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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2003
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31 TO 40 POINTS: Others see you as sensible, cautious, careful & practical. They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but modest. Not a person who makes friends too quickly or easily, but someone who's extremely loyal to friends you do make and who expect the same loyalty in return. Those who really get to know you realize it takes a lot to shake your trust in your friends, but equally that it takes you a long time to get over it if that trust is ever broken.
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AML4121 02 20TH CENT AMER NOVEL A
DEP3103 01 CHILD PSYCHOLOGY A
ENG3931 01 TOPICS IN ENGLISH A
LIT4385 86 MAJOR WOMEN WRITERS A
SPC2600 02 PUBLIC SPEAKING A
status: senior
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20 days to my 20th birthday!!!!!!!!!
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Monday:
9:05-9:55 -- Greek/Latin Elements in Vocabulary
10:10-11 -- Medeval Literature in Translation
11:15-12:05 -- Psychology of Personality
2:00-6:00 -- work
Tuesday:
5:15-6:30 -- Senior Seminar
6:45-9:30 -- Contemporary Lit
Wednesday:
9:05-9:55 -- Greek/Latin Elements in Vocabulary
10:10-11 -- Medeval Literature in Translation
11:15-12:05 -- Psychology of Personality
2:00-6:00 -- work
Thursday:
5:15-6:30 -- Senior Seminar
Friday:
9:05-9:55 -- Greek/Latin Elements in Vocabulary
10:10-11 -- Medeval Literature in Translation
11:15-12:05 -- Psychology of Personality
2:00-6:00 -- work
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Classes Remaining:
1 English class: post 1800 century British lit
1 psychology class (adolescent development??)
2 blow off classes to reach 120 credits (Family Relationships and something else..)
~N.. who is still alive and kickin' :) .. and waiting for a trip to walmart LOL
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Tuesday, December 17th, 2002
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ENC3310 03 ARTICL & ESSAY WKSHP A
ENG3014 01 CRIT ISS IN LIT STUD A-
ENL3334 02 INTRO TO SHAKESPEARE A
ITA2230 02 READING & CONVERSATN A
PSY2012 02 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY A
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Wednesday, December 4th, 2002
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It was sitting there, obliviously sunbathing on the worn brown carpet, a solid single ring of white with a hole in the center just large enough for one miniature paw to slip through. Not five feet away, the enemy was preparing. One at a time, each pink-padded paw was spread out and cleansed by the rough tongue that showed no mercy.
A shadow passed over the milk-jug ring, followed quickly by a surplus of light that acted as a spotlight for the kitten. Attention narrowed. The fourth, and forgotten, paw remained spread. His nose, covered in a patch of brown fur, wrinkled, creating two dimples in the smooth skin.
The tension mounts, unbeknownst to the defensiveless toy. Another shadow flickers over the object, hiding it just for a moment before it comes once more into the spotlight. Ears perk. Now the kitten, still lacking in mythical feline grace, maneuvers clumsily into the pounce-position. The shadow of the passing car comes quicker this time, teasing and taunting the kitten into a high state of anxiety. The kitten has one state of mind: attack.
In a flurry of unsynchronized movement, the kitten darts across the room, tripping his owner as she tries to get out of his trajectory. There's a brief struggle for victory, where the kitten must use all four paws at once to tame the wild milk jug.
And then, at last, the kitten stands up, fluffs his tail, takes the ring in his mouth, and prances over to his owner triumphantly. In no small show of pride, the villainous ring is laid at the owner's feet, and the kitten pounces up into her lap. One by one, all four paws are spread out and cleansed.
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Wednesday, November 20th, 2002
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I, the penis, hereby request a raise in salary
for the following reasons:
-I do physical labor
-I work at great depths
-I dive head first into everything I do
-I do not get weekends off or public holidays
-I work in a damp environment
-I don't get paid overtime
-I work in a dark workplace that has poor ventilation
-I work in high temperatures
-My work exposes me to contagious diseases
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Dear Penis,
After assessing your request, and considering the arguments you have raised, the administration rejects your request for the following reasons:
-You do not work eight hours straight
-You fall asleep on the job after brief work periods
-You do not always follow the orders of the management team
-You do not stay in your allocated position, and often visit other areas
-You do not take initiative - you need to be pressured and stimulated in order to start working
-You leave the workplace rather messy at the end of your shift
-You don't always observe necessary safety regulations, such as wearing the correct protective clothing
-You'll retire well before reaching 65
-You're unable to work double shifts
-You sometimes leave your allocated position before you have completed the day's work
-And if that were not all, you have been seen constantly entering and leaving the workplace carrying two suspicious-looking bags.
-Sincerely, The Management
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Thursday, October 17th, 2002
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Ok so.
Sunday I get a phone call from my dad's girlfriend telling me not to panic, my dad's in the hospital. he was having chest pains and they just came up to the er to get it checked out. by the time they took him back, he felt better, but they decided to keep him overnight just to do the tread mill test in the morning. my sister calms me down and i dont drive home.
monday, they change their mind and decide not to do the treadmill test, but they want to do a cardiothingie where they insert dye into his heart to see what is blocked, etc. but they have to schedule that and they might be able to do it tomorrow. dad hangs out all day monday in the hospital waiting. mom thinks about calling me and telling me to come home but decides against it since they arent even sure they can do the test on tuesday.
tuesday. they do the test. dad died 3 times, they shocked him back to us 3 times. (for reference: he claims to have seen no light and that he promises that he looked). doctor decides that dad had 3 heart attacks, and that there is 95% blockage in his main artery. they are transferring him to orlando (Florida Hospital - #5 in the nation) to get angioplasty done (they balloon up the artery and then put stints in to hold it in place. eventually the stints will be covered and become a part of the heart). i get out of class, turn my cell on, and have a voice message from mom. "you need to call me".. so i call, was planning on it anyway to see how the test went. mom tells me that they have to do surgery and they're moving him to orlando and that i need to come home. i freak (i havent even been told that he died a few times) and i'm driving.. mom gets worried, tells me to pull over. i refuse (something akin to losing good judgement when you're drunk?) .. call work, tell them cant come in that day.. and joe drives me to jacksonville where mom and bobby pick me up (thanks joe). from there, we go to orlando. the car ride is when i get told what my sister got told by a doctor (the doctor would like to speak to a family member... and she was the only one there). i'm not really sure its completely sunk in that i almost lost my father, because i didnt cry. i paniced when they took him in for his surgery, but thats it. i guess its the end result that matters. anyway.. we hang out at the hospital. all night. "slept" in the waiting room.
wed we continue the waiting game. can we say a cranky daddy? apparently he hates lieing on his back, and he hates even more not being able to move (they still had the cath in his leg from where they inserted the dye so that they could use it to do the surgery.. heart surgery from the leg hehehe). finally at 4 they are ready for him and i panic and he goes in (they give him something like laughing gas that makes him go to lala land.. and apparently in lala land he talks a lot.. doc had to tell him to shut up or he's leaving hehehehehe [this also happened in the dye test]). everything goes smoothly. apparently his main artery was 99% blocked. its now 100% open. he has two stints, and he cant do ANYTHING for 10 days, very light stuff for the next 20, and then he can chase squirrels, climb trees and play baseball (my sister and grandma claim the doc said chase girls and that i just have virgin ears hahahahhahaa). so we all talk to him while hes still loopy (and doesnt remember it now) then go home for a real nights sleep.
today, we start heading back a bit late (had stuff to take care of) and halfway there dad calls and says they're letting him go. YAY. so we rush (ahem, read, crawl) through orlando traffic to get him and go home and hung out at home all day today.
tomorrow i shall do more of the same and saturday i shall go back to tally.
~N
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Wednesday, October 2nd, 2002
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just for vinnie hehehehe
.. and i'm obsessed!
won't you be my guest?
-Nicole.. who is making up a dance to Be Our Guest bleh!
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Wednesday, September 18th, 2002
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.. please call him zeke!
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Sunday, September 15th, 2002
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Thursday, September 12th, 2002
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i think i had better be careful about hurrying away from FL.
as much as i swore up and down that i can't stand FL (and i really don't like it).. i love my family
and when i realize that not staying in FL means not living within a short drive's distance to my mom or my nephew or my dad or my sister.. it kinda upsets me.
for example, i was planning on going home tomorrow after classes. i talk to my mom today and it turns out she kicked bobby out of the house last night. so i now have a new plan. i am leaving as soon as i wake up, i'm picking up my sister, and then we're heading an extra hour south to surprise my mom and take her out to lunch tomorrow
it would kill me if i couldnt do that when my family needed me. so i think, even if i dont stay in fl, i'm going to stay within a day's drive.
on another note:
at work today the autistic girl was in my arts & crafts class. and i think she might have forgotten to take her medicine (if she takes it) because she was completely out of control. she was literally standing on tables and jumping on them (even after i contiually physically pulled her off them) and twice i had to call our special ed teacher into the room to deal with her because i couldn't. supposedly if you tell her you're going to take away her happy face, she gets really upset..a nd she did .. but she also continued to jump on the tables. anyway, it was an enlightening experience and one i hope i don't have to encounter again soon.
overall, work is going great. i really think i love it but dont worry, i'm not changing from high school to elementary. little kids are such tattletales. and half the time i'm certain they're embellishing the story as they tell me. "i was um. sitting on the um. slide and um. that boy (what boy? that boy! which boy? that one..) hit me.. (2nd boy) he hit me first! .. and then it takes me 5 minutes to realize they're talking about a third boy..
anyway yeah :) i'll be afk this weekend and i'll hopefully have a cable modem when i get back.
-Nicole
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i think i had better be careful about hurrying away from FL.
as much as i swore up and down that i can't stand FL (and i really don't like it).. i love my family
and when i realize that not staying in FL means not living within a short drive's distance to my mom or my nephew or my dad or my sister.. it kinda upsets me.
for example, i was planning on going home tomorrow after classes. i talk to my mom today and it turns out she kicked bobby out of the house last night. so i now have a new plan. i am leaving as soon as i wake up, i'm picking up my sister, and then we're heading an extra hour south to surprise my mom and take her out to lunch tomorrow
it would kill me if i couldnt do that when my family needed me. so i think, even if i dont stay in fl, i'm going to stay within a day's drive.
on another note:
at work today the autistic girl was in my arts & crafts class. and i think she might have forgotten to take her medicine (if she takes it) because she was completely out of control. she was literally standing on tables and jumping on them (even after i contiually physically pulled her off them) and twice i had to call our special ed teacher into the room to deal with her because i couldn't. supposedly if you tell her you're going to take away her happy face, she gets really upset..a nd she did .. but she also continued to jump on the tables. anyway, it was an enlightening experience and one i hope i don't have to encounter again soon.
overall, work is going great. i really think i love it but dont worry, i'm not changing from high school to elementary. little kids are such tattletales. and half the time i'm certain they're embellishing the story as they tell me. "i was um. sitting on the um. slide and um. that boy (what boy? that boy! which boy? that one..) hit me.. (2nd boy) he hit me first! .. and then it takes me 5 minutes to realize they're talking about a third boy..
anyway yeah :) i'll be afk this weekend and i'll hopefully have a cable modem when i get back.
-Nicole
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Tuesday, September 10th, 2002
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There was a man from Esser,
whose knowledge grew lesser and lesser
Until it grew so small,
he knew nothing at all,
and now he is a college professor
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Saturday, September 7th, 2002
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where is everybody when i need advice, hm?
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Friday, September 6th, 2002
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i have a lot to say but i cant seem to find the time to type it up. i miss everybody and i hope to catch you all sooner or later. i will write whats on my mind once i get my internet straightened out. i am *so* glad i only have 3 semesters left (since i dont have to count this one since its started hahaha)
anyway. soon!
-N.. who is still alive, for the most part.. and who has a job!
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Tuesday, August 27th, 2002
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WHAT KINDA CRUEL WORLD DO WE LIVE IN!!!!!
I obsess over boys: I have no cute boys in class.
I give up on boys to "better myself": I'm in a class with like ME AND 20 CUTE BOYS!
This is -totally- unfair.
Which reminds me: Anybody remember the old song/chant thing (from when I was in 6th grade): totally, for sure, i just got a manicure, the sun, i swear, its bleaching out my golden hair.. 24.. 36.. i dont even know the score.. go go fight fight gee i hope i look all right
hahaha i just amused myself!
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Monday, August 26th, 2002
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my books:
PSY2012: General Psychology - Psychology - 58.25 (used)
ENG3014: Critical Issues in Literary Studies:
1. Literary Theory: An Anthology - 37.50 (used)
2. Mythologies (Barthes) - 12.00 (new)
3. Bridget Jone's Diary - 9.75 (new)
4. the Commitments - 11.00 (new)
5. Great Expectations - 8.75 (used)
6. High Fidelity - 14.00 (new)
7. a book I don't have yet for a price I don't know yet! (estiamted: $12)
ITA2230: Italian Reading & Conversation
1. Prego: An Invitation to Italian - 63.00 (used)
2. Racconti di Oggi - 29.25 (used)
ENG3334: Intro to Shakespeare
1. Four Tragedies - $14 ( don't have yet)
2. something about Last Romances? - $14 (don't have yet)
ENC3310: Article and Essay Workshop
1. NO BOOKS ! BUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Amounts Paid: 260.55
Amounts still to pay; $38
Total Amount: 300ish?
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Wednesday, August 14th, 2002
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ok so. i'm cutting this for all the boys who dont really care.
the short version, for the boys:
2 pairs of jeans, 9 shirts, and a sweater/jacket thing
( the longer version )
i also watched john q again. totally made me cry all over again! its such a sad movie and you can't even say "its just a movie!"
in unrelated news: sometime friday my computer will be taken apart. i'm not entirely sure when it'll get put back up. if it gets put up before tuesday, i'll only be on for short periods of time. on tuesday we're getting our cable modem but then we have to wait a little longer for it to be networked for us i guess. i dunno. carolyn's taking care of it. i'm just sitting at home from 1-5 on tuesday to wait.
that reminds me, i saw this car commercial today, and a cable guy pulls up to their front door (the people who are driving away) and he calls them and he's like "hey its the cable guy. i'm standing outside your door." and then the driver goes "ok wait for me. i'll be home sometime between 12 and 5" hahahahahahahaha
anyway, yeah. that completely amused me. i mean its completely ridiculous that cable companies are not capable of making appointments like the rest of the world.
so yeah, back to packing!
~N
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