Happy New Year!

I can’t believe this year has come and gone so quickly! It seems like just yesterday I was saying ‘Goodbye 2008, hello 2009!’. It’s been a pretty decent year. A lot of good things happened this year – grad school, getting a job during the summer, not failing out of grad school – and a few ‘bad’ things happened – mainly my emoness and breakdowns near the end of the year. Anyway, I’m excited to see what 2010 brings! :D

I have no really fancy plans tonight, as evidence of my posting this kind of late. I’m staying in with my parents, watching movies, and eating snack-type foods. We’re going to open some champagne later so it’s all good. lol. It’s pretty much the same as every other year’s plans, which is fine with me. :)

I also made some goals for movies and books for the year. I didn’t quite meet my book goal – I was on my 26th (goal!) book but I couldn’t get into it. I tried and just can’t. I didn’t have enough time to read another so I just called it a good job at 25 books this year. :D I met and exceeded my 100 movie goal which I was shocked, yet happy, about. I’ll probably have those same goals for the new year.

My Resolutions for 2010:
1. Finally, for once and for all, lose 30-40ish pounds and finally be at my desired weight.
2. Make good grades in school and get an internship for the summer
3. Become a better friend
4. Find a guy or at least be more social in hopes of finding a guy.
5. Don’t stay on the computer/online all the time. Branch out and DO NORMAL PEOPLE THINGS.

Happy New Year, guys! I hope it’s a fantastic year for you all! ♥ ♥ ♥

Feeling: good
Hearing: New Year's Rockin' Eve

…And I’m SO glad it’s over. It was a rough semester and now it’s time for a break and the celebrate!

The winter break will be spent relaxing, trying to improve my resume, and getting it out to everyone and every company imaginable in hopes of landing an internship for the summer. :)

I really suck at blogging here. I’m going to try to get better since I feel like I’ve been neglecting the site and I just renewed it. Don’t want my money to go to waste now, do I? haha.

I really need to pack since I have SO much junk to haul home tomorrow and I don’t want to spend all day tomorrow packing. Woohoo!

Haha. Haven’t posted since September. Blah blah. I’ve been really busy and trying not to have too many break downs in the process. Right now, for the next few weeks, it’s crunch time as far as it comes to class projects. I have 2 due next week and 2 due the week after Thanksgiving. Therefore, this week and next are even more busy and stress-filled than usual. I just can’t wait until Thanksgiving, then finals, then FINALLY winter break. La la. About 4 weeks left. These are the times I wish I had a TARDIS. *sigh*

For now I leave you all (whoever ends up reading this sorry excuse for a ‘blog’) with an animation from one of my newly appointed favorite TV shows, Supernatural:

Kind of describes my thought on my life right now, by the way…

Feeling: good
Hearing: Say Yes to the Dress

I am so full of fail right now. Life is super busy with school. Every class has at least 2 group/team projects, multiple exams, tons of reading. I’m clinging on to sanity right now. Had a few breakdowns because of the stress. I had a TA job offer but had to turn it down because I felt like I didn’t have enough time to devote to work and do my ‘best’ in school. I’m glad I turned it down because I’d be even more crazy/stressed out right now if I had to work 20 hours a week on top of school demands. Blah. I knew grad school was tough but I didn’t think it would break me in the first month.

My birthday is in 10 days and I really don’t know what to think about it. I’m excited because I get stuff and I get to go home. But my sister may not be able to visit because of recent travel changes at work. I also have 2 tests and a few presentations the week after and that’s all I feel I’ll be thinking about the whole weekend. I feel like I’m turning 24 and haven’t really done anything in my life. No real job, no sign of a love life at all. I feel so lonely up here since most of the people I knew from undergrad are gone and everyone has other friends. It just gets me down sometimes that I’m getting older and feel like I’m spinning my wheels.

See? Me = fail. I’ll stop. I need to continue to work on an assignment for school. Woo.

Feeling: exhausted
Hearing: NCIS

T-C.org is now using WP 2.8.4 – finally. After a LOT of hassle with my FTP program. I wish WP didn’t have upgrades as often – it becomes a hassle! That and Coppermine seem to have upgrades quickly after one is already released. Anyway, does anyone have any good recs for FTP programs? I use Core FTP but it keeps ‘Not Responding’ whenever I upload large amounts of stuff. It took me ages to get this site and my other sites’ WordPress versions upgraded because of that. Free is good too and so is the whole ‘Drag and drop’ concept. :) Any suggestions?

Summer School ended on Tuesday. My final was pretty easy. I got my grade a few minutes ago – an A! I’m so thrilled! I guess I’ll be rocking a 4.0 for a little longer. And that’s good because I don’t know how long I’ll be able to keep that GPA up once I really start my curriculum this fall. Now I get to relax for 2 weeks before it starts all over again. I’m home right now. I drove home this afternoon and I’m just chilling at my parents’ house. We’re going to Florida on Saturday for a week. Can’t wait! :D

Feeling: happy
Hearing: NCIS

Crap! I haven’t updated here in a while. I can’t really say that it’s because of my exciting life. Quite the opposite. Nothing’s been happening around me. I go to school, work, come home, and veg out on the couch until I go to sleep.

Lately I’ve become obsessed with making icons/avatars for livejournal. I was making a cover for a fanmix I was creating last weekend and something turned on inside of me that has given me the inspiration/motivation to make graphics. Mainly True Blood, Torchwood, and other TV shows I like. Speaking of TW (I don’t know who’s a fan that’s reading this), I loved the mini-series up until Day 4. Then the story just went down hill and a LOT of things that happened really upset and disappointed me. I don’t think I’ll be watching the show when it comes back for season 4. Too many things happened that make me want to hit something. I didn’t think I was as invested in the show but I guess I am. I guess I’ll just have to go back to enjoy season 1 and 2 of the show. Again, that probably makes NO sense and is irrelevant to everyone who reads this unless you’re a Doctor Who/Torchwood/Sci-Fi fan. Um. If you like sci-fi, silliness with a slight serious edge, and innuendos among other things, I suggest you try watching Torchwood season 1 and 2. But if not, that’s OK too. :)

School’s almost over. We have a week left until it’s done. I’m SO SO SO ready for summer school to be over. I had my first test on the 20th and got a 95 on it. That shocked me because I went home the weekend before to see my family and meet my sister’s BF. I didn’t have much time to study so getting an A, much less a 95, was shocking.

My 2nd test was yesterday. No so great. Read the rest of this entry »

Feeling: relieved
Hearing: 'Ultimate Cake Off'