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As of lately there has been quite a bit of drama going on with this coming school year. To cut to the chase, there is quite a large chance that I might have to take a year off in order to save some money so that I can continue my schooling. With the rise in education cost due to inflation, my mother's raise, and the dwindling help from government funds (they really need to keep up with the rate of inflation!!!) my tuition cost are damn near triple the amount of last year. Even though I have won a scholarship, the couple of thousand dollars that I earned is practically chump change. It is getting to the point that I am seriously considering transferring to a state university instead of continuing at a private university. My financial aid adviser is working to try to see what the school can do, but if costs are not cut down significantly, then I'm not going this year. I want to graduate on time (2010), but hell if things don't change then I'm just going to have to not go.

In the meantime, I think I might get an interview with the Boys and Girls club for their internship. I'm hoping I can get it. It will be work study money that I'm earning. I need the money. Some of that can go towards tuition, books, and other school supplies. So I'm touching wood in hopes that I get this job/internship.

On whom do you have your most embarrassing/scariest crush?
Submitted by Jillzey.

To me it's not really embarrassing or scary crush, but to some of my friends it is. This crush of mine is on Stephen Fry. I'm going to borrow a few lines from the some "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" because I feel it describes how I

feel, "He may not be the man some girls think of as handsome, but to my heart he carries the key." He's tall, big, has a bent nose and so forth, but so what! The man is intelligent, witty, a great conversationalist, and seems to be a down right loving and caring person. In other words, taking his words from one of his monologues on A Bit of Fry and Laurie, he really is "gorgeous and high and true and fine and moist and sticky and lovely". He has that hugworthy quality that I love, at which when I see him on the TV I just want to jump in and give him a great big hug (And a kiss from me to you/ Won't you say you love me too? Damn Barney!!!). That vulnerability, that always needing to please, that being hard on himself, that lack of confidence...I just want to run up and squeeze him with all of the love you got surging though my arms in hopes that that love could somehow go through the capillaries, veins and to the heart in hopes that the love will push away those thick black cumulonimbus praecipitatio clouds of sadness and despair. I don't have that many crushes (neither celebrity nor in real life), but by golly he sends me over the moon! One can't help but to love the man...at least I know I can't help it.

Picture courtesy of fryphile. I would put more photos up, but they are apparently too big to upload.

What is the quickest false assumption people make about you?
Submitted by JJ.

For some reason people think I'm the serious-all-of-the-time type. I don't know why that is! I don't look stern or anything. Also I think some tend to think that I judge people on their intellectual capabilities just because I like to throw in big words every now and then in a conversation, and I'm not like that. I like to talk to people who are different from me and have a different style of talking.

So now I'm up with the times...I guess. I have a Samsung SGH-a737 now. My mom wanted to get a new plan together and they were having a deal on this model (by one get one free). Because my mom had a limited amount of money we got the cheapest one there. It's pretty spiffy, but it's nothing too fancy. It has a really nice quality camera(1.3 megapixles), to me that is since I haven't had any other camera phones. I haven't tried recording a video with it yet. It works for me because I don't really care to get a smart phone now. Of course I would love to get an iPhone sometime. I was checking them out and instantly fell in love, but I can't afford it since I don't have a job.

And I now have unlimited texting. Maybe I shouldn't have told my friend, Sean. It's going a little crazy with the texting. Maybe I'm just old fashioned, but I would rather talk than text. Besides, it takes me a really long time to type anything on the phone.

I went to Cost Plus World Market yesterday, and I fell in love with the store. They have some pretty nice things on the cheap. As an impulse buy, I brought a five piece flat-bottomed wok for $14.99. It came with a lid, bamboo tongs, spatula and a big fork type thing. I figured it's a good investment. A wok is very versatile it act as a skillet, deep fryer, steamer, and a pot. Bad purchase? I hardly think so. Now i just need to buy a cookbook on Asian cuisine and I'll be set. I heard that with an electric stove it's harder to stir fry in a wok than on a gas stove because the heat doesn't spread as quickly or as evenly. Well, I just have to make due with what I got.

Hello World!!!!!

It has been ages since I could write up a post here. My computer quite frankly decided to try to cash in the chips, but I wouldn't let it! I had RAM problems, audio problems, and software problems. My keys are popping off of my keyboard and one of my USB ports broke. There is also a tendency to overheat now as well. I need a new computer, but I'm stuck with this one for now. After a ton of work I made it functional again.

Well, what have I been up to? I was hoping to get a job this summer, but that hasn't happened yet. I'm hoping that I get this paid internship in the fall with the Boys and Girls Club. Perhaps I can do some copy writing and PR work with it.

My grandma has been dealing with tension headaches lately so I have been trying to help her out with things. Other than that I basically have been either knitting or playing Xbox games.

I hope to get back in the swing of things and post entries more often.

Quite a bit of time has passed since I posted an entry. I've been busy helping my mom paint. My room is sort of a medium/dark shade of blue. If I had a digital camera, I would post pictures. I really want to but I don't have a digital camera still! GRRRRRRRRRR. I wanted my room fuschia, but my mom wasn't having that at all. She doesn't like the blue, but I like bold colors. So now I can get bed sets and cute little accessories to help complement the room now. I'm so excited.

I'm still looking for a summer job. I might have a job this fall working for the Boys and Girls club. That would also be an intership as well (Yes, I know. A paid internship, I can hardly believe it myself.)

I want a mac!!!! I want a mac!!!!! I want a mac!!!!! I don't know if I should ask my grandpa to get me a macbook or a desktop mac. The desktop would be cheaper, but I do like to bring my laptop with me... I was thinking about asking him if he could get me a macbook for my birthday since my gateway laptop is falling apart after almost four years of usage. I don't have any warranty on it anymore anyways so if it gets broken, I'm not going to be able to fix it.

Here's what's going on. A  couple of days ago my aunt's boyfriend had a collision with someone because he was following too close and his breaks gave out. He hit this car hard. My aunt asked for my mother's help and so she went down to the scene. So after they talked the car got towed away. Later that day, my aunt called Mom and asked her if they could bring the car over to our place and leave it here for a bit. After my mom got off of the phone, she was talking (well yelling is more like it) about how she wasn't going to keep this car for a month because it is an eyesore. Also, it could get towed away. Since she thought that my aunt's boyfriend is a nice guy, she didn't want him to have to get another ticket and pay for the towing. Well, my aunt and her boyfriend came over when the car was towed over to our place. After talking she said that she was going to move the car the next day. They left and the next day came. No word from them about coming over to get the car. Of course, mom was livid (since they both can't stand each other, and this was adding more fuel to the 30 some odd year fire) and she was yelling about this all fricking morning (It woke me up, and naturally I don't appreciate that). So then my uncle came to our house and he said, "You know, this car might get towed because it's not your car. If the police comes around and run the license plate through and see that it's not your car then that person is going to get ticketed and towed." He didn't even know this was my aunt's boyfriend's car. Mom told him who the car was, and since he and the bf was friendly, he decided to give him a call and tell him what was going on. Well the shit hit the fan at that moment. My aunt's bf called her and told her what my uncle said. She called my mom and said "The car is going to get towed today since it's bothering you so damn bad." She then hung up in her face. Why in the hell did she have to call and say that? Why did she have to hang up in her face? I don't know. Mom, then called her back and left a pretty scathing voicemail and told her that she should never come back to our house. You think it would be squashed, but no. We haven't heard the end of it since. I woke up to my mom yelling about this.

 I don't see how this is so damn important to keep talking about. The situation is squashed! Oh, and then at 4:00 a.m. my uncle gave us a call saying that he's in jail for another DUI. He just can't leave the booze alone, eh? So that woke me up, and surprisingly my mom didn't flip her lid on that one. She still had the other situation on her mind.

In my opinion, they are both fools. Why is Mom letting this get to her I don't know. Why is my aunt letting this get to her, I don't know. But this needs to stop, or I'm going to lose my sanity.

I can't wait to graduate from college. As soon as I get a job at a local advertising firm, I'm moving out. This is ridiculous. My grandma is stressed out, I'm stressed out. These sorts of things have been going on for too many damn years!!!!!

And no it's not that fever...fever as in 102 degrees! To the point where I can't think straight, and that I can't do anything I want to do because my head feels like it's been stuffed up with cotton or some substance like that. Hell, I don't even know how I'm blogging coherently. I supposed to get my accuracy checks done and work on my article, but I haven't been able to do that. I hate being sick!!!!!! Although it is giving me a little more time so I can talk to a few more sources.

And no it's not that fever...fever as in 102 degrees! To the point where I can't think straight, and that I can't do anything I want to do because my head feels like it's been stuffed up with cotton or some substance like that. Hell, I don't even know how I'm blogging coherently. I supposed to get my accuracy checks done and work on my article, but I haven't been able to do that. I hate being sick!!!!!! Although it is giving me a little more time so I can talk to a few more sources.

So a couple of days ago, I had one of my quarterlife crisis moments. I was really down and out about the future. I just didn't know if I wanted to be a reporter anymore. I don't think I can live and breathe news. I really wanted to be a broadcast reporter so that I could melt in my grandma's wish for me to be on television with something slightly academic, but now I think it's just not for me. I wanted something that was a little more creative and not something that could drive me insane because I got burnt out. So I decided to go into advertising. I'm thinking seriously about becoming a copywriter. You know, those people who write what is being said in commercials, pamphlets and brochures, and other other things you might find when it comes to products. I'm also going to learn more about creating websites and graphic design. Bottom line, I just need more creativity in my life. Sure, there are going to be shitty moments and what not, but I think I can live with it. I've been looking at some advert agencies such as Metropolitan Republic (South Africa), Taxi (Toronto), Nake (New York), and Crispin Porter and Bogusky (Miami), and I think I could live with working at a firm like one of these. I'm still going to keep journalism as my major, I'm just going to focus more on the PR and take marketing classes.

So I finished my PSA, and out of the 40+ commercials that were created mines was one of the highest rated. If you want to check it out, here it is.

Two crappy video programs and a few hours of frustration later, I completed it. And I got candy for being one of the highest rated. Yay me!