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Well, I dropped my class for this semester... It was Sense and Perception, and I dropped for a variety of reasons. I didn't get the "Virtual Learning" CD-Rom with my text, for one thing (bought it used), and it was going to be a key part of the class; I can't make it in to class tonight, for another, because although I'm not scared of the roads with their wee little 1" of snow, I happen to live on a street that is both inclined and unplowed. My car ain't goin' NOWHERE. For three, my printer needs new ink (unbeknownst to me, as I only hooked it up today), so I couldn't print out the lecture slides. For four, I only signed up for the class because the one in which I was actually interested canceled. SO, the whole "no CD-Rom + can't make it to the first class" turned it into this whole THING, and it's winter and it's not like I need to graduate in x amount of time and I just don't need the whole THING, here.
So yeah. Early reg for spring semester starts Jan 25, so I will find something I like better :)
Oh, and the tuition refund will help nicely at paying off my xmas bills!

So, my Psychology of Interpersonal Relations class is over and done with, and my grades have been posted.
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100%, baby. I didn't miss a thing in this class. (It doesn't hurt that this is the first semester that it's been taught in this particular fashion, so our prof boosted all our "peer review" grades to the max, since he hadn't set out specific guidelines on how to count things like absences.)

Funny that I was so intimidated by this class when I started. Talking? To people I don't know? FOR THREE HOURS? *eep!* But, I guess I can work interpersonal magic when I have to :) I also came away from this class with a new friend, who went to Emilie Autumn with me (more info forthcoming, the show was awesome), and who's fashion display I will be attending this weekend.

Now, Winter Break until January 7, when I start Sensation And Perception. Not my first choice for class, but it fit in my evening requirement.

Somebody please remind me to dig up the dates on which I took my AP/IB tests in high school. I know it's 1995, but I need the months - I'm going to send off my scores to UC in the hopes of getting even MOAR! credit.
As it stands, UC redid their system; I re-ran a degree audit today for the psychology program, and LO AND BEHOLD, instead of still needing to fulfill about 6 different things, I now need:
Psych requirements
Foreign language requirement
English comp (which will hopefully be taken care of, or close to it, with IB scores)
1 literature class

I start school on Thursday; I'm taking Psychology of Interpersonal Relations. It's ALL group work. I am intimidated.

Got an A in my Psychology of Sexual Orientation class (which is also a 500-level Psych course, woo) - only 2 points off from getting all 190 points possible in the class :) Plus it was fun!

Tiny items of note:

I have next week off work. (Mostly to pack and move some assorted stuff to the new place.)

The Beau and I got tickets to see NIN/Jane's Addiction in Indy on May 30. I KNOW! ME! AT A NIN/JANE'S ADDICTION SHOW! I may be bored out of my skull. I may very well have an awesome time; I love live music. We shall see.

I have a hugeass project to finish... um, TODAY... at work since it needs to launch next week. Heh. Heheheh. I'll probably be working on Sunday.

I want my grade for my class.

I cleared a few peeps off my f-list... journals that hadn't been updated in over a year.

The sun is mocking me... it looks so pretty outside but I know it's a little chilly.

That is all! :)

Tonight is my last day of class. Today at work I have to finish my final paper (almost done, needs some editing for poor transitions and crap phrases) and mentally prep for our group presentation tonight. Naturally, I put pretty much everything off till the last minute, so I'm running on short sleep and not enough prep work, so I'm stressed out. But, all I have to do is finish today, and I'm taking Spring and Summer semesters off... which should give me plenty of time to, I dunno, actually *train* for this relay that I'm supposedly doing in May. Oh, and pack, because The Beau and I are moving in and during the next 3 weeks.

I need life to slow down for a week or two.

It is snowing once again in Cinci... took me an hour and fifteen minutes to get home from work. Roads are crap and everyone is driving stupid. I was supposed to have my class tonight (fondly referred to as my "sex class," thank you

queensheba ;) ), and as I was slogging my way up 75, I checked my email on my phone for the eleventy-billionth time, to see an email from my prof that class was canceled. If I hadn't been able to check my email, I wouldn't have known... and I would have slogged to class, discovered it canceled, and been so pissed off you would have seen it states away.

<3 iPhone!

Friday: long. Longday is looooooooong. To work all day, and busy. To STAF immediately thereafter (1/2 hour drive), to clean and love up 2 rooms of kitties. To home (1/2 hour drive), so I could shower. To the Mad Hatter (1/2 hour drive), where The Beau and his band had their very first gig yaaaaay! Was a way fun night, diverse group of people and an adorable tattoo artist, and too much beer on an empty stomach. Home about 2 AM.

Saturday: hangover. Sleep till 2. Hangover all gone! Many chicken wings consumed, and 1 (one) Wii purchased. For $250. Which is about $75 less than they are selling for on eBay. HAH! If you want one in Cinci, there's a Gamestop on the west side that still has around 20 or so new ones in stock. Much Guitar Hero was played. MUCH.

Sunday: no hangover. Brunch at 1:45. The Best. Quiche. Ever. Made. I Am Totally Not Kidding. Many, many mimosas, and many, many hysterically funny things said, all of which make no sense out of context. Some (mostly SFW) snippets:
"I could just put this in my mouth all day!"
"Pulp is the semen of oranges"
"do smurfs come up to you and ask if they can live in you?"
The rest that were twittered are.. um.. pretty NSFW.
Post-brunch, off to play Rock Band at a friends' place, complete with more alcohol, a chicken sandwich, chocolate, and a Whose Line Is It Anyway break, which made me laugh until I almost peed myself.
After Sunday? I have laughed so much my abs actually hurt. Win!

Today: Work. Final exam tonight. Le sigh. I haven't studied very much, but considering I have a 100% in the class right now, PLUS extra credit, I'm not too terribly worried.

I have 8 more work days and then vacation from November 20 - Thanksgiving. Woo! Is anyone getting into any trouble around that time? Or interested in a house guest? I have my evening class on the 24th, and of course T-day in Columbus with the parentals, but I have scads of free time. I also have scads of projects I need to get a move on at home, but I figured I would see if there was any trouble to be had around that time.

In other news, yes, I voted. I tend to keep my nose out of politics, except at home (where The Beau can rant for hours about politics, religion, and public policy. I generally just listen and nod, as a) we tend to agree and b) he tends to have done a lot more research than I), hence the lack of posts around Election Day :)

In other other news, thanks to a 15-point curve (which was simply the amount of points extra needed on the highest grade - which was mine, as you will see - to make it a perfect score), I received a 100% on my Psych and the Law midterm. The test was difficult, I thought, though I also thought it was a good test. Lots of questions, lots of involved questions, but all relevant to the subject material and all on points that we should have known. I didn't think I did that well, as there were a lot of questions on which I had to use guesswork (the test was 120 multiple-choice questions), but apparently I'm good at that :)

In triple other news, I'm still contemplating running in the Turkey Day race in Cinci. It's 10K, which is a lot for me. I have until the 21st to decide, which is when online registration closes (let's face it, I'm lazy, and if I can't register online, I'm probably not going to). My running is going really well - I can run 1.25 miles straight now - and I have obviously lost weight (my pants are looser). But 10K is pretty far. So I'm still deciding.

Anyways. Back to work!

Happy Halloween/Samhain/Dress-up-get-chocolate Day :)

Items of note:

***) I participated in Run Like Hell on Friday, October 24. It's just a wee little 5K race, which for The Beau would have been a breeze, but he went with me :) I completed the thing in about 40 minutes, but I did run as much as I could. And it was actually a lot of fun seeing how many people dressed up. So far I'm still sticking with running (although I am much remiss with adding any kind of weight training to my routine), and am making it out about 2x a week. I am finally improving a wee bit, but I have a long way to go. My current goal is just to be able to run a mile straight and not want to die :P

***) I have my first midterm in Psych and the Law on Monday evening. I'm not too terribly worried about it - 120 questions, multiple choice, and the subject material is pretty interesting, so I've actually been paying attention ;) But on Sunday I need to do some heavy review. I think I'm going to keep on with Psych courses and try to get those knocked out; then I can focus on the extra humanities courses that I need. At one class/semester, I'm looking at a long time in school, but it's fun, and it would be really really cool to have 2 bachelor's degrees :)

***) I'm actually learning fun stuff at work now. I've written a few basic stored procedures in SQL, and, um... I *get* it. Just like how I always learn, there's a little switch in my head that eventually flips, and I just understand how things work. I understand cursors, and every time I write a query, I learn something else about how to use SQL code. It's fun, and it's a valuable skill for the future.

***) My favorite kitty at STAF passed away recently. Her name was Ali, and she was FIV+, had a skin condition that made her lose most of her fur, and had lymphoma. She looked like a little rat-cat. And every time I saw her, she was sweet and purring and alert, and just needing some loves, so every Friday I was at STAF, I made it a point to go pick her up out of her cage and cuddle her for a little while. The last time I was able to be at STAF, she had just finished a steroid treatment, and looked like she was having a little trouble breathing, but it was explained as likely being a side effect of the treatment. She was in great spirits; actually out of her cage, wandering the halls, finding cozy spots to curl up in, and she actually stood on her hind legs to put her paws on my leg, asking for a little picky-up :) She was around 16 years old, so between her age and conditions it was inevitable she would pass relatively soon; but I'm glad that my last memory of her is in good spirits.

( Here's little Ali )

I am woefully remiss in updating y'all on the goings-on in my life.

I'm going to dip my toe back into the pool of elljay (hoping to avoid the spots where the little ones wee'd in it) with a list.
I know! A LIST! The excitement!

Today's plan:
Go home (eventually... alas, they still want me to "work" to obtain "money")
See The Beau/kiss The Beau
Go running after The Beau leaves for band practice
Come home
Shower
Look at the clock, realize it's late, whine
Finish load of laundry
Have a glass of wine
Putz around, either watch TV ETA: South Park movie. I forgot how good the music actually was!
...., kill things in CoH, or attempt valiantly to upload music to the new/old iPod that I bought *cough*ayearago*cough*

The short-short version of the State of Me is that things are going well, I'm tired of working for a living, I'm ready for school to start (1 more month, and this time I actually talked to *gasp* advisers, instead of trying to figure everything out myself), and I really hate living on the West Side of Cincinnati.

I have a question I would really love to have some input on...

I have a TON of old schoolwork, report cards, etc. etc, spanning the time from when I was just a wee one up through all my old Chemical Engineering college stuff. I've been lugging it with me since my mom finally cleaned out her storage :)
What the hell do I do with it?
I'm not having children, so there's no legacy to leave behind, and I never look at it except when I'm moving and trying to organize, but it's still my past, my history, and my memories. Throwing it all out just seems ... disrespectful. What if I want to remember all this stuff when I get older?

What's everyone else done with all that stuff?

(x-posted to

organize and my personal journal)

I'm going to start pulling together holiday cards soon soon - if you want one, please leave a comment in this entry - http://miz-anneliese.livejournal.com/161194.html or email me at the address given within. I looooooove getting cards from people but I don't expect the desire is necessarily reciprocated, so this is opt-in only :)

I have caught the next round of plague (don't worry, I'll address holiday cards with gloves on, I promise, unless I don't like you, and then I'm coughing into the envelope). I'm sure I exacerbated it by attending The Beau's Sister (let's call her VN for short)'s graduation on Saturday (first of the kids - and there are 5 - to get a Bachelor's degree), followed by celebration at Palamino's, followed by drinks at Arlin's, followed by more drinks and Wii-ing at VN & her fiance's place in Clifton. So all in all I stayed out too late for a girl who could already feel a sore throat coming on, but, enh. I had a really nice time, and finally met the other sister. I also kicked booty in Wii-bowling, although The Beau's mother had the BEST move, which was bowling a spare on a 7-10 split. :)

Sunday was spent sleeping, laying on the couch, watching the rest of Weeds Season 1, napping, watching Paprika, eating pizza, watching Venture Brothers, and going to bed ridiculously early. Oh, and the insomnia between 2:30 and 3:30.

In other news...
I got an A in Medical Anthropology, but really, the class was cake. A midterm and a final and extra credit that could boost you to an A easily (though I scored high enough on the final to not need to do it, yay!). I did *learn* stuff... interesting stuff, to boot. But I didn't really get what I wanted out of it. I really need to rethink this whole "what am I doing in school" thing. My next thought is to try to take an English course or two with one of The Beau's friends at Raymond Walters... I'm really thinking I might like to get back into some creative prose.

Also in other news, I MUST pay more attention at work... I messed up something last Thursday that I really shouldn't have. Not the end of the world or anything, but that compounded with several other Little Things has shown me that I can't continue to be so complacent at my job... I do still need to pay attention to detail. Oh well. C'est la vie.

I finally had my echocardiogram done at Christ Hospital. I guess my general doc will give me all the results from that and my physical plus accompanying blood tests. The echo was really kinda cool... I watched - and listened to - my heart beat :)

Well - back to the grind (and my kleenex)!

Things to do:
Read 2 chapters in the medical anthropology text

Things likely to happen:
Eat Skyline, watch Venture Brothers, sleep

Reason:
Halloween at work. Free beer from 4 pm to 7 pm. Cute people and dancing.

Damn beer.

Been.. so.. busy lately!
Last week was a going away party for some friends at Pacific Moon - appetizers and free drinks = yay! I had a quite nice time and happily offered free advertising for Victoria's Secret, in the form of showing off my new bra.
Then

mzollo77 came into town, and zipped through my apartment like a little cleany tornado. I now have a put-together bedframe, a standing external closet (it's basically a bunch of thin metal pipes stuck together with a canvas wrap - similar to this but in cream, and with 2 levels), and actual.. like.. space in my bedroom. The dishes are all clean, some laundry is done, a new wine rack is put together, and home is starting to feel a little more like home.
We spent a lot of time just hanging out, and saw

david_brenner and

bug_mama's munchkins.
Then Tuesday night, I headed out to a baseball game with some friends... Reds vs. Brewers and Reds kicked so much ass. 5 runs in the 7th inning. I drank some way overpriced beer and cheered and yelled at the umps and thanks to my friend's job with at the city police department, our seats were about 20 rows back from first base. I could actually see the players :) Loads of fun.
Then school, then a down day, and then Friday night I went out to a) Milton's, b) Kaldi's to see a friend's band play (loud, but very very good), c) random party wherein I met a swinger that hit on me and my date... a lot. Harmlessly cute :)
Saturday was recouping and relaxing, then a wedding that eve with a happy little open bar. More "Cinci is a small town": the girlfriend of one of the guests there is someone I knew YEARS ago... who used to hang out with Dan, and my mother, and me. Dan was the "step left of reality" time of my life... so it was very weird to reminisce with her.
Yesterday I took a long-ass walk through Hyde Park and watched the end of Fight Club. Once again I form a minority in my opinion of a popular movie (see: miz_anneliese's opinions on Sideways) - I really didn't care for it. I assume I have to grok the "deeper meaning" within it and look past a) the psycho and b) the testosterone to truly enjoy it.. but.. no. Not impressed.
Tonight I'm watching the next disc of Rome with N... tomorrow I am signing the divorce papers with N, and tomorrow night I'm doing homework for Wednesday's class. This weekend I think N and I will do a little separation ritual - a goodbye to marriage, hello to friendship sort of thing. I think it will be a little sad... but I think it will also be good.
Also, my last day in my current position at work is scheduled to be ~~May 14~~ Edit: May 21. Sadly, I did not get out of the 5 reviews I need to do. Oh well. :)

I just got several xmas cards from those of you on ye olde f-list who sent them out to your random friends. SO COOL! Thanks for thinking of me.

(and thanks for the return addresses. Mua-ha-ha. Stalk much? Me? :D)

ALSO:
3 A's CONFIRMED by UC. I'm on the Dean's list, baby!

Third final: German. DONE!
I'm fairly certain I got A's in all three classes. I'll let y'all know for sure when I find out :)

Second final: Egypt. DONE! Got a 95. Now just see how I did on my paper.
Next: studystudystudy for German final tomorrow. YAY!

First final: Sociology. DONE! Easy A in the class.
Paper for Egypt: DONE! and edited. Now studystudystudy before tomorrow.

I'm alive!

Here's what I think of how my weekend went:

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