Bad Luckkk

On Sunday, Mommy and I went down to Oneonta to retrieve the last of my things from that wonderful town. We did it really fast so I didn't even have time to get upset about it. My new bed was being delivered Monday and they obviously couldn't give me a time of day when that would be occurring so I slept on the floor of my apartment Sunday night. I obviously didn't want to be lonely so I called for a reinforcement. Caity was more than happy to oblige and brought some party favors with her. We had an enjoyable time and somehow managed to drift right off to sleep despite the fact that we were on the cold floor. The next day Cait left and I waited for my bed to be delivered. It finally arrived and happens to be extremely comfortable.... juuuusssstttt so everyone knows in case they'd like to come visit to try it out.... After that, I was headed to Friendly's to get myself a job... I just can't seem to escape that restaurant. I headed to the back of my house where our parking is and opened to door of my dad's car that I was borrowing. It was then that I discovered that the passenger side window completely broken and the glove compartment was opened and its contents were on the floor of the car. Naturally, I called 911. The operator gave me the number to the Syracuse police reporting something-or-other where I was greeted by an answering machine, told to leave my number and the reason for my call, and they would call me back... which they did this morning. Aside from the fact that this it really sucks that my dads window is broken and need to be fixed AND only about a month ago, I had the side-view mirror of my car torn off I REALLY don't feel confident in the response of the Syracuse police. They could have at least sent someone over to humor me, considering I was pretty upset about the whole thing. Good thing our tax dollars go to such good use.

So now I'm obviously feeling great about the fact that my first night staying at the apartment that I will now be inhabiting alone my car gets broken into. Really comforted. Oy veyyy.

Aside from that, though, my apartment is still the coolest and I will just have to put on my brave face and make sure not to leave anything of value in my car. AND Alysa is coming today and we are going to Erin's for New Year. AND hopefully, Friendly's will still give me a job, even though I had to awkwardly cancel my meeting with the manager. AND my Christmas was spectacular. Lalalalaaa

I had my last exam Wednesday night. It was KILLER! I'm still feeling the relief of being done with it. Its like when you have to poo really bad and you finally do it and it just feels so good.... and every now and then you realize all over how relieved you feel. I went to the bars for Cait's birthday Wednesday night and ended up crying in the middle of the Oak. I was just so sad about being done and having to leave. After that, I went to my apartment and Rachel came to stay the night. We played an extremely fun game of photobooth for probably over an hour.... its fine. Mackey showed up halfway through too!!!



After that, Rachel made sure to set an alarm for early. In my drunkish state, it didn't occur to me to wonder why. Turns out, she was making sure to have time to help me pack up before she had to head back to the GF. Friends that great do not come around often. So after spending the next morning packing up a good portion of my possessions, we went and had a delicious breakfast at the Bagel Co. Rachel insisted that I will make friends in Syracuse. I insisted that I have already made friends with the coolest people that exist so no one in Syracuse can possibly measure up. Only time will tell, I suppose. After breakfast, Rach left. I didn't cry until she waked out the door because I told her I could get through it with no tears... hahaha.

After Rach left, I had to go meet with my research group to SPSS the results of our study with Dr. Gilbert. Dr. Gilbert happens to be the most long-winded man I have ever met. Soooo three hours later, when I finally got out of that meeting, it was 5:00. I made the rash decision to avoid Friday's storm and drive to Rochester Thursday night. I'm very glad I made that decision because I HATE driving in the snow. But unfortunately, I only got to say goodbye to a handful of people and had the most haphazard packing job ever. NO GOOD. Approximately ten minutes after I drove away, Edwin brought a goodbye party to my house. He called me and I almost crashed my car because I burst into tears about being on my way out of Oneonta AND having missed so many loved ones. (To be honest, I have yet to find out exactly who was there.)

ANYWAYYYY I made it to Alysas house and spent about another hour in her bed crying before falling asleep. No big deal. Being snowed in for a whole weekend has sent me right back to the wonderful land of denial....

Alysa and I spent the weekend doing a lot of nothing. It was fabulous. We went to see Milk on Saturday. I highly recommend it to anyone. Not only was the story fantastic but the acting was impeccable. Sean Penn is beyond fabulous and Emile Hirsch is the cutest little gay man ever!!

Instead of moving to my new apartment Sunday and getting settled in there overnight, the weather forced me to wait until today. I had my advisement meeting at 2:30. I got most of the way to Syracuse before the snow began to fall and everyone and there mother was off the road. Luckily, I drive more slowly than your grandmother in the snow, so I made it safe and sound and extremely tense. I met with my advisor who is extremely nice and then I went to my apartment. My mom, sister and grandpa met me there to help me move my things, thank goodness. It took about half an hour and then we were out of there, trying to get back to Rome before the storm got any worse. Oy vey! So basically, all my things got dropped in the place and we left. Hopefully it wont be too long before I get time to go make the place my own.... We will see.

Moral of the story is, I miss Oneonta....

...Comes from some other beginning's end

Today I have an exam. Its a little difficult but not unlike all the other exams I've had.... except that its my last one here. I'll be a college graduate with a bachelor's degree after this test. How bizarre.

I keep thinking back to when I first got here to Oneonta. If I had stayed at Geneseo, I would be overjoyed to finally be done and leaving forever. My how things have changed. To say that the girls of first west made an impact on me is the biggest understatement of this century. They took me right in and loved me no matter what..... welllllll pretty much. At that point, I couldn't have possibly imagined all the things I would do and accomplish here and all the people I would meet and love. I have more great friends than any girl could hope for.

Its just so funny for me to look back and remember what a scared, sad little girl I was when I walked through the doors of Golding hall that day to find my excessively enthusiastic RA lead me down the hall in her pajama pants and furry slippers and compare that to who I am today: confident and happy.


Thank you all for that.

aaannnnddddd END SCENE. No tears today.

Whoops

Sometimes I wake up by reading all of my friends' blogs. Sometimes that gives me much less time to do important things than I needed. WHoops!

Cue panic.

It's setting in. Just a project, two quizzes, and three exams away... Somebody find the pause button, PLEASE.

Rachel and Jenn love Documentaries!

Over break I read 1984.
I realize most people read that in their senior english class, but I was not given that opportunity and I'm glad. I never appreciated the books I read in high school because I was forced to read them. When you choose to read a book, you get so much more out of it. So anyway, I finally decided to read this book. When I finished, my first thought was WTF? I took the message to be that it doesn't matter how hard you try to resist, you're fucked in the end anyway. Ending the book with whats-his-name finally loving Big Brother did not please me. The more I've thought about it, though, the more I like it. Its so similar to out country right now... Constant warfare to keep the people in the workforce. An invisible ruling class headed by figure invented by this ruling class. Control of the media by this ruling class. Indoctrination of children to believe the nation is always right and looking out for the good of the people..... Its a little scary.

Last night Rachel and I watched Zeitgeist: Addendum. We watched Zeitgeist last year. I always try to take these docu's with a grain of salt because I know that they tend to stretch the truth in the direction of their own agenda. However, they explain the gist of our monetary system and say that our money is essentially imaginary. Every dollar we have is owed to somebody by somebody. Sounds about right. They also said that we have the technologies: solar, wind, tidal, wave, and geothermal, to NEVER have to burn fossil fuels again. Its all so fucked.

Anywhooo, Alysa's coming today for the weekend YAY!! I get to move into my new apartment on December 21st YAY!! I have about 15 days left in Oneonta BOO!! I'll be a college graduate very soon YAY!! I have one large project and one really hard exam to do during that time BOO!!

Greetings from Milne Library's third floor!

I am taking a break from being quite a little productive polly. The shenanigans of the past two weeks have left me with a rather epic workload. If you happen to be looking for me at any time during the next week and a half, your best bet is library- third floor. I'm getting a lot done a lot faster than I expected though. Its really incredible how much more work you get done when you actually sit down and do it then when you just think about it and ignore it.

Brit was fun last night. She looked like a real human being again and I hope for her sake that she gets her shit together. Plus, its just SO hard not to want to dance and have a good time when you hear womanizer, womanizer! There was a pretty silly discussion about whether or not Britney (and the rest of the celebrities for that matter) are human. No consensus was made in that department.

Josie left this morning. I hate to see her go but I LOVE to watch her walk away. Its sad but it wasn't so hard to say goodbye this time. Partially because I was running after a bus, and partially because she's returned after the great goodbye so I know she will return again before long. It will surely be a shame to have to wear my onesie all by myself though!!

Sunday is G*********. I'm not walking in the ceremony but it sure is symbolic for me. For some reason I'm not that sad though. I'm sure it will kick in when I leave but I'm getting very excited about Syracuse so that is making everything a lot easier. PLUS, since I'm renting the coolest apartment ever, I KNOW friends will be visiting all the time. AND I've already planned my first return visit to Oneonta. The first weekend back for Meg Cleary's post birthday celebration. I have a dress to wear so I have to come!

Break time is over, its back to work for me :(