obliviousally_lj | Entries tagged with school

Almost another month has passed, which it really doesn't seem like.

Work has finally leveled out. Rush is over at the bookstore, so I'm not there anymore. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, I'm at the VCD Resource Room. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, I'm in the Library. I may end up taking the three hours on Friday and shoving them in with Tuesday and Thursday. I'd be working until 11PM (I work until 9:30PM now), but then I'd have another day off. The downside is that the buses don't run home that late (heck, I can't catch Suburban to my house after 9:16PM anyhow!). But the Downtowner runs that late on Thursdays, so worst case scenario is I take a campus bus around to McGilvery and walk the few blocks from there.

Also, as you can see, I did get the library job! It's pretty easy, to be honest. Lots of shelving books and organizing stuff. The people I work with seem to be pretty cool and most of my time is spent my by lonesome, putting books away, and listening to music. It's quite nice, actually.

The VCD job is pretty easy, too. Now that I've finally conquered the Xerox printer. It'd been my nemesis for a few days there because it wasn't pulling the right size paper from the right tray and being a huge pain in the ass. Since then, I've figured out how to change the paper feed tray, so that's good. Now I don't look like a fool (as much) anymore.

Our money's a little tighter than we were hoping. We had to get the car fixed - something with the wheel which I can't remember right now for the life of me - and that put us out about $600. I'm thankful we had the money to get it fixed, but at the same time, that's more than a month of rent. Although, I ended up having a $600 paycheck, so that made up for it, I suppose.

Classes seem like they're going to be pretty light this semester. The Intro to Computer Systems class I picked up for fluff and an easy grade is almost ridiculously easy. Stuff like learning how to screencaps, learning how to use Google Docs and simple shit like that. It's stupid easy, but it'll be a nice A grade.

I ended up acquiring the College Writing II class I wanted originally. The one I had the first week and a half was reading stuff I wasn't all that interested in (Generation Me, The Narcissism Epidemic) after doing social justice bullshit in my Writing I class. The class I originally wanted, and the one I'm in now, is reading stuff like The Haunting of Hill House, The Woman in Black, and Little Stranger, and it's focusing on stuff like hauntings and haunted houses. I'm still playing a bit of catc-up with the first two weeks worth of work, but the instructor said that's okay and to focus on my first essay assignment first.

Speaking of first essay assignment. We have to write summaries for articles, which is probably the weirdest assignment I've had so far? It's giving me a lot of weird anxiety because it's something I've never had to do before and I'm not sure if I'm even thinking of the correct way to do it or what. I guess I'll just take a shot and hope I'm doing it correctly as I go. But our rough drafts are due Tuesday, so that should help focus me in the right direction.

I got my hair cut last week. Like, a legitimate cut. I actually went to the salon and got it done. They look A LOT nicer than when I tried to do them myself. The girl gave me a razor cut around the sides and back, so it's layered and a lot more of the pink shows out. It's definitely been weird to get used to, but I do like it! Plus, when my bangs grow out, I can do the side-swept ones.

before || after || after

Aaand, here's some Instagram spam!

Squeeji, Elliott, and I (Tony was sick) went to the Art Fair last weekend and met up with a local furry, so I took a bunch of pics.

Oh! I posted about it on Facebook, but I guess not here. I got a Nexus 7!

My reasons for this were multiple. I'd been eyeing the Kindle Fire's for awhile and other tablets and I had the fleeting thought of maybe getting one in the future when some dropped in price. I was in Gamestop mentioning this and the guy working mentioned the Nexus 7 and I ended up going home to do some research. After a lot of frowing at overseas knockoffs and really cheapy-but-shady tablets, I started seriously considering getting one new and one that's actually going to be reliable and that I won't have to put a bunch of work into to get it to work the way I want it to.

I'm also going to be on campus a lot over the winter. If I want to do homework (or anything involving a computer), I'd have to either lug my laptop along or use the campus computers. Having to pack up my laptop + charger + mouse and anything else I might need for the day is just a huge pain in the ass. Not to mention carrying that back and forth from home and campus, as well as between workplaces and such. A tablet would be infinitely lighter and I could still do a good portion of my classwork on it. I could also forgo buying textbooks and such, as I'd have an ereader, as well.

I almost bought one from the bookstore, but they were sold out. So I ended up getting it from Gamestop, so Tony could get points on his rewards card.

But I really love it! It's doing exactly the job I bought it for - I take it to work and do my homework on it when I work at VCD - plus I can draw on it (though I'm not very good and it's not as responsive as I would like) and everything. I wish it had a 3G plan, but it picks up wifi a lot better than my phone does and there's very few places anymore that don't have a wifi connection I can jump on.

Now, a bunch of dumb other things.

tumblr character roster
So I’d made this a few weeks ago and meant to share it and all, but I never got around to it. Basically, I wanted an easy way to go ‘hey, these are my dumb roleplay blogs on tumblr’ without having to link my big (and yet unfinished) page of characters I have overall.

It’s not really anything special, just tells what series the character’s from or set in, if they’re a canon or an original, and of course a picture. All the ask boxes are open on the individual blogs and I love asks!! :D

sitara and wesson by maybemantis || tegan deerfield by opossumsrubnoses

I've really been slacking in the adminning my boards front. But work/school does come first and until those balance, I don't even have the motivation to write for fun. It'll come back around, it always does, but for now, I'm not stressing over it too much.

Current Mood: relaxed
Current Location: Kent, OH
Current Music: Rilo Kiley - Portions For Foxes

STILL waiting on my financial aid money. I know they only started issuing refunds yesterday, but I got my money the first day last semester, so I was expecting the same this one. But I forget that summer session NEVER goes smoothly EVER. ANYWHERE. I'm getting less than I had initially realized (though, not by THAT much). I didn't do the math right. It's per CREDIT not per CLASS. DERP. But, whatever, as long as I can pay rent and bills for a few months. Continue the job hunt and HOPE TO GOD i find something. At least, now, I don't have to spend money on groceries anymore, since I get $360/month in foodstamps for that. Which I am, like, eternally grateful for.

Plus, next semester, I'm not taking a full course load. Maybe nine hours tops, so I can play catchup/repeat with the classes I've bombed thus far. It'll be better for me in the long run, I think.

I am going to go up to the financial aid office today and see if I can get an ETA on my refund, though. Angie was up there yesterday and had similar issues with her FAFSA (though she had other paperwork and stuff that needed to be processed) and she, apparently, might not get hers until after classes start (the 14th of this month). Which would be really lame. So I hope that's not the case for me. I just want to be able to tell my landlord when I'll be able to pay rent.

I've been up since 8AM (I only went to bed around 6AM). TJ woke up and wasn't feeling well at all. The short 'nap' had, apparently, been enough for me, so I'll run with it. It's not like I'm doing a whole lot else right now, anyhow. Since he went back to sleep for now, I'm just bumming around and making sure the cats don't get into Melanie's food.

Speaking of, we took her and Monthy (Angie's pug) out to the dog park at Silver Springs Park in Stow. They have a fenced small dog area and there was only one other person there. So we let her off leash with Monty and all she did was wander and sniff. She's a little standoffish with playing. I think that, because the last dog she lived with bullied her, she's just a little wary of rambunctious dogs. But she was friendly to everyone and socialized really well.

We also saw some amazing dog shenanigans in the big dog area with the beach. And this ~amazing~ huge white dog that looked like a whispy cloud with legs. I cannot, however, for the life of me remember what it was. We also learned there's a guy that brings his dog there who has ZERO control over him. Melanie and the dog had a barking match up and down the fence, as well. Though the dog didn't seem aggressive, jsut loud. The lady who was in the small dog area with us (she had a little deerhead chihuahua) told us that she watched the owner try to grab the dog's collar (or something of that effect) and the dog bit him. While we were there, he was just walking around the path, not even supervising his dog. We were all: :|

We've also been taking her for walks everyday, as long as it's nice out. Since TJ's been feeling icky, I took her around the last two days. Once around the neighborhood behind our house and yesterday down by the river and to the little park downtown. Really, we think that if she could be outside all the time she would. She really loves going for walks and exploring. It's a good thing I don't mind having a reason to get out and walk!

The cats are also dealing with her well. They still spook sometimes, but they know she's not a threat. Both Dean and Sam have actually gotten up close to sniff at her and she just sits there patiently. She really doesn't bother them at all and will walk away if they hiss at her. I think Dean's warming up a lot quicker, because he's tried playing with her tail and follows her around the house. Sam is just surly and probably still slighted at her presence, so he's been forcing me to love him a lot.

Other than that, I wish I could say I've been up to more. But it's been pretty boring around here lately.

So, instead, here's some dolls:

Made with this fabulous dollmaker which I am in love with.

Current Mood: awake
Current Location: Kent, OH
Current Music: Editors - Bones

In our Writing class, we're starting a section on sex and gender. So, today, we were talking about how sex and gender are different and how the lines with gender are blurred some times. The discussion moved to sexuality (that's also something we'll be covering) and the subject of loving someone for WHO they are not WHAT they are.

I mentioned that I subscribe to the school of thought that you should love someone for their personality and what's in their head and heart, not just what's in their pants. I explained that a lot of people have trouble wrapping their brains around this idea.

After class, the older gay man (who is nice, but very talkative) approached me outside and thanked me for 'paving the way', as it were. I was confused and asked him what he meant and he said that it was a pretty big thing to be so open about how I approach sexuality.

It kind of blew me away because I usually assume gay folks to be a little pissy towards me because I haven't had it as 'hard' as they have. I've never suffered persecution for my choices towards who I want to be with or love. My family and friends were always supportive. I've never had my orientation thrown in my face, or even bullied because of it. I guess I feel I got off easy when it comes to that sort of thing.

I wouldn't change this, of course, but I always feel like someone's going to hold a grudge against me for no real reason other than I lucked out with that.

But it was interesting. I know being open and confident in who you are (especially when it comes to things like this) is a good thing because it inspires and gives some hope to other people who aren't quite as ready to be that way.

On the other end of the spectrum (lulz), when we were at the LGBT meeting on Thursday (not the LGBT Center opening, but the Pride meeting later that night)...

We did a little game involving the Kinsey Scale (I'm sure everyone's heard, if not, Google). It involved a lot of running around to different numbers and mayhem.

TJ heard no less than three people comment that the people who were in the middle (1-5, 0 is GAY and 6 is STRAIGHT, or vice versa, feel free to correct me on that!) needed to 'make up their minds'.

When Angie, TJ and I discussed this, we were mostly disgusted about it. Especially considering this is coming from THE GAY COMMUNITY ITSELF. I don't need to make the decision you want me to make. I've made my own decision. Just because YOU think I should fall into Box A or Box B doesn't mean I should think that.

Regardless, the LGBT club always proves to be interesting.

Spring break is the week after next. Woooo. Week or two (I don't remember) of loafing around the house. Hopefully I can get some of this shit organized!

I also have a biographical essay (3-6 pages!) due the Monday after spring break, but it shouldn't be too big of a deal. I'll just be spending a lot of time at the campus library! Which I'm also fine with. :D

I'm still job hunting, nothing's biting. It's getting frustrating. My mom's loaning me money to cover the rent for April, but I still have May to worry about. I'm hoping, if worse comes to worse, I can talk to my landlord and we can work something out since I'm getting my financial aid at the end of May (I believe).

I got some new Moo (sampler! I can't afford the full packs right now!) business cards. For both my art (since they needed updated) and my photos. I don't know what I'm going to do with the latter, but when I get some extra money, I'm going to get some nice prints made and see if any of the fancy places downtown want to sell them or something. There's worse art/photography down there, I'm bound to get a bite somewhere!

One of the guys we talk to in our Theatre class saw TJ's desktop (it's one of the promos of Jensen for Supernatural) and asked what it was. When he told him, he said that he loves the show and we spent the whole walk out to the parking lot talking about the show and what's going to happen when the hiatus is over and speculation on the sixth season. :D So that's pretty awesome. I never expect to meet SPN fans in real life because I'm conviced they're all crazy Wincest-loving fangirls who are delusional.

Speaking of Jensen, we started watching Dark Angel a few weeks back. We started on season two because we were only going to watch is for Jensen, but we ended up really enjoying it, so now I'm torrenting season one. Plus, Jessica Alba's cute, so you really can't go wrong.

Now, my stomach is full of rage and I think I'm going to lay down for a bit. D: D:

Current Mood: icky
Current Location: Kent, OH

Hanging out on campus while TJ is in his therapist appointment. Had to drop some books off at the library and get one for Theatre.

Classes have been going well. Finally caught up with everything! I have my Music exam on Monday, but I think I'll do pretty good on it as long as I study Sunday night and make sure I read up on Baroque, which I missed. I'm pretty confident in my ability to get a good grade on it. Plus, it's technically the midterm, so I kind of HAVE to.

Something for some roleplaying stuff we're doing. Sort of a break from the Supernatural plot we've been on for awhile. It's good to mix things up and we just got into Dark Angel, so there you go! I'm not going to bother explaining her or anything, because that takes time and people really don't care. So!

I've been thinking about taking sketch commissions. Since we're still job hunting, I need to make sure I've got fallback cash for rent in April (we're paid up through March). I'm hoping we find something soon, but I need to get on top of it in case we don't. Y'know, cover my bases.

If I DO take on some commissions, it'll only be sketches. I'll probably do something like $10 sketches or something. I know I'm underselling myself, but it's necessity over anything else.

HOWEVER, if friends are interested in something a little more than sketches, feel free to get ahold of me.

I've got some other potential money-making things on the backburner for Etsy. Hopefully I can start to crack down on those and get a little bit of cash coming in. It's not as if I don't have /any/ money, but it's my April rent check sitting in my wallet right now. So...yeah.

Getting the house was more expensive than I initially expected (mostly because we weren't able to move our things at first). Once May comes around and our next bout of financial aid shows up, I can pay up EVERYTHING so I don't have to fret about rent and such.

Current Mood: busy
Current Location: Kent, OH