The beginning...of the life of a roaming hippy?

....no....of my Journalism career. It has gotten off to a rushed and exhausting start. In the long run, I want to be a photo journalist....but in order to reach that goal, I have to take normal journalistic classes to grasp everything first.
I wasn't going to take a course in it until next year, but seeing as I had the extra time due to dropping math, I thought I would give it a try. I took journalism in high school, so it shouldn't be too bad, right?
I soon learned that this was going to be a hugely difficult task. The prof, although very nice, is so hardcore about what he teaches it's almost frightening! I felt so silly sitting in there, nearly 3 weeks into the quarter, while he ranted and raved about using tape recorders during interviews. Then after class, I had some questions I needed to ask him, and he snaps, "Walk with me." So we leave the classroom...my bag is about falling off my arm and my books are nearly slipping out of my hands....he's talking talking talking....I felt like a little secretary chasing after some big time executive with a notepad, trying to take notes!
Finally he stops and tells me that I need to work hard and blah blah... so I utter a little sheepishly, "So, do I need to be thinking of a topic?" and he replies bluntly, "No, you need to be WRITING it."
ACK! Heart attack. This was my first day in the class and I'm already expected to be writing an article for the upcoming school newspaper! D:
Well....turns out I only need to be writing my leads....but still. I feel so rushed and agonized!

I said to my best friend...Come, let's run away. We can quit school and buy a Volkswagen and bum hitch hike across America, bathe in public bathrooms, and hippy it up without a care in the world.

We decided to wait until summer.

While I have your attention...whoever you may be (if anybody at all), please pay a visit to Free City.
A place for artwork, musica, aspirations, nature, aviator sunglasses, subtle sound effects, and vintage bicycles. The cause is huge. I want a sweatshirt, but the price is outrageous. This could save the world...(yea right, I just like the sweatshirt)
Don't let the opera singer scare you.

Madly Deeply

Oh the relief pouring over me....

At long last, the retched confusion on my messed up schedule is about to be put to rest.

What happened was... I simply decided to drop my math class entirely and vow to start over fresh with math next quarter. Its the smartest and rest-assuring way to go right now. I got so far behind that there was no way on earth I was going to catch up. The sad part about it is that I wouldn't have even been behind if my schedule had been normal from the beginning! I would have still been in math, suffering along with all the other students. But it didn't work out that way....

and am I upset about it?

Oh heck no! I'm SO glad to be out of math for a quarter!! I felt like I was going to drown in it!! Math has NEVER been my strongest subject. I absolutely loath it... So to be taking a break from it feels VERY nice and calms me down a bit.

However, due to this, I will be receiving a W on my transcript....which is apparently not bad if you only have one. But unfortunately, this doesn't count for my financial aid, and even though I didn't fail the class, my withdrawal may cause me to pay some of my financial aid back. I'm a bit nervous about that! But not to worry, I suppose. I cant afford to worry anymore.

My fate has been decided already.

I'll be taking English 102 online this quarter, as well as a new class - something I am very happy about - Journalism! (Love)

Finally I will be in my element and I can write my little heart away. I start that class next Tuesday.

:] So all is well, as far as school goes. For the time being, anyway.

I only have to go to classes on Tuesdays and Thursday (Lucky!). I'm REALLY liking that idea!

Furthermore, I'm happy to say that I think things will start looking up once I get settled in. I'm getting things organized. Its a productive essence I don't want to neglect.

Oh, did you hear?

Nagisa is prego XD

Yea....look how guilty that is. (I actually adore this picture of her)

Man, I sure wouldn't want to have a kid at 20. 0__O That's only a year away for me! Ive still yet to meet up with my lover. Oh, where ever he is, I'm sure he's NOT wasting his time editing footage and watching Clannad.

Sometimes I forget just how nerdy I can be.

But wheres the fun in life without being a little bit nerdy here and there, eh?

Rawr

[owlings]

How does one begin to describe a downfall in a sentence? I begin by typing those two T's and an underscore in the middle. You wouldn't believe how long it was before I figured out that that symbolizes a crying face. I always thought it looked more like an annoyed face.

Anyway...

T__T I have missed almost an entire week of class....ALL because of this silly little mishap with the scheduling of my classes and the confusion building up. I was going to go and straighten everything out today, but I woke up too late (as usual). So here I am again. I just hope I can manage to get myself up tomorrow and GO. I need to put all this behind me. I hate not being in the know.

I have rekindled my love for the Gorillaz recently. I can't wait for their new album to come out later this year!
This is LOVE.

In the real world, I could be undergoing a move to a new place soon. How quaint....
I really don't want to deal with a huge hassle like moving.... but theres no avoiding it. The rent here is too expensive and we need to save our money. Save it for trips to the Serengeti, black jettas, and retro shopping sprees.
Oh well? I guess I could try and think of it as a new start.

Yuck. I have to work tonight. I think Ill nap for the rest of the day and disregard everything in my life that strives to take me out.

Sleep is but a Sin

Ive decided to question the existence of rest...something of which I rarely give myself the privilege of. It is in my best interest to get to bed at a decent hour and rise at an even more decent hour, in order to function properly in everyday life and get through this torture they call "college."
To be perfectly honest with you, I am already falling behind! And not because I don't understand the material...but merely because I haven't been there to decide for myself whether or not the material is indeed understandable or not!
This is due to the horrible confusion that began at the end of winter break. I found out that my English 101 final hadn't reached my teacher by email, and that it was too late to do anything about my grade...which would have otherwise been just fine. Without the proper grade to pass English 101, I had to be taken out of my English 102 class which I had been signed up for.

Outraged, I contacted my 101 teacher immediately, and we managed to work out an agreement that if I got my final to him on the first day of winter quarter, he would preform a miracle and turn in a request form changing my grade to a passing GPA. I was overjoyed to hear this! But the process of changing my grade took longer than I expected, and it was nearly 4 days into the new quarter that I finally found out that I could go on to English 102.
Sadly, this meant that I had missed an entire week of the class I was taken out of! This particular class happens to be a 2-in-1 class, crossed with History.
So this made it all the more nerve wracking that I had to now worry about getting books and joining a class a week after it had already started.

Now, along with this stress, I was also worrying about my math class. I didn't go many times during the first week of winter quarter because I was trying to piece together the confusions of my English situation.
My math teacher is as strict as they come...so naturally, I was terrified to show my face after missing a few days of the class.
A few days sprouted into a week somehow!
And now that I finally have my English 102 squared away, I am behind in math and I still need to face the new class I joined.
It is major stress!!

All the while, I am trying to keep up with my social life. I went to a party on Friday and had fun, but as a result to that party, I slept in all day Saturday, then had to rush off to work! Then I got home and ended up working on some mep's until the wee hours of the morning. Then I slept in all day on Sunday, and managed to drag myself out of bed in time to go see a movie with a friend.

When I finally got home on Sunday night, I was too exhausted to even glance at my math book or worry about my new English/History class......so I never got the chance to go over what I had missed!

Which leads up to the reason I am up at 4 in the morning, telling some anonymous person about all this.
I am stresssseddddd!
And although my entire body is begging me to go to bed, I just cant.

What a predicament this is.

The start of a new year

I am so absolutely exhausted I can barely function... but I wanted to wish a Happy New Year to whoever keeps up with my blog! [I sound like such a nerd when I call it that....maybe we should refer to it as something else? like notepad...or....something]

ANYWAY, maybe I should take some time to announce that i decided to start my own website for Warmhearted Productions. Mind you, it'll probably be the most ridiculous and simple-minded website ever published to the web... but I actually don't mind that!
I don't mind anything right now though because I'm going into a coma I'm so tired!

I truly am happy to see the New Year! 08 was so amazing, I hope it was good to all!