I'm thinking that I don't like all these youtube things in my journals. I feel like they are making me look like youtube. Maybe I will delete them. I haven't decided. There is one more video that I took that I wanted to share and this one is a bit more exciting (not by much) than the three I just posted. It is me and my friend drunk and playing with her cat Slick. Oh well. It is too bad that I feel like I don't like the youtube thing because otherwise I find videos very fun even the mundane.

I never mentioned the "letter" again. A few posts back I mentioned how I wrote a letter to someone that was very blunt to the fact that I wouldn't tolerate being disrespected. It really was a good thing in my life to do this because I think some years back, I just would have allowed myself to continue to be degraded. Anyways I was so worried about how this person would react to the letter, but the reaction has been very positive. I'm so happy to have resolved the matter in a way beneficial to us both. This was definitely an important first step in my life.

My new computer is better than I imagined. My dad also hooked up my old hard drive to the new computer so I could back up my files and also have extra space. Windows XP is so much better than 2000 and that is probably the most you will ever here me say about operating systems.

Getting dangerously close to the Sqaj during the ice storm.




Hear the ravaging Sqaj.

Coco is so cute when he is sleeping.

Went to the UPS store today to ship my grandparents the picture frame. I'm ashamed to say that I spent $8.70 for a 24x26x18 cardboard box. Acutally they wanted to charge me $23 to package it with their own materials. Um no. Really I have no idea where to buy cheap boxes so I bought their box for a ridiculous price. Spent $9.20 to send the frame to zipcode 13760. Cost of frame $20. Had I already not had some packing peanuts and buble wrap (I love bubble wrap) saved up, I would have spent that much in materials. I thought gifts from the heart usually cost next to nothing, but not in this case. Next time I'll just send them the pics, they can frame them if they want.

Today I waited for the bus freezing my little behind off for almost an hour. The bus schedule is now handy in my book bag.

I ordered the following books from Amazon. Beats paying Barnes and Noble at Buffalo State almost twice as much. Last semester I went the entire semester with only a pocket dictionary. I had given away my good spanish to english dictionary to a classmate learning english in Cuba. Decided that I really do need a better one. I got both spanish to english and just a regular spanish dictionary. If you use the dictionary that doesn't give the english translation you are more likely to learn it. Also grabbed a couple of others that should help me learn some new things.
    1     "How to Read a Book (A Touchstone Book)"
Mortimer J. Adler; Paperback; $10.88


    1     "Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books"
Azar Nafisi; Paperback; $10.17


    1     "Larousse Unabridged Dictionary: Spanish-English / English-Spanish (Larousse Unabridged)"
Editors of Larousse; Hardcover; $38.94


    1     "Textos medievales de caballerias (Letras Hispanicas)"
Paperback; $19.95

    1     "Larousse Gran Diccionario Usual de la Lengua Espanola"
Editors of Larousse; Paperback; $16.29

    1     "Diccionario de Sinonimos, Antonimos, e Ideas Afines"
Editors of Larousse (Mexico); Paperback; $4.95

    1     "Ortografia Lengua Espanola: Reglas y Ejercicios"
Paperback; $8.95

    1     "Spanish Pronunciation: Theory and Practice"
John B. Dalbor; Paperback; $45.12

    1     "Panoramas Literarios Espana"
Beverly Mayne Kienzle; Paperback; $32.40

Book I am borrowing

Voces de Hispanoamerica


Books I still need

Don Quixote--Cervantes

Amadís de Gaula

Don Quixote--diccionario


My phonetics class was canceled again. The teacher is old and sick. We got free pens from the department chair because the teacher wasn't there again.

Being at school from 9 to 6 is way too draining. It is the three hour wait and then the hour and a half wait between classes that is the worst. By the third class I was falling asleep. Some how I gotta figure out how to stay alert for the third. Maybe I should take a nap in between? Like I mentioned before, going to the gym seems like a sure way for me to crash afterwards. I had a mocha at about 3pm because I had a free card from last semester to use for any drink I want, otherwise I drink regular coffee. Mocha isn't my favorite, but the chocolate can somewhat mask bad espresso. Maybe it was the mocha that made me crash. When I didn't drink coffee at all I had more energy, but I like it too much. What a rotten crop for the land too. If I could eat better while I was in school that would probably help, but I can't seem to manage to pack anything. I guess I could try working on that. Sorry I'm talking out loud.

So I have not heard anything regarding the letter I left someone yet. It seems I will know on Friday how the person will react. I'm so nervous because the letter was very stern in that I would not tolerate being degraded. If they decide they want to kill/stalk/terrorrize me I decided that the story would be a great lifetime movie. (e:mike) will make sure to get lifetime a script. I wonder who would play me the best? Does Justin Timberlake do any acting? It would be nice if it was someone who got their sexy back to play me. The anticipation of what could happen as the result of the letter is driving me crazy. What I know about this person is that the disrespect they have shown me is a reflection of how they feel about themselves. The situation really is quite sad. Maybe I can have a good influence on this person's life? That would be an ideal situation I suppose.