Today is the last day of my being overwhelmed. I have had so much to do and I didn't have time to even blog.! Can you believe it? Although, many other people are in this same position, so I can see where this would be normal... From Monday morning at 7 AM til Tuesdasy nighta t 11:30 I had only a 2 hr nap. Consequently I'm getting sick I think. Grrr. Oh well. I'll live. And, it's soon to be thanksgiving! Yippee, all the yummy food I can eat. I have big meals on TH./F/Sun...Saturday will be a "get that food away from me" day I think. I'm going to go climbing with Erin while we're home, Friday sometime,.

It's my parents 35th Wedding anniversary this weekend too, so I have to find them something. What am I going to get them, no bloody clue. I have an idea, but incase they decide to come here and read this, I'll keep it to myself. If you have any suggestions, leave a comment. I am really struggling.

Well, I'm tired, and I have one more test to study for. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Well, not much new here, I'm still overwhelmed, but the end is in site. I mean, I have thanksgiving break in less than a week, and I fully intend to not do homework or think about school for a whole 4 days!!! I'm going to get fat eating Turkey, and Stuffing, and I'm going to watch the Packers play--and win (I hope I hope I hope). Then It'll be back to school for 2 weeks (AHHHHH NO, going to fast, slow it down, I need to do more work) and then it will be lovely break! I can't believe how fast time goes when You have so much to do. Well, that's all I have to update now, nothing new or interesting in my life.

OOH OOH OOH OOH, before I forget...GO TO THE DNA SHOW AT THE QUEST this FRIDAY...Click this link for more information.

Laterz~

I am overwhelmed, the enormity of my homework situation is making me go nutz! I can't believe how busy senior year is. I want out, "out damn spot" of this hell that is my college life...It will be better soon, I'll keep saying that. Saying it'll get better soon is like saying I'll get to it later...reassuring even though I know there is not a chance in hell!

It's not so bad as all that though, and I don't "look like a wet weekend" ...but I would very much like a nap, a good nights sleep, and food in my belly...not necessarily in that order.

I have so much to do, I can only do frivoulous and fun things, like pace, and sing, and write poetry--adding on to the entry on the 7th, it seemed like a good start, and blog...because I liek to write and this is peaceful. Do you think it would be insane for me to change my major to English or something now?!?! We'll see!

I think it's all kosher, and there was much rejoicing..."yay"

Ok, the tables are back, and I'm waiting for the changes I made to the template to take effect. I think, the Error 503, unable to load template means...Don't mess with the template...just a warning! It hates me! Maybe they will be there after this post!?!?

GRRRRRRRRRR where did the tables go? and the links? why is blogger such a dink, and why am i not doing my homework when I should be doing that instead of doing this ? If blogger would only work...I did change the links section, and maybe that was a bad idea...here goes debugging 101.

Ooh, I just went and looked at my tracker and saw some of the searches that this blog came up on. I was hit on "down and above" and on "chad's utopia" ...which are links of mine!! That is cool. I need more links to add to my links section...And a links page, if ever I get the web page I am making on a server...for now I'll blog and it will be happy. Anyone have ideas for good links for me? ooh, I have to edit my links too...I should do that now.

Sunrise on a far off sea,
I see it and it sets me free.
To far away to ever be...
Never it belongs to me!
~Me 11-7-2002 7:45Pm

HEHE Happy Day after Halloween! I'm here again to tell you that I ate WAY to much candy last night! There was a bowl of candy and it was calling my name, and I was drawn to it, again and again, and my sweet tooth took over and there was much rejoicing...for a while. Then my tummy felt funny and I wanted regular food to calm it down cause I had eaten sooooooo much sugar. I think my blood-sugar levels were about .35 or higher, way past the legal point I tell you! I wasn't safe to think or act in a calm fashion last night...that and I was tired. Mix those two together and you have a recipe for disaster! Good thing though, I eventually went to bed and slept it off and I'm all better now. I'm not even suger hung over. Although the sight of candy right now is much disliked! I brought a normal healthy Bologna sandwich to work today, and I'm going to eat that. (Someone--no names mentioned, was evil and brought in their extra trick-o-treat candy to work, and it's trying to call my name, but I'm turning a deaf ear to it, and so far --excpet for some milk duds cause they are expecially nummy--I have been sucessful) It's pretty cold out, which is yucky cause I wanted so much to be able to play in the lawn with a frisbee or a football or something tonight...but I'll deal.

Tomorrow night is the first hockey game, and I'm so excited...and to make it even better...dna is playing after the game, and they are the last band to go on, so I'll be all happy to go see them rock the place over at Mr. Patom's with two unsigned touring bands, Cringe from Columbus, OH and Bobaflex from Huntington, WV. I have never heard either of those two, and I'll probably miss most of their sets from the hockey game, but it's still cool to support unsigned touring bands. Check out show information at dna's show page, and check out the dna's main page for more info on them if you haven't heard them yet, (or even if you have, I'm pretty sure they don't mind repeat visitors). I'm hoping Katie or someone will be willing to go with me, or that Chris is going, cause he's usually up for a show. I don't mind going by myself, I've just never been to the place and dont' want to get lost and not make it in time for the gig.

Well, I'd best be doing some work at work...since work is where I am. Gotta love a job where you can blog and hype your fav. local band while getting paid, right?

Happy halloween !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just learned that the other HTML tags worked in blogger, man...I'm going to be having some fun now! I am so EXCITED that it is Halloween, it's my favorite holiday. I really enjoy candy, and seeing littles all dressed up cute, and having a good excuse to do something drastic to myself. I did just that, but I'm not saying what til after halloween is over, cause I am enjoying the shock value this has:) It's gotten some funny looks so far...heheheh. Tomorrow is November first Ok, I realize DUH, what with it being the 31st today, but that is not my point! Anyway, I can't believe that it is november already! What the heck...Where is the time goingSo..first home hockey game for me this weekend, I'm going saturday. I can't wait, I love hockey games. I am still not sure if I'll dress up for the game or not...I think I'll not wear a costume. Well, that's all for now. Talk to you oogily-boogilies later!

I got an email back from the bank, they were remarkably nice considering the tone of voice I used with them...I got 90 dollars back but they are still keeping 60. I suppose it is fair. But grrr. I didn't need to spend 60 dollars on something like that. I still need to go to the bank, i should really do that today, I may, and I may not I'm not sure. I'm kinda all set to do homework right now, and I would hate to ruin that vibe with something so silly as running to the bank to add money to my account. Of course, silly things like turning on and off lights to suit the level of light my eyes crave seems to be doing the same thing--ruining the homework vibe. I really do have a lot go get done tonight. I have a few emails to send and all my Deform to do, and I have to study for watershed engineering, cause I have a test in there on thursday and I have to get somethings ready for the test next week tuesday. I have design stuff for two classes to do at some point.

I took a test today in my Transport engineering and boy was it a bitch. It was way to long, and I know I didn't do very well on it. Maybe a 50 percent. I just hope that everyone else did as bad as they think they did in there, so that the curve is nice. I hear though that last year they had the same problem with this professor. Makes me want to rethink the class I'm taking with him next semester, Water Management Engineering. I can't not take it though, unfortunately. I still have to go finalize my schedule. I am not sure about one of the classes I was going to take now. I will still take it, I'm just not sure I'll have people in there with me. There are a few like that. Oh well, I'm a big girl I don't need to know someone in the class to take it, that is too high school for me. It's nice cause you can study with someone and work on things that way, but yeah~whatever. I think I'm going to do some of that emailing and homework before the feeling leaves.

Ok, time for update Whimsical Doodles, part two. I tryed to do this earlier, I really did, but the stupid blogger wasn't working properly. I've had one hell of a weekend. I'm not going into details here, much. Mostly I hate banks. They are so dumb. I didn't make the mistake, but somehow my transfer of funds never happend except on the day that I did it, and so now I owe lovely Wells Fargo many many overdraft fees. Someone please tell me who died and made their fuck ups earn them money? Not going to happen! I'm going to call them and bitch really really really loud and forcefully and "negotiate strenuously" with them tomorrow. Other than that, I did some homework this weekend....well I tried to do some homework this weekend, but wasn't at all motivated. Oops. I did find a class that works into my only taking tuesday and thursday classes next semeseter which makes me a very happy person. That means I can work Monday and Wed and Friday mornig and have the rest of friday to do whatever, and such. It will feel like I'm a part time student even though I will be fitting 5 classes and a lab into two days. I think it works, I will have to see, come registration day.
Anyway, I'm going to post this before blogger decides to be a bitch and not work again.
Tata

Well, I took my midterm last night and let me say it really did kick my ass. Not only did it kick my ass, but all other parts of my body. When it got bored with kicking, it started whiping and taunting. Very mean taunting too, worse even than the Frenchmen from Monty Python's Holy Grail. But I didn't run away. I stayed there and took it (literally) til time was up and I had to leave for the bus. My only consilation is that it was a ninja test and it beat up everyone that I talked to about the same as me...I hope for a nice curve.

In other news, I want to play pickup games of soccer! It's cold out, and I am hungry, that's all for now

This is a test of the stupid blogger system

Well, I have a midterm I should be studying for, but as usual-other things distracted me. So here I am blogging when I should be studying and I think I've sorta studied myself out (bad thing for this early in the semester) so I can justify this break. It's really dumb to have 4 tests and call them midterms. It sort of defeats the purpose of the prefix "mid" don't you think? I do. After I finish this dumb test tonight, which I am sure I'm going to do bad on and then I'm going to dislike myself for not trying harder when I don't have time to try harder on this class cause of all the other classes and work...sheesh,(back to what I was saying) after I finish this dumb test I'm going to sit infront of the TV and veg for a few hours. Not that I have time to, I mean I have a programming assignment due tomorrow and two assignments for work due tomorrow...Yuck. I also have to finish a project for my other job by thursday sometime...I think I may pull the work at one job for the other job trick. I'll be able to do it, but It is going to take for figgin ever to make that many excel files. Oh well. (going to take a lot of disk space too, sheesh). I will code when I get home and answer as many of the questions as I can for a bit, and then I'll watch tv and answer questions again, and then I'll finish the questions fro the work late at night, and then tomorrow I'll to the other work thing that night...or something. I need a laptop desperately. I want to do my work while watching tv, not exiled in my computer room! But if, and that's a big IF, I do get another computer, it will be another desktop cause I need the computing power of one, and I can't afford both. Ah, the woes of life!

Blogger is weird...Stupid Error 503...anyway

INCUBUS ROCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For those of you who didn't know I went to incubus this weekend. Hometown Hero opened, and they had an ok show...But I spent most of their show trying not to get knocked down in the mash pits that kept erupting all around me. I wanted to do some mashing, but that was rediculous!! Then there was a really really really long break between the shows so that the light guys to could climb onto their little places and let us watch them do it,...I was hoping one would fall, no such luck *hey they had safety lines, I'm not COMPLETELY evil and mean* While we were waiting the crowd of younglings around us (ps I went with Katie and it was great fun) became really annoying and without manners and began crowding and groping and I had to get a little bitchy at one guy and hip-check him away from me. OH well. Once Incubus took the stage, all hell broke loose and after about 1 song we were like we need to move, so we did, and found a great place to watch the rest of the show! I got a really cool shirt, though it's cheaper online, oh well...mine's got battle damage (nothing visible, but I know it's there). That's all for now as I have a midterm tomorrow. ttyl:)

Just a post script to the last message, or to any message really...Sign my guestbook please. It's all lonely with only one message! :)

Well, what to say? Blogger has been friggin annoying lately with it's Error 503. Anyone who blogs and sees that knows what I mean, sometimes it doesn't matter and your stuff gets posted...sometimes you are screwed. I have a limnology test friday, and homework due tuesday wed and thursday...lots of it to be precise. I also have shows to watch and things to do :) I can't do homework all the time! I have been feeling really active lately. I went running a few times this weekend and I plan on keeping up with it, and doing some climbing and some weight lifting, if I ever get a break from the homework! I mean, what do Profs. Think? That we use every hour of the day going to class and doing homework, with no time to eat or sleep or watch TV or go out with friends or be active? I THINK NOT! I am all about my senior slide this year! I have meetings to keep and things to do, and I'm going to do them with the least amount of work necessary to be happy! I want good grades and a good job, but I think that the internships and such that I get will be more important than a silly A- ro B+...or the difference between them. Grades are a measure of our ability to conform to a system, figure out what a prof wants, and deliver, without making to much of a fuss and getting in hot water. I'm good at fussing, and I like hot water. It's great for baths, and hot tubs...and hot tubs are great for other things, like getting bad knots out of the back that are caused by fussing. So see, it's all connected.

On another note, My wrist hurts and I have no idea why, maybe I was boxing the wall in my sleep. I will have to go see if I did damage at all. Later!

Well,
People have been on me to update(katie), and I really should, since it's been over a two weeks since I wrote in here last. Let's see, what has happened that everyone should know about. I've been doing way more watching movies than I should when I have homework due. Everything from Monty Python to Ever After. I just think watching movies is far more desirable than doing stupid homework. My classes are going ok, if you like taking boring engineering classes (ok, before I have the world wide web crash down upon my head, i should say that the classes aren't all boring, after all, I'm choosing to do this career for the rest of my life...until I change it...but you have to admit, some profs can be a trifle boring.) I am really enjoying Limnology (the study of lakes), it's an ecology class, and the prof is this little old man with two hearing aides, and so much knowledge on the subject you think he must have learned some from osmosis. It's a bunch of reading, and the book is bland, but it's something besides equations for once. I have to take ANOTHER heat transfer class, I'm in it right now, and it's all a repeat of what I have done before. RAR! or so I say. The lab is even worse. It's a visual basic lab, which I realize could be minorly interesting, and important if she actually taught us the programing language instead of just saying, "here code this and I want it by this date". Grrrr. I can't believe it. oh well.

Another story...Deformable Body Mechanics. Has to be the worst night class ever invented. I seriously think there might be benifits to mind altering drugs when I sit through that class for the entire 2 hrs and 15 min. After all, If I don't know i'm there, I could at least handle it better. I've taking to writing poetry in there and drawing, just like my Bioprocess Engineering class last year. I know that is naughty of me, but I seriously can't handle the way that guy lectures. We had the 4th class in it this past tuesday, and we received the fourth syllabus. I'm thinking we're going to get one every time we go to that class. AHHHH. ANd it's a sophomore level class. I think I can handle it, but I ahve forgotten my basic Physics and Calculas and Statics and Dynamics that I need to have fresh in my mind for this one. GRRR. (can you see the frustration seething out of the web in little ones and zeros yet? If not...well, look harder, sometimes they move fast.)

What else can I complain about here? Since this seems to be a day of complaints? Well, I haven't been handed 1 million dollars by some random stranger yet. There's always that. How can I achieve my goal of becoming independently wealthy if noone hands me money. I can't work for it, that would defy reason. Also, I didn't get to sleep in this morning. Ok, enough of me complaining that the earth isn't perfectly round (or other such crazy nonsensical stuff). I need to get back to work...
Here's to thoughts of long nights of sleep~!

Today is September 11th, a day that our generation remembers as being one of the most influential days in recent history. To us, it’s on par with Pearl Harbor, especially since many of us never experienced the event that entered the U.S. into World War II. One year ago, today, the security that Americans enjoyed was shattered by pointless acts of violence. Those at the helm of the planes, and their unhinged leaders took away the veil of innocence from our eyes. Today, we remember what it felt like, and to some…the feelings are stronger, because the shock we were in has begun to lift. The world today is much different for all of us than it was a year ago.

Today though, is still just September 11th, and although we have our heartstrings tugged by memories that haven’t faded, and probably won’t, we must continue to go about our lives and move on. Our generation’s question isn’t “Where were you when Kennedy was shot?” but rather “Where were you on the morning of Sept. 11, when the first plane hit?”. By now, though images of the wounded buildings still burn in our minds, and the collapse will haunt our nightmares for a long time, we have moved on to thinking of more pressing or trivial things. We as a people are resilient and we heal. We are also optimistic. I know for me, though I though about last year at odd times today, my mind was focused mostly on how bored I was in this class or another, and in trying to kill the wasp that was drunkenly flying about the classroom.

Today in history: 1814, the US is victorious on Lake Champlain, which leads to the conclusion of peace negotiations between Britain and the U.S. and the end of the War of 1812. A very good thing happened on this day, which is now only remembered by a few history majors, or by those who go looking for odd “this day in history” facts. Sometimes, when the media, and our own perverse sense of the overdramatic catch us, we need to stop and realize that though this day changed our lives, it didn’t ruin them—one year ago. We are stronger, more aware of ourselves, and the world we live in, which is a good thing. We are kinder to our neighbors (hopefully) and take time to notice the flowers blooming, which is a good thing. Some say that America finally woke up a year ago today. Well I say, “Good Morning!”