I've basically abandoned this site after a few unsuccessful tries with entries. I am such a klutz- I would sign out before pressing post! But I've basically got over that aspect, finished up my fall quarter work, suffered through finals, enjoyed Christmas, New Years and a birthday or too, and I'm currently on my Winter Quarter co-op assignment. I currently work as a marketing co-op/intern (sometimes, I hate saying, or typing the word "intern" after Monica L. made up a new definition for it) at an architectural firm in the Downtown Cincinnati area. I've been here for a little over a month so far, but the job keeps me busy. This is the first time in my life that I've worked 40 hour weeks, and been away from college for three months. It's strange, because I'm a big geek and I enjoy going to class, well, most of the time. Just keeping track of the phones here is enough to keep you going. But like any job, the office can have its slow days as well, that's just life for ya. So far I like it, but I just miss being on campus to be honest. I miss working at the library (I've been working there for 2 years now, so things are relaxed there), I miss running into my friends on campus, plus I miss waking up at at 7 or 8 in the morning (an extra hour of sleep can make a lot of difference). I'm still active in Bearcast, which at least gives me an excuse to go up to campus once a week. Plus I have to get prepared for Spring quarter as well, my goal is to finish up my Junior year business courses so that I can begin my Senior level courses when its time for the fall qtr to begin. But for now, I have to finish up some marketing proposals, plus I don't want to get caught by my boss while I'm blogging. Hopefully, I can try my best to keep up this site with new entries in the future. That will be my goal, among millions of other goals. Until next time...

This is what our tuition is being used for.

I guess hell froze over long enough for the Bengals to win 38-3.

Been caught up with the college life these days. I'm about halfway through the quarter, and its beginning to take its toll. Just barely had some time to take some quizzes. Here are the results:



Which Kthxbi Poontanger are YOU?!




I'm a former loser...who would you be? Take
the quiz, kid

It feels strange to say that my friend Dez is married now. My friend Cassandra (hey girl!) and I have been anticipating the ceremony for some months now, since we were bridesmaids. We're just glad that it was the best day for my friends Desarae and Tom to get married. There was a chance of rain on saturday, but it didn't. Desarae wasn't nervous until it was time for her to actually walk down that aisle. She looked so beautiful though. I got tears in my eyes seeing her walk. She was crying too- I tried to smile at her so she would smile too! There was no time for (sad) tears, but I was just touched by the fact that she asked me to be in her wedding, let alone be her maid of honor, I'll never forget it for as long as I live! Before I start to get teary-eyed again, I just want to tell Dez (if she happens to be reading this) that I am so happy for you and I wish you and Tom all the best! Settle down, have some kids, grow old together! :) I love you guys- thanks for letting me be a part of your special day!!
The day went by so fast, but it will definately be one of the most memorable.

I could go on and on about yesterday, but I am being the biggest procrastinator right now! that business finance test is tomorrow morning and I really need to study! Or cry, depending on how you look at the situation...

"I love her voice. It sounds like feathers." — Justin Timberlake on Janet Jackson

That was a funny quote that I just read a few seconds ago here. I understand what he meant about Janet's voice, but it still sounds funny to me. I needed some laughs today. I also read the latest from the Boondocks. I had to stop from laughing out loud at work!
I'm getting ready for Desarae's wedding after I leave campus. I've recruited my cuz to do my hair at the last minute. I hope that she can take an IOU, I'm low on cash right about now. I'm just a typical broke college student, *sigh*.
I can't wait to see my friend in her gown tomorrow! I hope that her day goes well, there is a chance of rain, but who knows! Just let it be sunny for her and Tom (her fiance, well not after tomorrow at 1:30)! Just let them have their day!
It's about that time that I get ready to leave work. Got a class that begins at 1, and then I'm free! Well, not exactly! Besides preparing for the wedding on Saturday, I gotta cram for my first Business Finance exam! The professor is so confusing! I'm afraid!!

The prez was in town last night. Dare I say it but I really didn't give a care what he was here to present, although it has something to do with declaring war on Iraq. I guess that I should read this to become more informed on the situation. Eh, maybe later. I'm at work right now.
Anyway, the part of the Bush visit that attracted my attention was the fact that a Walnut Hills HS Senior got to greet Bush Jr. as he got off his plane. Some moment that must have been for her. Maybe I'm still waiting for one of those "big moment." One of these days, that moment will be here, whether I win a million bucks or just get my butt out of college by 2005. I shall wait and see.
This sudden rush of cold air that has arrived in Cincy has got me in one of those bitter moods. I don't enjoy cold weather- give me some heat! I went out the house today in a fleece sweatshirt that I purchased from Aeropostale, and a hoody with a thermal lining in it and was stillcold! Guess I need more sweatshirts then...
Well, I've been here at the office for about an hour now, still have about 2.5 more hours to go. My mind is focused on 5pm because I continuously reflect on the time I have to spend on homework tonight. I want to keep that 'good streak' going since I spent like about 2 hours last night on practice problems for my Business Finance course. Tonight I have to focus on more of those Finance problems, plus type up my first assignment for Business Writing. For now I will just get on with the rest of my tasks at work. So much for being on hiatus.

Somehow I managed to survive the first 8 days of my Junior year. I should be celebrating, but I have plenty of work to keep me from doing so. I have a hunch that my Business Finance course is going to be one of the harder couses that I am taking. It sucks that it is required for business students. I know why this class is going to be difficult, because its accounting based, and I did poorly in my Financial and Managerial accounting courses. Woo, lordy! *why did i write that?!*
I just called my friend about the Information Systems book that I borrowed from her from Spring quarter. I feel lousy that I held on to it for so long without giving it back to her. But there is no need for the book now, she just asked me to get rid of it.
Since I am taking really long breaks from typing this entry, its about time that I close it. For now, Random Thoughts is going to be on hiatus for a while. Got too much reading to do.

It's been a week since I've began classes @ UC. Right now I'm at work, tired with a headache. So this headache will probably alter my entry. Classes have been going fine thus far. I'm taking 15 credits this quarter, but 12 of those 15 credits are business oriented classes. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, I have Business Finance at 9 and Business Writing at 1. On Tuesdays and Thursdays I have Intro to Quantitative Analysis at 8, Physics of Light and Color at 9:30, then Operations Management at 11. I consider Tuesdays and Thursdays to be my "busy days" because of the back to back to back classes. For once, I can actually say that I have good Mondays: I don't work on Mondays plus I go home for a few hours inbetween my 9 and 1 o'clock classes. Sweet!
I'm thinking that I have this headache because I am a bit hungry. Who knows. I need to stop thinking about it for a moment and just remain focused on working until 5. For now, until my head stops pounding, that's it for this entry. Later!

My little week of vacation is winding down, and I still have a few errands to run. I've pratically been a lazy bum all this week with the exeption of staying out until Monday evening away from home. I celebrated the end of my first co-op quarter, plus went to my friend Desarae's wedding shower, and go to a party Saturday night! I partied hard at my friend Simi's 20th b-day party. Well, I did most of my drinking before I went out there, but shouldn't have continued to sample some drinks when I got out there. All I had was a Mike's Hard Lemonade and a Strawberry Daquri wine cooler. Well, that mixed with two cans of beer and a few shots of Canadian liquor did me in later on! Around 4 in the morning when everyone was basically out I had to go to the bathroom (the beer made me do it)- little did I know that I was going to hug the porcelain soon after that trip. Yuck. It happened pretty quick, so I had no time to cry until after the fact. I had to tell Dave that it was time to go since I got sick. By that time it was 5am. I did leave Simi a voicemail to let her know what had happened. I know for the next time that I drink- just stick to one type of drink! Just can't sample everything known to man in one night! Bad Shamekko!
The rest of my week has been average, spent some time with David on Wednesday, just hanging out or whatever, just enjoying some time with each other. Around this time next week we'll be finishing up our first "week" (3 days actually) of classes at good ol' UC. I'm starting my 3rd year, he's starting his first as a transfer student. Let's just see how things go. I have a feeling now that I am going to be a busy lady this quarter. I'm taking a 4 business courses and another physics course. Here's my basic schedule for the fall quarter:


Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays:

9am: Business Finance

1pm: Writing for Business



Tuesdays and Thursdays:

8am: Intro to Quantitative Analysis

9:30am: Physics of Light and Color

11am: Operations Management



I am predicting this to be a heavy load, just based on the fact that I am taking 4 business classes. Let's just see how things go. Before I forget, I have to factor in hours at the library, plus time for studying, sleep, and maybe joining an organization(?) I keep telling myself this is the year for me to join an organization, and try to stick to it I LOVED BEING IN CHORUS last winter. I had such a ball singing 3 times a week- what a stress reliever it could be. The energy and the people were wonderful! Maybe I should join- or at least crash the class the first day to say hi to the director- to see if he remembers me. He should- I was such a lovely person. LOL, let me quit with the b.s.!
Classes begin Wednesday, September 25th. My summer is officially over! I shudder at the thought...

Have a good weekend everyone! If any of you are in Cincinnati, may I suggest that you go Downtown to go to Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati, check out the Reds, or see the Bearcats battle the Buckeyes at Paul Brown Stadium!

Yesterday felt like an (almost) ordinary day, but I found out later that evening that my Mom's cousin (which makes her my second cousin) just had a baby boy on 9-11. It's ironic because I recalled browsing an article about some school kids writing to babies born on 9-11-01.

Here is something that I just found while looking up news articles on The Cincinnati Enquirer site.

It's been a year already. Hard to believe. Does anyone think that it went by pretty fast? I believe that it has. I still remember that day going to work and stopping at Walgreen's on my way there. The associates were saying "Hurry up, cut on the tv! I heard something about a plane crash in New York!" I really didn't think much of it as I payed for my snacks at the register- that is, until I got to work. Just about everyone in the Admin office had their eyes glued to the television, watching the events unfold before there very eyes. I just looked in total confusion as they showed the first tower falling into large clouds of dusty smoke. It just didn't seem real watching that on the television- it was like, watching a movie with special effects. Except these weren't special effects, this was reality. That's what caused the confusion. Maybe as people we are so desensitized by all of these action films with big explosions and such, that when something similar to a movie plot is played out in reality, that it's hard to grasp, difficult to understand, and uncomfertable to watch. By the time that I made it home from work, to hopefully find some salvation in finding something to watch on television, I discovered that many of the networks, especially the ones that had their studios in New York were off the air. All the channels that I flipped through were showing non-stop coverage of the "Attack on America". It's crazy how they had a name for it already within the same 24 hours of the event occuring. Then for the news coverage to continue for the next week almost constantly began to have its take on a lot of people. It came to the point where I had to find other outlets for means of driving away the boredom, like browsing the internet, talking to my parents and friends, or just listening to music. Well, I don't want to make it seem like I am some sort of tv junkie, but it was depressing and bothersome to see the same video of the airplane crashing into the twin towers. I was basically sick of it, like many people around were. We all just had enough, and wanted to regain some type of normalcy in our lives, just to bring back some level of comfort.
I hope that this year we as people will regain greater levels of comfort as we celebrate the first anniversary of that fateful day.

With the first 9.11 anniversary occuring tomorrow, seeing this headline scares me.
My heart, thoughts, and prayers goes out to all of those who were affected by the attacks in some way, shape or form. Lets pray that peace will prevail and justice will be (someday) served...

These entries are getting few and far between. I don't have much to write about these days, life has been pretty steady, busy, and hectic. But its the same old routine unfortunately. I'm just anticipating the start of the new school year, which begins September 25th. Maybe the excitement will begin again when fall quarter starts. The only out of the ordinary thing that is occurring to me right now is the fact that I am having sinus/allergy problems, but then again, that's an annual occurance. Eh. There's no need for me to complain about my boredom, so I will resume with my tasks at work. Later.