Taking a cue from the great Herb Caen

[johnstonmr]

ITEM: This semester is going to kill me. I get up at 5am and go to work. I leave work at 11:30, giving me just enough time to get to campus, find a parking space, and get to Japanese class at 1. Then, I have two hours until Math, which is generally sucked up by studying said math and completing anything I didn't do the night before. Then Math class, where I try not to kill anything. Most nights, I then get to go home and spend 3-4 hours on the Math homework, and try to squeeze in my Japanese homework. On Thursdays, however, I go from Math to SpeechComm, where I stay from 5:30 to 8:30 before going home and collapsing. Thank the Nine, on Friday I don't have math, so I can go home at 2 and spend the afternoon doing Thursday's homework and catching up on Japanese.

I really should have taken Math last spring as a single course. Oh, right, I tried... it was closed.
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ITEM: The fictional Michael Garibaldi once said "I'm afraid ... of what I might do... if I ever let go." Now, while I'm not quite that freaky, I understand the line quite well. I don't think anyone realises just how tightly I control myself most of the time. If I didn't, I'd quickly have very few friends (if any), either because they'd leave after I told them a few things, or because I'd beat them do death.

Like elisandra, there are things I see friends doing that I just want to say something about, but I can't. Those who need it most I know from experience wouldn't listen, and those who /would/ listen, it would still do no good, because they don't see what they do. And then there's the two or three who'd listen, then promptly ignore anything I said because it doesn't fit their self image. And this is doubly aggravating, as these same people feel wholly justified in telling me what my personality flaws are.
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ITEM: I hate this getting up at 5am thing. I begin to wish I'd just stayed with Gamekeeper, though I know that would have its own problems, especially with the changes the company is currently undergoing. The very slight increase in income is eaten by the daily 40 mile commute (round trip), which makes me wonder what I was thinking.

I've been considering asking Corrine to switch me to nights, but that won't work, as the earliest I could get here would be 6pm. Dammit. If I was working 30 hours and got benes, I'd be less bothered. But that's not likely, either.
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ITEM: In the midst of my worry for my dear friend mslulu, I find myself wishing the Mighty lubeguy lived closer to the rest of us so I could drag him, kicking and screaming, into our social circle. Lucky for him he's off in Militia Central. ;)
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Comments

[lograh.livejournal.com]

- Which teacher/class do you have for math? I think I recall you telling me this but I can't drag up the details.

- I realize that you don't tell me lots of stuff, for whatever reasons (I keep my mouth shut sometimes also, perhaps not as often as I should though), and that's your choice. I should hope you don't consider me in the third category, though.. If so, please say so, so I can at least start working on that issue, from which we can tackle the others.

- I don't see the whole problem with getting up at 5.. I do it every weekday, sometimes earlier (not often), and sometimes on the weekends also (agian, not often).. I can, however, see how the work-to-school-to-homework issue might start to become bothersome. I remember doing that last semester. It was quite rough for me and I can see how it would be for you as well.

- Is mslulu having troubles? Perhaps I should add her to my 'friends' list, seeing as how I do know her find her to be quite keen. That and it'll give me an opportunity to be my usual ass-self to more people than normal. :)

[lograh.livejournal.com]

okay, so I went and read mslulu's journal.. no need to respond to that part..

In order...

[johnstonmr]

- Koumova/math 53. Bleh. Oh, and I have to get a scientific calculator now. Blerg.

- You weren't one of those I was talking about. Anything I'd tell you, Katie likely already has.

- It's the fact I get no sleep due to the work-school-homework cycle.

Re: In order...

[lograh.livejournal.com]

Math 53.. hrmmm... The teacher name doens't ring any bells, and I'm not having much luck with the class number, either.. is 53 beginning stats?

Just how scientific does it have to be? I found one in a computer lab someone left behind and never claimed.

Re: In order...

[johnstonmr]

Koumova is Russian. 53 is Inter. Algebra.

I dunno. Not graphing. Scientific. *shrug*

Re: In order...

[lograh.livejournal.com]

oh, okay.. This should be able to do Int Alg. I'll drop by Spencers today after work. Hopefully Mike is there.

Re: In order...

[johnstonmr]

I say again, you are a god.

Thanks.

Re: In order...

[lograh.livejournal.com]

well, you are most welcome.. But I think you'd best hold off on the signing of praises untill you've seen it.. it's not exactly what you'd call top of the line.. Just a little solar-powered calculator that should be able to handle anything up through Trigonometry, I'm guessing.

I feel your pain...

[lubeguy.livejournal.com]

ITEM: The fictional Michael Garibaldi once said "I'm afraid ... of what I might do... if I ever let go." Now, while I'm not quite that freaky, I understand the line quite well.

...see my journal for today.

ITEM: In the midst of my worry for my dear friend mslulu, I find myself wishing the Mighty lubeguy lived closer to the rest of us so I could drag him, kicking and screaming, into our social circle. Lucky for him he's off in Militia Central. ;)

...we like to think of ourselves as the Meth Lab capital of the world, although militias do come in a close second.