As if you wanted to know

I bought a vacuum

2009-05-24T21:46:00.003-05:00

The Hoover Nanolite aka my new friend.I went to wal-mart this morning determined to get at least one thing I needed (i secured a kitchen trashcan at the dollar tree Friday) for the move. $50 dollars later I emerged with this blue and green beauty.Yep, it's starting to sink in that we're actually going to be on our own!(though I haven't seen Denise in a few weeks, she's been in Pasadena working

Weird month

2009-05-17T10:55:00.002-05:00

It's been a weird month!!My iPod has decided to stop working...which is driving me crazy because they're kind of expensive...I need a new one, I'd like the iPod touch as it has wifi ability and so i'd be able to get online anywhere--which is helpful when profs decide to cancel class and send out an email five mins before class starts. The iPod touch is around $200. I have 65 in savings right now,

Victory!

2009-04-16T21:12:00.004-05:00

So i've posted this elsewhere but for the family:Some of you may know that since November, I've been working on getting my university to offer free HIV testing during class time (Kin 215--a mandatory class for all SHSU students) in order to remove all excuses to not get tested. I want them to have to say to themselves: I don't want to know. and not be able to rationalize it with: oh i'll get

Poom does charity

2009-03-07T18:54:00.002-06:00

This coming week is SPRING BREAK!I'll be working all day Monday and Tuesday, sleeping, and then waking up Wednesday to go see my crazy mother ;p <3I'll be staying there until Saturday morning because dun dun dunSunday is the 20th Annual Houston AIDS walk and yours truly will be participating again. Why? well I could go on a long socio-political-economic rant about why we need to halt the spread

New Hair and Tests tests tests

2009-02-17T20:41:00.004-06:00

New hair on a whim. I'm digging it.What I'm not digging is the four tests I've had since Thursday.Quan MethodsEcon GeologyCultural GeographyInternational Political Economy. The last two i had today. The first two on Thursday. My geology test is back--94. WOOOOn a cooper test that's saying something. So I'm happy about that.Dr. M said not to expect my Quan Methods (aka Stats) test results until

My Mom...

2009-02-10T20:22:00.003-06:00

Has a blog. so now i get to do this:HI MOM!!!! *waves frantically at imaginary TV camera*;pMy goodness. The past week and a half have had some good news! So right now, things are looking up.This week I have two tests--down from three--on Thursday. Economic geology and Quan Methods. So, i'll be studying from now until then. OH! Nathan got promoted. Yeah he got a couple of job offers but neither of

Been a while

2009-02-01T09:52:00.003-06:00

Because I've been rather all consumed. In short-- my mom has cancer, a very good friend of mine has been taken off life support after suffering a stroke, my dentist keeps having issues with my crowns, they're going to charge me an extra 300 dollars, and I still have the flu.All of this in the span of literally 4 days. Since Wednesday, I have honestly just been trying to get my feet back under me.

It's been a while

2009-01-05T21:04:00.004-06:00

The new semester is starting, and with it--a return of the scholarly. My friend Amelia is finishing a bit of editing on TGTD :) I'm happy for that. I also have 9 text books this year, 6 of which i can expect to read in their entirety. I have lost 15lbs :)I need to start focusing on the GRE. Yeah, so um...I've been browsing Amazon.com for study supplies. Working on it.<3Hit the books time!--------

Death and life continues

2008-12-12T21:11:00.004-06:00

Yesterday morning Dr. Callaway came to class, eyes red and moist and announced that Dr. Holcombe, our beloved poli sci chair, had collapsed in his office. She informed us that he had been taken to the hospital. We were silent for most of the class presentations, shocked but hopeful for him.At the end of class I was slow to gather my things. Dr. Callaway is not an expressive woman. She is calm,

There aren't words

2008-11-18T21:50:00.003-06:00

For how busy I am.3 projects, a test, a quiz, two assignments, and a paper before the end of December. Thanksgiving will not be a holiday but a whirlwind of visiting and then back to some serious catch up work. I really can't afford anything else in terms of time. I hate it, but it's the way it is.Aside from all of that--Amelia still have TGTD and I'm antsy for it, but happy that i haven't gotten

Just a click a day

2008-11-07T20:49:00.001-06:00

Save The World - One Click At A Time!On each of these websites, you can click a button to support the cause -- each click creates funding, and costs you nothing! Bookmark these sites, and click once a day! Click here to post this on your page or 'blog

Repeat, repeat

2008-10-19T00:18:00.003-05:00

This past week was fantastic. Truly. Not but two moments did I find myself feeling irritated or gritting my teeth. Can we have a repeat? I hope. I have three papers due very close together. First is Power Transition vs Balance of Power for Dr. Callaway. The last paper (I briefly discussed it here) was a smashing success, now again I hope to repeat the success. I think I will. Or, rather, I hope I

The Hurricane and Life in an International World

2008-09-24T11:18:00.002-05:00

Hurricane Ike hit Friday the 12th with impressive force, making it's presence felt even in Ohio. It knocked out the power for over two million people and I personally am still without power. However, the cool front that spared a good portion of Galveston from looking like Boliver was also quite nice for the first week without power. The temperatures were low 80s in the highs and low 60s in the

Natural Disasters--From a Geologist's View

2008-09-12T08:05:00.002-05:00

A golden rule of science: Science isn't malicious. There is no intent or agendas among rocks, there are simply processes that forces compel them to undergo.Likewise, neither does weather. Hurricanes, earthquakes, wild fires, floods, rock falls, volcanic eruptions, sink holes, mud flows, tornadoes, tsunami, climate change, etc. are all natural and largely unpredictable phenomena. We've gotten

Who Am I?

2008-09-02T21:30:00.004-05:00

I've had three different tests taken in regards to me, one by myself, two by people who I consider as knowing me pretty well. These are my three results:ENFP The InspirerEnthusiastic, idealistic, and creative. Able to do almost anything that interests them. Great people skills. Need to live life in accordance with their inner values. Excited by new ideas, but bored with details. Open-minded and

Palin--a Dark Horse

2008-08-31T10:56:00.000-05:00

I think I've come to the conclusion that the biggest thing this choice brings to the campaign is that people are now talking about his side of it. She's new, she's fresh, she's highly inexperienced and has made some iffy calls in the past that I still need to research more, but she's a hardliner who has built a budding career on ethics and reform. I do worry about her seven years of experience,

Semesters Start Strangely

2008-08-27T21:01:00.003-05:00

They really do.Within the first day, I realized we had made a mistake and promptly dropped my public policy class (which turns out i took already under a different course name) and exchanged with with Forensic Geology.I'm excited.So excited, and tomorrow is the first time I'll run in there. It will also be the first time I'm balanced between geology and political science. My geography class is

Human Indifference Virus

2008-08-03T20:47:00.003-05:00

This evening I went to dinner alone. I asked the waitress for a booth, as I usually do, in the back. I told her I was feeling anti-social today and she smiled sympathetically. Coffee, I ordered coffee and began to revise the past two year's worth of poetry. The booth next to me contained three kids, high school age I would guess. They couldn't remember what HIV stood for:Hydrolic Immune

Rough Week

2008-08-01T23:14:00.002-05:00

This week has been rough. Not only was I the full timer at my office, but Nathan has had a record number of seizures, one episode of which landed him in the ER because they happened at school and his instructor flipped out.As if the ER could do anything about epilepsy. I'm extraordinarily tired and just feeling all around beat. But, I did 'finish' TGTD. Finished as in I think i reached a stopping

So quiet...so...poor.

2008-07-24T08:48:00.003-05:00

I will be alone in my office todayAnd as of today—am working for 5 cents more than minimum wage. Bleeding brilliant. Why am I paid so little? I work for a public school, doing public good, serving the community and whatnot in what is arguably—a cush job. And compared to all my other jobs, it is—truly.Still, I’m held to a professional standard that can’t be bought on minimum wage, working a

This past week

2008-07-21T11:14:00.003-05:00

I've been sick as a dog.No, dogs are generally pretty healthy. I've never understood that expression. Sick as a hospital.That's more like it.That latent and then low level lethargy, followed by acute stomach stabs, punctuated by retching.Sounds about right.Needless to say, it seems the climax was yesterday when I was literally, once again, unable to stay upright for longer than an hour.I’m so

Tony Snow will be missed

2008-07-12T15:49:00.002-05:00

Tony Snow, political commentator, noted journalist, and former White House press secretary was a fixture in my life. As many of you know politics and political science has been a part of my life, and a passion, since I was a child and remains so. He was a man of integrity, candor, and dignity, and despite your politics you have to recognize that he was passionate and devoted to his work. He will

Furgal Fruit

2008-07-04T21:04:00.006-05:00

***EDIT:Windfalls are beautiful. I'm no longer worried about my text books! That's all I have to say. <3I found out yesterday evening that Nathan's GI Bill will expire at the start of September. FUN! What does that mean? $1,200 less a month in our pockets.Why does this suck?--Nathan is still in school until November.--I'm still in school until forever.--We have a $750 dollar a month rent on top

books, books, and Still more books.

2008-06-30T18:33:00.004-05:00

June has been a busy week. It started with down time with my mom and quickly sped up and has remained at a more or less breakneck pace. I can't wait until tomorrow and it is officially July and I can breathe again.Still, it will be a more or less momentary reprieve. Work is just that kind of pace in the summer, and so I have to deal.Once the semester starts I will be happy again and feeling more

Perhaps I am rigid.

2008-06-22T20:19:00.002-05:00

I hate being stuck. Truly. But there sometimes happens that I lose all motivations and momentum in a piece and it can be days, weeks, months, even years before I have it again.I find it happens when I'm on the verge of a place I want to be a plot spike. I get nervous about making it what I see in my head, what I hear. I want it to live up to my vision of it.I've been disappointed lately by my

A Breakdown of Stone

2008-06-15T20:59:00.003-05:00

Piece I'm currently trying to focus on for revision as I find myself terribly stuck with TGTD (Sequel to The Betrayer's Promise) at 82,755 words."Stone"On the seventh day of the same clothes,I tell her to get up and pull her body from the cushionthe specters of "HaMakom Yenachem..."pulling at her hair in silver chains as she stands.In the washroom, I undress her,her body weak and vacanttoo frail

Why this?

2008-06-14T18:11:00.000-05:00

This will be a largely private place for my rants, I think. Though we shall see. It's only been about three years since I've had any kind of journal outside of deviantArt.com, I think it is time that I branch out from that again as my role on dA has become much more of the professional like and has stifled me from getting out thoughts that are unrelated to dA. It is just, quite simply, a