laptop

I just purchased a new Dell Studio 15 laptop. I really don't know if that's better than any of the others but all i know is that it's got 3 gb of one thing and 320 of the other. I need it for school. I figure I need that more than an IPhone, which is what I really wanted to spend my money on but I don't need that phone. I really want it tho. I wouldn't have to have an ipod and a cell phone on the elliptical while at the gym. I should actually consider downgrading my phone. I enjoy the luxury of having a blackberry but i don't really need it. I am not the jet setting professional i dreamed i'd be by now so a regular phone with unlimited texting will do i suppose. 

We just got back from Pete's house where we all played a fun game called Apples to Apples.  I had never played it before but it was fun. It was the perfect activity for this 39 degree night in L.A. I know 39! Wtf? 

BTW I'm really glad Christmas is over. I got to see a few friends while I was at home but not Mich or Monica which sucked but they are busy with babies and weddings so it's all good. I also got to hang out with my mom, and on Thursday night when Jesse came back home and I stayed, I even got to sleep in her bed. Mom bed's are the best! Today is her birthday! happy 52nd birthday momma. not like she'll read this but whateva. 

cold.

It's cold. Work is super lonely but I like it. I may actually get work done. I would rather play games on Facebook tho. I'm currently listening to David Bowie's "Amsterdam" daydreaming about being in Europe with Jesse and working on Support Group stats. Talk about multi-tasking.
I am looking forward to going to San Diego for a few days and hanging out with the family. I still have no idea what we're doing on New Years Eve, but on New Years Day, we're headed up to Maxwell.
I'm trying to avoid getting really sick. I'm super congested right now and it sucks. Maybe I should stay home tomorrow. I never really go home anymore and when I will go home I'll be coughing up a storm.
Anyhow, I should get back to work. Sniffle.

school schmool.

Yesterday was my first day stepping foot on the CSUN campus and it was both exciting and really annoying. Lousy parking, financial aid lines, 19 year olds who think that clothes from the 90's are officially vintage pieces, and too many buildings. The exciting part was that for the first time since 1998 (when i graduated h.s.) i actually feel exciting about what i will be learning. I feel like I'm actually going to benefit from the next 5 semesters and they are going to make somewhat of a difference.  i start in january, but i register tomorrow. i took out my first loan ever. gross. i'm going to try and start thinking about that after i graduate. 

i met an assistant professor/counselor for the urban studies and planning dept (which is my major) and he seemed very stern, very business, but also very passionate about what he taught, which means a lot to me. when i was 18 and sitting in classes at junior colleges from s.d. to pasadena it never really mattered to me whether the professor was really interested in what he was teaching, now it does. now that i am older i can appreciate good professors which degrees, and awards, who are published and well read. before it was all the same. maybe that's why it has taken me so long to get my act together. but whatever, that was then, now i have a fresh start and need to get down to business. i would like to graduate by spring of 2011.