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It's always nice to have that feeling of being unpressured, of living a normal life... haven't had that in a while. Working most of the week has killed my schedule, and now that everyone's going back to school, it's like everything's gone to hell in a handbasket.
But relations with Mom look good, I'm working on my webpages and fiction, I'm having intelligent and thought-provoking discussions... I'm learning, even without being in school (hopefully that'll change this year). So here's the thing. Why I was rushing about going to CCSF and McAteer today, getting transcripts... :P Don't kill me now, okay?
So the CSUs pretty much screwed me over, and I was left with the option of going to CCSF for 2+ years and working up enough credits to go to SFSU. In short, being stuck in SF for that much longer, undoubtedly under my Mom's roof. And, much as I love her, NO. She's already dead-set on having me pay rent, $100/month, which covers everything including phone bill, but... :P Come on. Parents shouldn't do this. REALLY.
Soo... Mike (yes, that one) and I got to talking, and it turns out he didn't have a sweet ride through HS himself. He had to earn some community college credits, then he transferred into what is known as Jersey's "damn good university" (and no, I'm not talking about Princeton). That being Rutgers. Turns out East Coast schools have a waaay better admissions policy than schools out here.
While the CSUs all gave me grief for graduating in 2003 but not applying for school for Fall, not to mention my odd "college" Japanese credit (which was *supposed* to make up for my D in Junior year Japanese 4) from CCSF-- Rutger's won't do that. They accept "Freshman and First Year students," which is me-- as I've got less than 12 college credits. They have some sort of program to admit people with a 2.5 Cumulative GPA or higher, as long as the college has space. They have gorgeous campuses, great programs... I mean, yeah, I probably need to find a heck of a lot more about the college... but if this works... if I get in, I AM GOING. No questions asked. My mom can kick and scream, but I will go. A university. After all this hell, it sounds like heaven to me-- even if I have to put up with snow, sleet, rain, and subways. I will prove to everyone that I can survive the East Coast. :P Besides, Kara's wedding is in September anyway, so wouldn't it be cheaper for me to already be in New York? ^_^ Hehee...
Anyway, Mike's supposed to come online tonight and help me with the online application status and such. It should go smoothly, since I was pleasantly surprised to discover my Cumulative GPA is 3.10! ^_^ Whee. I forgot about those few semesters when I actually held a 4.0. It was so long ago...
Yeah. So I'm dead-set on getting this darned Fanlisting up-- by Valentine's Day (UGH!!!) at the latest. I still don't know what's wrong with the PHP though, so if anyone who knows the code can help me out, I would uber-ohliged. It's either that or take my next day off going to the Main Library and hitting up the code books section-- like I did for everything else I know (Photoshop, HTML, etc. etc).
I've been getting some pics from Steph from way back when (well, Prom and such) and now I'm motivated to update and categorize Snapshot-- my old pics page, remember? I have so many pages I need to update... Some don't even reflect the move to Incandesce.Org yet! Jeesh! So I've been going through my downloads/Meriellen5 folder, and there's all sorts of stuff in there-- SMRFF chats, fics, pics, funny programs-- heck, even the infamous Saban Sailormoon trailer!
Lots to do with this week's paycheck-- 1) reducing the 3.5+ GB of music on my HD by moving all my MP3s to an iPod mini... ^_^ Hopefully I can get a 5GB one for $200 or so. I have to get rid of all the non-working files from the ye old Klez day (May 20th, 2002), since they serve no purpose just sitting on my comp, and I can't derive anything just by looking at their names, really... 2) Pay mom. Since she'll bitch if I don't. 3) Uhm.. I'm forgetting something important... I know -- Oh, yeah, the application fee again. Grr. Stupid schools and their nonrefundable fees.
Also have to learn to balance my checkbook properly, annoy my bank and win, and do my taxes. JOY! I should be getting my W2 soon.
Yep.
But relations with Mom look good, I'm working on my webpages and fiction, I'm having intelligent and thought-provoking discussions... I'm learning, even without being in school (hopefully that'll change this year). So here's the thing. Why I was rushing about going to CCSF and McAteer today, getting transcripts... :P Don't kill me now, okay?
So the CSUs pretty much screwed me over, and I was left with the option of going to CCSF for 2+ years and working up enough credits to go to SFSU. In short, being stuck in SF for that much longer, undoubtedly under my Mom's roof. And, much as I love her, NO. She's already dead-set on having me pay rent, $100/month, which covers everything including phone bill, but... :P Come on. Parents shouldn't do this. REALLY.
Soo... Mike (yes, that one) and I got to talking, and it turns out he didn't have a sweet ride through HS himself. He had to earn some community college credits, then he transferred into what is known as Jersey's "damn good university" (and no, I'm not talking about Princeton). That being Rutgers. Turns out East Coast schools have a waaay better admissions policy than schools out here.
While the CSUs all gave me grief for graduating in 2003 but not applying for school for Fall, not to mention my odd "college" Japanese credit (which was *supposed* to make up for my D in Junior year Japanese 4) from CCSF-- Rutger's won't do that. They accept "Freshman and First Year students," which is me-- as I've got less than 12 college credits. They have some sort of program to admit people with a 2.5 Cumulative GPA or higher, as long as the college has space. They have gorgeous campuses, great programs... I mean, yeah, I probably need to find a heck of a lot more about the college... but if this works... if I get in, I AM GOING. No questions asked. My mom can kick and scream, but I will go. A university. After all this hell, it sounds like heaven to me-- even if I have to put up with snow, sleet, rain, and subways. I will prove to everyone that I can survive the East Coast. :P Besides, Kara's wedding is in September anyway, so wouldn't it be cheaper for me to already be in New York? ^_^ Hehee...
Anyway, Mike's supposed to come online tonight and help me with the online application status and such. It should go smoothly, since I was pleasantly surprised to discover my Cumulative GPA is 3.10! ^_^ Whee. I forgot about those few semesters when I actually held a 4.0. It was so long ago...
Yeah. So I'm dead-set on getting this darned Fanlisting up-- by Valentine's Day (UGH!!!) at the latest. I still don't know what's wrong with the PHP though, so if anyone who knows the code can help me out, I would uber-ohliged. It's either that or take my next day off going to the Main Library and hitting up the code books section-- like I did for everything else I know (Photoshop, HTML, etc. etc).
I've been getting some pics from Steph from way back when (well, Prom and such) and now I'm motivated to update and categorize Snapshot-- my old pics page, remember? I have so many pages I need to update... Some don't even reflect the move to Incandesce.Org yet! Jeesh! So I've been going through my downloads/Meriellen5 folder, and there's all sorts of stuff in there-- SMRFF chats, fics, pics, funny programs-- heck, even the infamous Saban Sailormoon trailer!
Lots to do with this week's paycheck-- 1) reducing the 3.5+ GB of music on my HD by moving all my MP3s to an iPod mini... ^_^ Hopefully I can get a 5GB one for $200 or so. I have to get rid of all the non-working files from the ye old Klez day (May 20th, 2002), since they serve no purpose just sitting on my comp, and I can't derive anything just by looking at their names, really... 2) Pay mom. Since she'll bitch if I don't. 3) Uhm.. I'm forgetting something important... I know -- Oh, yeah, the application fee again. Grr. Stupid schools and their nonrefundable fees.
Also have to learn to balance my checkbook properly, annoy my bank and win, and do my taxes. JOY! I should be getting my W2 soon.
Yep.
