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Haven't updated in forever. Don't feel like explaining.
How am I going to get into a better sleeping habit? School starts tomorrow. I have class at 8am. Yeah. So I just finished a semester at BGSU in the Geology Graduate Program. It flew by, really. It was fun yet very, very frustrating. The people are great, and I've made many friends. But the course content and work load makes me want to cause bodily harm to myself. All the former entries I had bitching about college... I apologize for. I didn't know the meaning of stress til grad school. I can only imagine what I'll be saying about grad school when I have my first (real) job in Geology.
My moods vary from day to day, and on 'bad' days, from hour to hour. There are times I feel I'm not in such a bad place, and other times I feel like I've hit rock bottom in every sense of the word. This semester left me with no workouts, and poor eating habits. The results were what you'd expect: weight gain and muscle loss. Wonderful. We can add self esteem issues to my list of problems. And as a result, I've pulled away from nearly everyone in my life. Online, in my hometown, and in Youngstown. I owe all my thanks to Cheri though for giving me some laughs during our weekly phone calls. So that sums up why I've been in a bad place, I guess:
1) Stressful workload
2) Bad self image/lifestyle
3) Social Isolation
Part of my stressful workloads this semester was teaching for the first time. Grading papers, writing my own exams and teaching overall takes up a shitload of time, especially for someone as easily distracted as me. I taught the lab for the Intro Geology course at BGSU. And this spring I'm teaching an entirely different class. Oy.
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Nothing can ever be truly easy. And despite me bitching and moaning about how life is hard, I'm typing this entry with a smile on my face... surprisingly.
Every weekend, I move out a few more things from my apartment, so that I don't have to move EVERYTHING out all at once in August. I'm cruising along in Physics, while not as successful as I'd hoped, but I still think I'm going to pass. I have senioritis something terrible. I thought you were only supposed to get that in High School? Ugh. While Physics is weighing me down, I have other issues that don't give a damn about my school dilemma, and are also elbowing their way into my consciousness.
Grad School. I've signed my new apartment lease, and I've officially signed up for my first-week seminars. Before the semester starts, BGSU has a program called GRADSTEP that is one week of meetings, seminars, and presentations for grad students so that they don't feel lost (or at least LESS lost). I'm taking a BUTT load of presentations, because I'm going to need all the help I can get. I'm taking things like: 'How to reduce and avoid conflicts in your classroom', and 'How to grade less and have a life!', etc. Which finally let it dawn on me... I'm going to be TEACHING! A Grad Assistant! I'm going to grade papers, and have to keep the attention of a room full of undergrads! GAH!
.... Those poor, poor, POOR kids.
Also, I'm not going to type into this damn LJ agian until it's from my BRAND SPANKING NEW Sony Vaio laptop! *Yes, Smanfy. I sold out to Sony. It makes me cringe*How is Will feeling?:  curious What is Will listening to?: Viva La Vida - Coldplay |
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Jul. 9th, 2008 @ 12:27 pm
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First Physics Exam. Mid-C. could be worse. Could certainly be better. Will try harder for the ext test on... Friday. Don't you love condensed 6 week classes?
Started working out again. I'm in paaaaiiiinnnnnn. Always happens to me when I re-start my routine. Sadly, I seem to restart my routine a lot in my life. =p Hopefully this time I can stick with it though, at least til August when I need to look my best to make a good impression at Grad School.How is Will feeling?:  drained |
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Wow. I can't explain how many wasted opportunities I've seen just by not writing in this. Since the last entry, I've been to about 7 states, seen monuments and sites that most people in their 80's haven't been lucky enough to see, and have not written down one word of it. And of course, with my short term memory, I can't go into enough detail to recall it now. Besides. I have other things on my mind.
I really, really, REALLY want to start writing into this LJ regularly again. Seriously. It's like laziness to the 10th power. But I've gotten so wrapped up in other things that online stuff really has fallen by the wayside. And what's worse, it's really taken a toll on my online friendships. I can honestly say that the two people that I keep in regular contact with is Todd and Vix. Todd I call on a regular basis. Weekly, if we're both stressed, or monthly, if we're both busy. But still consistent. Vix and I poke regularly on Facebook (insert sexual joke here), and we exchange PMs on it often enough so that we know that each other is alive. But what about everyone else? CJ? Other than the occasional wall post, not much is spoken. Smanfy? Nope. Robin? No. Mags? Nuh uh. Alicia? Jesska? Ste? Nopers. I feel like the world's shittiest (online) friend. And I feel terrible about that. So this first LJ entry is my first step back into the online world. Hopefully I don't get sucked in to the point of obsession like before, but perhaps I can find a healthy balance. If this is the last entry you see from me for at least 4 months, then you know I've failed.
*sigh*
In other news: I spent nearly the entire month of June in the Northwest USA. Why? Well it was my final geology class before graduating with my bachelors in the subject: Geology Field Camp. Long story somewhat short, I went with Akron University, with a bunch of strangers. Yeah. No Anxiety there. We went to various points of geologic interest, with some tourist sites on the way (ex: Rushmore Monument, Yellowstone National Park (a whole experience in itself), Ashfall Beds, Jewel Cave, Mammoth Site, etc.) Not only could I finally learn to apply my book knowledge to real life, but I was able to see things that most people spend their whole lives wishing to see. I deeply appreciate the experience. But before I say I 'liked' it.... I'm still waiting on my grade for the course. THAT will determine if I indeed liked the course or not. lol!
So until graduation in August, I have yet one more non-geology class to take: Physics 2. That's where I'll be spending my last 6 weeks as a Youngstown State Student. Then when I graduate on a Sunday, I'll be off and driving to my new one bedroom apartment on the other side of Ohio, at Bowling Green State University, to start my next 2 years as a Graduate Student in Geology. I'm scared shitless. Let's just leave it at that.
So that's what's going down right now in Will's life. I kind of tried (and failed) to make this entry not too 'bitchy', because I know that I'm an emotional writer, and I don't want people to think that I'm depressed ALL the time. I'm actually doing okay right now. I've lost a few friendships (real life), but I've gained a few more, and for that I'm gratefull. I plan to keep this thing up. So... hopefully the next entry won't be dated in September, when I'll be bitching about how much I hate Graduate School. =pHow is Will feeling?:  contemplative What is Will listening to?: Chasing Pavements - Adele |
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So yeah. The whole last entry, from February, talked about how I have a greater social network than I used to. Well that went down the tubes, quickly. It's a shame that with the last 4 weeks of my time at college in front of me, that I'm in such a rut socially. I can't and won't go into detail, but let's just say that when my real life gets fucked up, my online life flourishes. So perhaps I'll be having some more entries, then? Time will tell. |
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I suppose I've been a bit more frustrated lately because I don't have any outlets like I used to. Over the last few months, the lack of LJ entries can be blamed because I have a few more friends that have reached 'trustworthy status' that I can vent to. That and I'm so rarely online to write things anymore, be it an RPG or an LJ. Point and click sites like Facebook are my safe haven now.
Generally, in this new semester, I'm taking Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Structural Geology, and Physics 1 (again). The classes so far have been easy these 3 weeks. *fingers crossed) I get frustrated with the amount of work they layer on us, but the San Salvador trip is only 4 weeks away (yes, I'm going for a 3rd time).
I no longer have a job at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, because the headquarters in Columbus decided to cut the Sandusky office from the budget. So no more internships for Will. =( I still have connections down there, though. So a future internship/job down in Columbus is not so far out of the question.
Christmas was good. Hope everyone elses Xmas was too. I got a LOT of Wii games, 3/4 of which I'm taking back. Why? Because my 4 year old laptop is on it's last legs, and I need a new one, especially to prepare me for Graduate school (assuming I get in. Just waiting for the letters to come in the next few months). I'm up to about $400 in savings, which in all honesty, could get me a decent laptop now, but the problem with technology, computers especially, is that getting a laptop with 'okay specs' now means it will be even sooner that it will be obsolete in terms of those specs. So it's probably better to spend a bit more money on the 'exceptional specs' so that I can last at least a year or two before going absolutely obsolete.
Becca and I are okay, don't know if I posted since T-giving, but we are on a hiatus from being friends, kinda sorta. We hung out for the first time Saturday night since Thanksgiving, and since we spent the whole night playing 'catch up', there was no time for us to fight. It was refreshing. My parents and I are getting along okay. Mom's getting one of those Posturpedic beds today, hopefully that will relieve a bit of her back/neck pain. We're not expecting miracles, but we hope for some improvement in her pain.
My High School government teacher passed away over Xmas break. I went to her funeral, and had to stand in line for an hour. I swear, it's the only line you feel proud to wait in. She was much more involved in her students lives than other, offering us to call her on Friday nights if we were too drunk to drive home. What teacher does that??? I ran into all my old teachers from K-12 there, and it was great to catch up and share old memories. Walks down memory lane can be nice at times, especially when you share them with others.
I can't think of many other things to say. Lots of things have happened, but part of being lazy and not updating every so often means that I have to cram a lot of info into one entry. I hope to write again soon, because I always do feel better after pouring my soul into these entries, an outlet I've forgotten for a while. I suppose what made me write in this now is that I'm experiencing some difficulties in my personal life (yes, I do have one.... kinda sorta), and I need a distraction from over thinking and analyzing how screwed up my lack of love life is. Later everyone!
Feb. 4th, 2008 @ 12:05 pm
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Boo. Finals week. I'm don't have a single final, but considering I've had a terrible weekend, not having finals just gives me time to sit on campus and think to myself how much my weekend sucked. I don't want to go into it, because why would I want to recount it? Besides, a lot of it is personal, and this is a public entry.
NE who, I feel obligated to write in this just because. After finals I'm going back to work for ODNR Geological Survey for the winter. Whoopie. Give me a nice sum of money for next summer when I can't work because of the classes I have to take to graduate in August.
I'm going back to San Sal again in March. Yay.
Well, that's it. Don't really have much to say. Just trying to kill time in the Geology computer lab since I have nothing to do.
Dec. 10th, 2007 @ 11:51 am
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Yo......... so yeah. No updates, blah blah. I have been neglecting the internet for so long now I don't know how I'll get back, if ever, but here is step one: Write in LJ.
I won't bother going into details about the end of summer, cause it's exactly what you think: Had my birthday, got some gifts, made some money, hung out with friends, went back to school. Woot. I'm 22 now.
Alright. So my fall semester is as such: It looks GOOD on paper, but not in real time.
Mondays: Physics - 5PM-7PM
Tuesdays: Life of Past - 11AM-1PM
Mineralogy - 1PM-4PM
Wednesdays: Physics - 5PM-7PM
Physics LAB - 7PM-10PM
Thursdays: Life of Past - 11AM-1PM
Mineralogy - 1PM-4PM
Friday: OFF
Like I said. Looks good on paper. Fridays free, no classes on Monday til 5pm..... so it's like a 3 and a half day weekend for me. But those five hour blocks on Tues/Weds/Thurs kills me. Especially the lab on Wednesdays. The same prof for Physics lecture also teaches the night lab, which wouldn't be such a big deal, if she wasn't a shitty lecturer. She makes a point, say "Well, it's obvious here that A=B"..... that's where most professors would stop. But she mumbles to herself and babbles: "Well, it's obvious here that A=B....... well, most of the time but sometimes if you were to change the angle of theta (mumbles off into nothingness)" Gah, I want to smack her.
Did terrible on my first Physics exam last night. TERRIBLE. Then I couldn't sleep this morning, either. Woke up at 5am. Blargh.
Sep. 25th, 2007 @ 09:27 am
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Hey yall, or if anyone even knows me out there anymore. =p
Well, it's been a wacky month and half since my last entry, but I finally feel the need to post something. Well, not really a need.... but I WANT to write something, if only to keep this updated.
My job sucks. I mean, it's....... not bad, I guess, but damn. If you had to work in conditions that you hate (heat) and handled things that scare you (spiders)... you'd dislike it too, no? Well I am getting some experience in my field, like working a Geodimeter and Trimble GPS receivers, and pretty soon I'll be using a dual frequency depth sounder as well, as soon as we get the boat out. But yeah.
Other things are....... okay. I turn 22 in a week. I is sad. Nothing to look forward to after 21. =( Mom and Dad are okay, but Mom is having surgery in late August for her rotator cuff.
See...... for once in my life, I really have nothing to say. I mean, honestly. I'm not covering up any hidden details either. I get up, drive an hour, work 9 hours, drive home an hour, eat, watch some TV, go on the comp for about 10 minutes, and go to sleep. I work out a bit when I can, but that's about it. *sigh* I never thought I'd say this, but I WANT to go back to school in the fall. 4 day weekends, somewhat easy classes......... Ah well. Only a month left, though I will enjoy my summer as much as I can til then. I need to get out to Cedar Point more often. I was only there once so far this year! =O
Jul. 25th, 2007 @ 07:42 pm
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I'm forcing myself to do this. FORCING. I haven't updated in a month, and I need to, if only to document what's been going on in my life for the last few weeks. But I'm soooo not inspired. :(
Ah well. Finals week went off just as you would expect: stress, misery, woe, fear, etc. My grades for the semester were far, FAR from perfect, but given my heavy work load this spring, and the fact that this was my hardest semester since my NEOUCOM days, I'd say I did okay.... but not okay enough to tell you all what my grades were. =P
Went to the Post-Bahamas party bash after finals. I needed the party, too. I was stressed beyond belief. Took a lot of pictures (see Facebook profile), some of them controversial. ;)
I had a week off after finals before my summer job/internship started. I spent it with Bec and Rach and Thomas (Rachel's BF), and we had a blast. Thomas is fucking hilarious. Never a dull moment around that guy. Bec and I are okay, minus the occasional squabble.
Then... hell hit me. I thought... I THOUGHT, that I had a terrible semester cause my credit hours were piling up? Hell no. Why didn't anyone slap me and say, "Hey, you don't know how good you have it?!?!" Cause I realize it now. Why do I appreciate it so much now? Because my job, while.... ALMOST fun at times, is making me go slowly insane. Technically (I don't know if interns can be called this) but I'm an employee for the state of Ohio. State Employee. Doesn't that sound so official and cool? I work for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources: Division of Geological Survey. How nifty is that? And that's where the fun ends. Being an intern.... I get the shitty work. And... this work is BEYOND shitty, because it involves me working in the barn/storage/garage were the survey keeps their boats/state-vehicles/surveying-equipment/etc. And you know what? It's been SO POORLY maintained, that it is infested, crawling, wriggling with.... spiders. And if any of you know me at all, you know that I am your token arachnophobic. So I'm sweeping out this garage, walking in a bunch of cobwebs, and seeing all these 8 legged freaks scurrying about, running on the dusty old stuff I'm carrying... It's enough to make me want to scream. When I'm 'Out Back' in the barn/storage/garage, it's bad... when I'm in the office building out front, it's not so bad. I have my own office room, my own desk and computer, and the like. The only problem is, the guy who keeps making me work 'out back' is on this weird kick about "Turning this place ('Out Back') around, getting it clean and organized for once!".... so basically I'm organizing shit and cleaning things that haven't been TOUCHED out back in at least 21 years. You know HOW I know they haven't been touched? Because when I was going through some of the wood in the 'spare wood' pile, I found a Playboy from 1986. yeah. 21 year old playboy. Obviously no one has been through that pile that I was going through in 20 fucking years. Wonderful. But yeah.... That's my job so far. We've done some field work, but not nearly enough. I'm hoping that when this.... weird 'renovation' of the out back is done, maybe things will pick up for me a bit... until then... welcome to my hell. Well, it's also worse that I have an hour drive to work and an hour drive back home. And since I work about 9.2 hours a day (I do that so I can hit the 40 hour work mark early on Friday so I can go home early), that means on from Monday to Thursday I have an 11.2 hour work day. Whoop dee freakin do. The good news is that by doing overtime Monday-Thursday, I normally hit 40 hours of total work for the week by like... noon or 1 on Friday, then can go home. But that's it.
In other news... Mom turned 60 yesterday! Happy Birthday Momma! I loves her very much, I do I do. ^_^
Wow, even though I didn't want to type that, it helped relieve some stress. Now I have to get back to work. I hear the barn out back calling me. The spiders miss me and wish to cuddle. Laterz!
Jun. 5th, 2007 @ 08:07 am
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Grrrr. I hate finals week with a passion. It's not SO bad this semester, but then again, finals week can never be good. As I sit here typing, I'm printing out about 1000 review sheets for my Organic Chemistry final that I have tomorrow. I reviewed the first 2 exams last night, now I'm off to study the last one. Then, later this week, I have to turn in my written paper/applied final for Sed/Strat. I need a C or better to maintain my C in the class. So..... I'm hoping. Then, on Friday, I have a written French final. Whoopie.
I'm not sure if I want to go to the post Bahamas Party on Saturday. I mean... I'm not feeling social lately, at all. I want to be cooped up a lot. Besides, mothers day is the next day, and do I really want to celebrate mother's day hungover? Of course not.
I got my summer job. I'll be working out near Cedar Point in Sandusky. Talk about lucky! Every day after work, I'll be able to ride the new Maverick. ^_^
This job isn't exactly my dream job, but it's Geology related, which is all I can ask for at this point. I'm still not sure how much I'll be getting paid, though I doubt it will be more than my last job, which was $9 an hour. I will however, be getting paid higher than any intern there, because they base pay scale by class rank, and as of May 14th, I'll be a senior, so I'll be getting a 'seniors pay', which is the highest. So we'll see. I'll be working on Beach Profiling (Can you say 'Sandy Point Beach project on San Salvador?' anyone) So it's nice to know I have some experience in beach profiling, so I won't look like a Geology noob. I'll be working with some ArcGIS progams (thank GOD for steering me towards taking two GIS classes this year. xD) and I'll be working on Lake Erie coastal erosion problem around the Sandusky beachfront property area. It'll be fun... going door to door of rich people, saying, "Hey, in 10 years, your house won't be here anymore." ^_^ I'm sure I'll be popular among them.
Bec was in the hospital today. :( She had popped some muscle in her neck, or something. She briefly explained to me what it was, but she was so hopped up on pain pills that I don't know if I should take what she said seriously. =p She's okay now though.
The Planet Earth series is off now. :( I'm so upset. That was like, the BEST show ever. Especially watching it in HD on a 47 inch TV. It was GORGEOUS! I learned a lot too, while being entertained at the same time.
Well, that's what things are like around here... When I'm not so busy, I'm going to work on a new layout and icons for me. I'll have to wait til finals are over, though. Later, yall!
May. 6th, 2007 @ 01:38 pm
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Alright. Here we go.
First off, I-sa tired Will. :( I've been relatively sleep deprived for the last few days. But it's okay, because my French exam is over, and I get to nap when I get back from class at 4. ^_^
You know what I find funny? That me and my fellow males (at least, US males) will do anything, and sacrifice WHATEVER, just to prove that they're not gay/fem. =p Case in point: Not holding a purse, not getting a bookbag/backpack that resembles a purse, etc. I'm sure you can all fill in the rest of things you'll never see a guy do/wear/make/etc. Appropriately, I won't carry a purse or anything that looks like one. =p Not because I'm homo phobic, but because I'm afraid of the actual homophobes in Y-town that would beat me up. xD So does that make me homophobic-phobic? lmao! But anyways, I do draw the line of defining my masculinity when it involves my own wellbeing/health. Which is why I laughed my ASS off today when I found out that I was virtually the ONLY male on campus that used........ an umbrella. HA HA HA HA HA!!! I mean, I may have seen one or two others use one, but they were all older guys, profs and such. Maybe I saw one or two other STUDENTS with them, but that was it. All the girls had theirs, but guys?.... They just stood there, soaking fucking wet, and drenched to the bone. I mean, my umbrella isn't like, GAY or anything. It's a deep tan color, not pink or anything. Every time I passed one of those ghetto-ass guys who walk along campus in their ghetto strut, I couldn't help but giggle. Way to go, tough guy. You've proved your masculinity!.... Now procede to the nearest hospital for your flu shot. xD I mean, at least I THINK this has something to do with guys and their threatened masculinity... right? I mean Girls = Have Umbrellas. Ghetto Guys = No Umbrellas. Makes sense, right? OR..... maybe no college boys in Y-town watch the weather channel? lmao! This makes me lol right here in the comp lab, and people are staring. :(
But yeah. Life is funny like that.
As far as my life goes, it's peachy. I may be getting a Geology-related job near Cedar Point this summer! FUCK YES! I hope I get it. :( Bec and I are cool and are getting along, Rach is kind of ticking me off recently, and I have a feeling it's only going to get worse. But I'm ignoring it for now. I may go to a kegger at one of the NEOUCOMers apartment this Friday, but I'm not quite sure I'll have the time or the energy. We'll see. Well, I'm off to go play on the magical internets! ^_^
Apr. 25th, 2007 @ 12:07 pm
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</form> Midland. The Midland (please don't confuse with "Midwest") itself is the neutral zone between the North and South. But just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from there. Since it is considered a neutral, default, "non-regional" accent you could easily be from someplace without its own accent, like Florida, or a big city in the South like Dallas, Houston, or Atlanta. Northern. Whether you have the world famous Inland North accent of the Great Lakes area, or the radio-friendly sound of upstate NY and western New England, your accent is what used to set the standard for American English pronunciation (not much anymore now that the Inland North sounds like it does). Take this quiz now - it's easy!
How... appropriate. I mean, I grea up near Cleveland, so I thought I would associate more with the northern accent, but I HAVE been in Youngstown for 3 years, which falls right in Ohio's Midland area. So since I live/travel between the two areas, it only makes sense.
So, I haven't updated for a while... and I don't feel the need to yet. ;) lmao! I'll post something later, when I'm not feeling so lazy. The good news? I'm not so sad/pissed/depressed enough to write a depressing entry, at least! xD
Apr. 24th, 2007 @ 08:19 pm
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Soooo... recap:
[Oh, by the way, Quest is done, life is nice (so far), and all that jazz]
Friday: Came home, went to see Blades of Glory with Bec. Wasn't the greatest movie of all time, but I certainly enjoyed it. Just enough funny stuff to keep me chuckling. Then went to Steak and Shake, and good times were had by all.
Saturday: Got up, went to see Blades of Glory again with Mom and Dad, came back, went out to Harry Buffalo for my HS friend Paul's 21st Birthday party. Got buzzed at Harry Buffalo, went out to Whiskey Ranch (a 'western' style club) Had a few more shots, the contents of which were questionable. Oh, by the way, the group consisted of me, Paul, Danielle, Amanda, Matt, Keith, TJ, Ben, and a bunch of other people. NE who, Danielle was my DD, so I was responsible, yo! NE who, I was finally drunk enough to dance to the dumb country music, and I'm dancing with Danielle and Paul's sister, when all of a sudden I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn around and see a pretty girl smiling at me. It takes me a second, but I remember her face. Sarah, my ex from... a LONG ass time ago. I would have recognized her sooner, but the alcohol and darkness affected me. I still see her often, I mean, we got to know each other from church, and I still see her on the rare occasions that I go. We take yearly trips to Cedar Point, just to keep in touch. But this was the first time we ever met in a party setting. She was wasted, and was like, "OMG Will I never thought to see you at a BAR!" To which I replied "Well I've changed since you last saw me!" It almost seemed as though we were flirting, but then again, it could just be wishful thinking. It's not like I have feelings for her still, but she was my first love, and those kind of feelings never leave you, at least not entirely. The bad part is, we were both drunk, and she's engaged, with her fiance being in the coast guard. I told her I had to go and get another shot, then went to see my friends, obviously filling them in on what happened. I told them to stop me from dancing with her if I tried, because the more drunk I got, the more likely I was to forget that she was engaged. They agreed to help me. Besides, I don't want to do anything to hurt her fiance anyways. I've met him and hung out with him. He's a great guy. NE who, I'm dancing, I'm having fun, and I see Sarah, and she's cool. I notice she looks at me every once in a while, and then talks to her friends. Talking bad about me? Talking good about me? Not talking about me at all? Who knows. But then she and her friends come out to the dancefloor and start dancing in a group 3 feet away from me. I feel a gentle push on my shoulder, and it's Sarah. I gently shove her back, playfully. And that's when Danielle comes between us so that we don't start dancing together, thank god. I mean, who knows? Tim may not even care if Sarah dances with me, but I didn't want to take that chance. So Danielle cut us off, just like I asked her to before. Through the rest of the night, I go back and forth between chatting with my group of friends and Sarah's. Nothing really questionable happened, at least to my knowledge. I do know that all my friends thought she was hot though. LMAO! I told her this, and she got a kick out of it. I'm glad Sarah and I can still be friends through this whole thing. I'm even going to her wedding. I'm priveledged enough to know the date of it, while many others don't. How special am I? But yeah. Saturday. FUN FUN FUN!
Oh, one more thing, since I'm rambling. I could just lead you all into this joke, but I won't. There's a drink, a shot, called a Blowjob out there. Yeah, just for those of you who didn't know. Up until Saturday night, I didn't know either. But Paul turned around from the bar and looked me in the eye and said, "Will, do you want a blowjob?" (yeah, he was wasted). He quickly cleared up the confusion and told me it was a shot. I was laughing my ass of the whole time. Turns out, he bought everyone a round of blowjobs. xD He gave his sister a blowjob, Danielle, Me, Ben... EVERYONE! See the joke? Classic. But yeah. 2 oclock, last call, we left, life was good.
Sunday: Easter! Got in a fight with Bec, and am still currently in that fight. Family came over for Easter, we watched Zach Johnson win the Masters, then my family left. Mom, Dad and I watched Planet Earth in HD (BEAUTIFUL), then we went to bed. Now here I am. I'm late for French class, so I gotsta run! Later, yall! Hope you all had a great Easter!
Apr. 9th, 2007 @ 09:45 am
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Well, it's upon us. Quest 2007. What's Quest, you ask? Well, let me sum it up in a nut shell: It's where a bunch of students get together to make power point (or poster) presentations of the work they did during the last year. Sounds delightfully dull, right? Right.
So, the only reason, the ONLY REASON I went to the Bahamas this year was to help out with the data collecting and procedures... I made it clear to Dr. Dick (and he agreed) that I would not be doing Quest. Well, that fucking went out the window.
I don't remember if I posted this before, (probably didn't), but when we were in the San Salvador International Airport (don't let the name fool you. It's basically a shack with a trailer where they have one metal detector to check your bags) waiting for one of our many flights home, Dr. Dick came up to me, calm as a cucumber, and here is the resulting dialog:
Dr. Dick: So Will... we have some pretty good Pigeon Creek Bathymetry data this year, don't we?
(during this trip, I primarily helped out with the Pigeon Creek Project, since I was in charge of it last year, and did a Quest presentation of it last year as well)
Me: Umm..... yeah.
Dr. Dick: Seems like it would be a waste to just let all that data slide...
Me: Sure...
Dr. Dick: So... I'll write up an abstract.
Me: Abstract for what?....... *dawning realization* Oh no...
Dr. Dick: An Abstract for Quest, so I have something write down in the program for when you present your Pigeon Creek project.
Me: *blank stare*........ sure.
I secretly wanted to strangle him, or cast him into the whirring propellers of the plane we were about to take... but no. He was my mentor, so I guess I felt that I owed him, even though he basically lied to me when I signed up for the Bahamas class again. And even on the flight home, I wasn't so mad. I guess I was still naive: "Oh, it won't be so bad. You've done quest before... it'll be a breeze this year. Besides, you've done Pigeon Creek last year too! Don't worry, you'll be fine!" I kept repeating that to myself. What a bunch of bullshit. I forgot how damned stressful this was. First snare: No one collected shoreline data points. So, I had to personally go through old GIS maps and get some half-assed UTM coordinates of the shoreline. All of these coordinates were off ANYWAYS, because the Topo-map wasn't digitized into GIS correctly. So after doing all that correction work, and making a shitty map as a result, I findo out that I have to re-plot all the points AGAIN with the new revisions in them (which by the way, I have to get the new revisions). That's where I am right now. Trying to replot all the points, getting out all the outliers, and such. Then I have to make the map, then put it in a powerpoint.. Now HERE is the only good news. I have the same powerpoint for Pigeon Creek '06 on my jumpdrive. So all I have to do is edit the dates and the names on the PP, put in a new slide representing the Bathymetry of '07, and I'm done. So the PP shouldn't be that difficult. Then my group members and I have to practice our speeches and such so that we total 20 minutes... then we present... 6 days from now. Har har. Last effing time I do Quest. LAST TIME, I TELL YOU! (... famous last words...)
Mar. 27th, 2007 @ 09:18 pm
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Okay, so I forgot to upload my last days entry. But don't worry, I can pretty much recall it. Then I'll talk about my trip home, and how life has SUCKED ever since. =p
First, the second to last night we were there, I wanted to get wasted. Hammered. 'Pissed', as you Brits call it. So this time I went to the bar, had some coconut rum and Kalik beer. Plan worked, Will got stupid drunk. Nothing really eventful happened, but I was much more social and less irritable, which is always a good thing. (I don't remember much of anything else)
The last day we went to Columbus Bay. This was where Columbus first landed and 'discovered' the new world. I took many pictures of the monuments there, as well as an Olympic torch that was lit in the '60s to commemorate the Olympics coming to the 'new world'. And wouldn't you know it? Columbus landed there because the ocean is especially calm there, and beautiful. The most blue water I had seen the whole trip. After the pictures, we just tossed a football back and forth in the ocean, sunbathed, and a few people deemed it appropriate to mold a giant dick in the sand. xD
That night, last Wednesday night, was crazy. We had our Bonfire that night. Also, the other school that was currently staying with us in the barracks (dorms) decided they wanted to be fucking theives and steal stuff from us. That's when the shit hit the fan. First, if any of them came CLOSE to our bonfire party, we screamed at them to get away, and secondly... well... lets just say some people in our group aren't 'happy' drunks, and by the end of the night they carried their intoxicated bodies to Colgate's (the other school) dorms and beat the shit out of some of them, spit on some... and took some things and threw them in a toilet full of... vomit. "Wait a minute, Will... WHO'S vomit?" - I'm sure you're all NOT asking yourselves right now. Well, truth be told, it was my vomit. And I'll tell you why without being too gross. Just like last year, I had a LOT of Dr. Dick's Jungle Juice, which has a lot of rum, so I was feeling pretty good. Then, Chris starts walking around with a bottle of Crown. Now, I've never had whiskey before, at ALL. So when Chris starts randomly offering people shots, who does it? Me. I had 4 shots of STRAIGHT WHISKEY, which I've never had before, don't forget. The rum and whiskey converge in my stomach, and I get sick. It was quite funny, really. I was so calm about it. I was up in Sarah's room, and she was packing at like, midnight. I calmly tell her I'm sick, politely leave the room, and go to the boys bathroom to do the deed. Though I'm wasted as all hell, I still have enough sense to go buy a bottle of water, drink it, take out my contacts, brush my teeth, and go to bed. It was while I was sleeping that my nameless fellow classmates stole some things from Colgate's dorms and threw them into the toilet that I had... christened. xD I guess I was too drunk to flush. =(
The next day, I had no hangover. I'm not gullible enough to think that I'm immune to them... I'm sure I just haven't gotten fucked up enough yet, nor do I ever want to, mind you. We left San Sal in the morning, going from San Sal, to some random ass island, then Nassau, then New York City, then Pittsburgh. Our flight out of JFK was about 2 hours delayed. We bitched about it then, but we didn't realize how lucky we were. We were one of the LAST JetBlue flights to leave the airport, because not 10 minutes after we were in the air, ALL JETBLUE FLIGHTS WERE CANCELLED. Lucky us, eh?
All in all, got back home at about 4am Friday morning.
It was the best non-family related trip of my life. Then, shit goes downhill from there.
Of course, Friday night Bec was upset when she saw my pics, but who could blame her? I was surrounded by beautiful women in bikinis, who I had roomed with once. Saturday I saw Foot Loose at my old HS, and it was.... nice. Then from Sunday til now, school has kicked my ass. I've already bored you enough, so I won't go into details. Bottom line: I hate this semester. San Sal was a nice break, but not nearly long enough. =(
Pics to come soon!
Mar. 22nd, 2007 @ 05:25 pm
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Yet another entry for today!
Hey Guys!
I miss you all and love you, but I'm so sad to leave! Tomorrow is our last full day! :(
Today was fun, but BORING at the same time. Today all revolved around Dr. Smith. By the time we came back for dinner, April, Ashley, Sarah and I were all planning is imminent demise. He had us use the Brunten compasses and strike/dip indicator to fraking go around the ENTIRE island and take Paleo wind current measurements. April/Ashley/Sarah and I were in a group, and we HATE doing this. You don't understand how dangerous it is. We have to measure and analize crossbedding in exposed rock.... which WOULD be easy, if the rock that needed to be studied wasn't up on a cliff, right above jagged rock. April and I nearly fell to our death twice today. Stupid Dr. Smith. Oh, and bad news: There will be no cliff diving and snorkeling this year. :( The boat that takes us to the cliff and to the snorkeling site broke down. DAMN! Well, I officially look hideous. I have kept my eyes at least SLIGHTLY white over the last few days thanks to Clear Eyes, but my forehead is peeling. My forehead looks like a puzzle. Some pieces are brown and tan, some are pink and puffy. It sucks. But I'm still having fun. I didn't go to the bar last night. I went to bed at 9:30 and slept til 7:30! I actually made it to breakfast today! Tonight I may go to the bars, but I don't plan on getting stone drunk, cause wednesday night is the fatefull Bonfire Night, where Dr. Dick makes his Jungle Juice! ^_^ Tomorrow, we're stopping at that wood carver place, and I'll get you something Momma. I haven't had the time or the supplies to bring back sand dollars and other souvenirs like I did last year. :( sorry guys. But I'll try my best. I plan on getting a wood carving and a Gerace Research Center T-shirt. Anyways, Sarah is looking over my shoulder. I better go. I need to shower and apply more moisturizer so I don't peel more. I love you guys! See you in about.... 60 hours or so! Start the countdown!
~ Will
Mar. 13th, 2007 @ 05:13 pm
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Forgot to upload yesterday. So here's day 4 AND 5.
Hey Guys! (Day 5)
Momma, I haven't mentioned those things because they haven't happened yet. :( Today, we went to Pigeon Creek, and I got my project out of the way. Then after lunch, we went snorkeling at this place called French Bay. I had forgotted my underwater case that day, so I couldn't take underwater pics, dammit! It was beautiful, too. But I burned my back even moreso than it is now. :( My eyes are now fully bloodshot, but not so bad yet. My forehead is peeling now. And Mom, I am drinking every night, but not getting drunk. I don't even get tipsy. Just social drinking. 40 Year Old Virgin was... so-so. I didn't care for it much. After that, Anthony and I went to bed, but Jesse stayed out until 2 am! I'm surprised he was able to work today! Tonight the bar is open again, so I'll go there with my friends and hang out. And Momma, I am being sun smart. I put on sun screen 3-4 times while I'm in the field, and I practically bathe in Aloe whenever I get back, but I'm still peeling. :( Oh well, I tried.
Bec, how in the world did your parents let those BOYS stay at your house til 6am? Didn't your dad/mom have a stroke that BOYS were in your house at that late at night? eesh.
Tomorrow, we're doing 'junk beach' where we make those structures in the tide. No word on cliff diving or bat shit cave yet. :( I know I'll take good underwater pics when we go cliff diving, cause that's the same day we go snorkeling in the bay too. I really want to come home. I'm starting to get annoyed with all the people here. Not their fault, at all, but because I've been surrounded by them for the past 6 days, we're all starting to get on each others nerves.
So....... I did laundry today. I'll have just enough clothes to last me through the week. NE ways, I better go. I need to upload this to LJ, I forgot to yesterday. I love you and miss you guys! I hope you all are doing okay! Love you guys!
~ Will
DAY 4:
Hey Guys!
Bec - I have been getting your messages, that's why I've been sending
them to Rach's email address. And how funny! You'll be watching Rocky,
and I'll be watching 40-year old virgin! Since the bars are closed
tonight, we're having a movie party in the lab. That doesn't mean we
won't be drinkin though! I got a whole other bottle of coconut rum to
drink! =D Oh, and I'm only a bit mad at April/Sarah/Ashley. Sometimes
they do stupid things that tick me off, but then again, so do you and
Rachel sometimes. :p I just have to learn to accept the good with the
bad, you know?
Mom/Dad- I miss you guys! The flight is scheduled to arrive at 11pm in
Pittsburgh. So that's the details on that. I'm glad you're all doing
okay.
NE who, today was sort of fun, but not really. Since it was Sunday, our
group split in half. Half of us went to church, and the other went to
this old plantation site from the 1780's. I went to the plantation
site, because I really didn't feel like getting religious at a Baptist
Church (no offense, Bec). I took many pics. My first card is almost
full! Then we came back and had lunch with the church bunch. Then our
group split up again. Either to go to another plantation, or to go out
to Cut Island to look at some geology. Obviously, I went to Cut Island.
It was great! I learned how to do 'strike/dip' with the brunten
compass, then me and some friends went out and hiked along the
coastline. It was gorgeous! I finally tried out my underwater case, and
it works okay.
Tonight, we have lab, then movie night. I found out why I've been
distant with some people lately, it's cause I miss you guys so much! I
can't wait to come home, then we can have a 'Wii slide show party'
right away! I love you all, and look forward to more emails from you!
Let me know how life is!
Love, Will
Mar. 12th, 2007 @ 05:46 pm
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Yet another letter!
Hey Guys!
Mom, sorry I didn't get back to you before. The library hour is 6-7pm.
NE who, things have been slowing down since last night. After emailing you, I went to the fish fry out by the docks that the local people throw. I stayed for about 5 minutes, then left. My burnt neck was burning up, and I was sweating, and a few of the people there were pissing me off. I figured it was best to just leave before things got out of hand. Turns out I was more burned than I thought! :(
Today it rained again this morning. This time while we were on the back of the truck and 40mph! I got soaked. Good thing I had on my trunks! Today we went to Sandy Point, and did the profiling project there. Then we went to the docks and laid out for a bit. Of course, my back burned to a crisp. It hurts sooooo bad. But no matter how much sun tan lotion I put on, it still burns. Oh, and even though I wear my hat and sunglasses occasionally, my eyes have a thick red line going through the center. I expect it to grow through the next few days. :( I guess my fate is sealed. I continue to grow darker and stuff. I think I'm losing weight. I don't snack between meals, and I drink only a little bit. So I may have dropped a few pounds! I'm emailing this to yours and Rach's address, so maybe Bec can see it.
NE ways, I'm off. I need to shower and get ready. I have lab at 7:30 (so I can input the Sandy Point Data), then I'm going to the Fish Fry (it's a two-dayer) tonight. I'm promising myself that I'm not going to be a party pooper and have a good time, no matter who pisses me off tonight. Regardless, I'm still having a good time, and missing all of you! I hope you guys are nice and healthy! Momma, email me with a report on whats happening at home! I hope all is well. I love you guys!
~Will
Mar. 10th, 2007 @ 06:15 pm
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New letter for today!
Hey Guys!
Alright, I don't know why my emails don't go through to Bec. :( Just tell her to look at my LJ. And I can't help it if I write about girls. If I spend my time with them, and I'm supposed to recall my day, how else am I supposed to do it? Nothing is 'going on', or close to it, I promise. Anyways....
Another fun filled day! No rain today, and I'm about 5 shades darker. Mostly browned, very little red. YES! Last night we went to Short Stop, and I only stayed to get some Coconut Rum. After that, I went back and went to sleep. Today, we went to Town, and I got some Gatorade as a nice mixture for my rum. Then we went to the same ship wreck as we did last year and we took our before and after pic. It was so much fun, and soooo sunny! Then we went to 'grotto beach', which is one of the most pristine and beautfiful beaches on the island, and we same and played and sunbathed.... all while we ate our packed lunch. Then we went to some old ruins from the 1700s, and I got lots of pictures/videos. Tonight is the big local fish fry on the island. Can't wait to go! Sorry to be so brief and concise, but these comps are slow and cost money! I love you guys, tell Bec to not be jealous and worry about me. I miss her! When I get home, I'll put the SD cards in the Wii and we'll have an awesome picture show! I think about you guys often. Please be careful! Momma, I hope you're feeling better! Love you guys, bye!
~ Will
Mar. 9th, 2007 @ 06:20 pm
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