#115

Things I did today avoiding my homework:

1. Went to work on my day off to get my paycheck and an everything bagel with lox cream cheese. Its my new favorite thing to eat only I just get the cream cheese with the lox pieces mixed it. I haven't worked up the courage to try the big slices yet. I totally blame this latest obsession with Prez. Harry who forced me to eat smoked salmon at my very first Insignis Symposium dinner. 
2. I read this website. I blame Buddy for introducing me. Its kinda awesome and now I want my very own cowboy with gorgeous forearms. Seriously, I drooled all day, just staring at the pictures. 'Cowboy take me away' playing on a loop inside my head. Also, her recipes are quite delicious. We may have made Whiskey glaze twice this weekend just to try it on various different foods like mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing, carrots, turkey, and vanilla ice cream.
3. I missing French (or France, I can't decide which) right now very much. I mean I'm sitting around in a beret wearing all black and a scarf so obviously something is very wrong with me. Anywho, listening to Eric Ripert talk about cooking at his very cool site is killing me. I especially love his toaster oven recipes. Those would have been so helpful at AQ.
4. I watched White Christmas and laid down the law to Buddy: 'Yes, we are getting a Christmas Tree. No, we don't expect you to financially contribute to it or take care of it or even look at it as we will put it in this corner. But we are getting one so deal with it.' I'm super excited now! I mean don't these ornaments go perfectly with our walls even if Buddy did inform me that I couldn't get pink ones? I really REALLY don't get her. (oh yeah, she blogged about MY lovelife which just really gets me especially since I don't even have one) But seriously pretty ornaments!
   
5. I watched Twilight and now I (a) want to read the books, (b) was surprised that Robert P. was coherent throughout the entire movie which is a vast difference from all those interviews I've seen, and (c) want my own vampire who will cook me Italian food and glitter in the sun at my command. 

I am so ready for school to be done. You have no idea.

#104

Hi readers.

I've got some news. I'm withdrawing from graduate school. I haven't figured out the whole logistics yet with everything about this semester but I know for sure I wont be returning next semester. I'm staying in Pittsburgh because I love the life I'm building here. Sure I wish all my friends were here but I really like living here, the city, the people for the most part. It feels right. 

Grad school hasn't felt right for a really long time. I should have said something earlier, I know that. But I kept waiting for it get better. I thought it would and I thought if I would have spoken up sooner my parents would have said try it for just a little longer. I didn't tell anyone how I was feeling. I don't know why I felt the way I did but I felt like I should like school and people would just think I was being silly. But that was all totally me. I knew my friends wouldn't judge like that. But still I felt a bit weird about discussing my feelings. I shouldn't have. I should have let it out before it all boiled over, like tonight.

The isn't a decision I've taken lightly. I haven't made a rash decision here. I've thought about it for about 2 months now. I'm not sure what I am going to do next but I think thats the best part. For the first time in my life, I don't know what's coming next and I'm excited. I keep reminding myself that I do have a college degree and if further down the road, I want to go back to grad school I can. It just wasn't the right thing for me right now. But hey, at least I tried, thats the most important part to me.

So here's to the future and the unknown. 

Cheers!

#99

I am sitting in class bored out of my mind. This class is harder and harder to come to every week. Its all theory about managing collections. I guess I don’t see the point in having to learn all this theory. I’d rather just do hands on activities. Those are way more fun.

I am a bit perturbed that I cannot connect to the internet in this building. I mean its the Information Science building. The very first one that had wireless on Pitt’s campus but they are doing some maintenance and joining two systems together which leaves me wirelessless. Even though the lady taping our class sitting in front of me on her laptop is getting the internet and checking her e-mail and searching google for those chemistry sets you give little kids which they use to blow up the garage on so many sit-coms. Its not fair! I want my internet. Hasn’t that become a basic human right yet?

Today they are filming the graduation scene for the remake of the Sorority Row movie on campus. Its supposed to be on Forbes which is the street I take to get to school. I am not looking forward to any delays this might cause. But I am looking forward to possibly seeing Rumer Willis or Audrina Patridge. It would be a dream come true, kinda. Or really just an opportunity to snark on them.

Not much has happened in the last few days. I have watched an enormous amount of CSI. I bought a new t-shirt. I had some hard cider. I went to the Carnegie Natural History Museum and the Carnegie Art Museum. There were cool and I got in free. I talked to Cogene and it could be any day now. She got a new iPod and that makes me insanely jealous. I mean a baby and a new mp3 player. What more could a girl want?

The cook at work is taking his citizenship test today? or next Monday? I don’t quite remember. But I know he got the letter with the date. I think its so cool. Once he passes, he’s going to bring his wife over from Morocco. I wonder what his girlfriends will think about it.

Guys, I am having major issues with the cold in that I am overreacting to any temperature under 60. I layer and grab mittens and fret over the fact that I have NO snow boots in Pennsylvania. I have no idea where this is coming from. I mean I’ve dealt with winter my entire life but for some reason I feel utterly unprepared for it.

#85

Below is an actual conversation I had today:

Moi: Jesse McCartney is guest starring on Greek!

BART: OMG!

M: Buddy did you hear that? Are you excited?

Buddy: I have jet lag.

BART & M: How many time zones did you cross today?

Buddy: 1 and I only got 3! hours of sleep last night.

M: Oh

You think you have someone figured out and then he gives you chocolate and you have nothing figured out.

#64

I went to my computer class today. I think I'm going to like it a lot. First, the prof encouraged us to bring our laptops with us to class. Second, he asked us to create blogger accounts for the blog we will be having to write for participation points during the semester. Third, our first assignment was to download lavasoft ad-ware onto our computers but only if you have a PC. We are going to learn about networking and LAN/WAN and some other stuff I have always wanted to do. I'm pretty excited for it. There are two sections of the class and I heard that I got into the better section, YAY!

But the best thing that happened today was CUPCAKE FEST 2008! This made my day. I think I love living in this city. Too bad I was informed that to get a job I'll have to leave which is a bummer because I was kind of hoping to stay. Oh well, I can always move to DC and live with Pomme, right?!?!

#63

My class tonight on the subject of preservation was ummm interesting? We're going to learn about paper and how to protect it, I think. Something about disaster plans was thrown out there too. But most of all, the class reminded me of taking an Insignis class where everyone knows everything and talks all the time. It gave me a headache and my first bout of homesickness.

#62

I went today too check out my books for school. The Pitt book center website was severely lacking and I couldn't look them up online so a point for AQ. Guys, can I honestly tell how geeked I am for my classes?!?!? Looking at the books I need to get sent me over the edge! Titles including the Social Life of Info., a book by Nelson Mandela!, and Archives, lots of Archives! I realize I never told you my class schedule so here it is:

LIS 2000 Understanding Information    Thurs 12-2:50

LIS 2214 Library & Archival Preservation    Mon 6-8:50

LIS 2220 Archives & Record Management   Mon 9-11:55 (sooo early but I'm really excited for this one. Its co-taught by the chair & my advisor)

LIS 2600 Intro Information Technologies   Tues 3-5:50 (I'm pretty sure this is a glorified computer class)

But should I be worried that a majority of the books needed for LIS 2220 have 666 in their ISBN numbers? I'm just being a bit paranoid, right?

#26

I survived Bubba's party and am now feasting on the leftovers. They are so very yummy.

I went hiking in the woods today. It was actually fun. I think I'd go back and do it again at least once this summer.

If I get in to the grad school of choice, I'll live with a high school friend and her college friend. They e-mailed me a ton this weekend with prospective apartments. They also want to go visit and check some things out. It just all seems very weird and foreign to me. Probably because it really hit home that I wont me living with any of you for the next year. Oh well...

One final thought: Honey Puffs are very delicious.

#17

So I got bored with the template. It took like 4 hours and 2 computers but I was able to create the header. I think I like it. I'll probably change it again in a few days. 

Anyway, I got into graduate school. I found out last week but I didn't tell anyone for a while until Toi's mom came over. It just feels weird and I wasn't quite sure how I felt about it. I think its because it really hit home that I'll be by myself next year. Soo...if anyone wants to come to grad. school with me next year, let me know!

Coldplay is coming to the Palace of Auburn Hills on July, 5th. I think it'd make a great "Wooo!!!! I graduated college! Wooo!!!! I got into grad. school!" celebration thing.