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June 21, 2005
The Favs.
ughamug: old assholes could have left, new assholes could have signed on
NakedBabyBottom'the ex' vs. 'nj' - quite a choice you have there..... ;)
ScaryAffectionateBoyfriend: BOOBOO!!!!
SorryBebe: when im home, i cant get him to go to a movie for anything. i could promise to suck his dick the whole time and he still wont go!
NotMyBooBear: come on, it's not funny? Ass Hat?
me:
you overestimate my sense of humor.
NotMyBooBear: obviously
1: you
1: yo
1: sorry
me: yo
me: you
me: s'up?
me: i do love our chants
me: chats, too.
1 logged out.
and the geekiest conversation goes to kiddo:
kiddo: if a linux nerd is offering to check my filesystem, would you consider that hitting on me?
me: depends, what filesystem are you running? and, i would say it depends on how you were partitioned..
kiddo: reiser and ext3
me: see, reiser doesn't take that long..
kiddo: nerd, so it'll be quick
me: but if it was ext2..
me: watch out for any offers to auto-mount.
Posted by lysa at 5:20 PM | Comments (2)
June 14, 2005
the definitionof red-tape.
Let's start this by saying I have had a very bad day.
I registered for Mat056, the second installment of math for idiots, as required by BMCC. I was told, however, that BMCC is offering, one time only, a deal for return students who need only one more remedial class - you can take MAT056 for free, over something called summer immersion. I learned this in the beginning of May. Classes for Summer I started early in June, and the day to register for immersion was June 14th. See a problem? In case I was not able to qulify for immersion (which i was told I would) I could not take it summer I, as summer I had already started. MAT056 is not available in summer II.
So, shocker shocker, i am not qualified for immersion because I have too many credits I have transferred in. All of you who remember what I had to go through to even GET those credits in, you may now laugh.
So, I plead with the Dean of Student Affairs who says no to me. The mother fucker told me no. Unacceptable.
I then go up to the Math office, surprisingly, they have been rather helpful. Professor Felix told me I have two options: I can either take a class at another school through the permit program, or test out of Mat056.
So, I start researching the permit program. Turns out Baruch (whose phones are mysteriously down) and Staten Island both offer the class I need. Zonino! An Oninoz later after some serious technical issues with the online "easy to use" ePermit website, I call the registrars office. The college does not accept remedial classes from other colleges on the ePermit system, but, what I can do is register as a non-matriculated student for summer II and then xfer it is, but oh no! I already have transerred in the max allowable credits to BMCC. So after some quick thinking I remember that they transferred in Sociology and I don't need it. So now I call the admissions office to REMOVE 3 credits from my record so I can xfer a remedial class of no credit in.
Shoot me.
Will update later with more fucking bullshit.
fuck 'em all. I'm hiring a tutor.
Posted by lysa at 1:58 PM | Comments (2)
June 13, 2005
"update your blog for fucks sake"
The daily grind of the unemployed.
There are a few types of blogs. The two that specifically ring out in my head are the kinds packed with political or social commentary and the others are the day-to-day ramblings, rantings. craving, fluff and thoughts of the masses. I wish mine was the first, but I suppose it's the second.
This entry is a request from her
I lost my job a few months back. I was in school full-time and working somewhere between full and part time and I was relieved for the opportunity to concentrate on school. It's been about a month since Spring semester ended, and I've been home. I have somehow transformed from a part/full time Systems Administrator/Studemt/Programmer into a modern, yet painstainkingly obvious housewife.
In the morning I tend to the kitchen, so that it is easier for me to prepare dinner later. After that I check for laundry to be done, and putter around seeing if there is anything I can tidy up.
I break a few hours later to get back to the geek in me, check in with consultant work, compose some emails, look for a job that will compliment my school schedule for next semester, and hope back on my feet to make sure dinner is prepared when my boyfriend gets home.
There is a pride in this act that perhaps comes from old ground in notions that domestic upkeep is a chore for the woman, but I find that it's the same pride that comes from writing a good application, or fixing a bug that just kept pissing you off. Do a job, and do it well, I say.
With that in mind, I leave you with some recipes.
Brown Sugar Meatloaf
San Francisco Pork Chops (served over egg noodles)
Posted by lysa at 12:51 PM | Comments (1)
June 1, 2005
And the Grades are In
The boxes are getting unpacked, there's about one row left. It's nice, being able to go from bathroom to bedroom with only the cats to trip on. The new neighborhood is really nice, suburban, sunlit and breezy.
I got my grades back, it broke down to a 3.84 GPA with 3 A's and 1 B+.
People want me to be proud, but somehow I'm not. I think even if i accomplished the 4.0, I wouldn't be. I'm so far behind on what I should be doing: unemployed, totally in debt to those fucks at NYS taxation and finance, and totally clueless as to how I'm going to do this for another 2 years (financially).
It's a small triumph, but I have a long way to go. Q, said it best:
Posted by lysa at 3:16 PM | Comments (4)