While I was in the student lounge-place, I overheard these marketing students talking, and it was really depressing. They're all probably about three years younger than me, and they've gotten so much more done than I have, in terms of jobs and experience. I envy people who are able to hold down a job and go to school at the same time. I don't have that kind of focus. And even if I did, I spend a lot of time now getting schoolwork done to maintain my not-so-pristine GPA that if I did work even part-time, then I don't think I'd have enough time for studying. This is why I fear I will never be a good candidate for any job. I am certain I would do a given job very well, but I fear that I won't be given the opportunity. Yeck. This has been my biggest fear for years, and I hate to be reminded of it.
Oh hmm. I'm always so tired by Thursday evenings. I'm surprised I'm wide awake now. Today was a longer day at school and I was always up and doing something. Marji came over tonight to ask me to help her get her husband's resume together, and she brought her baby. He's a nice baby. I'll have to make more of an effort to see them. It will be a lot more feasible, once the semester has ended, which will be in two weeks. I'm so boring.
I've been seriously thinking about buying a large-capacity mp3 player of some sort. Definitely not an iPod. I don't really have the money, but I might well do it anyway. If I can get a little work study job over the summer or at least for the rest of May, then I think I will for sure. But then I probably won't be able to get anything. The job I wanted was already filled by the time I applied, and I haven't seen any new listings since then. Blah blah. Boring.
posted by Beth at 10:08:00 PM
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
So Nathan and I went to the big Tori Amos concert at the Kimmel Center Monday night. Our seats were very good (8th row), and the venue is amazing. It was well worth it. The opener, Matt Nathanson did not wow me at all. I can't remember any of his songs. This was my fourth Tori concert, but it was my first where she played solo. I was really, really impressed. Personally, I don't think she even needs the band. Usually, they just sound kind of loud and distorted to me and they make it hard to understand her. They drag her down. {g} Of course, if she tours with the band this summer, I will surely be there. {g} I do think she's fantastic on her own, though. My own personal highlight was "Yes, Anastasia," and "Snow Cherries From France" and "Happy Phantom" were really great, too. I feel sad that she played zero from my two favorite albums, Choirgirl and Scarlet's Walk, and I see that she's played "Marys of the Sea" at a number of other shows, but not ours. It's my favorite from The Beekeeper is all. During Tori's Piano Bar, she played "Streets of Philadelphia" and "Landslide." Now, if you'd told me I was going to hear the former, I don't think I would have expected it to be that great, but it turned out to be pretty awesome. As for the latter, I heard that on the show we saw on her birthday, and I'm no kind of Stevie Nicks fan, so that was less good; it's still pretty good and certainly better than the original, though. I bought some pins, a necklace, and earrings. Her t-shirts cost too much, and that is why I own no Tori Amos shirt. She rocks all over the place, though. I can't wait to see her again, whenever that will be.
Since I'm saying music-related things, and this is semirelevant to her... A couple weeks ago, I spent a ton of money at AttackedByPlastic. I thought I should buy the new Ben Folds album in advance, since I'd get a deal on the deluxe edition and get Songs For Goldfish with it, and since shipping was free on orders above $25, I went ahead and ordered Super D and The Bens EP, since I'd been wanting them for awhile. It's crazy that the Ben Folds show is on the same day as the Asbury Park TMBG show. I'm glad that I already had Ben Folds tickets, when I found that out. But even so, Ben would have won, since I hadn't seen him since he opened for Tori on the Lottapianos tour.
ALso, I must remember that Tori will be on the World Cafe this Friday, and Ben will be on there one week later.
posted by Beth at 11:30:00 PM
Sunday, April 10, 2005
Since I should be writing a paper, I'm writing an entry on here. I'm such a bad student sometimes. I've spent so many hours just sitting here and messing around, playing solitaire and doing stupid things, because I hate to write papers so much. Ummm... what can I say? My mom's taxes were finally accepted. Turns out that the Fed ID number on the W-2G was wrong (how the hell can they send you something with the wrong number on it?). I called up the lottery people on Thursday and asked them to give me the number, which was entirely different, so now her taxes are okay. Weird. Today I did my uncle's taxes and then we went to the Olive Garden. Then I came home to work on my paper and did barely nothing, aside from talking to Nathan. The assignment isn't hard, but I can't seem to get the ball rolling. I guess I should try now. And tomorrow, I shall probably answer that livejournal concerts meme thing.
posted by Beth at 4:20:00 AM
Friday, April 08, 2005
- On Thursday I had two tests. I hope I did well. On the first OM test, I thought I did well, but I wound up with a B. For the Statistics test, I think I forgot something about the Wilcoxon rank sum. We shall see what develops. - My mom's taxes keep getting rejected, and I keep being told that one of the Fed ID numbers doesn't match the name (and they won't tell me which one), yet I am copying everything exactly from the W-2 and having other people look at it to check it again and again. What the eff? Maybe we'll have to mail it out. - I have to spend this weekend writing a book report. At least I actually read the book! - Speaking of books, the problem with being in school is that I have no time to read for myself. My book queue is so backed up. Waiting for me right now are Why Not Me? by Al Franken, Radio On by Sarah Vowell, the second book of Abarat by Clive Barker, and I just bought Ring by Koji Suzuki. I may even be leaving some things out. I know I am, because I put aside that history of videogames book and those urban legends books awhile ago. And once the new Harry Potter book comes out, it will automatically move to the front of the line. - I couldn't sleep (as I took a very lengthy nap over the evening), so I watched a chunk of the pope's funeral. I started thinking about future funerals of loved ones and wound up crying. Then I watched the episode of Mama's Family where Aunt Effie solves the jigsaw puzzle and all was well again (for me as well as for Aunt Effie, Mama, Naomi, Vint, Bubba, and Iola). {g} But wait! I was flipping channels to see how the different networks commented on the pope's funeral, and the guy on Fox News said something like, "on this Saturday afternoon..." It's not Saturday there! Right? Right?? How could that guy get that wrong? I'm not sure if he was actually there (they never showed him) or if he was just commenting while watching from the studio, but it isn't tomorrow there. Or am I totally wrong and stupid? One of us is foolish. Either it's me or it's Fox News. - Aimee Mann and Rufus Wainwright at Appel Farm? Now I've heard everything! Of course they're on different days. :p I probably won't go, even though I've seen neither of them live, despite being a fan for years. {grumble}
posted by Beth at 7:56:00 AM
Sunday, April 03, 2005
Okay, I’ll take a break from my work and update, I guess. It seems that I must always write something, when we spring forward. A list seems good.
- I hate springing forward. {growl} - So I was sick all through spring break and mostly better by the time I got back to school. Then, of course, I got sick again this week. It isn’t the same in that I was coughing myself sore over spring break, and now my problem is mostly sinus-related. I think/hope I’m starting to come off of that. - I had been really excited about Ring Two, but it turned out to be a colossal disappointment. Both times I saw it. ;P - Since I was sick over break, I only finished my taxes this past Monday, and I might file my mom’s tomorrow/later today once everything gets checked over. I won’t start my uncle’s until Thursday. I want to point out that despite my accounting classes, I really know nothing about federal taxes. My classes have been about recording entries and producing and interpreting financial statements. There’s one class about federal taxation, and I’m not going to be taking that until fall ’06. - Easter was okay, but kind of low-key and boring. I did get nice presents, though. My mom and uncle and Nathan are very nice about giving presents on holidays, so that’s nice. - Last Thursday, a girl in my Legal Environments class said that her mother is being sued for file sharing. They want her to pay $750 per song that she downloaded. Yikes! - This week I registered for classes for the fall. It was my plan to register for Intermediate Accounting I, Cost Accounting, and Organizational Behavior as well as an internship. Then I’d look for an internship for the fall. They wouldn’t let me register for the internship, though, because they said I had to have completed the intermediate accounting class first. I went to the department chair, and she said it was fine with her and she signed a paper for me and told me to get it signed by the assistant dean. I brought it to the assistant dean and she wouldn’t sign it because, basically rules are rules. However, it’s okay for me to actually work an internship in the fall and take credit for it in the spring. Now I wonder why is that okay? It’s okay to *work* an internship but not to be registered for one? At first I was kind of mad. To make myself full-time, I registered for Principles of Finance, a class I was planning on taking next spring; I’m sure it’ll be taught by some schmo. {grumble} Oh well. Maybe it’s for the best. Maybe I can actually get something and start in the late summer or fall and take credit in spring. I’m no longer upset about it, anyway. - I’ve watched 7 episodes of Wonderfalls and each episode makes me sadder about it’s cancellation. :( - I finally got my size 9 24-inch circular needles. I got Nathan to buy them for me through an ebay auction. They came across the sea, and now I can finally knit in the round. I like it. - I intend to buy a cute dress within the next 24 hours. Perhaps I will even wear it! - Today is the second birthday of my Wallace.
A music survey and a quiz result. I’m probably only sharing the quiz, because it’s Nintendo-related.
1) Total volume of music files on my computer? A mere 6.56 Gb
2) The last CD I bought was... The Beekeeper by Tori Amos, I think.
3a) The last song I listened to before writing this was... Chopin’s Funeral March
3b) Song playing right now: Faure’s Pavane
4) Five songs I listen to a lot or that mean a lot to me. Faure’s Pavane "The New Zero" by Rasputina "Tombigbee" by Tori Amos "Don’t You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds "Mr. Blue" by the Fleetwoods
5) Which 5 people are you passing this baton to, and why? Certainly not the two people I’ve already seen do it. Probably nobody else.
And the quiz. I’m surprised I did that well.
Mega Man Game Over! You scored 75%!
You know your Nintendo games enough to call yourself a Nintendo fan.
My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:
