Monkey's Umbrella

monkeyumbrella @ 2009-10-21T15:38:00

2009-10-21T19:39:00Z

APPROACHES TO LITERATURE CAN GO TO HELL.

SORRY FOR THE CAPSLOCK

2009-09-29T21:11:07Z

SHOULD I CHANGE MY SECOND MAJOR FROM ENGLISH TO MUSIC AND LIKELY END UP BEING A SUPER DUPER SENIOR??? I'M RATHER CONFLICTED. I DON'T REALLY SEE HOW I WOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLETE A MUSIC MAJOR AND ALL MY SPECIAL ED REQUIREMENTS IN THE FOUR YEARS + 1 GRAD SCHOOL YEAR, ESPECIALLY SEEING AS I START OBSERVATIONS/STUDENT TEACHING VERY SOON. I'D PROBABLY HAVE TO PAUSE ON SPECIAL ED TO CATCH UP ON MUSIC. WHICH WOULD MEAN I'D BE HERE FOR A TOTAL OF 6 YEARS. ON THE OTHER HAND, I COULD PROBABLY THEN AT LEAST GET AN ENGLISH MINOR, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY ONLY NEED LIKE 2 MORE CLASSES TO ACHIEVE THAT LOLOL.

OR, SHOULD I JUST BE A NORMAL PERSON AND STAY IN ENGLISH. OR I COULD BE REALLY CRAZY AND JUST DO MUSIC ED. AHHH WHY AM I A SOPHOMORE ALREADY I FEEL LIKE I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

I'M ALSO ANXIOUS CAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND INSTEAD I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT MY FUTURE COLLEGE CAREER. BUT I REALLY SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON, YA KNOW, PASSING THIS SEMESTER.

GAH. AND I HAVE PHONATHON TONIGHT..... I DID GET MY FIRST CREDIT CARD PLEDGE LAST NIGHT THO. AND I CALLED MY HS GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, MR. PANTALE, BUT HE DIDN'T ANSWER. HAHAHA.

PEACE.

college: sophomore year.

2009-08-27T19:24:59Z

I've officially had all my classes once now. I actually quite like all of my professors, as of now anyway. We'll see what happens. I had Approaches to Literature today, and after going over the syllabus we analyzed two poems. It was surprisingly tolerable! =P For whatever reason, English class is a lot less painful in a college environment than in a high school environment... Well, maybe I was just scarred by poetry because the last time I studied it in depth was junior year of high school, which... yeah. That was pretty much the worst English class of my life. Thanks, G-flo! I might have picked English as a major earlier if you hadn't temporarily destroyed the subject for me. But, to be fair to any teachers I might have had, I think I get more out of class now that I'm not an awkward, way too self conscious angsty teenager who doesn't want to participate. I mean, I'm still awkward, but not quite as much. XD

I also defied all expectations and landed an on-campus job. Granted, it's basically glorified telemarketing, but hey. It's something! My mother was so surprised to hear I actually got a job. I guess I don't blame her for the low expectations; I have a pretty pitiful track record in this area. Still, it was a combination of "Ha! Showed you!" and "Wow, I guess I really was a huge failure for years. Thanks." However, I did drop concert band partly because of this job. I feel like I should feel worse, because I've been such a band geek for so many years, but I really don't feel that bad. OOPS. It's just really easy to forget about practicing and such when you're not taking lessons anymore. I dunno. I guess once I got to college I realized that it was all kind of pointless cause I'm not a music major. I do expect to take band again at some point but I'm not sure when that'll be. Unfortunately, I feel like my poor flute will be quite abandoned this semester... again. WAH.

WEDDING SATURDAY!! I'M PRETTY SURE I'M GOING!! =D

Summer

2009-08-03T20:42:05Z

Highlights, or important occurances, of my summer:

1) Moving.
2) Taking a summer course, intro to ASL.
3-5,000) A Very Potter Musical

I'm excited to go back to school because I am sick of summer. I did try, and fail, to get a summer job. Such is my life. I hope this semester will be better in that regard... we'll see what happens. Then at the end of the month I have to come back for some wedding. I know, such a drag. ;)

Perhaps I will try to clean my room, which has been an epic process. Or study for my final that's tomorrow. lol.

FML

2009-06-11T18:23:41Z

UGH I JUST WASTED $20

BOUGHT THE SIMS 2 BUT APPARENTLY MY VIDEO CARD IS TOO FAIL TO PLAY IT RIGHT WITHOUT IT FREEZING ALL THE TIME. AND, THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY TO UPGRADE THE VIDEO CARD CUZ I HAVE A CRAPPY COMPUTER. YAYYYY

lol

2009-06-04T15:24:44Z

Created by Train Horns

I'd be worried if I couldn't as I am still a youngin

really random

2009-04-30T20:08:41Z

I was researching a bit on general opinion regarding women changing or not changing their last names at marriage for my WGS paper... and eww. A lot of sexist crap spewed from men AND women about it that made me cringe. (Such as: WHY EVEN BOTHER GETTING MARRIED IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE HIS LAST NAME YOU'RE SUCH A SELFISH WOMAN") BUT one thing I rarely saw brought up was: Why does it always HAVE to be the woman's choice? Why does no one ever think of asking the guy if he'd like to change his last name? Seems like a pretty nasty double standard to me.

So basically, if I were to ever get married, I would only consider taking HB's last name if he also considered taking mine. Seems only fair.

summer job FAIL

2009-04-28T20:12:34Z

Sighh... this does not sound very promising:

Thank you for your coming in to interview with Oasis! At this time, unfortunately, our positions are full. However, the waitlist is moving very quickly. We will probably be contacting you in a few weeks when a position opens up. If we do get more openings, we will contact you to either set up an additional interview or discuss where we can place you for the summer. Thank you again for your interest in Oasis and we hope to be in contact soon!

._.

schedule fall 09

2009-04-07T20:12:24Z

Monday/Thursday
12:30-1:50: LIT 201 Approaches to Literature. Bliss 153. Instructor: Lawrence McCauley
2:00-3:20: SLP 102 Language, Speech and Communication Development. Forcina 403 (ew fourth floor. Also, I realize I won't even be able to take advantage of living so close to Forcina, since I'm going to be coming straight from another class...) Instructor: Nadya Pancsofar (have her now, figured it'd be more convenient to take a professor I already know)

Tuesday/Friday
8:30-9:50 (so early ;_;): LNG 202 Structure and History of the English Language. Bliss 228. Instructor: Diane Steinberg.
12:30-1:50: MUS 170 College Choir. Music Building 027. Instructor: John McDonnell (YAY! I wanted to take Women's Ensemble again, but I can't fit it in my schedule... but since he's teaching regular choir too I figure it'll be good. He's a lot better than Guarino...)
2:00-3:20: LIT 217 Issues in Multicultural Literature (still have no idea what this really means lol). Bliss 228. Instructor: Nagesh Rao.

Tuesday/Thursday
5:30-6:50: MUS 185 Concert Band. Location: TBA! (lol I have a feeling I know where it'll be however.) Instructor: Dennis MacMullin (I guess I'll never have Balog again :( But that's ok)

Basically my life will be Englishville. LOL.

Big news

2009-03-23T20:21:11Z

I figured out housing today. I am living in the "reject" dorm, Centennial, next year, but I am perfectly OK with that. I like it better than Norsworthy for what its worth. Less creepy, haha.

ALSO, I applied to an apparently very responsible and prompt summer camp over the weekend. It's been about 48 hours since I applied and they've already contacted my references AND sent an email about an interview!! Which... will be on Thursday, April 9 at Drew University. CRAZEH!! Looks like I'll be cutting a few classes. So hopefully I won't screw up too badly and will be employed this summer. For a change. :)

hey guys

2009-03-23T03:55:10Z

So, hypothetically speaking. If I were to NOT pursue teaching, what career do you think would suit me?

Thanks

:(

2009-03-05T22:04:03Z

PSYCH EXAM TOMORROW

PROGNOSIS: SUCKTASTIC

I SHALL NOW CRAI MOAR AND GET READY FOR CONCERT BAND ;____;

finally

2009-03-04T22:45:43Z

So yesterday marked the two week anniversary of my email to the chair of the English department. I figured that I should celebrate this wonderful occasion with an actual response from her, so I emailed her again. Clearly my first email was eaten by the Internet, since she responded to the second email quite promptly- on the same day in fact! Changing majors is actually really easy and simple. I should have just went to her office earlier because it took literally 2 minutes. So next semester I will have to take Lit 201 and probably a bunch of other English classes to play catch up. JOY JOY!!! (at least i won't have to worry about PIPER anymore. [PIPER=required credits for psych students to participate in experiments and surveys and whatnot])

SPRING BREAK NEXT WEEK!! But 3 midterms in the next two days D: I really hope I don't have a surprise! math test tonight. That would bring me epic sadness.

I CAN HAS ROOMMATE MAYBE?

2009-02-18T22:07:43Z

Yay for annoying your friends so they find other friends who also have no roommate!! I didn't actually meet this person yet, but it seems likely that I won't be rooming with a (completely) random person next year! WOO.

my problem

2009-02-16T22:15:07Z

I have come to the conclusion that I am quite orally inarticulate. For some reason the words don't come to my head when I'm speaking in class like they do when I'm writing. And then I feel like an idiot ._.;

GEE WHILLICKERS

2009-02-05T04:18:28Z

So you know how I'm in this a capella group, right? Well tonight we held auditions for new members and it was a DIFFICULT ARDUOUS PROCESS, LET ME TELL YOU. We ended up choosing 2 people out of about 8 and you feel so guilty rejecting people and everyone was at about the same skill level and it was really hard to make a decision. Well, for me. Not as much for everyone else. =P But after being on the other side of the audition process, I can see why I was chosen last semester. No one seems to be able to pick out the "mi" note of a chord and when testing for range their triads go all over the place. I think we chose 2 good people though, so yay.

School is alright, my life is kind of boring, bla bla bla. Been watching Avatar. It's actually a really good show (I was skeptical) and I would have been all over this at age 12. I can see why people of all ages like it because it's kid friendly while not dumbed down for them. Also, I'm thinking of changing my second major. English maybe?? We'll see.

I should be doing homework now. yeah. And I need more icons.

lol oops

2009-01-20T17:53:36Z

HAHA so um, I missed Obama's inauguration speech because I was eating lunch. It was being shown but there were not enough seats so I didn't see it. Yay youtube?

Today is the first day of classes, so yes I am back at school. Over break I didn't do much. I went to Disney World and I'd upload pictures but I can't seem to figure out how to get pictures off my camera. This may be related to the fact that my CD drive simply doesn't work. I also watched Merlin (BBC!) quite a few times and spread it amongst certain silly people. HAHA. It's a virus.

TTYL :D

Just saw the end of "School Days"

2008-12-19T03:10:51Z

WHAT
THE
FUCK
WAS
THAT

spring 09 schedule

2008-11-13T21:48:31Z

PSY -217-03
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY MR 03:30-05:20PM
SB 105 Undergrad Semester
01-20-09 to 04-30-09 Hohmuth, Arthur V 4.00 41390 Normal grade rules
PSY -121-02
METHODS AND TOOLS OF PSYCHOLOG TF 10:00-11:50AM
SB 009 Undergrad Semester
01-20-09 to 04-30-09 Hughes, Julie Milligan 4.00 41352 Normal grade rules
MUS -185-01
CONCERT BAND: NON MUSIC MAJORS TR 05:30-06:50PM
Undergrad Semester
01-20-09 to 04-30-09 Balog, George M 1.00 40656 Normal grade rules
MUS -171-01
WOMEN'S ENSEMBLE: NON MUSIC MA MR 12:30-01:50PM
Undergrad Semester
01-20-09 to 04-30-09 McDonnell, John 1.00 40646 Normal grade rules
SLP -102-02
LANG, SPEECH & COMMUNIC DEVELO MR 02:00-03:20PM
FH 403 Undergrad Semester
01-20-09 to 04-30-09 Pancsofar, Nadya 4.00 49321 Normal grade rules
MAT -106-03
MATH STRUC & ALGORITHMS ED II MW 07:00-08:20PM
SC P224 Undergrad Semester
01-20-09 to 04-30-09 STAFF

Four classes in a row will be interesting to say the least. Oh well, I guess thats what I get for being a low level freshman.

And I have an exam at 5:30 but I'm not studying. YUCK.

election

2008-11-05T16:46:48Z

I remember four years ago being really angry at the presidential election results and wishing I could vote. I definitely did not even think of the possibility that I and millions of others would vote for and elect a black man. Just fifty years ago blacks could not even vote. We still need to come a long way but this makes me feel better about my country!! :D

Although in other areas bigotry is still a-ok. EPIC FAIL, ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, AND ESPICALLY ARKANSAS. (seriously, limiting who can ADOPT CHILDREN?? HOW FUCKING RIDICULOUS CAN YOU BE??) I'm not really political at all and usually I can respect other people's views/see the other side, but this is one issue I feel VERY strongly about. To me this is no different than banning interracial marriage. It's WRONG. And if you think gays shouldn't be allowed to marry, YOU'RE WRONG. There's no opinion there. IT'S WRONG.

BLOOD

2008-11-04T18:55:20Z

So apparently my bloodtype is the uber rare AB-. Like my sister!! Hahahaha. I called my mom to apologize because now we're going to get twice as many calls from the Red Cross. But really, it's kinda her fault I have this.

Oh yeah, vote. I did!

WTF!

2008-11-01T06:49:51Z

So yeah, I get a phone call/text/email from the college about 20 minutes ago that there was a SHOOTING on campus near lot 4. One of my friends (who I think is off campus somewhere tonight) texts me saying that she hears there is gang activity targeting women! God damn. Well, its not likely I'll sleep much at all today. (I did plan on waking up at 6 to go home) I hope I'm still able to catch a trip home. :/

EDIT: lol there was a shooting but my friend was kinda freaking out for no reason. yeah.

LOL WTF

2008-10-28T14:43:52Z

IT'S FULL OUT SNOWING HERE. IT'S OCTOBER. LOLWAT.

tired

2008-09-23T05:33:28Z

I'm tired and sleepy! Should go to bed. Roommate is working on epic paper. haha. Well. Life is not really eventful as of late. class. free time. eating too much. and I can't get over Heroes. I'm afraid this show just isn't doing it for me anymore. It was lame. :/

wow

2008-09-19T02:46:40Z

dood I auditioned for an a capella group and made it in!! HOW CRAZEH!

Time to not study for my SCIENCE QUIZ thats tomorrow at 8:30. D: