RANT: Fuuuck. I have never been this stressed out about school, and it's only midterms. I want to sleep for the next 48 hours, but sadly, I must keep studying for shit. RANT: I was quasi-procrastinating by applying for jobs today. A lot of them need MBAs. Even more of them require 5+ years experience. I contemplated applying for the CFO of international banking for my mom's company, just for kicks, but the application was way more effort than studying for tests. RAVE: After this session is done with, I will have exactly 8 classes left to graduate, half of them being blow-off/electives. This means if I don't get in a summer career development program (read: internship that will probably hire you after), I can graduate in August and not fall victim to the dreaded five-year plan. On a completely related note, I would have to take 3 summer classes. I've taken summer classes EVERY FUCKING SUMMER since high school. I guess this is only a half-rave.
Rant: I can't stand it when someone makes plans with you, and then breaks them AFTER the plans were supposed to occur, leaving you standing around like an idiot, waiting for them to show up, eventually getting a god damn text message "oh sorry lets reschedule", making it seem like it's not a big deal, when in actuality, you could really be doing a whole bunch of productive shit from the beginning! ...okay I don't know how productive I would have been, but I at least would have gone swimming at some point.
Rant: Fuck classes in general but especially fuck classes where the teacher wants open discussion and "all questions and opinions are welcome since there is no such thing as a stupid opinion or question." It's a class on genocide and conflict in Africa and we're discussing the belief within African societies of the supernatural and the powers of witch doctors. Magical Africans. Cool. All was going well and I was making a point when I get cut off by a girl who just had to share: "no I think thats stupid... because... well I just want to BELIEVE in magic you know?!" me: so go to disney land teacher: thats enough Maltob me: you can't be serious teacher: wait your turn, she's making a good point. Fuck people.
Rant: My landlord is in forclosure and we have to move out by the end of the month. Fuck that shit. We pay over 90% of his mortgage payment and he can't make payments.
Rave:I leave for honduras in a little over 6 hours. Im gone for 7 weeks, and I am doing my Dive Master, Instructors, and Master Scuba Diver Trainer course when I am down there. Rant: Bitching flights (I leave town at 12:50 in the morning) Rave: SO MUCH FUN!
Rant: I loathe podunk towns. I understand why my customers put their factories in these places but it doesn't mean I have to like visiting them. The nicest hotel is the "new" Holiday Inn Express I'm staying at. The best restaurant within 10 miles is Arby's. I'd need to drive 30 miles to get to the next best thing which is only an Applebees. Every mother fucker at the local watering hole seemed to have some staggering disability (I counted 4 guys with walkers who were under 40 yo). Fuck this shitty town! Rave: 5 day ski weekend coming up with beautiful weather on the forecast. Rave: Next week I'll be in Charlotte for work. The week after I'll be in Costa Rica.
RAVE: Flight school starts tomorrow!!! RANT: Flight school starts tomorrow!!! 4 solid weeks of studying and memorizing. Goddamn...At least the 2 weeks after the studying are fun! Hooray for the helo dunk tank, swimming, altitude chamber, and parachute training!!! RAVE: Got to spend my last free night for a good month out with my friends. Good times. Rave: This begins my epic journey through the ranks of flight school, at least two years long...Start with API, then Primary, then I have no idea, either helo training or jet training. Ima do my damndest to get jets though.
Rave: Still managed to remain sober. Prepare for the end of the world, Kittie's been alcohol free since November 18. This is definitely a sign of the Apocalypse. Somehow, I have managed to lose fifteen pounds since I got out of treatment despite my new found affection for white chocolate. Rant: My friend from rehab has not been as lucky. She picked up a gambling habit instead. Double Rant: I've almost quit smoking, but I have realized I do not think I will ever be able to give up caffeine. Since Sunday, I have devoured an entire case of Diet Coke. This can not possibly be healthy.
RANT: 3x the recommended dose of cough medicine with Codeine and... Nothing. Not even a tiny buzz. WTF. I've gotta lose weight or something so the drugs will work better. RAVE: Kids are in school today and I'm off work!
RANT: My DSL is STILL fucked. Jesus Christ. It's been nearly two weeks of this. Useless. So no fucking people up on MW2, and having to pay fucking data charges for my 3G connection. Let's just say this is the ONLY site I can afford to go to. RANT: My mom has contracted pinkeye. I am praying to every deity that I won't catch this. It's bad enough that I have DAILY eye issues, thanks to chronically dry eyes. Pinkeye will really fuck me up. RANT: All day tomorrow, unpaid, at my dad's office, dealing with his paperwork. Yay. RANT: No job, no prospects. Fuck. I am slowly realising I should NOT have gone to college and should have left South Africa instead. Now I'm fucking stuck here. Goddamn hindsight.
Rave: Yelling at hippies who come into the museum I work at and start touching stuff. It's one of the few times I enjoy my job.
RANT: Won't be going to Corpus after API next month. They shut the base down to fix all the planes that have crapped out. So they decided to keep me here for another 8 months...that's the Military for ya... Rave: It won't be that bad here: most of my friends are here, I know the area well, I have a good shop to buy parts for my car, I am kinda a local, summer is stupid tourist season...meaning lots of dumb college girls on the beach!! Rant: No good looking girls in my class...boo
Rant: I live in the Northeast and apparently we're supposed to get a pretty decent snowstorm this weekend. Now, the Northeast isn't a location that never sees snow. We usually get about 1-2 good storms every Winter. So can someone please explain to me why, every time there is mention of snow, people freak out and won't shut the fuck up about how it's going to ruin their plans?? "Ahh I don't want to be stuck inside all weekend!" "Oh no, I made plans. UGHHHH I can't wait for Springgggg!!" It's coming people, get over it!!! It's not some new phenomenon you've never dealt with before!!! Rant: Working with menopausal women SUCKS. Rave-ish: I, on the other hand, love snow and hope we get enough to get some decent powder on the slopes.
Rant: Fucking pizza thread. Now I want a pizza that is about 2000 km away from me (about 1000 miles for you 'mercan folk) Rant: 3 assignments and 1 midterm in the next 5 days. But don't worry Call of Duty, I will be back for you next week, and again we shall play. Rave: Fuck it, Im probably gonna play CoD alot anyway. It's just Computer Science assignments. I can take 3 days to do one, or do it on the day its due and get it done in 4 hours or so under stress. Rave: Somehow I learned how to work under pressure during high school. It's a godsend, way too many people in university aren't capable of this and spend all day everyday studying to get similar grades. Rant: I think I may have gotten myself caught up in a fucking identity theft scam. Ordered something online, but it's gonna take 3 days to process my credit card? They want my bank's phone number, name, etc. Seems really fucking sketchy if you ask me. They have apparently cancelled my order at my request. I'll be watching my credit card though. Might call the bank to put some extra security on the account as well. Rave: Think I might try to nab my roommates car and go snowboarding tonight. Haven't been in like 2 years. Want to go so bad. .... Yea, I'm really shitty at getting work done, you don't need to tell me.
RANT: Holy shit...one person on this board annoys the fuck out of me in every way possible. The douchest of douches. RAVE: It's only one person and this board is a great way to learn and laugh, and generally just fuck off for a while.
Rave: Received a belated Xmas present from a friend who has been out of state. A box of twinkies, containing twinkies, a shotgun shell, and Zombieland. Bad ass!! Rave: Smoking a bowl and watching it. I should be packing.. Rant: Twinkies seem like a good idea, until you inhale two and feel ill from the instant sugar/crack rush.
Rave: Listening to classic, usually over-played songs after a long while is great. Hey Jude for instance, is just an amazing song. McCartney is a masterful pop artist. Rant: Now I can't listen to it for another four months. Damn.
RAVE: Just bought a new (to me) car for my daily commute. Until now, I've been commuting 100km per day in a 1 ton turbo-diesel crew cab. Not fun on gas, and definitely not fun to park. Now have a 90 BMW 3-series coupe, super clean California car. Got it for a steal, too. RANT: Good deal, but needs some work. New front suspension, brakes/pads, muffler, and tires. RAVE: Get cost on parts and can do most of the work myself, in the team's shop, this weekend.
RANT: Fucking vegetarians. These pricks are the Jehovah's Witnesses of college campuses. They'll talk your ear off about their beliefs if you aren't willing to tell them to fuck themselves. I don't care that you chose to not eat meat. But I hate that you can't justify your beliefs with any half logical argument when I question you. You go to a school that has the ecological footprint of a developing nation and you're worried about your impact on the environment? - Fuck off. Your justification is that you can eat healthy without eating meet? - So the fuck what? I can eat healthy with it. Bite me. I swear to god, this bitch started talking about how you could buy everything in vegetarian form nowadays and that's why she was a vegetarian. No other goddamn reason, just because you can buy it now. The best is when they take offence to me laughing in their face. Haven't once felt bad about it. Goddamn idiots.
RAVE: Got a call from my brothers last night, they live on the other side of the country and were both drunk. They had decided we should have a brothers trip and convinced me to sign up . At 11pm last night I booked airfares to Bali for 10 days in early May. Wasn’t even thinking about a holiday this time yesterday.