- Mood:
awake
So it appears that I'm going to have to give up Bulgaria. I've tried every which way to raise the funds and I just haven't been able to do it. This one group promised me about a month ago that they would pay my entire way, but when it came down to it, they only gave $75.00 which will just about pay for my gas to go catch my plane in Pittsburgh. So...goodbye Bulgaria. It was nice knowing you while you were there.
In other news, I'm stuck in West Virginia. It sucks ass.
- Location:my Grandma Gertie's house
- Mood:
sad
I love pulling these random-ass disappearing acts...
but anyway... please go here if you have time: www.bulgariansummer.webs.com
Thanks!
- Mood:
excited
It's just so frustrating when you see people all around you that go out and blow that much in a weekend and I actually need that money for a good cause.
Don't know what I'm going to do if I can't find it.
- Mood: sad
Okay, so I'm intrigued by the perception of body image and how men and women perceive the women's physique. Did you know that the average size of a woman in the UK is a size 16? That Australian men are more attracted to size 14 women than anything? That most women in the US are a size 12 or 14 despite the constant displays in the media promoting size 6 and below?
I recently heard someone commenting that a size 12 is fat. I'm sorry, I don't think so. I don't even think a size 14 is fat. We have curves. Deal with it. The fact that most women are over a size 12 in the US should promote how someone doesn't have to be Kate Moss skinny to be beautiful.
In saying that... Here's an image from an article that ran in the UK. (and if you need further proof that a size 12 + is beautiful, please refer to the Dove ads)
So after saying that, yes, I'll admit I have fallen under the bandwagon before. Yes, I do work out now to tone my body, but I'm proud to say that I am content with my size. I don't think I'm fat. I'm curvy. I'm a woman.
So hail to the woman and her body!
- Location:Bed
- Mood:
working
So I paid my deposit for Bulgaria....got the money all on my own too, thank you very much parental units. I guess I was just upset because they wouldn't even try to help me after everything they've done for my brother...and it was mostly them bailing him out! I am the good child, they'll even say that, and yet when I have one opportunity, they won't help. Well, pft, showed them.
I ended up getting the Hollins Trust Grant. Which, thank you Merlin, was exactly $500. Jan (chaplain) loaned me the money and so I have to pay her back when I get my check...which should be this Thursday. So now all I have to do is come up with the rest (roughly $3500). I'm praying that I can get enough loans.
If I do, I'll be on my way to Bulgaria in June.
Hell Yes.
- Mood:
happy
Your result for The Harry Potter Husband Test...
Mrs. Weasley Twin
Your perfect HP man is Fred and/or George Weasley.
Laughter is important to you. You want a guy who's never boring, who can always put a smile on your face, and who can pull the best of pranks and never get caught. Or possibly two such guys. Because let's face it, they're pretty much a two-fer. You get one, you get both. Even if one of them's only a friend, he'll still be around so much you'll feel like you're married to him, too. Sure, they may not seem like the most mature guys in the world, in a traditional sense, but just ask them about their business plan. When they drive you nuts by relentlessly testing their latest inventions on you, you can console youself with that huge stack of cash and dragon-leather jacket. Besides, you know you're powerless against those stereo smiles.
(fanart by lorraine-schleter http://lorraine-schleter.deviantart.com/
- Location:bed
- Mood:
ecstatic
So I finallly signed on for the
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hermionebigbang challenge. Now I just got to figure out what I'm going to submit. I think I could probably do it a lot easie if I didn't know how many words I had to reach. Knowing that I have to do a 20k story is a little intimidating for me....as I seem to have a problem uploading as of late. (I will get on that, I promise.....just later when the plot bunny finally decides to come back) So I'm toying with a few ideas, but I'm not really sure. Anyone want to offer up some suggestions?
- Location:dorm
- Mood: ecstatic
Today I had to put up with an idiotic male that tried to spout off lame arguments (that were clearly not researched) about why global warming is a figment of our imaginations and made up by Al Gore to make money.
.....Seriously?
Example two: People that should not be allowed to belay.
I'm taking rock climbing which, normally, I would be excited about. However, after Tuesday, not so much. My belayer had no clue what she was doing (seriously, we had to tie her knots for her and hook her to the equipment)...
I really have no clue what made me think I could trust her with my life. Really, what was I thinking? But I gave it a try...I started climbing, got half way up, got stuck, and decided to come down. Easy, right?
Well, it would have been...had she of had the rope right! She didn't have a break in the rope for one, and for another, she had left slack in the rope. So, after she told me to come down, instead of coming down slowly like one is supposed to, I fell. Oh yes, I fell off the rock wall and luckily threw my feet downward so I could land on them instead of on my bum or back. High impact falls + harnesses = a recipe for disaster.
And if that wasn't bad enough, this didn't just happen onces. Oh no, that would be too good. It happened twice. I have a lot of bruises at the moment and my body hates me. I spent all day in bed.
Bah...I have a week to recover before another day of torture.
Oh joy.
- Location:bed
- Mood:
aggravated
- Mood: ecstatic
1. I'm really disappointed in how our friendship is now. I wish I knew how to support you.
2. I know now that I clearly care for you more than you do for me and sometimes I don't know why I seek your approval so much, but I also know that I will continue to do so. I'm sorry I'm a disappointment.
3. I can't wait to get to know you better. You're a really great person to talk to.
4. Your posts amuse me and make me laugh even after a bad day. I know I don't talk to you a lot, but you are an amazing person.
5. I am so glad that I got the chance to know you. I think you're destined for great things.
6. I consider you one of my best friends, despite the distance between us. You are amazing and will do amazing things in your life. Never doubt yourself.
7. I never really got the chance to know you, but I'm hoping to remedy that.
8. I feel like I can relate to most of what you go through. I wish you the best in your life.
9. I also worry about you at times, mainly when I don't hear about you. I'm so glad to know you and receive your advice. You're a great person.
10. I am jealous of you at times, especially of your writing. I haven't talked to you nearly as much as I should have, but I admire you.
- Location:Dorm room.
- Mood:
devious
I'm still waiting on my professor to get back with me about my recommendation so I can finally send off my application to Bulgaria. I do have a back-up plan though....2 actually. I applied about a week or so for a volunteer program this summer in New Zealand, Australia, or Eastern Europe. I should hear back soon on it. On the trip, I would work for about 2 weeks, and then go on a 2 week adventure tour. New Zealand was, of course, my first choice.
My other back-up is getting an internship at a German company based in the states. They're looking for people that can speak both English and German so that would be a good opportunity. Plus it would give me the chance to practice my German some more if I don't get to go to Bulgaria.
And now...with the approaching start of February..a rant. I hate V-day. Seriously. It's a poor excuse for commercial businesses to make money. I hate that the world promotes only exclaiming love one day a year. It sucks. Or maybe it's just cause I'm single and everything...yada yada.
- Location:dorm
- Mood:
blah
Okay, so draft one of the Bulgaria essays are done. I finally finished them and gave them to Pauline to check over. My plan is to send everything out by Monday (at the latest). I still have to draw up my resume, but that shouldn't take me too long at all to do.
I got a new job, which means I got to quit my old one. This week is my last week up there and then I shall be moving and starting my new one. It's awesome. They'll automatically put 1500 toward my tuition AND since I only owe a small amount, I shall get the rest in a balance and can use toward my housing deposit in April.
Over Christmas break, I finally came to a decision. I'm glad Justin and I broke up. I look at my brother and how fucked his life is right now because of "love" and I realize that I don't need that right now. I'm in a spot right now where I need to work toward my future. I am happier now than I've been in a long time and, for once, I'm just going with the flow of things.
Oh! Also decided to enter the TESOL program for grad school. I'm exicted for it and, if I go to Bulgaria, it will look REALLY good on my application. I'm still looking at different universities, though I know for sure that I'll probably go abroad.
Think that's all for now. Need to finish getting ready for work.
- Location:Dorm
- Mood: happy
WOOT.
Keep your fingers crossed for me. I really, REALLY want to go.
- Mood:
accomplished
So I haven't posted in a LONG time. Finals are just around the corner (first final on Friday) and I've been working hard on all my final projects. There's been a lot that has happened in the past...er...month.
-- I got a new computer! Celebrate (even though you guys probably don't care).
--I'm applying for a teaching position in Bulgaria this summer. I'll be teaching English.
--I've finally submitted some of my work for (possible) publication.
and....
I've been nominated for two sb/hg awards in Round One of the competition. It's a great honor to be nominated and I encourage everyone to go to the livejournal community and vote! Thank you to the wonderful people that nominated me!
- Mood:
tired
Why is the Financial Aid office filled with incompetent IDIOTS?
Okay, so I go to register for classes the other day and, like the curious little beaver I am, I just started looking at my financial aid and stuff. So I look at my balance and was like 'OOOH! I HAVE A BALANCE!' and I do...my last work study check gave me a balance of $191.00 which will just continue to build up over this year.
Then...THEN, I go to the transcript part and it tells me that I can't get a transcript because I have a hold on my record...
Now...holds only go on your record if you owe money. I paused. I had a hold and a balance? HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!
And so... I go back to the financial aid statement and start playing around in the different areas. They have on there that I am a "Stafford Loan delinquent" (Stafford loans do not have to be paid back until after graduation) and that I owe $158.00. HOWEVER, they have it that it doesn't go into effect until January 8th... of 2099!!!!!!
So, first off, WHY THE HELL IS IT EVEN SHOWING UP?!
Second, (and this may be my "simple" reasoning) if I "apparently" owe $158, wouldn't the logical thing to do be to take the $158 out of my balance of $191?
I think I shall be paying them a visit on Monday.
- Location:Swannanoa
- Mood:
angry
Okay... so I think I'm finally levelheaded enough to do this, even though I'm still upset and, yeah, I still break out into random tears at the smallest things.
Anyway... on Sunday everything was great. I had my homework done, Justin and I were talking about our future, and it was all great...
Then, Monday. So the mood gets set by the movie Tess... and if you haven't seen it, it leaves you with this horrible feeling. So after that, my mom calls and tells me there's a warrant out for my brother and no one had seen him. Yeah, like I needed that.
And then, fifteen, FIFTEEN minutes later, Justin gets on and tells me that he's not in love with me and that I'll find someone else. I'm still not quite sure what happened and I'm mad because ...well, of everything. I want to hate him, really I do, but I just can't and that's what I hate the most.
Anyway, I'm still a bit messed up so...yeah.
Thank you Rachel. Knowing that I can talk to you whenever helps more than you'll ever know. You're the best twinsy-winsy ever...even if you live way over yonder.
I'm just trying to keep busy. I'm hating down time at the moment. Great thing about this... I'm actually getting a lot of work done.
- Location:dorm
- Mood:
crushed
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