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Holy cow, Batman!

Robin — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:27:11 +0000

I nearly forgot about this site. I feel so bad because I love the domain name and I’ve been letting it collect dust. D:

Well, here I am. I’m trying to make a conscious effort to update here more. Let’s see if that works or not.

My summer was spent working at an internship at a small advertising firm in Houston. It was a fantastic experience and I made a lot of new friends and network connections. My last semester of school ever started in August. I’m already eager and SO ready for it to be over. I cannot wait until December 17 when I walk across the stage and get my diploma. :D THEN it’s out into the real world I go.

It’s now October and I’m super excited about what this month is going to bring, My 25th birthday in 9 days, my nephew’s and bother-in-law’s birthday in 13 days, and my sister’s wedding (to said brother-in-law) in 29 days. It’s going to be super exciting and super hectic for us over the next few weeks but I know it’s so going to be worth it.

I’m in Memphis right now vising my sister and her mister. A friend of hers is throwing her a bridal shower tomorrow and my mom and I could not turn down the invite. I mean, she’s my sister and she doesn’t want to have one in Houston. So, yeah. We’re here. It should be fun.

My other home on the internet is my tumblr. If you have an account there (I don’t know who even reads this anymore…), you can follow me. If I know who you are, I’ll probably follow back. :D

Long time, no post

Robin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:11:27 +0000

Same old story, I guess. To be honest, I kind of forgot about this place. I guess a lot has been going on and I just pushed all my sites to the back burner.

I’m still looking for an internship for the summer. I had an interview with an advertising agency in Dallas on Friday. I think it went well but I won’t know about it for a week or so. I need to keep looking. It’s really frustrating but I need to be optimistic.

School is going well. My classes and the projects are going well. Spring Break already came and went. I went on a cruise with my parents to Jamaica, Cayman Islands, and Mexico. It was amazing and so much fun. I’m SO glad I did something this year since it’s my last Spring Break ever – I’m graduating and getting my Masters degree in December! :D

My desktop’s hard drive crashed last week and I’ve been trying to get it fixed. I would have replaced it this past weekend but my mom said she had coupons at her house that would allow us to basically get it for free. So I’m waiting for this weekend to go home and fix it. I would have had to pay at least $300 for someone to do it but I think I can do it myself. Doesn’t seem too difficult. *crosses fingers*

I guess the biggest news of all is that my sister is getting married! She got engaged right before Spring Break. I’m so happy for her. She’s getting married on October 30, which is 7 months away from today. It seems so long and distant in the future but I know time will pass so quickly. Plus the 7 months will be *hopefully* enough time to slim down and look good for the big day. It’s very exciting. :D

I have had Lifehouse’s new album, Smoke & Mirrors, on repeat since it came out a few weeks ago. I really love it and I think it’s great. They’re my favorite band and I would probably love anything that they released.

My first semester of graduate school is over!

Robin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:43:58 +0000

…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!

I suck at this

Robin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:54:45 +0000

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…

The angles were all wrong now

Robin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:39:58 +0000

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.

Summer’s almost over…

Robin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:48:28 +0000

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