I've been having major economic problems and for once, it's not my fault. My boss for CTS forgot to file my timesheet so I didn't get paid last Thursday. This has been causing all sorts of problems for me such as not being able to pay the insurance money to my dad, my account went negative and I was charged $50 for it and I don't know if i'm goign to be able to pay my credit card bill in time which would in turn charge me even more!!! I'm trying to get ahold of the person who is supposed to be giving me a check but she isn't responding and I'm trying to get ahold of Denise at Bank of America to remove the charges because they aren't my fault. Unfortunetly I'm in class right now so I can't do anything!


And to make matters worse, Chris locked me out of the room this morning when I went to go take a shower and didn't take his cell phone with him. I was late to class and didn't get a chance to eat breakfast because of the douchebag (and this time it's not a nickname!) I had to get Spencer to get me a lock-out key.

I have two more projects I have to get done this semester in addition to all of my finals. An essay for ENG and a statistical project for MAT. 

I just want this semester to end! I don't particularly want to go home, I just don't want to work anymore! I wish I could go from today to Christmas back to January 21st.

Oh and before my parents start getting mad at me not wanting to go home it's because of the condition of my room, not you them. I don't feel like going back to that dusty, moldy, horrible place to be. I can't breathe there and it's just miserable.


AHHHHHHH!!!

So I have way too much to get done for the next two weeks. My ISC professor just assigned a 5 page research paper due next Thurs (12/11) and on the same day gave us ANOTHER assignment to be done by tomorrow. ALSO, I have to do an assignment for Math in which I have to do a statistical study on people and that's due the last day of class (12/12). There is also going to be another essay for English before the end of class, but she hasn't assigned it yet.

Chris was complaining about all the projects he has to do instead of finals, well I have to do all these projects AND I have finals in every class! I don't know how I'm going to make it to Christmas!!

AHHH!!!!!

Oh and I'm working in the Snygg lab right now and it's crazy busy. There is only one printer and there is about 10 or so people standing around it trying to get their papers. It's kind of funny watching people scramble through stacks of paper and getting angry about it. I'm just sitting here typing away lol.

Sigh...and my Ambie is very very sick. Everyone wish that she gets well soon!!


It'll be a miracle if I make it to Christmas without killing myself!

Yeah I realize that I haven't updated in a long time but there hasn't been anything interesting at all going on recently. I spent all day yesterday working on my paper for English 220. I successfully proved that you can do a 5 and a half page research paper in one day with no previous knowledge on it. I changed my topic right before I even started. I was going to write about Sarah Palin but after realizing how difficult that was actually going to be, I changed my topic to be about how maps are beneficial to presidential elections.

We're going home tomorrow for Thanksgiving break. I can't wait to finally have access to WiFi again. Oh and see my family too I guess...>.>

This will be my first thanksgiving as a vegetarian, and I'm excited about it. Amber can't wait to cook a whole bunch of vegetarian dishes and I can't wait to eat them lol.

I'm at work right now with an hour left to go. I'm so bored and have nothing to do. I brought my DS with me to play, but I don't really want to for fear of getting strange looks by the students here. It's bad enough I'm sitting in the lab with my Nerd Herd shirt on typing in my Livejournal, to see me playing my DS, and Pokemon Ranger 2 nonetheless, is bound to get me ridiculed.

At least the TalkRadar podcast keeping my entertained on my iPod.

We have practice tonight for Boys Down the Hall. We have three upcoming performances and we're working hard so we sound great. We're currently working on learning a new song, Irish Blessing. Jeremy found a new guy who wanted to join us and was supposed to come tonight, but because of a family emergency, we won't see him until after break.

I really don't want to pack up my stuff tomorrow, it's such a pain to unhook my Wii and stuff to bring it home. Especially my Guitar Hero World Tour set. The guitars are easy to carry around, but now I have this big drum set to bring home with me as well along with my laptop, clothes, the gerbs, and whatever else I need....AHHH!!!!!

I'm not being allowed to be the late-night DRO next semester at Lakeside. Even though I'm one of the best ones they have, apparently because the managers have it out for me, they've requested to Shannon that I not be DRO. That's ok, I'm applying to be a Computer Technician in Scales hall for next semester which is the exact same job I already do for CTS. If I get that, I'm quitting lakeside. If not, I'll still have all my CTS hours for next semester, and I'll have to be a late-night server for lakeside which I'm really sick of working late-night. I never have time to get anything done when I'm working at late-night. All time evening time is sucked away by working then and it really sucks.

Anyway, I'm sick of ranting and I'm done now.

BLAH

I don't know what to do anymore, I'm sick of math. After getting such a low grade on my last test, I tried to work harder for the next time. I did all my homework and paid better attention in class. I really understood the concepts of these few chapters. Well apparently I didn't because I got to the test today and I'm pretty sure I bombed it. All that work I did learning the concepts was useless because it was never used on the test as far as I could tell. I could be wrong, but it was not the same as we did for homework. We might have learned the stuff on the test, but it definitely wasn't what I've been working on. So I wasted my time and I probably failed it. I need this class for my major and I really don't want to retake it again. 

On a brighter side, Dome was yesterday. Auburn came in 3rd place which everyone I spoke to was disappointed with. I would have loved to get 3rd place when I was in the band. It was Jenn's last time with the band and I recorded the whole thing. I haven't gotten around to editing it and uploading it online yet but I'll do it eventually.

I got Guitar Hero: World Tour Sunday morning at midnight. Amber, Chris, Jess and I took a trip to Walmart in Fulton to see if I could get a copy of the game. When we got there, there was a big line and I was heartbroken when I heard they only got one copy of each system's band kit in. Somehow, amazingly, I was the only one there who wanted the Wii Band kit, so I went from the back of the line right to the front while everyone else fought over who was getting the only PS2/PS3/360 versions. Until this morning I was convinced my drum set was broken. Many many people have been reporting that the red drum pad on the set didn't work all the time and when I was playing my set I noticed this to be true.Apparently I was just being a hypochrondriac because after playing around with the set for a couple hours this morning I realized it was the pad, it was me. It's tough to hit the yellow cymbal and the red pad at the same time as is required in almost every song. It's tough, but it doesn't mean the set was broken. I finally figured out the technique to make it work. Now I can happily report that the only glitch I'm having with the game is the occasional hiccup the guitar has where it will strum with you doing anything causing it to break your combo and mess you up.

Saturday we had BDtH rehearsal at Garrett's house. I lost my Run Around Sue solo because of a freak occurance where I couldn't hit the high notes. I've been perfectly fine every other time, but for some reason I couldn't do it. Instead they're having Frank do it which is insane considering he's a bass and I'm a tenor II.  We got a new member as well, Rob Kristal, a tenor I.

Friday was the Ball in the House concert. Those guys are amazing. They sang a lot of stuff I don't remember from last year. I got almost the whole show on tape but my battery died 57 mins in so I missed the end of the concert. Their VP guy, Johnny wasn't there on account of his wife having a baby three weeks ago and the replacement's name was Steve. They sang us a couple songs off of their upcoming Christmas album, due out mid-November. Afterwards we went to Bridie Manor and hung out with them there like we did last year. How many award winning bands will hang out with you after their show? That's what makes these guys so great. On the way to the bar, as we were walking to Garrett's car, Amber fell and sprained her ankle. She went to the hospital on Saturday and she's on crutches now.

Earlier in the week we had a "chat" with Chris about all his baby stuff. When I say we, I mean Amber, Scott, Jeremy, and I. Steve, Scott's roommate was there too but wasn't talking that much. We were basically lecturing him about what's going to happen if he doesn't get his act together and get a job. We talked outside for quite a bit until Jeremy went back to Riggs and we went inside. Scott and Chris left while Amber, Steve, and I continued talking in the stairwell until Scott came back and we moved our discussion into the main lounge. Chris eventually came down to the lounge and we basically went back to what we were talking to him about before. You'd think after all the yelling we did and lecturing we attempted to give him he would have gone out and tried to get a job right? Well he didn't and isn't. Apparently his parents think it would be stupid for him to work now because he needs to focus on his classes. For a few days I was extremely pissed and hostile towards him for completely going against what we advised but I've gotten over it. I've tried to help and he's not having any part of it so I've stopped caring. So has everyone else. I'm not yelling, but I don't support him. I can't possibly support him if he's not going to listen to us and take our advice.

I'm having major car trouble. My battery died again. We tried jumping it before and it worked but we assume the reason it died in the first place was because of my Sirius radio. Well it died again and my radio wasn't even plugged in. I need to find a place in town to buy a new battery and a place to install it for me (hopefully one in the same) because I have no idea how to do it.

I've still got a ton of time at work left and nothing much else to do. I like how livejournal's calling itself Undeadjournal this week in honor of Halloween. I still don't have a costume yet...

Schedule of events this week: 
Tuesday: Working at Lakeside
Wednesday: Supposed to work at Lakeside but going to try to find a sub because there is another Rocky Horror Show being held in the campus center like last year.
Thursday: BDtH practice and the Drag Ball. Probably going to have practice earlier so we can go.
Friday: Halloween! I'm invited to a party at Bryan's house (he's in BDtH and I work with him at Lakeside) so that should be fun.
Saturday: Lakeside work and BDtH rehearsal.

It's 10 AM on Thursday the 14th of August and I'm tired and groggy. I have to work in an hour and a half all day long (11:30 - 8:30) blargh....at least tomorow's hours are nice. (10 am - 2 pm)

My PS2 cases came yesterday so I spent the day (while I wasn't at work) taking all the games off the shelf, throwing out the covers, putting the cases in a box, and putting the games in the case. It's nice to have them all in the two cases now. Keeps them all together and organized. I actually had 6 more games than would fit in, so I just got rid of some crappy ones. As for the shelves they were on, I'm throwing out the black one because it's been broken for ages and I don't think it's fixable. The other wooden one I slid over and am using it for all my other games. I've got my Wii, DS, Gamecube, PS1, PSP, and PS2 (just Final Fantasy X, X-2, XII, and Dirge of Cerberus) on it.

Absolutely nothing special happened at work yesterday, I think. I can't really remember, but I don't think anything important happened. My parents came around 7 and I wandered around with them getting groceries.

I've been going to bed really late for the past two nights. I don't know, I just can't sleep recently, until late that is. Two nights ago, I was up until 2:30 packing for college. I got all my boxes out of the closet and filled them up, stacked up where everything was originally piled up. Last night I was just finishing with the cases and reorganizing until like 1:30, and I watched TV until 2:30. I really need to start getting back on schedule (not that I had a very good one) for college. Going to bed before 2:30 anyway! I have an extremely full schedule for next semester, not just classes. So I need to make sure I have enough time, and energy to get everything done!!

As for my Mega Man endeavours, I beat 1 - 6, but when I got to 7, I had a real eye-opener. It was a hell of a lot harder than the NES games. I got all the way up to Turbo Man, but I cannot beat his level for the life of me. I didn't feel like dealing with it anymore, so I input a password to get right to Dr. WIly at the end, and couldn't beat him either!! Frustrated, I just went on to Mega Man 8. I like how it's set up, being a PS1 game originally, but it's still pretty tough. I just can't wait until Mega Man 9 hits Wii Ware. It's a shame that I won't actually be able to download it until I come home for Thanksgiving, unless some strange unforseen miracle happens where I have the opportunity, but I don't forsee that happening!!

I think I'm coming to the end of Final Fantasy IV. I've beaten it before (on the GBA), I just don't remember how far along I am. I just beat Rubicante and got Edge. So...I dunno.



OH DEAR GOD! I thought I just lost my entire thing I've typed so far for a second. I accidentally went back a page and clicked forward and it was gone. You can restore from a draft that it automatically saves! PHEW!



Anyway, Simon (remember the kittens?) died yesterday. He's been having problems recently, so it didn't really come as a surprise to us. My mom was the saddest about it because she wanted to keep him, and I think we actually were going to, but can't now, obviously. They buried him last night.

I don't think I've talked about this yet, my parents aren't helping me move to college. We've moving in on a tuesday, Dad refuses to close the kennel, and Mom won't get off work. I'm stranded with no one to help me move all my stuff. It's great that they have jobs they have to go to...so does everyone else's parents who will be helping them move in tuesday!! It's no excuse!!  So now I have to have Amber help me get my stuff up there because they won't! Hrrmph.

Tom's check still hasn't come. I'm not worried that it won't, I'm just annoyed that it isn't here yet. It came the first week of August last year and we're almost done with the second. Josh's puppies go home soon and I'll get the money from my Grandma to help pay for my books because I didn't get my scholarship.

I guess today is the third quarter picnic at Wal-Mart. To celebrate the third quarter (which I didn't think we were in yet, but oh well) and the ending of inventory, they staff is throwing a picnic with like really top notch food and stuff. Each associate gets a lunch and is offered their choice between steak or chicken. I'm probably gonna have chicken considering I hate steak! It'll save me from having to buy lunch today!

Star Wars: The Clone Wars comes out tomorrow and I have the time and money to see it, but Amber won't let me. She feels that since it is not a real Star Wars movie, just a cartoon, that I don't need to waste my money to see it., and I should just wait until my Dad downloads it. Sigh...I'm still waiting for my copy of Pineapple Express to watch. I hope someone uploads it before I go back to college!


Hm...perhaps I should wrap this up and got get ready for work considering I have only an hour left!

Hope this entry was imformative and entertaining (not that anyone reads it except my Dad)


12 More Days!!!!