Work was boring today.
The weather was really, really bad yesterday. Tornadoes and the whole bit.
I got paid today.
They government took 20% of what I earned
The weather continues to suck.
I got my wage for camp this summer
I updated my tight winamp signature
Info on how to get your own sig like this can be found here.
I’m tired.
Q: When is Friday?
A: Not soon enough!
Meh, that’s all I’ve got at the moment…
Sorry for the lack of updates in the past few days. I have been busy getting myself re-situated with my room and have been busy with other stuff that needed to be done before I started work today.
Work was just like the 1st day of class today… boring. I did all the administrative BS that you need to get out of the way. What did I learn…. hmmm… don’t mess with the internet, it can get you fired. Yeah, that’s it. That was the take home values from work today. Now onto a more interesting topic.
Last Thursday I was in attendance at my middle brother’s graduation down at Northrup Auditorium at the University of Minnesota. The ceremony was alright… The student speakers were very good and were by far better than the lame faculty speaker. The faculty speaker spent his time on his soapbox telling the parents of Eden Prairie, the school board, and his boss that it is immoral to kill a retarded child (those are his words) before birth. He went on further to reference different medical papers that were for his point that he was preaching about. Later he went on to say how his son was retarded at birth and that now he is “perfectly fine.” This really made me mad at this point. He was more concerned about his political agenda at graduation then his real reason for being there, to inspire the graduates. I was sick just sitting there at this point, but yes, it got better. He continued to ramble on about how we need to increase taxes to decrease our national debt and other things that were relevant to this point. During his completely irrelevant comments I was waiting for the larger picture to incorporate the graduates. This never happened. The faculty speaker used his time to preach his political agenda to the around 3000+ people in attendance that night. It was sick to watch. Now, it would not have been a big deal if he was speaking to a predominantly democratic city (we are a majority of republicans in our home town and he is a known democrat) but he brought up his points to deaf ears that night. He involved politics in a celebration of graduation. This should never happen. However, as is recent history in Minnesota the democrats have a hard time finding the right time to bring up their party’s views (e.g. Senator Paul Wellstone’s Funeral which turned into a political rally for the democrats instead of a remembrance of the Senator). Needless to say I am not the only one extremely disappointed and appalled that this occurred at a graduation ceremony and it makes me ashamed that I even graduated from Eden Prairie High School.
Note: I am not intending to slam Democrats in this post. I am just frustrated at the content of the speech that the faculty speaker gave to the graduating class… which should have been inspiring.
Well at last I have arrived back home in Minnesota. So, if you are in Minnesota give me a call or drop me a line and we can get together. Now, on to the reason why I am writing this post…
It is really nice to be back home but when I come home I just remember all of the things that have happened here while I lived here. Some of the things are good and others are not so good. I need not to divulge the details, because they are not important.
It is just hard, or at least so far, to enjoy my time at home when there are so many things that just drive me crazy. I just come off as bitter and like I have a grudge. Well… I probably do. Maybe it is because I just cannot let things go every easily or that I am a very closed up person when it come to how I really feel. I know there are a few people who are out there who know what I am talking about. Or maybe it is something else? Who knows. All I know is that things are not like they were before and I think that is bothering me. For what reason, I have no clue. Things seemed to be so great in the final years of high school then things just seemed to fall apart and I have just been trying to pick up the pieces again. Maybe it is College, maybe it is the aftermath of high school? It is just that when I come home the pieces seem to fall apart a little bit and I end up taking a step back. I am sure that there are ways for me to solve this, but I just need to learn to move on. I have held on to some false hope for some time now and when I come home it just hurts. It may seem at this point that I am writing about a specific aspect of my life, I may be or I may not be. That is for you to determine. I am just saying what is on my mind and what you do with that information is up to you.
So, yeah… I’m home and it will be a great summer, I know that. But, I will have to let some things go and it will just not be easy… Now, where to start…
I don’t know what it is about finals but I always seem to want to be done with school right as finals week starts. I don’t think that I am the only one with this problem. But, this problem is big. I just don’t want to study and then when the day before the test comes I freak out and wonder if I know the material. Wondering if I know the material is a problem. If I am doing this, I am screwed.
This quarter I got lucky. My final on Monday is for a class in which I only need to get a 2.0 to pass the class. Plus the best part is that the GPA for that class is not added into my cumulative. But, on Tuesday I have my stat final. This should not be bad, but I just need to get down to business and study hard. It is really hard to want to do this since the weather has been so nice lately. I just wish it would rain for a day or two so I would focus all of my energy to my studies.
As for coming home, I am just waiting for the days to pass by. I am getting more and more excited every day. I don’t know if I was this excited last year but this year I have a job to come home to and that excites me. Yes, I am a dork like this. But, the pay is great and I am sure that I will learn a lot. All of the last minute prep stuff here is complete. I moved my stuff to storage which leaves me with my books for this quarter and one set of linens and clothes to last me until I get home. It is weird to see my room all bare again, but I think I can handle it for a few more days.
It will be rough to leave Seattle and all the people I know here, but it will great when I come back in the end of September. So, if I don’t get to see you before I leave or if I already saw you… bye and have a great summer! Back to studying murder… Only less than 11hrs until this dreadful class (SOC 275) is all over!
Wow! It has been a busy last couple of days for me. I am in the middle of so many things that I just can’t keep things straight in my own mind. However, I will be home Wednesday and that will be a pleasant treat. No School. No Work (yet). I can just relax. Plus I will have air conditioning. Here in WA it has been sooo hot here the past few days. I had to break out the shorts and blind people with my whiteness. But, ya, it makes it hard to sleep and to continue to sleep. I try to go to bed early but the weather is just not working with me.
Right now I am in the middle of fixing an essay for English and then studying for my two finals. I have it pretty easy for finals this quarter. I’ll get my studying done; it is just a matter of when and for how long at this point. The weather does not help because it is so hot and it just makes me tried. So, I have to fight it and try to study.
Otherwise I’ll be back in MN Wednesday night and then I don’t start working until the following Monday. So, if you want to do something before I start work just call my cell. But, until then… I study and pack!
Well, it has been a while again for me to get back to posting here. I had a busy weekend with my Dad being in town and really did not have the time to post up anything. I could summarize what I did but that would just bore you, so I won’t. The weekend was nice and a change from the usual for me. But that is the most that I will talk about from the weekend.
Anyways, school is getting near complete here in Seattle and each day the work pile grows larger and larger. I am sure that I am overreacting to the situation but when I have nothing to do it will be a nice surprise. But, I know that the week will be busy because I have to re-edit and English paper among a host of other things to be completed by week’s end. This is frustrating because the paper will be almost completely redone but at the same time it will be nice to have completed when it is finalized and turned in. The comments from my TA were nice and will help a lot in the recreation process. It’s just down to crunch time now and I can’t let myself slack off. The work is not that much and I just need to relax and enjoy the last week of school here in Seattle.
Well… I have run out of things to say, but all I know is that I need to simplify things and not stress out so much. Things will be ok and I just need to keep reassuring myself of that. It’s hard to say that now, but I know that it is true. It may not happen now, but in the future I will realize this. So, with that witty comment I leave you until another day.
