NOTEBOOK
I have a new best friend. Thank you so much Jim at officemax.com Customer Service! My notebook will arrive tomorrow, hopefully with right-side-up and front-facing pages! Aaaaa! I can't wait to take notes in my real notebook! With PLASTIC DIVIDERS! Laurel knows how it is.
NOTEBOOK!!!
minesweeper sucks
Fuck: I had to calling Billing and Payment Services and their line was busy for freaking ever so I decided to play some Minesweeper until the lines cleared. I never realized how depressingly hard that game is. I've played since I was little but only now did I actually figure out how to skillfully play the game. I actually counted all the little numbers and checked to see how many proposed mines they were touching, and I came soooo close to winning. I could smell my victory over the game. I envisioned passionately happy phone calls to my parents, who have also been frustrated by the game in the past, telling them that I figured out how to do it! I am the underdog! But then, during all the glory, I made a stupid assumption, when I was on my last flag, that the 4 and the 1 must be making reference to the same mine, because they were close to each other. BUT I WAS WRONG. Never make assumptions in Minesweeper! Doubt yourself until the bitter end. My victory smelled so sweet, even sweeter in comparison with my foul defeat, cruelly.
On the up side: Finally I got through to Billing and Payment Services, and they said I wasn't actually "dropped from the rolls" and that my grades "should" be posted online. I don't believe them, but if the computer system says I'm fine, then I should be fine. I feel silly now for all the hysterics and hyperventilating and I'm-going-to-jump-out-the-window threats I put forth last night. I fucking hate you, UC Berkeley administration!
back in the saddle again
It's very hard for me to accept that things are winding up again. Last semester was the most I've ever worked in my entire life and I'm not ready for that again. I have all this reading to do and all I can bring myself to do is stare at the wall and think about some time when I was nine and I wanted to wear this pretty green skirt that my mom had with her gold bracelets so that I looked like a lady on the plane. My brain is refusing to focus on the here and now. Whenever I try to bring my eyes back to my book, they became instantly interested in my nails or my email box.
Also: Ubuntu has some horrible screensavers loaded onto it. There are like four with ants crawling all over the screen. Like I really want to see technicolor ants creeping all over the screen. Whose idea was that, and why did they think it would be popular? Sometimes they are crawling in hamster balls. Why not put a cute, fluffy hamster on the screensaver? Get it together.
Last thing: nataliedee.com is even better than ever before. Her drawings become more witty and ironic daily. Everyone go look at it. I am so honored that I introduced it to Jasmine :)
a long overdue hello
Hello to all my friends! I hope everyone had a wonderful and restful Christmas break.
I wish to apologize to everyone for my lack of ability to answer the phone/check voicemail/check email/check facebook for the numerous messages that were left by friends trying to contact me. I felt like I was in a different land and I completely forgot about time and practicalities, and then found nine bazillion messages. Klinton and I were trying to do so many things in our time off, including a linguistics conference, but I miss everyone and I feel bad for not getting back to everyone and for not getting to hang out with Geoffrey, who was in SD during the time I was freaking there. And I didn't return my grandma's phone calls either...I've definitely moved down a couple of notches on the favorite grandchild scale. :(
On the up side, however, I have returned to Berkeley with many wonderful acquisitions:
1) a freaking iPod nano! I have needed one for so long. It is the answer to all of my life's problems.
2) a new freaking computer! It is also the answer to all of my life's problems. It is a) really fast, b) completely silent (sorry roommate) and c) way lighter than the old one!
3) a Palm Pilot! It's just the little simple one, but it kind of looks like an iPod, and it does everything that I need it to.
4) my mom gave me a beautiful beaded velvety shawl. I'm not sure how to wear it yet, but when I figure it out it will be FABULOUS!
5) a messenger bag! so I can be cool like everyone else. Klinton got tired of looking at my dirty old backpack that I've had since freshman year, and convinced my mom to buy it. It's quilted!
I was really sad to leave the Klinton again--I was there with him for such a long time that I got all used to having him with me...and then I had to turn around and leave again. But I'm happy to be home again in my Berkeley, in my tiny little bed, with my campanile, my Dwinelle, and my Cafe Intermezzo. And now that my Diet Coke supply has been replenished, I'm ready for a new semester! ;)
