Okay, then.

Today definitely wasn't lacking in its interesting moments. I discovered that I've been ripping myself off an incredible about by using mealtrades at the Kosher Cafe/Bagel express to get my morning bagel when I could just pay $1.99 at the Outtakes store to get the same thing. I'm intelligent.

It amazes me how much the prices are different up (over?) here than back home. For example, I went into a CVS and decided to pick up some ramen which at home would cost about $0.10 a piece, but here it was 2/$0.79. So, yeah, $0.79 isn't a lot of money but, I'm cheap right now. And, what the hell, it's instant ramen.

So, in more interesting news, I probably bombed my chemistry test. I knew things did not bode well when I realized I had left my scientific calculator in my room and had to come all the way back to get it since I'm useless without one, and I don't think I could do logarithms in my head no matter what. Luckily, I got there just as the professor arrived. It didn't change the fact that I didn't know much about the first two pages of the exam. 55 is passing though, I think. Hopefully I can pull at least that.

Afterward, I decided to go to the costume shop to pick up a bow-tie for my mad-hatter (cheap-ass, poor excuse for a) costume. Ri went with me, and we jumped on the 12 that blatantly stated "CROSSGATES MALL" on it, but...instead it ended up taking us downtown. So, we jumped off at the first stop, which apparently was ridiculously far away from school. Thankfully, we remembered that Ada lived somewhere around there (more like 5/6 streets down) and thought that it'd be better to try to go find her apartment than to stand on the corner in the dark, both of us being pretty much blind in the dark. It was cold, too, but we managed to find it, and it was more fun than just going to lame old Crossgates.


I'm totally studying the wrong country, randomly.

Aaand people manage to kill my good moods within 5 seconds. Thanks.

Zzzzz....

The weekend was too short.

Had I gone to Chem class last time, I probably would have known that I have I test today and would have studied for it instead of reading about it last night. It's probably a lost cause now.

It's getting pretty cold outside. I predict snow on my birthday, I don't care what the weather channel says.


Dear Professors,

Just give me a D- so I can sleep through the rest of the semester.

Thanks,

Ash

Check your ego.

I've noticed a lot of people here seem to think of themselves very highly for absolutely no reason whatsoever. The only basis for judgment these people have to determine how great they are is to compare themselves to others. I recently heard this girl (a stranger) rattling off at the mouth about someone I know in a way that made this person seem inferior to her. She obviously doesn't know the person she was talking about, and she made her quick, sweeping judgment based on a physical observation. I wanted to say "And what makes you so special, you empty-headed, judgmental twat?" Yes, "twat", because it's great to call someone a name that is just as useless as the person to whom it is referring.

But, you know what? Trying to tell people like that anything different to change their opinion is absolutely pointless. It's cool to talk down about people, isn't it? Even if you know nothing about them. And especially if they aren't up to society's standards of beauty, because that totally obliterates any good qualities that person may have.

So, what do you say when someone makes fun of someone you know from across the room (when you probably shouldn't be listening anyway)? I'm not sure.

Humans are really stupid, and I say this from experience.

C'est la vie.

I didn't end up receiving a paycheck after all, which means that I will have to wait yet another two weeks to hopefully receive FOUR paychecks which the state now owes me. FOUR. This means I'm going to be taxed a ridiculous amount. I guess I can look forward to my tax return this year, though. Every penny counts.

I realized today that I really suck at guitar. It's pitiful, really. All of my callouses are gone, so I can't play well at all. I also think my guitar's neck is getting warped since there is an annoying vibration. Maybe I should use it more than twice a semester, but I'm shy. I shouldn't have been shy before when I could somewhat play, because now it's even worse. I need to practice, practice, practice. I used to practice for about 3 hours a day, but who has that sort of time anymore? When I lived in the country-side (and only had dial-up internet), that's all I had to do. At least I can remember chords and placement. I just need to make my fingers bleed.

I have a number of tests coming up within the next couple of weeks which feels odd to me since it seems like I just had one in ever class about two weeks ago. But, who knows, that's probably about right. I'm out of luck when it comes to my city class, but I think I'll be okay on my logic and chemistry tests. It's pretty bad when I, someone who detests mathematics and science, am having an easier time with those sorts of classes but cannot wrap my head around something that is supposed to weave into American history. That last sentence was extremely awkward (and most likely incorrect) usage of English.

It's 10pm already, how did that happen?

I suppose I'll spare this post from picture spam.

Getting Up Early...

So, tomorrow I finally get the three paychecks the Federal Work Study program has been owing me for what seems like forever. However, since the payroll office is located in its new, convenient location of NOT ON CAMPUS, I have to plan around these things. This means getting up early, as I have class at 1:15 (that I've skipped more times than I should already), avoiding the cleaning man who comes anywhere from 9:30 to 12:30, and finding time to eat sometime between all of this when I have work at 3pm, with class getting out at...2:35? I mean, attendance isn't taken in class, and it's pretty much useless to even go to it, but...I need the class to graduate (gen-eds) and I feel like somehow THIS stupid class is going to ruin everything.

Hopefully not?

Hopefully it'll all turn out all right.

For now, I leave this picture. Click it, etc.

Stomach aches...

I think I'm going to end up getting that bug that's going around. I haven't gotten the stomach flu in about a year, so I guess I'm due. Still, it was nice when I went about 7 years without vomiting once. Vomiting is my least favorite pastime in the world, at least I'm pretty sure.

I created a new deviantART account for my more polished photography pieces. I'm not so sure deviantART is the most popular place for artwork these days, but I'm not sure really where else to put it up. I actually think most people use Flickr? I haven't used it yet, I'm going to have to look into it.

For now, here's one of my photos from devART. If you click on it, it should take you to the page, and from there you can click on my username and view my gallery. There are prints available at unreasonable prices (not my fault) if anyone is interested, haha.

Kicking it off...

So, here it is. I've finally decided on a place for a public blog, after making weak attempts at having them elsewhere. Although, I don't think blogging is really something someone should really try hard to accomplish...just having a public blog makes so that I can't as openly bitch about things and people. Or maybe I can.

Now for random fun, let's post some bad pictures from my high school photography class that I attempted to salvage using photoshop. I think more of this kind of thing will be posted here.











The reason why I keep these things kicking around is because of the memories they bring back from high school. Good memories, but I'm happy to have gone forward with life.