My modules disappeared upon first boot. Then they came back somehow. WTF
I had another dream last night. I was explaining to Jason and Andrew’s parents how they could get to Chicago with the Uhaul as the three of us were getting ready to go in my car.
My first dream took place at work. I was just getting ready to close the building and leave for the night when this weird limo car with a spoiler on the back pulled up to the doors in the hallway to C Section. Grace, Mary, Galina, Alex, and someone else (not from school) all got out of the car. We went driving.. places. I do not remember where.
The second was in some kind of mall place. Elyse was running her own deli type thing that was very successful. In another area of the mall Matt was hanging out with some friends. Apparently Jen knows Matt too. Matt, being Matt, gave me a huge hug.
I was hoping I would wake up in my dorm room, but I guess that is too much to ask, ya know?
I greatly approve of Laurie’s most recent e-mail to the staff:
Hello Everyone!
It seems that everyone and their brother wants Memorial Weekend off. Well, no can do! That weekend is Pirates!! You may request a single day or portions of the day off. But the chances of getting the Entire weekend off is slim to none. If you are scheduled you can always try to get someone to cover your shifts, People have been begging for hours. Welcome to the life at the theatre. Weekends and holidays are our busy times. Everyone was informed! If this is going to pose a problem with you or family nows the time to reconsider your employment with us.Thanks,
Laurie
Last sentence = gold. Laurie is awesome like that.
So, real work starts Friday.. morning? One would think that I would be working Friday NIGHT, opening night of Shrek 3. Apparently not. I get to open! Yayay. Nine-fifteen is really early. It is a school day, why are we opening so early? I work at noon on Saturday, open again the next Wednesday, and finally work Thursday night. Once school lets out I should have quite a few more shifts.
Talked with Corey, Jason (home Jason; from now until September, all instances of the word “Jason” will refer to the Jason that lives in Sterling Heights, MI), and Nicole tonight. Galina and Ragu barely. Apparently telling Nicole that Corey does not like Pink Floyd was a bad move… Meh. Provided humor.
Home has been pretty lame lately. Not much to do. It will be great once/if gas prices go down and I get more work shifts. I worked maintenance Tuesday morning, skipped Wednesday for not feeling well, may or may not go in Thursday morning. Mom said she was taking the shifts out, I still have Thursday’s. We’ll see. I cannot wait for the real work to start. Stupid outdoors work. Woodchips can bite me.
I wonder if driving mom’s truck up the curb as I did did anything to the suspension…
Once the kiddies get out of school, then will there be more fun to be had. Brian’s graduation party should be pretty cool, too. Just need to find a volleyball net, or improvise somehow…
So, yeah, some things (everything) are (is) weird, but, honestly, what do you expect? I can’t quite easily fall into the happy-go-lucky-let’s-pretend-nothing-ever-happened ideology.
…
Because I do not feel like talking (and because it was an interesting discussion Jason and I were having):
(12:18:19 AM) Jason: i was wondering if your style changed so drastically depending on the topic
(12:18:19 AM) itstonylol: happy vs. angry?
(12:18:22 AM) Jason: no
(12:18:28 AM) itstonylol: it changes based on mood + event
(12:18:31 AM) itstonylol: how i reacted to the event, i guess
(12:19:52 AM) itstonylol: like the writing style of… well, happy events with linda makes me embarrassed
(12:20:28 AM) itstonylol: whereas when I write about the things that make me angry, the writing style is actually quite polished and presentable
(12:20:43 AM) itstonylol: things like linda… <_ <
(12:21:18 AM) Jason: hehe
(12:21:36 AM) itstonylol: ugh
(12:21:36 AM) itstonylol: wtf
(12:21:47 AM) Jason: hm/
(12:21:48 AM) Jason: ?
(12:21:50 AM) itstonylol: her
(12:21:51 AM) itstonylol: lol
(12:22:10 AM) itstonylol: feeling "emotionally" abandoned by me
(12:22:11 AM) itstonylol: wtf
(12:22:15 AM) itstonylol: er
(12:22:24 AM) itstonylol: quotes around eihter abandoned or both emotionally and abandoned
(12:22:28 AM) itstonylol: either*
(12:22:44 AM) itstonylol: of course she is, she broke up with me
(12:22:46 AM) itstonylol: way to go
(12:23:44 AM) Jason: quote that on your blog
(12:23:47 AM) Jason: for truth
(12:23:53 AM) itstonylol: -_-
(12:25:19 AM) itstonylol: i would
(12:25:20 AM) itstonylol: but
(12:25:21 AM) itstonylol: i dunno
Two things in there, the second is pretty self-explanatory: I have noticed differences in my writing style. Previous that snippet, Jason had asked me if I still kept private journals. I do, from time to time. Depending on the topic, I will either type up the entry as an unposted entry on my site, or as an ASCII file on my harddrive. (I remember having a talk with dad years back in which he made fun of “English majors” (he always thought I was going to major in English) and griped about the fact that we cannot refer to one thing the same way if we must talk about it several times.. I am having a tough time forcing myself to keep “type up the entry as an unposted entry…” only because I cannot think of something to replace the first entry with.) I have quite a few text files that formed within the past… three months on Saturday. These ones have never seen the internet. I really do like the writing style in them. Especially the most recent. It is refined. I took my time to look over it. Why? All the happier ones, as I said to Jason, make me want to vomit. I just cannot stand to read those posts, yet those are the ones I let the world see. I look them over just the same, but I can never make them sound all that great. At least to me.
And for the record, I despise the word “blog.” It is either my journal or the “blag.” (http://www.xkcd.com/) Blag more for making fun of people who use the term blog.
I did not start a blog, I may have started a web log (of which the laziness of people led to the shortening), but I most definitely started a journal. It just so happens to be on the internet.
Grades do not equal too happy, but at least they are better than they could have been.
That will most likely be the last school related thing until mid-August. Sweet!
Something does not seem right…
Am I just being paranoid? Jason noted that Linda and I seemed “brittle” over the past few days. Everyone keeps getting hung up on the fact that I got upset over her waking me up by dumping water on me. (They sent Phil to check on me after dinner on Friday. He’s a horrible actor.) No one ever cares that I am fucking pissed when Jason wakes me up by pouring water on me and physically drags me from bed onto my chair onto the floor. Or when Kevin shoots me with his airsoft gun. Those fuckers hurt.
What’s the difference?
I’m trying to do things right, but I get this.. feeling that I’m not.
I had an odd dream last night, here’s the contents of the “wtf dream?” file on my desktop:
3/31/07
josh had boobs
didn’t spend time with linda (fell asleep / she came in, left; as usual -_-)
my room at dad’s in third east?
c-cups, he adjusted them
wtf
There are birds chirping at 2 in the morning. huh
My stomach feels funny. (not related to anything else) i think i’m going to go puke now
study java / bio
ugh
I ordered all of my books (and a few extra things) off Amazon.com.
Here’s the breakdown:
Total: $205
I listed the IIT Bookstore’s used prices for reference. A few of the books were a tad higher than the used prices on-campus. I neglected, however, to list the prices for new books. The store was asking $120.65 for the bio book. I think it’s a win no matter what, really.
I also already had the Java book I need for CS116 and the Psych book I need for PSYCH221.
I also ordered:
With these items, and shipping/handling, the total came to $309.20.
Ouch!
There goes all that money from work I was talking about.
Half of the order was to be shipped on Feb. 20th due to Brave New World being out of stock. I ended up cancelling that book so that the order would ship on the twenty-fifth of January instead and just reordered a cheaper version of the book that also has some extras (and is in-stock!).
The only book in that list that I have not yet read is 1984. All the others I read in Honors English 10, 11, or AP English. It’s been a while though, so I figured it’d be good to read them again, seeing as how I enjoyed them quite a bit. V for Vendetta was just a little something I’ve been meaning to get. I love the movie and I wanna read the original story.
I also found out that my amazon.com login/password is valid on amazon.de, the german site.
I saw a review of the book on everything2, and it looks pretty neat. Plus it’s in german. It’ll be a challenge to read, but it’ll be a fun challenge. I need to keep up with my german anyway. And what’s better than reading? The reason I love the english language so much and am pretty good with it is because I used to constantly read books that were rated for highschoolers and the like in elementary school. It’s the same principle with german.
Speaking of everything2, today marks two years since I signed up as a noder. I have only written three things in those two years, so I decided I’d post the sonnet I made for AP English. I’m wondering what kind of reception it will garner. We’ll see.
I should write more. I have an idea in the back of my head. It’s been there since the summer, I think. I forget when I started it.
All of the books should be coming right around my birthday. It’ll be like a gigantic birthday present followed by a bunch of smaller ones (that’s the way the orders are broken up; there’s like ten items in one order, and then one in each of the rest) and then finally one from Germany. I can’t wait. There will be much literary goodness to come.
