| oops | [Friday, December 26 2008 18.33] |
[current mood| cold]So, I never post :( Christmas was alright. I actually spent the 25th just sitting on my butt playing GoW2 and The Last Remnant... Krystal had to work 9:30-8, so we didn't do anything. On Christmas eve, however, we went to Krystal's mom's house and spent the day with the family, which was fun. Krystal and I got a total of $200 from people and some pretty kickass other little things (Dark Knight on Blu-Ray, and 4000 MS points). As an update, on my bday I'm going to Kanki with like 9 other people for hibachi and sushi :D | |
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| Birthday Ideas | [Friday, December 05 2008 21.56] |
So my birthday is on the 31st, and I need ideas of what to do for it. My apartment is too small and I do not have enough entertainment to have a party here. Does anyone have any suggestions? I don't want to have one of those small things that I've had my entire life. I want to actually do something fun this time and I need your help! Thanks :D | |
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I am voting. That is all. EOD | |
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| GREs | [Thursday, October 02 2008 16.30] |
So after being able to take only two practice GRE exams and some additional practice questions, I took the general GRE exams today. The test was scheduled for 1pm but I started at like 12:20 because I didn't know how long it would take me to get there / find parking etc. So I finished at 2:43pm (which is only about 1/2 the amount of time it's supposed to take) and I am waiting to find out about my writing samples. But I did get my verbal/quantitative scores back: Verbal, which I was expecting around a 450, I got a 520 :D Quantitative, which I was expecting around a 720, I got an 800. . . . WTF? I don't think it's possible that I got all the questions right, so does anyone know if there's a buffer zone for the scoring that allows me to get like 2-5 wrong and still get an 800? Anyway, w00t. That's done. Now I only have Chem GREs in November. Gotta study for that on my days off now. | |
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| Win! | [Wednesday, September 24 2008 12.13] |
HAHA I am still horrible at GREs.. But whatever :D I got a 490 on verbal and a 720 on math on my 2nd practice test. I'll hopefully be able to take one or two more before my actual exam next Thursday :-\ (yes, that's right.. it's just about a week away and I suck balls at it still hehe). Work sucks because I can't take time off to practice. But whatever. I went out to Mura Sushi (http://www.mura-northhills.com/) with Krystal, Daniel (my ASM) and Shannon (his hot date). It was fun, and we spent less money than we had planned on, which was awesome! :D peace! | |
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| GRE Prep | [Thursday, September 18 2008 14.44] |
[current mood| busy][current music|David Guetta - Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away) (Famous Radio Edit) (Feat. JD Davis) | Scrobbled] So, like Sam, I'm getting ready to take the GRE general exam. Mine is on October 02 and I am pretty confident I'll suck balls. HAHA. I don't really have much time to study, which is the WORST part. I work 50+ hours a week, and on my day off, I get to attempt to do laundry, grocery shopping, etc. Anyway, I just took a computer test and got a 450 verbal (lolz. I got like a 630 back on the SATs) and 710 on math (down from a 740 I think).. I didn't do any of the essays because I don't really know how much I can prepare my writing. I've always been horrible at English and I personally don't like my essays (although people argue that I can write decently well). Oh well. I just have to keep trying. I'll take another practice exam next week on my day off.. Or at least try to :P How is everyone doing? Oh, and I leave you with Ninja Cat... a video I just saw a link to :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muLIPWjk | |
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| Work | [Monday, August 11 2008 12.26] |
[current mood| calm]So today's my first day off of work. And it's really nice to just sit down and relax and do nothing all day. Actually, I have to go out and do some errands but whatever. The job's fun so far. I'm learning a lot of stuff about how it works, and I think I'm doing well. I got recognized last night for being kick-ass haha. But other than that, nothing else really. Uhm,... more info about it whenever I find out. lol | |
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| Some stuff | [Wednesday, August 06 2008 21.47] |
[current mood| bouncy]So, I got a job at OfficeMax as their "Technology Specialist".. which is basically a manager-ish type thing. So I get keys and stuff. And I get $10.50 an hour, which down here is a lot.. being that minimum wage is $6.55/hr here. hahaha. I also got a game on XBox Live called Braid. It's a really cool platformer that mixes Mario ("Your princess is in another castle") with Prince of Persia. Basically, you're this British-looking chap that is trying to save the Princess from some bad guy. Blah blah. There are 5 worlds and an epilogue world, so 6 in total. In the first five, you have to progress through the level trying to find these puzzle pieces which make a picture in one of the levels. Once you solve all the pictures, you can go to the epilogue where you finish the game and get more of the full story. It's really cool, but I'm not 100% sure about its replayability. Either way, it's also expensive.. $15 or 1200 MS Points, which is the most expensive XBLA game available. But I think it's well worth it. Try it if you haven't.. And if you know my fiancee, make her play it too because she refuses too :fume: lol. Anyway, that's really it. Job and Braid. Bye! | |
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| Depressed | [Saturday, July 26 2008 22.25] |
[current mood| depressed]For the first time since I moved down to North Carolina, I'm actually feeling VERY depressed. I'm guessing that I'm just feeling homesick. Like, I haven't really been out at all since I got here. I spend my time in the apartment or shopping for either video games or groceries. I have no friends here, so there's no one to go out with and have a drink or just chill or whatever. I never thought I'd say that I miss Worcester, and especially 7G1. I miss just waking up and being able to walk into Matt's room and see what he was playing. Or go out to sushi / order Blue Jeans. Things like that. I know things will be better when I have a job and friends and things like that. But until then, this just sucks being here. I am starting to actually hate it, as bad as that sounds. Paul's going up to Massachusetts soon, and that REALLY sucks, because I can't go up there to hang out with him. I haven't seen him since Spring Break, when we went to Chicago for Distant Worlds. I don't really have any idea what we'd do at all, but it'd still be nice to chill and just bullshit with him and be retarded like we always are. Oh well. I guess I'm just going to be depressed for a while until I get a job. C'est la vie | |
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| Insert witty thingy here | [Tuesday, June 24 2008 15.33] |
| [current mood| calm] So uh, let's see how long I can make this update, why don't we? haha So as another post has said, I'm down in Durham, NC for the next year. The rent is incredibly cheap ($550) and I have a huge 1-bed-1-bath apartment for myself and Krystal (850 sq ft). The apartment is very nice and so far, we haven't even finished furnishing it all with what we want. We want to buy a futon or something and a TV stand so that we can have an entertainment center type setup for everything. Uhm, what else. I am working at the moment for the Town of Falmouth as a "consultant" for their webpage. Krystal and I are using that to pay our rent and electric and DSL.. and we're working on getting our own jobs out here as well so that we can have some spending and fun money on the side as well. I'm going to be going to grad school hopefully next year. I have to make a bit of money, sign up for the general and chem GREs, and then look at what schools I want to apply to, so I can start filling out the applications and writing their essays about why I want to go to grad school and why I would make a good member of their community. Paul's going to Cape next month, and I kind of wish that I could get up there. I'm going to try, but it depends on a job, of course.. and money.. :P And uh... okay, I fail at doing this long post. See ya! | |
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| NC | [Tuesday, June 17 2008 16.12] |
In Durham, NC. I need to find some friends down here, but the apartment is KICKASS!!!! | |
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GRADUMACATION! | |
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| Tubez again :D | [Sunday, April 13 2008 00.12] |
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| WoW | [Thursday, March 13 2008 10.27] |
[current mood| sick][current music|iiO - Rapture] So here we are. It's my last term of my last year of my undergraduate career. I have 2 classes and my MQP, which is a higher work load than I'm used to. But as long as I prioritize what I do, it shouldn't be too bad. Inorganic Chemistry II: I may not be a huge fan of IChem, but it's a decent class so far. I feel as though I will end up learning a lot in the course. And if I don't learn it, at least I'll have known about it for a few days. ;-) There is only one test though, which sucks. But I talked to the prof and he said that as long as we put in the effort and don't fall asleep during class, we should all be fine and that he's not looking at failing us because a good chunk of us are seniors. Also, this class is the last one I need in order to become ACS certified, which will be nice for my resume. Introduction to Social Psychology: This class is going to be where most of my workload comes in. I haven't really had a reading class in 3 years, so I'm not so sure how I'll be doing in it. But the assignments are pretty cool. For instance, we had to People watch to form a hypothesis about how people act. That assignment is due today in like 30 minutes. Another assignment we have is to break a social norm by doing something that is otherwise awkward and frowned upon, and then we have to write about it. Also, we have to keep a journal about things in our life that link to social psych, but I'm hoping she explains that more today. MQP: Boo. That is all. I am kind of sad, though. But happy at the same time. The most physical of things that sucks is that my GPA has been steadily going down this year because I've either slacked off in my classes, or the classes are just difficult. I started this year with a 3.62ish GPA and it's now down to a 3.58 or so. I know, not a huge difference, especially if you look at the courses I've taken, but it still sucks. I'm one of the top with GPA for the chemistry majors though, which is nice. I also hate that in like 8 weeks, I'll be graduating and leaving all my friends. I know that there's still the internet and everything. But everyone that I've known for the past four years will be splitting away and doing their own thing in other parts of the world. It's kind of crazy if you think of it that way, you know? I just hope that I can stay friends with people and we still chat. I know I'm horrible at doing that though. I mean, hell. I only talk to like 2-3 people from Sandwich on a regular basis (Christie, Paul and occasionally Molli). I'm happy that I'll be done with school for a few years. It'll be nice to hopefully get a decent paying job, make some money, pay some of my debt ($106,000 + interest FTL!), and get on with my life. I know I'll be going back to school for my PhD though, as I will end up needing it to move up in life and I don't want to just stay a bench chemist for my entire life. I need to sit down for a weekend and just buckle down and do all my future work though. I need to make sure my resume is amazing, I need to write a cover letter, and I need to make sure my research summary looks good too. It's all important for me to get a job. I've been talking to Krystal a lot, which is amazing (I'd hope that I can talk to her, being that we're dating). I feel really comfortable around her, which, on the one hand, is kind of scary, because I've only known her for like 2-3 weeks. On the other hand, it's really nice to be able to be open with someone that I'm dating on so many scales like we do. I like it, but it's still really odd and it's taking some getting used to. I'm also working on fixing things about myself in order to become a better person, such as my jealousy problems and my need to be around someone that I'm with a lot. I know that those are two of my biggest flaws, and I think that other things will sort themselves out when those flaws are fixed. It will take time, of course, but that's fine. I don't mind at all, and I'm sure she doesn't either. I also kind of want to start talking to Maggie again. This isn't because I want to be a jerk to her and be like "oh I'm happy without you blah blah blah!" because I don't want to be that person. But I do want to keep her friendship, and I think that we've both moved on enough to be able to be adults with each other and just talk about stuff that's going on in our lives and everything like that. Her friendship means a lot to me, and not talking to her really sucks a bunch. But at the same time, I know we're both very busy and that I shouldn't be bothering her. If she reads this, talk to me when you're free :D What else is in the immediate future? Krystal's CVS job is done Sat night, so I'm gonna pick her up and we're probably gonna go for drinks somewhere (It is nice having a drink-legal gf). Also, Ferry Corsten on April 16th (already got tickets!). I think I'm gonna bring my F t-shirt and a silver pen and have him sign that ;-) Then I'll have 2 signatures and I'll be happppppy! hehe Speaking of Dance Music.. I'm slowly hooking Krystal on it, which is amazing and funny at the same time :) Ok, that's the end of my crazy-long entry. 32 Days of Classes left 66 Days til Graduation | |
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| Bleh | [Sunday, March 09 2008 14.08] |
Boo it's almost time for D-Term. This break has been very exciting though. I went to Chicago for a great concert with my best friend. I met and am now dating a beautiful girl who is amazing in most senses of the word, and who shares many of the same interests as me. I am having fun sleeping late, but I also can't wait to see my friends again. | |
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:-D | |
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| More later | [Monday, March 03 2008 10.28] |
I'm still kind of sick and trying to get some last-minute sleep before tonight... so... read this for info about Distant Worlds. I'll post my stuff later :) p.s. Driving from 10am eastern - 4am eastern... difficult stuff. | |
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| In Chi-Town | [Saturday, March 01 2008 12.07] |
I'm in Chicago now.. got in at maybe 11:30 eastern time. So it was a long drive, but it was good overall. Some bad snow on the way, but I'm still alive, so that's good. Friends-only coming soon with another small update. | |
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| UDel and Chi-town! | [Thursday, February 28 2008 08.46] |
I'm leaving today ~11am to go on a nice 36-hour-long drive to UDel and Chicago. If you live in these areas, hit me up and maybe we can chill while I'm there. This is my driving route, so you all can laugh at me: Click Here. Happy Belated Birthday to Dave. You know how Finals week is :-\ | |
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| [Monday, February 25 2008 12.01] | |
Jason: "What happened to your hair?!" Alex: "I got into a fight with a cupcake... The cupcake won." | |
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| @ Dave | [Tuesday, February 12 2008 00.51] |
Just letting you know, in case you didn't. AudioSurf is on Steam. Edit: It's on pre-release right now for the 15th. | |
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| Eh | [Thursday, February 07 2008 00.22] |
| [current mood| discontent] Things are looking Slightly better at the moment. I'm not really sure why though. I ended up talking to Maggie for a bit tonight (finally) and I think that helped to close a lot of the issues I've been having as of late. I mean, I'm still horribly depressed.. But I think I can live with it a little bit more and attempt to become happier by myself. I have been talking to Steph and Paul over the past couple days and they've helped too in pointing out things that need to happen for me to be happier. So I thank them for that :-) I'm going to always hold on to the memories of us.. And that's part of what's holding me back right now, is that I don't want to admit that those are just that.. memories.. and that they won't come back anytime soon in the future. I can always hope for some happiness to come back to us (as an us) in the future. But I can't wish that or hold my breath for it. Onto better news.. MQP is finally going well. Chris and I are pushing ahead pretty aggressively to get a few new compounds made and fully characterized. If all goes to plan, we'll be able to get published at some point. That's all for that. Maggie is happy, and that's good too. I'm glad she's happy, but it doesn't make me any less depressed. But she's happy. :D uhm.. yeah. Who wants to dye my hair for me? | |
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| Funny | [Wednesday, January 09 2008 15.59] |
NSFW, although it's only the words that's bad, so with headphones, it's perfectly SFW :D | |
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| Days of Birth | [Wednesday, January 02 2008 04.31] |
[current mood| contemplative]I've read (mostly, not in a huge amount of detail) two different accounts about birthdays and they got me to thinking (but not as in depth) about what a birthday means to me. For those of you that do not know, my birthday is on December 31st. I "celebrated" it 2 days ago (#22). I've always felt that my birthday hasn't been really all that important because it's overshadowed by numerous other celebrations, and therefore it's kind of left in the shadows. Admittedly, it's not as bad as someone like ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} elenuial who has his birthday on the 25th of December. But that's besides the point.The last time I remember fully celebrating my birthday was when I was still in grade school. The last birthday I can REMEMBER as something special was when we went to the YMCA, but I'm sure there must have been others ones after that, because I think that was like my 8th or 9th birthday. Recently, though, it's become "just another day". And especially now that I'm in college, it's very difficult to celebrate it. My school friends are all at their respective homes, so I have no one to see there. My home friends are quickly becoming 0, as I was only close to 3 or 4 people in high school. And so there's no real way to plan a huge celebration for my birthday. On top of that, everyone's busy getting drunk for New Years Eve, which makes the people I could see even less. I mean, I don't mind it being just another day. That's what it is to most people around the world, so I don't see why it shouldn't be like that for me. But at the same time, I feel (I don't know if this is right or wrong) that I should have some sort of "priority" that day. That I should be able to do a few things that I want to do, and not have to follow everyone else, if only for a few hours. Basically, I guess that I mean that the few people I can see, I want to. I want to be able to use that day as an excuse to see some people. I don't want to spend the entire day and night at home doing absolutely nothing at all (which is what I did. I went out for maybe 20 minutes that entire day, and that was just to drop off a friend. I spent the rest of the day in my room). This year didn't help because there was supposed to be a decent amount of snow in Worcester, so I didn't want to go up there and tough it out (I don't even know if it snowed badly or not). Oh well, I think this turned into a "me thinking about how I do or do not celebrate my birthday" into a rant about how I wanted to do something, so I'm going to stop here. | |
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