its a little funny (and yet sad really) that the update page evening-time mentions tripp eating frozen dinners. maybe back in the day. now its turkey burgers and homebaked special bread. ah how life changes.

i’m sleep deprived and my impulse control is shot. i made myself put down my drink in class today because it went into my head that it would be a good idea to throw the can at the bitch in front of me’s head and i couldn’t trust myself. bad rachael.

i missed lunch (snickers and a soda! tasty AND healthy) and had a quiz and turned in my paper before going to stats lab. now i want to sleep but think i will read for my next research paper. blech. one down, i’d better hope my prof is in an excellent mood when he picks it up.

i’m looking forward to summer but it is really so soon. registration was today and i got all of the classes i wanted! no need to throw a hissy fit. counting the classes next semester, i will only have one media studies course, ms internship, history and systems of psych, research methods, and senior courses left to do. if i get my internship done this summer, i will be totally on top of things with a year and a half to get it all done. hoorah.

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i know ive been quiet. not much to say. let me think of something…

how about this: over the weekend my roommate ran into my ex and told him that we needed to ‘resolve’ things. fair enough. but i feel like while i dont want him in my life right now, and while i dont care to see him or talk to him, i do know that i genuinely still care for him and would eventually like things to be okay. more than anything, though, i do feel like things are resolved. my life is settled without him and im doing what i want to do. due to her comment, i wonder if he now thinks that im crying myself to sleep at night, or if he thinks im feeling however he is feeling. the bottom line: life is good right now and i dont really have room for anyone else and i dont have energy to give him or our old relationship. im so apathetic, though, i dont even feel like writing or calling to tell him that things are really truly okay. actually, im not really that apathetic, i just dont think id benefit having told him because im fine with myself whether he knows it or not.

otherwise, ive spent a lot of time in the last bit figuring out a course schedule for the next two semesters and trying to figure out what i should do. im also looking hardcore for $$ for grad school. yikes. and then there is also the small fact that i have to move in august or earlier. how did life speed up like this? it’s good…but i just hope to one day be in an mfa program and be on my way to what i want to do…

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cheri and i just ordered tickets to the jay-z/50 cent/fabolous/missy elliott show at nissan pavillion on july 6. i am ridiculously cised. there are still tickets available, too. i luuuuuuuv lawn seats (read: picnics, BEvEReges). summer can’t come fast enough.

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Further proof that my wife is the best wife on the planet: I’m slacking at the bike shop this evening after dinner, and admittedly I should have been home about an hour earlier. My phone rings and I see “HOME” on the caller ID. But instead of the rightfully upset “Where are you?” I expect, she’s actually just calling me to remind me that “24″ is coming on in 15 minutes. How cool is that? You know I was home in 14 minutes.

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tuesdays are over. its beyond countdown at this point, its putting bows on the presents. tomorrow i will have finished 2 classes, followed by 2 more on thurs, followed by my final one on sat morning.

yes, ive been addicted to friendster, but i think im done. i think i burned myself out last night and i can now rejoice at moving on with my life.

a couple of links, since ive been slack at sharing recently:

‘real ships/buildings’

proof sadam worked with bin laden

how the road to war was paved with lies

i got email from mike telling me the consoles had all dropped by 50 bucks, but can find no supporting evidence. and i dont know what his plan is with posting either. im getting concerned.

time to go try a new invention – turkey burger with egg and almond flour added. mmmm….filling.

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ground turkey, cooked up in a pan with olive oil and a little wine, 2 eggs and some almond flour, with swiss cheese, salt, pepper and basil on top isnt that good. filling but not very tasy. for the record.

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i sit, doing homework (research and writing) and john ims me. its this way in the apartment. we im across it instead of getting up and speaking. its so lazy, but so great.

he offers me the following links without any explanation. check these out, they are all classic:

w.a.b. – women against blowjobs

olsen countdown (here you go chrispy)

office space sound board (and i know for a fact matthew will poop himself over this one)

sound boards galore

faggot family

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one last one:

deee-lite singer sues sega

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from ps2.ign.com, through mike:
“Sources from many retailers in North America are currently indicating that they’ve received in-store communications stating that all three major consoles — PS2, GameCube and Xbox — could have their prices
slashed in the very near future, i.e early May.
Promotional materials and instructions at these stores state the following prices are slated for each system:

PS2: $149.95
Xbox: $149.95
GameCube: $99.95″

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okay, so tripp got me ridiculously addicted to friendster. i’m talking super-obsessed. we’ll leave it at that right now. but everybody reading should join. now please yes! my favorite part so far is writing testimonials, which is bascially where you get to write little blurbs about the other people you’re connected to. why am i so weird?

there are 47 days left until graduation, and 5 days of teaching after that. i am hurting for this school year to be over. though i am panicking slightly at the amount of literature i have to pack into the last 6 weeks with a couple of my classes. my 9 advanced class has to read the last third of great expectations, work through all of lord of the flies, and traverse excerpts from “the odyssey”. i don’t want to short-change any of it, but spending 2 weeks per work is about all i have. ridiculous! can’t figure where exactly i spent more time this year than the past two, either.

the thoroughbred season at colonial downs is early this year – june 13 through july 22. i’ll be seriously job-juggling between school and the track for a week, but i can’t wait to get back to work there. i’m psyched ’cause i got called to work early this year – just for a day, but for simulcasting for the derby this weekend.

it’s a segue, i promise. i am re-infatuated with this man:

i have totally reverted back to my old wrestling obsessions, or else assumed entirely the obsessions of a 10-year old boy. i will be the first person to file for bancurpcy due to a serious dependancy on wrestling pay-per-view specials. the connection here is that mr. goldberg, above, bears a resemblance to DW4, my lovely flirty supervisor at the track. i wonder if this summer i will be able to keep myself in check.

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my parents just informed me that they put my tax refund into my bank account. how much does this rule? there are now no doubts whatsoever at my being able to spend the next few months jobless while waiting for my job to start, in fact i might even be living in a state of near luxury. near luxury means i can buy a candy bar for myself every day or two. alhumdulilah – i translate that as meaning ‘yeah dog!’. in a sean connery accent of course.

in a somewhat clairvoyant manner i gave in to my friend’s badgering last night and sat in a seedy bar with him for a few drinks that at that point in time i couldn’t really afford. of course my describing the bar as being seedy isn’t really fair since every bar i’ve seen in this country is sketchy as anything. this could possibly be due to several reasons — one, drinking is a damnable offense in islam; two, bars are only considered ‘effective’ if they’re shut out to all view from outside(so that god can’t see the drinking sinners) and if the light is really dim on the inside; three, women don’t go to bars, the only exceptions being whores and even amongst them the ones without standards. these three factors tend to make for really bad bars, although interesting drinking environments because they somehow make you feel like you’re doing something really dangerous, else why is everyone looking around furtively from darkly lit corners(that is, every spot in the place is a darkly lit corner). i was also going to say you only see fat guys, skinny jobless guys, and a few college kids but that doesn’t really add much to the picture.

blind melon is genius.

peace

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