My Archives: January 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
I might have a place to live next year!!! =-)
Posted by Katie @ 06:09 PM EST [Link]
I went to see Jeff Dunham at the Bryce Jordan Center tonight and it was awesome! It was my very first live comedy show and I loved it! I like watching comedy because it makes me laugh and laughing is good for your health, but seeing it live made it even better. There were parts that made me laugh so hard, I couldn't breathe. I just felt happy and carefree for a little while.
I'm finally getting my bills together. All those medical bills I have for the past year are really overwhelming, but I'm taking care of them, one by one. It's a small relief that I'm starting to work on them. Maybe someday they will be gone.
My classes are still boring but they're kind of alright. I'll get through them, I guess. And work is, well, it's work. Still not sure if I'm going to be able to hold a pencil or ever truly write anything by hand ever again because food services has destroyed my hands, but I'll keep going and trying, because I do enjoy my work place, overall. =)
Posted by Katie @ 12:30 AM EST [Link]
Thursday, January 28, 2010
I'm cashiering tonight at the dining hall. It's pretty easy. It just consists of putting together to-go boxes for some people and restocking the silverware and trays. And wiping tables for an hour after we close. Ha. :D
Unfortunately, then I have to come home and study for a quiz in my cams class as well as prepare for discussion in the same class. Boo. D:
The Jeff Dunham Show is tomorrow night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Katie @ 03:59 PM EST [Link]
If there was ever a time that I'd consider leaving Penn State in the mud, now would be it. I'm taking four classes and not one of them is that interesting to me. I'm taking one class on United States government policies for stuff related to my major, like child care, maternity leave, etc., one class on prevention and intervention programs, and one class on how to write a research paper. The fourth class is a gen ed on ancient Greek history, which you think would be exciting, and would normally interest me, but the professor wants to focus the class on source analysis and learning about source reliability. Of course, that kills the entire course. Now we get to read 15 pages of the Iliad and find evidence of "truth." Don't get me wrong, I love the Iliad, but not when I have to analyze every little line. They made us do that shit in high school and I was certain we were past that now. Guess not. Then again, gen ed classes ARE high school. -.-;;
Yeah, so not one of my classes is that exciting. They're all pretty boring. And two of them, the prevention one and the research paper one, are early in the morning. I was nodding off today while my teacher was telling us about the Health Behavior Model. In fact, it makes me wanna yaaaaaaawn.
Posted by Katie @ 11:58 AM EST [Link]
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
I have a lot more work to do this week than I've had to do before. Lots of papers and even more readings. There's some kind of discussion in my history class on Friday that I have to prepare for, which involves tons of reading. Plus I have a reading for next Tuesday, a paper next Tuesday, and a paper next Friday, all for other classes. Things are starting to get more stressful, but I feel like I still have a handle on it. =)
It was freezing cold tonight. Gina and I walked to Walmart and we nearly froze to death. And all because she was craving Skittles. ;) It is supposed to snow tomorrow morning. It's been snowing a lot in the mornings lately. I like the snow, but I kind of wish it would be spring. I'm in the mood for an Easter egg hunt.
I'll probably go to bed soon. I'm actually really tired.
Posted by Katie @ 11:03 PM EST [Link]
Monday, January 25, 2010
I spent today working on my paper and doing sudoku puzzles. I also went for a walk and visited Walmart. Ha ha ha. I need to get some reading done for my other classes but I've been really lethargic this evening. Before I go to bed I want to get a nice hot shower. Those are always nice. =)
Rumors on weather.com say that we're going to get snow for most of tonight and all through tomorrow. I love snow. We got a lot last semester (our first snowfall was in mid-October) and I think the clouds are all snowed out by now. Too bad. :(
I'm thinking I might pass out early tonight. Between work and school, I'm starting to feel the fatigue kicking in big time. I get to sleep in an hour later tomorrow though because my first class isn't until 9:45, so I'll get a whole lot of extra sleep. =)
Such a shame that I used to roll out of bed in high school at 6 AM with no problem and now I complain non-stop about getting up at 9. :P
Posted by Katie @ 10:12 PM EST [Link]
Sunday, January 24, 2010
I just spent the past few hours working on a paper for my HDFS 440 class. It's not due until Tuesday, but I've been working really hard to try to perfect it because I get the feeling the professor is a tough grader. Not to mention, it IS a 400-level class. Why are the short, two-page papers the hardest to write?
*hopes for a snow day and then realizes this is State College*
Posted by Katie @ 11:49 PM EST [Link]
I love when I can spend my time on a rainy Sunday, in my pajamas, watching Comedy Central and maybe working on my paper. :)
I have to work tonight, but since it's Sunday night, it's probably not going to be too busy. Nor is the rest of the week looking to be too stressful. So far.
Posted by Katie @ 02:26 PM EST [Link]
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Tonight's dinner shift was fairly decent. Tomorrow equals class - work - class ending with a possible Futurama movie marathon night. And legend has it we'll be getting some snow! =)
Posted by Katie @ 11:07 PM EST [Link]
I'm sorry I've been such a horrible girlfriend and I'm sorry I've been so difficult to be around lately. I know I deserve every single thing you've said so far. An eye for an eye, right? I love you. I hope it gets better...
Posted by Katie @ 11:59 AM EST [Link]
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
I love late night TV shows, particularly South Park and Futurama. They make me laugh lots. =) I just watched an episode of Futurama where they were making fun of the movie Titanic, and now South Park is making fun of "professional" wrestling versus real wrestling. Aw, comedy.
Sleepy Land soon.
Posted by Katie @ 10:16 PM EST [Link]
It's times like these, when I'm hanging out at the Hub during the lunch rush, that I realize I hate unnecessarily large crowds of people. I hate them even more when I'm at work and there's a huge line of people or big huge groups of them. I don't exactly know what it is. I feel like I have this big paranoia, like everyone's looking at me or something. I try to push it aside because I know it's not true, but it's still there.
Actually, this is slightly more tolerable when I'm working because I'm busy. When I'm cooking and I know there's a huge line, I keep my head down and focus on cranking out burgers and chicken sandwiches. So I'm well aware that there is a line of 20-some people waiting for their food and I can only cook four measly burgers at one time, but I just ignore this because if I think too much about the huge line forming, I will FREAK OUT. That doesn't help things.
Or, if I was working at the G2G store and we had a huge line and I was doing any kind of stock work (hard to do when we're busy but I tried), I just told people [politely] to basically get the hell out of the way or I'd run them over with the giant shopping cart full of merchandise or bash their heads in with a crate of 24 soda bottles (very heavy). Of course I would never actually do that but it's fun to fantasize about it and helps me through the work day. Lots of the customers are really nice and some of them even help me by pulling open the giant metal door to the cooler and then closing it after I go in. I try to think of those good customers when there are massive crowds of people around and many of them are not so nice.
However, here at the Panda Express at the Hub, I'm at the only table I could find that had an electrical outlet near it. That also means I'm near the restaurant itself, and there's a huge line of people right next to me. I try to avoid coming to places like this during the lunch rush, or I go to places I know very well during mid-day or something. We're always really dead at Findlay during the mid-shift (2 - 5-ish) so I know the employees appreciate an occasional customer to keep from going insanely bored.
That reminds me of the time I had to work at the Grille as cashier with one other girl who had never worked there before and we were SO BORED because it was the first Sunday of this semester and the Grille was just starting to be open on Sundays. That meant none of the customers knew we were open. The signs downstairs didn't have updated hours on them *facepalm* We weren't serving stir fry, which means we just made salads. It was...SNOOOORE. I think we made a total of maybe ten salads the entire night, between 5 and 7. I wanted to make more white rice but the managers said we wouldn't need anymore, and we didn't. My co-worker and I were almost begging, "PLEASE, JUST ONE CUSTOMER!!! PLEASE!!!" Yeah, it was that bad. You know it's that bad when you're wishing for customers. O_O
Posted by Katie @ 11:24 AM EST [Link]
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Why am I so tired all the time? This semester is almost reversing itself from last semester. I'm better able to get out of bed, but now I'm getting tired earlier in the evening. So am I a morning person, or a night person now? I'm confused.
Dr. Gatzke needs to get the textbook for CAMS 100 put on reserve in the library already! It is indisputable that I can't afford to buy any textbooks so the book needs to be in the library so that myself (and others that were also smart enough not to purchase the book) can utilize it. :)
Futurama movie marathon is on Friday night! I'm so excited. So many funny episodes. I didn't really like Futurama until I watched it more and then I started LOVING it. It'll be great to have a bunch of friends over there, watching a great TV series and relaxing.
I sort of want to go for a walk but it's pretty cold out there. The past 2 days or so have been quite warm, at least for State College, but now it's starting to turn back to the cold side again. Even so, I've been cooped up in this apartment all afternoon long and I'm getting really restless. Maybe I'll head out...
Posted by Katie @ 08:14 PM EST [Link]
Monday, January 18, 2010
Got an iPod chock full of sweet tunes for tomorrow and a long night of sleep ahead of me. There's nothing better than that.
It's almost worrisome how good of a start this semester is off to.
Posted by Katie @ 10:45 PM EST [Link]
I cannot stand it when people at work correct what you are doing solely for the sake of correcting you. Not because it will help you do a better job, but because they want to correct you.
I do like working there though. I hope I will get to work there next year. It'd be better to stay there than to switch jobs AGAIN. Also, with the exception of the occasional minor problem, I generally love it there. The co-workers are great and I never thought I'd actually enjoy food services but, well, I do. :P Most of the managers and student trainers have shown me everything I know and have been really helpful. I hope I get to work there for another year and maybe I'll become a manager someday. Ha ha. Yeah right.
My to-do list for this week (besides homework):
- Get a hair cut. I keep meaning to.
- Continue looking for places to live next year.
- Give Matt the check for rent.Posted by Katie @ 05:24 PM EST [Link]
Sunday, January 17, 2010
My first week of classes went very well. Things haven't gotten too stressful yet. There are no classes tomorrow, but I have to work the lunch shift. That basically means I have to cook like 200 burgers or so. It's a lot of hard work. Tonight I cashiered for dinner at the dining commons, which was incredibly boring, and then wiped lots of tables. It was kind of nice to have easy work to do though.
My sister is leaving tomorrow! Oh no! :'(
Posted by Katie @ 11:13 PM EST [Link]
Saturday, January 16, 2010
I love having my sister here at Penn State this weekend! :D
Posted by Katie @ 09:15 PM EST [Link]
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Tomorrow I'm leaving to head back to State College. I have to be at work at 4:45 tomorrow afternoon so I'll probably be leaving around noon. I don't know what to expect from this semester. I'm only taking 12 credits, so I'm not anticipating a very huge work load for school, but I am expecting many financial hardships. Even so, I'm feeling confident about it. I know it's going to be rough, and very difficult, and it's going to SUCK, but I'm going to do the best I can and have the very best semester that I can. Hopefully it will be better than the others.
Anyway, the Eagle's game is on in twenty minutes. I really don't want to watch it because Dallas Cowboy fans disgust me. I'm kind of glad I get to go home tomorrow because I am getting really bored here. I've completely run out of stuff to do. Matt, myself, and my sister have pretty much lived in this one downstairs room in the house, which is where the big screen TV, computer, and recliners are. I called it "The College Room", because it looked like a room from a Penn State frat house. It was a mess. And after practically living in that room for three weeks or so, I think I'm ready to go back and have something productive to do. :)
Posted by Katie @ 08:00 PM EST [Link]
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Sorry for the...delay in updates. I am now working on getting a new layout up. Ahh, KBN, it's been way too long. I need a distraction from school and work. And my crazy friends. ;) But not for too long.
Winter break is almost over. That kind of saddens me. Actually, it really saddens me. While it has now gotten to the point where I am so bored, I go for walks at 10 PM in 10 degree or less weather just to fight off the boredom, I know that I'll get to Wednesday of next week before I'll want classes to just end and winter break to come back. *the grass is always greener over there*
Okay, I'm going to try to get this layout up, but I just figured out how to get this FTP program to work on my Macbook, which is roughly the equivalent of solving a Rubik's cube blindfolded. I'll see how quickly I can get the coding done. It's a true pain in the ass because CSS code doesn't show up on Macs, or maybe that's because it's Firefox, I don't really know for sure. So all of the codes for the backgrounds, fonts, scrollbars, stuff that goes in the CSS part of the mindfuck code, it doesn't show up on my computer so I have no way of knowing whether or not I'm doing it right. For now I'm cheating by putting in fake HTML code for the same thing, so at least I can see what it looks like. I'm hoping to have all of it done sometime next week and at least have some of each page put up, but I am not able to guarantee that.
At any rate, wish me luck. x.x
~ Kitkat <3