Thursday, March 10, 2005

Well, Wednesday was cool.

So, Wednesday was pretty cool. I fell asleep like... 7... 7:30ish... and then woke up for class at around 12:30. Made it there by 1pm. Class was alright. We just went over slicing and optimizing for the web (Been there, done that). After class, Erica, Krista, and I hit up Arby's for the buy-one-get-one-free deal they had; which was awesome. They had class, so I went home. Got there about 4:30pm. Kinda just sat online and chatted to Erica while she wasn't paying attention in class, lol, which was ok. We thought to go bowling, but then Scott bailed on the idea.... so it went out the window. Instead, we decided to go Ghost Hunting in Gettysburg! Well, we got there, and didn't see anything. Saw a ton of freaky buildings, but that was about it. We stopped at Erica's grandparents house, and they gave me free peanut butter cookies, and pretzels too! That was awesome. What was even more awesome was the fact that her grandparents invited me to come back sometime when it's warmer and they're making a big meal. Little known fact. Free Food + Jon = Love! On the way back, we stopped by Jess and Eric's (Friends from class), but we were only there for maybe... twenty minutes to half an hour. It wasn't all that fun, but eh, at least it was warm. It was about 11pm, and we didn't know where to go. So! We decided to just drive back to York, see what kind of trouble we could stir up. On the way, I saw a sign that said "Get US out of UN! World Government ends your rights!" Laugh, cry, discuss. When we got to York, we decided to just drive down PA Route 462 and see where it takes us. About three hours later we ended up in Philly. PHILLY. That was AWESOME! Along the way we saw some buildings that were oh-so cool looking, and some really cool places we have to go back to when we can actually explore them. I learned Erica and I have a -ton- in common. So much so that it's actually kinda freaky. But whatever. We made it home at like 4am, and then I woke up for class here at 8:50am. Wee! Sitting in class now, screw you Marketing.

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Wednesday, March 9, 2005

Monday, Tuesday, and this morning.

So... Monday was freakin' awesome. For starters, it was a pleasent 60-65 degrees outside all day; a welcome change from the freezing cold hell PA has been the past three or four months. Photoshop class went well, just an hour of lecture and then some lab time. The day really shined when Erica, Krista, and I went out for dinner. Well, it started that way. We ended up driving like half an hour to Hanover for Chinese... then some grocery shopping. Well, we got to Erica's house, dropped off the groceries, and then found ourselves rather bored. This was like... 8:30pm? So we went to my place to chill. Also boring. About 9, I was all "Whoah! Let's go walk randomly around the mall?!" And I was met by "It's closed." ... Now... you'll laugh at this part: "Let's go to Walmart then!" OK! LOL! So we walked around Walmart until like 10pm, when Erica wanted some coffee. So we ran over to Borders, and chilled there for a bit. None of us felt like going home, so at like 11pm we go driving down these spookier-than-hell roads by our condos with my Nine Inch Nails CD on reeeeeeeeeallllllllyyyyyyy low; creepy vibe x 10! Somehow we ended up at where I work (Don't ask, I don't know.) And then we drove like... an hour to Hersey? Oh, it was madness. We're going down these spooky, backassward, country highways at like 2am, simply because we were bored and didn't feel like going home. We EVENTUALLY made it home at like... 2:15am? Passed out around 2:30am. Tuesday comes and it's FREEZING FREAKIN'COLD. I've been frozen since like... 9am Tuesday morning. Snow, ice, Marketing, and Speech class; not a healthy mix. Though! I got a damned awesome sandwich at Issac's (Deli resturant) for lunch. And this morning? It's cold. I'm tired. AND I just got off work. Woo...

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Saturday, March 5, 2005

I hate Pennslyvania

Apparently, the York City government of Pennslyvania decided that everyone needed to pay them 52$ in order to thave the PRIVILAGE to work. This came out of everyone's paychecks this week, WITHOUT notice. Now either my rent is going to be late, or I don't buy grocerys. F*** you PA. It's my -right- as an American to work. Infact, it's a neccessity of life. Without working I cannot afford food, shelter, or clothing. I'll be damned if they try to tell me they're "Letting" me work by paying them 52$ of my hard earned money. Jon is pissed, stay away!

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Friday, March 4, 2005

I hate speeches.

Oh how I LOATHE speech class. I really, really do. It's bad enough that it's the same instructor from my marketing class, and that he's a complete moron... but I have TWO speeches to prepare for right now -_-';; The first is a persuasive speech. Easy? Kinda. Do I wanna do it? Hell no. To make things worse, we didn't get to pick out own topics. I was given the topic of "The Electoral College and why it should be eliminated." Basically, I have to persuade people to want to abolish the electoral college, whether I agree with it or not. Thankfully, I do! Still, it sucks. This second speech, however, is far worse. I have to give a portfolio presentation. I -hate- portfolio presentations. Why you ask? It's basically like getting up in front of a group of people, showing off you work, and glorifing yourself without sounding like an egotistical ass. I -really- hate it, because I personally feel my work could be better, no matter the praise someone else gives it, I always can find something wrong. But no, I have to put those feelings aside and shamelessly self promote myself infront of seventeen other people, without sounding like I'm shamelessly promoting my work. ARG! I've done them before infront of one person, and it's not SO bad. It's more personal, and I feel more comfortable with it. And it's not like I have a fear of speaking in front of a larger body of people; it's just I don't like oh-so-many people sitting there, judging my work, and trying to tell them all that it's awesome when I don't think it is. GAH. Screw speeches. At least I have a couple of weeks to prepare for the second one. Ugh... and I have to work tonight -_-';;

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Wednesday, March 2, 2005

Owned!

That's right. 30/30 on my color comps. F*** you too teacher. Anyway. Tired. Sleep good. Eleven hours working on project, no sleep, ready to die. Write more tomorrow. Picture fixed.

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Friday, February 25, 2005

I promise I'll fix this up one day... REALLY!

I will, I will! I really promise! When I get the urge to work on stuff, that is >_> *cough* No, I'm not lazy! What ever gave you that idea?! Sheesh! So yeah, work sucked Tuesday night, and here's why: I got to work about 9:30pm, half an hour early, 'cause my roommate had to give me a ride. Eh, oh well. I sat around, ate some food, and talked to a couple people I know. Eventually 10pm came around, and so I went and clocked in; got to work. I worked my ASS off for a good four or so hours doing stuff -NOT- on my duty list. Why? The shift before me didn't do ANY of their duties, for one, and we had an inspection at 8am Wednesday morning. So, I decided I'd do the good thing, and do the things not done. Why? We get a 25$ bonus each month if we get a 90% or higher on our inspections. Yeah, I know, it's not A LOT; but hey... any bit helps when you're a poor college student whom lives off ramen. ANYWAY. I worked my ass off. Soon as I got done THAT stuff, I had to do my own. With only two hours left, I had to bust my ass in order to get everything done. Mind you, I work at 24/7 truck stop; so I was dealing with customers all night long. About 5:30am, the assistant manager comes out, looks around, sees me standing there waiting on a customer who was ALMOST to the counter, and says "Why do you have to be so f***ing lazy? You never do any work around here." ... ... ... YEAH. RIGHT. That's why EVERY NIGHT I WORK I end up doing two shifts worth of work. That's why when she comes in at 4am; ALL of the things she needs done -I've- done for her, except the manager only stuff. That's why I hang around an hour or so to help her out, when I can. That's why I jump to do what she tells me to, no matter what it is. Because I'm lazy! OH! Then at 6am (When my shift is done), she whines and says she needs me to stay until ten. Now, some days I might not mind that... but... I have class at 1pm Wednesdays. By the time I would get home it'd be like 10:30, fall asleep by 11... there would be no point in going to sleep at all! I'd have to get up at 12 to get ready! So, of course, I tell her I can't stay. Then so goes off on how I never do anything around this store, and how I never can come in and cover hours. Excuse me, but I think working 30 hours a week, IN ADDITION TO going to school 40+ hours, AND having to do a good 10-15 hours worth of homework... that doesn't really give me a whole lot of time to do ANYTHING I enjoy, let alone relax, or come in extra to work. Oh, and I gotta sleep sometime in there too. I me hell, I bust my ass for my education, and to make the money I need to pay my bills... am I just supposed to not sleep and not have any time to myself in order to please the assistant manage of a f***ing gas station?! I'm sorry, but unlike her, I don't plan on working at a truck stop when I'm FOURTY YEARS OLD. I could care less about the stupid place anymore... guh... I'm about ready to quit. *HUFF!* Anyway... after I woke up Wednesday afternoon, I had photoshop class. It wasn't half bad. Just finished up the lecture on color correction, and turns in our midterms. I hope I did well on my midterm... it wasn't hard, but I think mine looks pretty good. OH! She let me turn in my Lab1 late. I only got a 75, because it was late, but she said I could have gotten a 100% if I had turned it in on time... Oh well huh? At least I got some points for it. Thursday started out like it was going to suck. I got barely any sleep Wednesday night... not sure why, but I had this insane insomnia; like I do now. AND I had class at 9am. It's my Marketing class, and it's the most boring class I've had in a LONG time. Oh well... I have to take it, yah know? Do what I gotta do. Anyway, I get there, and it's some stuff about how Services make up 70% of the market, and how the promotional and marketing mix for such things is different than for products. We also looked over some case studies on K'nex and Gillet. About 11am, we had our second break... >_> and I left class. Scott (A friend of mine) and I decided to go to lunch. While we were there, we were surfing the net (Thank god for wireless connections ^_^) and came to find out our 1pm class was canceled! WOO HOO! Then I got a phone call. It was from the auto shop that has my car... it wasn't going to be done today like they promised. I don't remember if I said anything, so let me give you some background. Feb. 5th, 7:30am. I'm driving home from work, in the snow and ice. The interstate it kinda messy, so I'm going about ten miles under the speed limit, like most of the people around me. I'm coming around a corner I know is a little rough, so I started slowing down and turning into it. I come around the corner, and some drunk ass is going the WRONG way down the road! Hit me head on. That totaled my truck. Three days later, Wednesday of that week, I'm driving my mom's car. After waiting a red, it finally turns green and I start to go. Well, as I'm going, someone decides to red their red, and slams into my driver's side. .... yeah. So I've had plenty of burns and injuries the past few weeks, which have severely added to the stress on me. Let alone the fact that I have -no- vehicle, and have to find a ride to everywhere except for school, as that's the ONLY thing within walking distance of where I live. My mom went out and bought a new car, and she's letting me have her's. It's a 2004 Pontiac Vibe. Compared to my 2003 GMC Sonoma, it's a huge upgrade. Tons of nice features, much nicer and fun to drive, etc. So yeah, I'm waiting on the body shop to fix the car up. I know, it takes a while, but Monday last week they told me it would be done Friday of last week. Ok, cool! Well it wasn't done. Oh well. They call me and say it's going to be done the 24th. I'm pissed, but hey. I guess I can handle another week, right? Well they called today and said it wouldn't be done for another week. GRR! That angered me. And what was their excuse "Oh... the tech assigned to your vehicle has been sick all week..."...... Now, I don't know about anyone else, but when -I- call out sick, my shift still gets covered. WHY WOULDN'T IT WORK THE SAME THERE?! Anyway, I got pissed off, and told them I was calling the Better Business Bureau. For those of you who don't know, they make sure that companies don't mess with customers; through false advertising, lying, cheating, etc. If you have a case, they'll follow it up, and then post the findings in local newspapers and such. It's a HUGE amount of bad publicity, and can cost some companies to lose as much as 75% of their customers. So I got a call about an hour later saying that my car would be ready Friday morning. It better be, or else I really will call them. ARG! So I ordered pizza around 7pm Thursday night, and somehow passed out around 8... woke up like 3:30am, and now I can't fall back asleep x.x Lets hope today goes good...

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Tuesday, February 22, 2005

You'd think I wouldn't be so lazy....

So uh... yeah... I haven't done ANYTHING but sleep, eat, and work since Thursday >_>.. I didn't even bother to go to my classes yesterday. I just really wasn't in the mood to sit through three hours of Photoshop class, and then another three of Adobe Acrobat -_-';; both programs are... well... INCREDIABLY easy. And both classes drive me insane. Namely Photoshop. There's this chick in there that just won't leave me alone. I mean, I don't know how many times I have to ask her nicely to do so, and tell her that I'm not interested, for her to get the point. Ugh... she even bothered to call me at like 8am (How she got my number, I'll never know), which really sucked... I think I was alittle mean to her, as I hadn't slept in a good sixteen hours or so. Oh well, maybe she'll leave me alone now, eh? Yeah, I'm posting at weird hours again. I do that often. Why? I don't really know. I'm a noctural person, and bored as hell. I really don't know why I don't just lay down for the few hours I have before I need to go to class... I don't really accomplish anything sitting up trolling chats, MSN, or the Otaku Boards...... or other people's MyOtaku >_>';; Well... whatever... ANYWAY. You know, you would think that, with all the time I've spent doing nothing, I would work on this site like I said I would. You know, a revamp... but uh... that hasn't happened yet. I just really have not had the urge to do much of anything but sit around online. Boring? Yeah, but eh. I'll get around to it... I PROMISE! ... ... ... ... ... ... Don't hold me to that. Maybe I'll update again today, after classes.

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Saturday, February 19, 2005

Friday

Mmm.. I went to bed like 8am, woke up about 8pm... went to work around 9:45pm, and got home around 7:30am. Haven't slept... yet! That's pretty much it.

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Friday, February 18, 2005

Thursday was loooooooooong...

Yes, yes it was. I got maybe three hours of sleep. Then I had to go on a field trip to the Harley Davision place for my marketing class. I think it was to learn about "Experience" Marketing. I dunno though, I was barely awake through the tour. That lasted from 9am-12pm. Damn it sucked. Let's see... then at 1pm I had to go to my speech class. I was barely awake through everyone else's speeches... and then we ran out of time before I got to mine! THANK GOD! I got home and just kinda... spaced out. I TRIED to play FFXI, but after two hours waiting around for a party. That ticked me off, so I didn't play for the rest of the day. I then played Fire Emblem abit, 'cause it's fun... then I woked on some homework... until I feel asleep. Yeah >_> I woke up at like... 6pm today... and now I have to head to work at 9:30pm -_-';; man, it sucks. *sigh*...

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Thursday, February 17, 2005

Insomnia!

Well, it's currently 3:51am as I'm starting this post. Why am I posting at 3:51.... 3:52am, you ask? Because I can't sleep! Let's see... Wednesday... I got home from work about 8am, which really sucked, because I had to get up at noon to go to class. Even worse was the fact that I only got like two hours of sleep because I simply COULD NOT fall asleep this morning. I was exhausted, yet I couldn't keep my eyes shut. Class was alright. We basically just listened to a Photoshop lecture about color correction. Easy stuff, but there was a lot to cover... ended up being there until about 3:30pm. When I got home from class, I called my friend Nick as we played FFXI for a little bit. For some reason, I kept getting screwed by parties that would either just stand around doing nothing, or would disban shortly after I joined. I got fed up and decided to do a nice, long quest.... got fed up with that too, and so I stopped playing for a bit. I cleaned up my room (Kinda), and then got back on the game... still nothing good. I wasn't really in the mood to play today anyway, as I was (and am) exhausted. I tried to take a nap, but no luck. So I've been sitting here all night long. Nothing to do that keeps my interest, or that I feel like putting effort into, and yet I can't seem to fall asleep. It's 3:57am now. I have class at 9am, which goes until 12pm. Then I have an hour break, and finally my Public Speaking class, where I have to do a demonstration speech about how to make a simple webpage with Dreamweaver. It's not a hard speech, but I would like to beable to speak (I have trouble speaking properly when I'm dead tired)... especially because half the class doesn't even know what HTML is yet. Poor poor Digital Arts students. *sigh* So that's why, at now 4:02am, I am sitting here typing a post. The funny thing is that no one will probably read it. But I guess that's to be expected. I supposed I can use this as a semi-private journal. Ooooohhhhh weeeeelllllll... meh... oh... that photoshop thing from the other day is done. I could post it up, but it's like 1meg as a JPG, 90 some as a PSD, and I dunno how big as anything. I can try and compress it into something smaller and post it somewhere if someone wants to see it. Anyway, it's now 4:05am... and I think I'mma go watch Spaceballs, the Movie. May da Swartz be wid you.

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