guess who worked day after thanksgiving when most of america is busy elbowing each other at the shopping malls? I DID! that's dedication, my friend. only half the people in my office were there. and since i work for a 30-person firm, it was nice. none of the principals were there - except for one but he was only there for a couple of hour. surprisingly, the day went by really fast.
i know i should be working on personal statements and essays and filling out forms for my grad school apps, but i think i need a break. well....it is after all a holiday weekend. and since i went to work today i think i deserve to take it slow. i do have a three more weeks before my first deadline and i already took care of the recommendations and GRE's. my portfolio's about 15% done. i just need to finish the one project i'm redesigning so i can include it. i don't know how much help it'll be, but it will at least show that i took the initiative to do some "independent study." yeaaaaah...in short, i am procrastinating. again.
like i said, yesterday was thanksgiving. lots of food and plenty of love. since i like being at the kids' table, my brother and i volunteered to make the kids' menu: chicken lollipops and mac+cheese! oh yeah..that's right. laugh all you want. my chicken was a hit. everyone in every age group loved it. take that, kare-kare!
the night before that, i went to happy hour with two of my co-workers. two of us are lightweights and one is a heavy drinker, so it evens out. the conversation was heated at times and i was cut-off after half a pint. (in my defense, i think i actually drank more than half, and i still believe that the bar stools were wobbly to begin with.) i managed to get to the supermarket and home without problems so it's all cool.
last friday, i went to tower records for their store closing sale. yes, it is true. tower records is going under and is closing. i guess music downloading (both legal and not) is really affecting cd sales. sad...especially since i love buying cd's. if you download, you don't get the cd art laid out as originally intended. i hear if you download the whole cd you get an image file of the cd art. that's sooo lame compared to the actual artwork. so i went in there and bought 4 cd's: guster's newest cd (soooo good...it's on loop in my car stereo), futureheads, belle and sebastian, and athlete's vehicles and animals. i have a long list of cd's i want to buy (the decemberists, keane's new one, etc) but i'm going to hold off until i get all the christmas presents i need to buy.
so there you go...five paragraphs later...and i still don't feel like dealing with my applications. and so tv it is. haha!
11.24.2006
11.20.2006
busy bee
i have not seen the last five or so episodes of prison break. i am seriously having a wentworth miller craving. darn. why am i not watching tv? (((shocking!))) me the tv addict. me who desperately needs tivo so i could stop prioritizing what i need to watch and tape. GRAD SCHOOL APPS...that's why! the checklist seems to be getting longer and longer everytime i finish something.
GRE's: check. thank goodness!
visit a school: check.
write personal statement: check.
send recommendation forms to former professors: check.
finish all application forms: half check.
pay application fees: half check (btw: i am so poor right now).
finish several versions of portfolio: quarter check.
optional (ie. will not hurt if you do it, so why didn't you do it?) essays: uuuuh.
fill-out supplemental forms: no check.
contact alumni/current students at each school for info: no check.
pay more fees: nooooo!
ask for official transcripts: no check.
pay transcript fees: grrrr!
run marathon: i had my friend do that for me. (she did think about me at the 17th mile as i requested so it was sort of like i was there....NOT. but that was a nice thought.)
go crazy: check. check. checkcheckcheck.
even though i'm complaining about shelling out all this money, i did something pretty awesome today. i paid off my unsubsidized loan! the subsidized part still needs to be paid off, but i least i paid off a relatively huge chunk of my undergrad loan. i'm not drowning as much in debt. and that should look pretty good on my credit report. better interest rates here i come! sweet!
the co-workers i hang out with are great! most of them - meaning everyone except for one - are older than me, but it's all cool. we all think at the same age level: 12. hahaha! we do use big words like "tryst" and "divulge," but most conversations are laden with sexual innuendo and sarcasm. and since i'm the queen of sarcasm, i get my fair share of wins in our battle of wits (maybe it's more "nitwits"). i sometimes lose in one-upmanship. but it's ok...i get them with my corny puns and randomness. we're starting up a quote sheet on "stupid things said during the lunch hour." i hoping to not be quoted as often...but unfortunately, that might not be the case.
GRE's: check. thank goodness!
visit a school: check.
write personal statement: check.
send recommendation forms to former professors: check.
finish all application forms: half check.
pay application fees: half check (btw: i am so poor right now).
finish several versions of portfolio: quarter check.
optional (ie. will not hurt if you do it, so why didn't you do it?) essays: uuuuh.
fill-out supplemental forms: no check.
contact alumni/current students at each school for info: no check.
pay more fees: nooooo!
ask for official transcripts: no check.
pay transcript fees: grrrr!
run marathon: i had my friend do that for me. (she did think about me at the 17th mile as i requested so it was sort of like i was there....NOT. but that was a nice thought.)
go crazy: check. check. checkcheckcheck.
even though i'm complaining about shelling out all this money, i did something pretty awesome today. i paid off my unsubsidized loan! the subsidized part still needs to be paid off, but i least i paid off a relatively huge chunk of my undergrad loan. i'm not drowning as much in debt. and that should look pretty good on my credit report. better interest rates here i come! sweet!
the co-workers i hang out with are great! most of them - meaning everyone except for one - are older than me, but it's all cool. we all think at the same age level: 12. hahaha! we do use big words like "tryst" and "divulge," but most conversations are laden with sexual innuendo and sarcasm. and since i'm the queen of sarcasm, i get my fair share of wins in our battle of wits (maybe it's more "nitwits"). i sometimes lose in one-upmanship. but it's ok...i get them with my corny puns and randomness. we're starting up a quote sheet on "stupid things said during the lunch hour." i hoping to not be quoted as often...but unfortunately, that might not be the case.
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