It's been a while...

And not much has changed..

I know I "owe" a post on my teacher's quote,but tonight's not the night for it. Deal.

I'm sitting in my building's office on duty, and all i can think about is the amount of work I have for financial accounting tonight, that I obviously don't want to do. At all. Period.

Rush week is this week, and I'm missing every fucking event due to staff commitments or work. FML. It looks like we'll have a decent sized class for a fall pledge class, but we'll see Thursday night.

My application for studying abroad goes in Friday, and I couldn't be happier to have it all done finally. Fuck the NJCIS or w/e it's called, they added more stress to my life than i could imagine being given in a damn day. Congratulations.

OH!
My 21st Birthday Celebration.
It's going down Nov 7-10th, either that friday to sunday, or saturday to monday. We are going to Atlantic City for the weekend to gamble/drink/party etc. All are welcome to join me and my brothers/friends/family etc... I will be posting the casino we're staying at and the dates etc. when they are finally booked. The general plan seems to be - Go down early fri or sat, gamble all day, then a nice dinner that night and then to a club. The next day or two will consist of me losing my bankroll or building a gigantic one. Who knows!

Let me know if you have any questions etc.

An interesting quote from my professor...

Leads me to post it now, and write up a blog most likely tomorrow about it..

"In life, you can be one of three things... Positive, Negative, or Neutral... pick one, as long as it's not neutral... Have some passion, be it positive or negative, just don't fall into the neutral."

I'll explain more later.. Now though, is time for my chapter's "Pie a Pi" fundraiser.

'I get knocked down...

But I get up, you aint never goana keep me down'.

Oh, Tubthumping... How well you fit my life right now.

Regarding my previous post a few days ago... I really don't know still... It has set in, but to what extent, I have no idea. I fucked up, enough to lose it all. Just as I would never wish death on anyone, I would never wish someone to feel "true heartbreak". Worst feeling in the world, especially when it's your fault in the end.

I'm planning on studying abroad in Spain next semester, and completed my online application for the program last week... I needed to get a credit transfer form signed by the International Studies office on campus, and in typical William Paterson fashion, I had to set up a MEETING to get it done.. ONE FORM, ONE SIGNATURE.... Wait a week, for a 2 minute meeting. Awesome.

So I arrive today at 1pm in the lady's office. Five, Ten, Fifteen, Thirty minutes pass, and the lady is still not in her office... Turns out, she was still on LUNCH. FUCKING LUNCH WHEN I SET UP MY MEETING WITH YOU A WEEK AGO. If it's not obvious yet, I wasn't too pleased when she finally showed up and beckoned me into her office, without an apology. At all. Not once. Fantastic.

I explain my situation, i've applied already etc... just need this filled out yadda yadda yadda. She turns to me and flat out says "No, you've done it all wrong." I honestly had my jaw open in disbelief the entire time she explained to me that apparently, theres ANOTHER step BEFORE you apply through the program that I was never told about... You need to FIRST apply through the fucking state of New Jersey to study abroad. Ok... doesn't seem so hard. But then, she laid upon me, the great part of today's conversation.

The application fee...to the state... to go somewhere else... outside of the USA...Having nothing to do with the state basically.. IS FOUR HUNDRED FUCKING DOLLARS.
*Instert " BEND ME OVER AGAIN New Jersey. JEESUS H F'ING CHRIST"*

BUT WAIT.... Theres MORE! 3 references, a health exam, etc...

Fan-fucking-tastic.

Oh, the best part. Everything is due Oct 1. Now, if i had been told about this first step last year when I was in her office, it'd be ok with it, etc. But nope... lets frantically rush to get everything done that usually takes a month to do... in a week and a half essentially.

AWESOME.

Besides that, life is life. School is here, i'm working 20 hours a week, being an RA never changes.. etc.

How's everyone else doing?

It's gone...

...and for the first time in my life, I've lost it all.

Hindsight is 20/20, but I wish I could change the past.

2-day hell is finally over..

And by 2 day hell, I mean check-in for residents. The longest two days of the year basically, where the we (the RA's), work 8am-7pm each day checking in residents. We ALSO get the luxury of dealing with irate parents, students with IQ's the same as a damn rock, and are fed boxed lunches etc.

So ya, 2-day hell is pretty fitting.

We're all done, which is nice to know/hear after your 20th hour.

Now, tomorrow brings a whole new list of shit to get done... Need to run and find the accounting and/or law offices to get squeezed into a class since apparently, I only registered for 12 credits, not 15 like I thought, last May. Then running around campus trying to find brothers and get us on schedule. Then trying to find hours for work. Exciting, exhilarating, enticing? Naw, enticing doesn't seem to fit. But i digress...

The semester is finally here... the students/brothers/staff are back in full force and it's a nice and a comfort at times, to hear and see so many people in one place.

Until next time..