part II is on TV! Yay! BTTF and Indiana Jones made my childhood, pretty much.

?: “Favourite movie from your childhood?“

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?”