Yet another digression from my paper.
But I just have to record this moment.
I was reading The Working Class in England 1875-1914 and the author used the word tertiary.
I think I have a new favorite word.
The end.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Dramas
Once again I should be finishing the paper due tomorrow - but hey I have a good start so instead I'm going to make a list of my favorite dramas. Most of you won't know what a "drama" is and may think I'm strange or silly for liking them so much. But I can't help loving them, the predictable storylines of love and all the bad things that can happen to prevent it. I used to be shy about liking them, but now I know they're just another form of entertainment and who's to say whether I can like them or not.
So here goes:
Hana Yori Dango
Full House
Boys Before Flowers
Witch Yoo Hee
Atashinchi No Danshi
Proposal Daisakusen
Kimi Wa Petto
Absolute Boyfriend
Mei-chan No Shitsuji
Personal Preference
1st Shop of Coffee Prince
Secret Garden
Stars Falling from the Sky
Romantic Princess
Devil Beside You
And I'm probably forgetting some, but that's just about it.
I'm currently halfway through Secret Garden (below).
Yes, I admit that dramas may be shallow or "cheap". But they are a satisfying escape into a completely different world from the one I live in. I watch them not find some deep form of enlightenment, but enjoy them and the characters in them.
So if you're bored and looking for something to do, I would suggest trying one out. My favs are probably Full House and Hana Yori Dango and Secret Garden. Watch them here (hulu) or here (this one has rankings and such.)
Oh and if you DO watch one- make sure you watch as least the first two episodes before deciding whether or not you like them as with anything the first episode is the most boring, comfusing, and weird of all of them.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Productive Procrastination
Today has ended up being one of those days where you realize just how much you have coming up. In my case a test tomorrow on an insane class, an insane assignment due tomorrow for my other insane class, a discussion online for a not so insane class and a 5 page paper due friday for that same class.
So what do I do? Anything BUT those things of course.
However since college I like to think of my procrastination as productive as opposed to high school where procrastination meant hours on facebook looking at who knows what.
Today- while I was supposed to be working on the beastly math assignment I thoroughly cleaned my boyfriends suite. Yes, his suite. He has his own room and shares a bathroom and living room area with two other roommates. Both of whom love to drink powerades and leave them all over the place and just be dirty in general. So I cleaned the dishes Carlo and I had used earlier in the too-small sink in their bathroom (which luckily is cleaned by the dorm so I didn't have to worry about that!) And as I was drying them with my ipod on blasting my inspiring cleaning music, I felt compelled to clean everything. This includes organizing Carlo's desk, hanging up stray sweatshirts, making the bed, putting miscellaneous things away, and scrubbing the lanoleum floor with clorox wipes until my finger tips were pruny from the cleaning chemicals.
As I went to the bathroom to wash my hands after the work was done I spotted the ever messy ps3 area. And couldn't help myself but clean up all their bottles, straighten the pillows they love to rearrange, and clean the dirtiest floor I have ever cleaned, which is saying a lot. Well, I managed to finish everything in about an hour and a half, perfect timing for Carlo to come back from his quartet practice and come home to a nice clean room.
Although I made no progress on my work in those two hours, I did make the suite much more tolerable and made the boyfriend happy in the process :)
So I would say it was a productive procrastination, and that if I learn nothing else here at college paying $40 a class I have learned how to clean the right way
<3
So what do I do? Anything BUT those things of course.
However since college I like to think of my procrastination as productive as opposed to high school where procrastination meant hours on facebook looking at who knows what.
Today- while I was supposed to be working on the beastly math assignment I thoroughly cleaned my boyfriends suite. Yes, his suite. He has his own room and shares a bathroom and living room area with two other roommates. Both of whom love to drink powerades and leave them all over the place and just be dirty in general. So I cleaned the dishes Carlo and I had used earlier in the too-small sink in their bathroom (which luckily is cleaned by the dorm so I didn't have to worry about that!) And as I was drying them with my ipod on blasting my inspiring cleaning music, I felt compelled to clean everything. This includes organizing Carlo's desk, hanging up stray sweatshirts, making the bed, putting miscellaneous things away, and scrubbing the lanoleum floor with clorox wipes until my finger tips were pruny from the cleaning chemicals.
As I went to the bathroom to wash my hands after the work was done I spotted the ever messy ps3 area. And couldn't help myself but clean up all their bottles, straighten the pillows they love to rearrange, and clean the dirtiest floor I have ever cleaned, which is saying a lot. Well, I managed to finish everything in about an hour and a half, perfect timing for Carlo to come back from his quartet practice and come home to a nice clean room.
Although I made no progress on my work in those two hours, I did make the suite much more tolerable and made the boyfriend happy in the process :)
So I would say it was a productive procrastination, and that if I learn nothing else here at college paying $40 a class I have learned how to clean the right way
<3
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Busy
It seems like everyone I know right now is busy.
Me with classes and school and life in general.
My sister Kelsey, with kids and knitting and organization
My sister Whitney with work and home and school and everything between
My mom with her busy season at work
My dad with work and managing everything at home while my mom is busy at work for 12 hours
My best friends with school and music and random sports
Even random people I walk by at school are listing off the many things they have to do this semester or weekend.
It's midterm time here at WSU, in fact I've already had one of my 6 tests, and stress is at a high with rugby (which I seem to be going to less and less often) and labs (which they thought would be fun to make even MORE stressful than last semester) and being able to return my kindle.
Returning the kindle should have been a simple "tape-on-label-drive-to-store-forget-about" type of thing but no, I don't have a car, the campus doesnt have a UPS place, I don't have box tape, and if I don't send it out within thiry days from 1/20/11 I will be charged a whopping $250 replacement fee. It's all I can think about.
So please pray that I get it sent out. Who knew something so small could be so stressful that I wake up thinking about it and spend my days figuring out ways to get it in the mail without spending $5 on a cab or for a pick-up.
Me with classes and school and life in general.
My sister Kelsey, with kids and knitting and organization
My sister Whitney with work and home and school and everything between
My mom with her busy season at work
My dad with work and managing everything at home while my mom is busy at work for 12 hours
My best friends with school and music and random sports
Even random people I walk by at school are listing off the many things they have to do this semester or weekend.
It's midterm time here at WSU, in fact I've already had one of my 6 tests, and stress is at a high with rugby (which I seem to be going to less and less often) and labs (which they thought would be fun to make even MORE stressful than last semester) and being able to return my kindle.
Returning the kindle should have been a simple "tape-on-label-drive-to-store-forget-about" type of thing but no, I don't have a car, the campus doesnt have a UPS place, I don't have box tape, and if I don't send it out within thiry days from 1/20/11 I will be charged a whopping $250 replacement fee. It's all I can think about.
So please pray that I get it sent out. Who knew something so small could be so stressful that I wake up thinking about it and spend my days figuring out ways to get it in the mail without spending $5 on a cab or for a pick-up.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Linear Communication
Today as I was sitting down to do some Linear Algebra homework I found the strangest thing.
If you can't read the small fuzzy pictures- don't worry- it wasn't that fantastic. The weirdest part of it all was that the writer was a student at WSU- the college I am attending now.
"Well that's not THAT weird" you say.... no it's not. The WEIRD part is that I bought this book off of amazon from a huge textbook distributer... weird.
Oh and whoever you are that had this book. You took terrible care of it because I've had to tape the first 4 chapters back in.
This little message brightened my homework filled night and reminded me what a small world we really live in after all.
This note.....
With directions to THIS note....
With directions to another page that they never must have found the time to write on because it was blank.
"Well that's not THAT weird" you say.... no it's not. The WEIRD part is that I bought this book off of amazon from a huge textbook distributer... weird.
Oh and whoever you are that had this book. You took terrible care of it because I've had to tape the first 4 chapters back in.
This little message brightened my homework filled night and reminded me what a small world we really live in after all.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Green Tea
As a coffee lover and a chocolate lover had I the choice between a cup of coffee or of tea I would usually chose the coffee. But I recently learned of all the benefits of a good green tea.
Pros:
1. Raises metablolism
2. Calming
3. It's Ancient- green tea/the herbs in it have been in use for centuries
4. Energizer without the caffeine crash
5. Warm
6. Cheap and easy
Cons:
1. Tastes a little funky- but I think it'll grow on me :)
So I'm going to try and make a new habit out of drinking green tea.
<3
Pros:
1. Raises metablolism
2. Calming
3. It's Ancient- green tea/the herbs in it have been in use for centuries
4. Energizer without the caffeine crash
5. Warm
6. Cheap and easy
Cons:
1. Tastes a little funky- but I think it'll grow on me :)
So I'm going to try and make a new habit out of drinking green tea.
<3
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Amazon or AmazING?
Most everyone now knows what a kindle is. If not... click here to learn.
Well this last summer, as a generous graduation gift, Carlo's parents got me a kindle. I don't know how I ever survived without it before as now I always carry it to class or in my purse- just in case I have a moment to spare to read. It went with me on the cruise through the mediterranean... to hawaii.... to washington....to illinois. My kindle is more well traveled than many people I know.
However....
Today as I went to turn on my beloved portable library of books the screen fritzed. All that appeared were shades of black and grey lines, no words.
Well- after unsuccessfully trying to figure out what was wrong, I called Amazon services. When the info person picked up the phone I was expecting to hear a list of orders to try and get my kindles working again. Instead as soon as I told him the problem the man said "ok we'll go ahead and get that replaced for you." Simple as that Amazon is sending me a new replacement kindle as I type. I could not believe how fast and easy it was to get the problem fixed.
THANK YOU AMAZON!
So- if you were debating on whether to get a kindle or not- or any other kind of technological reading device... I would highly recommend it. Amazon has great customer service, easy to use items and are all around great.
Go buy yours today! Or tomorrow I guess :)
<3
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