"It's Officially Over" written by Mike on estrip.org

12/10/07 11:30 - 30ºF - ID#42466

It's Officially Over

So i officially decided yesterday that I am not going to Pharmacy school. I told my parents, coworkers and dermatologist. That makes it pretty official. THey all have differing degrees of dissappointment but frankly I hate science, and I don't care if you don't really do it on the job, I can't do it for 4.5 more years and then if I don't like science should I relaly be a pharmacist anyway. Like i relaly don't find it interesting at all...so now I need a new life plan...possibly winning big in the lottery or at the casino? Or opening a store, I love cash registers, maybe a cash register store? haha. I need to find something ough, possibly I'm thinking going back to school for my masters in sociology and work twoards a pHd and becoming a sociollgy college professor. Or maybe a socioal studies high school teacher except I fear my life is too much on the internet alreayd for that. Too many pictures, too many stories, and I come up way too fast when you google search for britney's privates. !

jill writes at 09:11:54 12/11/07 - Comment #29168: Ohh Mike...... what will we do with our lives????

tinypliny writes at 05:58:46 12/11/07 - Comment #29147: The important question is, what did your dermatologist think?

BTW, @brit: I am supposedly in a "hard science" PhD program but that doesn't prevent statistics from chomping all over the place.

Mike, if you think you would be happy to continue as a student forever and get a kick out of self-punishment (a.k.a working insanely long *and may I add, self-imposed* hours) then PhD is the way to go. If you are bent on pursuing academia, I would recommend NOT going to a guidance counselor (they are so full of it. :/) and picking a field in which you are most likely to be doing what makes you the happiest *and* making enough to make ends meet, financially.

mrmike writes at 01:25:59 12/11/07 - Comment #29134: I wondering if your news got under the dermatologist's skin. Best wishes with whatever road you choose.

brit writes at 09:08:14 12/11/07 - Comment #29119: oh Mike...you will be so bored and when you are done you will have to move to Nebraska because you have to go where the one job you get offered is. Also, you will have to have daily interactions with the most socially incapable people who are so geeky they will be unable to look you in the eye and every decent conversation you start about something interesting will turn into a debate about the merits of variables of interest. Plus, if you do sociology PhD it is pure stats just like polisci. You are too full of life to have it sucked out of you by institutionalized academic weirdness. It's your call but if you hate science social science isn't for you. It is supposed to copy the hard scientific method as much as possible but is harder because you also need to incorporate sound theory and no one ever agrees that what you did is enough. I often wish I had started a PhD in something useful like Geography or brain surgery.....what about history or anthropology? no stats, all very interesting better job prospects.

janelle writes at 08:19:47 12/11/07 - Comment #29118: I'm with James. Go to a guidance counselor before you plunge in and get a PhD. PhD in social sciences is like a 10 year commitment to school, busyness and having little money. And if you are one of those live in Buffalo for the rest of your life people, well, then being a professor may not be the best choice for you.

I'm in the same boat...sort of...I'm about ready to jump career ships...just don't know what ship I want to jump on yet. Will be thinking of you.

james writes at 02:42:43 12/11/07 - Comment #29113: sorry the pharmacy thing didn't work out.

If I were you I would walk down to the career center, set up an appointment with a councilor, and find out what you might want to do.

Social Studies teacher is a horrible, horrible idea. Take it from one who knows.

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12/04/07 11:12 - 24ºF - ID#42398

Fancy Balls

So ever since seeing an incredibly amazing episode of Gossip Girl a few weeks ago I have wanted to have a masquerade ball. And then after seeing enchanted I just wanted like a fun formal ball. And then wham bam thank you mam two come right my way. One my friend Rachelle finally convinced Danielle to let us use her house for a masquerade ball for Rachelle's bday in January! She has a cool masquerade ball like house I have heard.

And then (e:amanda) told me about this tonight. It looks like fun, yo uget to dress up and drink and eat and be merry and the money goes to charity....

www.thebuffaloball.org

I can't get the link to work for some reason so you will just have to type it in.

it seems like it will be fun, excpet last time me and (e:amanda) were at a formal at the Statler we got kicked out and she almost wasn't allowed to graduate college....hopefully it turns out to be just as fun this time!

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12/03/07 12:59 - 42ºF - ID#42375

Enchanted

Enchanted was really good! Like super good! Me and (e:jill) went the other night and I loved it! I think she liked it a lot too! Like it was kinda just like one of those old disney cartoons but like newish and fresh! The girl playing the princess was relaly good and the little girl was so cute! Everyone was really good in it! I can't get the songs out of my head and just keep watching scenes from it online. Yes, yes maybe I am really a 12 year old girl. You know why I am writing this right now:? Because I should be studying for my lab final tomorow!

I especially loved the part where she is singing "how does she know" in central park and eveyrone joined in. So classic disney and so great!

Here is the trailer for anyone who doesn't know what movie i am talking about.

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11/29/07 06:01 - 32ºF - ID#42332

Oh the Things You'll Find

Oh the things I will decide NEED to be done right now when it is less than 24 hours before an exam in a class I know virtually nothing about and am doing poorly in and need to do well in to have any kind of future:

so far today....

1. cleaned up my shelf where I place things until I get to something I am really avoiding (like studying today) and then go through all the papers and recycle and file as necessary

2. count all the dimes in my globe bank (it is up to like over 700)

3. refold and organize all the clothes that are in my room not in drawers

4. re-read all my random cards I have bought over time to send to people to decide which ones to start sending out...IN FEBRUARY

5. plan on going to see Enchanted possible with (e:jill) after class

6. taking a snack brake every 10-15 minutes...thank god for girl scout cookies and asiago cheese (no not together , well ere and there i suppose they mix in my mouth)

7. go to the post office and wait in a somewhat long line in order to ask about what to fill out to send things internationally. I'm sure it could have been quicker online but it just seemed like I needed to go there and talk to someone.

8. go over all my bank statements and balance my check book

9. organize the christmas gifts I have bought thus far

10. the USA Today Crossword Puzzle followed by the other puzzles in USA today followed by reading USA Today

11. reading (e:strip)

12. Watching Days of our LIves in the first time in what seems like forever

and of course...

13. writing this journal about procrastinating. OK well back to the grind of studying well......maybe a quick check of facebook/gmail/myspace/soap opera digest website ....but then back to studying

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11/27/07 11:31 - 30ºF - ID#42315

Spice Up Your Life

Sometimes I forget how much I love the Spice Girls and all it takes to remind me of the greatness is one little magical phrase "spice up your life". Hearing them always puts me in a better mood, they were musical geniuses!

Look at those gals, truly amazing in all their tacky glory!

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11/26/07 12:58 - 42ºF - ID#42285

August Rush

So me and (e:jill) and (e:diana) went to see August Rush last night. Like I kinda wanted to see it but we had no paper and so just went to the theater and that was the only movie playing at the right time for when we were there that we all kinda wanted to see. Anywho the people next to us in line warned us not to see it but we did anyway. Ok so the beginning was really quite boring but then it got like pretty good , though at times the whole like music is in every sound we hear got super plyaed out and repetivie but there were some really good parts but like anwya any movie like this which if you don't know is about a kid whose mom was forced to give him up kinda and he thinks he will find his paretns through music and so he escapes the orgphange and etc. His parents also only met for one night and then were separated and are tyring to find each other. Anywho, the whole point in movies like tihs is for the big finalle payoff where the lovers find each other and kiss and are reunited and then tey see their kid right? THIS WAS THE BIGGEST LET DOWN EVER! LIke i was all set to be emotionally moved and we were all ready for the tears to start flowing but then it just kinda ends. LIke it is a happy ending of course and the stuff happens but in such an unexciting , unemotional stupid way> It actually left me angry! Like Really angry! Like we all were. Like they just forgot the end of the movie or something! It was ridiculous angry makingful!

But one scene that made it all worth it was withthe kid and jonathan rhy meyers who is the dad and they play guitar together , it was prolly the cutest thing I have ever seen in my entire life, and i have seen some cute things in my life.

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11/22/07 11:46 - 27ºF - ID#42254

I love turkey

and banana cream pie and catch phrase and hanging out with my family. It is wonderufl!

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11/21/07 06:40 - ID#42228

Wowser I love today!

Well first of all it was super dead at work and it was glorious but MORE TO THE POINT! I love it because today being the day before Thanksgiving and this being Buffalo, TONIGHT IS LIKE THE BIGGEST PARTY NIGHT OF THE YEAR! I love it cuz so many people are home and out. Like you just can run into so many people , it is really fun. I really want to go to chippewa I tihnk cuz it gets so crazy busy and fun but like none of my friends want to go there so I don't know, But it really it is the center of the party! We'll see. Hopefully I will see lots of people. Too bad the weather is not cooperating, maybe it iddn't get the memo that tonight is so importnat. The weather causes some hinderance to the hop around from place to place fun...have fun everyone!

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11/18/07 10:50 - 37ºF - ID#42185

Yeah Chrimstas Post II

So I actually have gotten a little christmas shopping done. Like I didn't plan it , I was really mostly shopping for myself was my plan but I bought a few things and got some ideas. Though a couple I am not really sure about. I don't relaly like getting people gift certificates or tihngs they specifically asked for. I know that is what people like but I like to find tings they may not have thought of getting themselves but I feel like they would like. The tihng is that can go terribly wrong. So we'll see. I figure they can always return it! I love buying things in big boxes cuz it just feels like you accomplished something. Like carrying around a huge bag just feels like you got something accomplished in your shopping expedition even if that one thing relaly is ntohing in comparison to like 10 smaller things you could have got. I don't know why. I guess I am a total sucker for retail....

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11/17/07 11:30 - 37ºF - ID#42171

Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

So not one but TWO radio stations are started playing 24 hour Christmas....i mean holiday music yesterday (though I have yet to hear a kwanzaa or chanukah song on them?) anywho...while I don't love that the stores are all christmas decorated already I do love the radio stations playing christmas music! I SERIOUSLY LOVE IT TO DEATH! I am a freako that loves my christmas music. But actually lots of people must. Last year there was an article about how so many radio stations playing chrismtas (oops holiday) music so early that people must not be listening but in fact all data shows ratings go up for stations that play 24 hour holiday music! I seriously love it! Especially the power ballady christmas songs like Oh Holy Night and what not! That is one of my favoritos. I also love Mamacita, donde esta santa clause? But you guys proly never heard that one because I believe it was an exclusive Eckerd radio selectio ntha tme and some of my coworkers fell in love with last year. !! YEAH!!!!!!!