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Humanities paper from hell + other stuff
Quite honestly I'm not very surprised.
On another note, I finally get to spend time working on the collab. :3 Raven has already started, and it has been my turn for a while now, but I've just been so busy and stressed that I couldn't get myself to work on it.
But Raven seriously needs some help, though. He really rushed it the first time he wrote his section, it sounded more like a summary than anything else. So I told him to flesh it out, and he explained that he was trying to cut down on unnecessary babble and just get on with the story. I told him that there was a fine line between too much information and not enough, and that he crosssed the line a little bit, and he agreed to work on it.
The problem is, now he's adding unnecessary details. He definitely needed more detail, but not the kind he's adding. :/ It's just BORING. I told him to include what his character sees and experiences, but he's not good at that, apparently.
The only reason I'm really bugging him about it is that I know that there are some of us who use a lot of detail when writing (myself included). We have to be able to shape this into a cohesive style, something we missed out on last time, which caused it to suffer.
Taylor and I have our work cut out for us as betas. ^^;;; We have a lot of new people who are pretty young, and we have no idea on their writing skill. I expect to be rearranging sentences so that it flows better a lot; I've already run into that with Raven. Taylor and I have decided that she would go through it first, fixing minor things like spelling and grammar, and anything awkward that she decides is bad enough to merit changing. Since I have more guts to tear things apart, I'll go through it and fix the flow and try and mesh the style into something more singular.
It will still be their writing, I'm not going to completely tear it apart or anything, I'm just going to FIX it, like I would as anyone else's beta.
So yeah. :3
I came up with a oneshot idea a couple of days back. But I had a little tiny plot hole, so I had been brainstorming ways to fix it. Fortunately, Sunday night as I was going to sleep I figured it out completely. Satisfied, I went to sleep.
I really wish I had thought to WRITE IT DOWN, because I had completely forgotten what I had planned by Monday afternoon, when I finally had time to work on it. :/
That night I sat down and tried to rack my brain for the information, but it didn't come. I managed to piece together another way to fix it, although not as good as the first time, but then the unthinkable happened.
My MS Word subscription ran out. None of my documents in docx format work. I can open them, but they're read only. I can't even copy and paste. WHAT. THE. FUCK. AT LEAST LET ME COPY AND PASTE IT INTO WORDPAD, IT'S MY FREAKING WORK!!
Of course, I still had to finish my Humanities paper that night, so after a few moments of freaking out I decided to try saving it on my flashdrive and work on it on the desktop. Thankfully that worked, so I finished my paper. I didn't want to deal with my oneshot after that, so it has sat locked on my laptop since then.
What a piece of shit. Now I have to download my sister's MS Office so that I can do anything beyond read my documents.
I could technically just retype everything, but there's NO WAY I'm doing that, that would take too long. Of course, by now I have forgotten my new way of fixing my plot hole, so I have to sit and think about it again. I haven't been able to concentrate on it as of late, though. Most of the thunder of the idea is gone. :/
But it's SUMMER, so I should have plenty of time to get back into the idea again. XD
Still on the topic of fanfiction, The Village Square's monthly contest is still plugging along. I haven't entered since January, with my fanfic All I Deserve (the theme was Opposites). But this month (er, last month), I manged to get inspired by the theme Secrets, and wrote a funny little oneshot called Dirty Little Pleasure.
The title is a little misleading, since it's only T in rating because of very mild language, but whatever. XD It fits, I think. Surprisingly, it's a crossdressing fic. I just got so amused by the idea of Jake from Rune Factory 2 (the most angry character in the game) dressed up as a french maid that I couldn't help myself. XDDD I BLAME KINGDOM HEARTS FANFICTION XPPP
Voting started last night at midnight, and I put in my votes a couple hours ago at my grandma's. It was sooooo hard to pick. I managed to narrow it down to 7, but after that it got real painful. DX
I really don't think I'll win, because the contest focuses on Harvest Moon more than Rune Factory, and my fic is something only a select few will like and probably vote for. I think that's the reason why the last time I entered I only got 1 vote - then again, I was probably lucky that I got one, because there were so many entries that some people didn't get any votes at all. There's more votes allowed this time, but I have a feeling that quite a few are going to end up unloved. ^^;
Plus, I think my entry the last time was a lot better than this one. And there's so many other amazing entries, I really don't think I'll win. I will be pleasantly surprised if I even get a vote. XD
This weekend is the 4th of July~ I'm excited. Normally we go to my uncle's house on the lake and watch the fireworks over the water, but I think this time I'm going out with some friends Saturday to watch some somewhere in downtown Detroit. Should be fun; I don't head that way very often, and it has been a long time since I've seen some people.
I really want to hang out with Andrea, though, that's pretty much the only reason I'm going - she said I should. XD;
BUT I'M SUPER EXCITED ANYWAY. 8D
This is getting super duper long, so that'll be it for this update.
Goodnight, digital abyss.
Kitsune no Tora
Drinking: Monster energy drink
Listening to: Spongebob Squarepants playing in the background
Should be doing: Finding a new job, actually taking my medicine, fanfic writing
Should have already done: FAFSA
Kitsune no Tora is feeling: As of Monday: Frustrated, overwelmed, tired
Today: Relieved, freed
The past week and the beginning of this one was just TERRIBLE and STRESSFUL.
I absolutely despise the paper assigned to us by my Humanities paper. It's so out of my element. :/ We had to take some piece of art/architecture from the metropolitan Detroit area and write a research paper.
I wasn't completely clear on what we were supposed to DO, and that's just so broad of a subject that I was just at a loss for what to do. I ended up putting it off, and, the day it was due, I had nothing.
Since the paper was a third of our grade, I had to come up with SOMETHING, no matter how terrible, because otherwise I would fail the class. Which would be a very very bad idea. D: I ended up deciding on Thursday night (it was due that afternoon) to do my school, since the architecture is pretty cool and I figured the information would be simple to get, I did have the library of the same college to root through.
Boy was I wrong. It was IMPOSSIBLE to find anything on the buildings themselves. I couldn't even find the damn architects. DX The only name that came up was Perkins and Will, but when I searched it nothing for the school came up. :/ And there were absolutely no records available to me on campus.
I ended up scrambling and bullshitting my way through the entire paper, and STILL ended up a page short. :/ There wasn't much I could do, though, so hopefully I'll get at least a C on it. Any lower than that and I get a C for the class, which isn't good at all. D:
Trigonometry has also been kicking my ass. I really hope I did decently on my final today, although I'm not confident at all. The entire second section was just one big train wreck. DX Edit: I just got my grade from my teacher. I completely BOMBED it, like I thought I did. I got an F, leaving me with a C in the class. DDDX Damn it, that just totally toasted my grade point average. DX
But, there is ONE good thing about today: I AM FREEEEEEEEE~ <3 Until September, anyway.
I only get like, a half of summer. ;_; I'm never taking summer classes again. D: It was just baaaaaaaad.
Just for the hell of it, I did that rate my life thing.
Drinking: Monster energy drink
Listening to: Spongebob Squarepants playing in the background
Should be doing: Finding a new job, actually taking my medicine, fanfic writing
Should have already done: FAFSA
Kitsune no Tora is feeling: As of Monday: Frustrated, overwelmed, tired
Today: Relieved, freed
The past week and the beginning of this one was just TERRIBLE and STRESSFUL.
I absolutely despise the paper assigned to us by my Humanities paper. It's so out of my element. :/ We had to take some piece of art/architecture from the metropolitan Detroit area and write a research paper.
I wasn't completely clear on what we were supposed to DO, and that's just so broad of a subject that I was just at a loss for what to do. I ended up putting it off, and, the day it was due, I had nothing.
Since the paper was a third of our grade, I had to come up with SOMETHING, no matter how terrible, because otherwise I would fail the class. Which would be a very very bad idea. D: I ended up deciding on Thursday night (it was due that afternoon) to do my school, since the architecture is pretty cool and I figured the information would be simple to get, I did have the library of the same college to root through.
Boy was I wrong. It was IMPOSSIBLE to find anything on the buildings themselves. I couldn't even find the damn architects. DX The only name that came up was Perkins and Will, but when I searched it nothing for the school came up. :/ And there were absolutely no records available to me on campus.
I ended up scrambling and bullshitting my way through the entire paper, and STILL ended up a page short. :/ There wasn't much I could do, though, so hopefully I'll get at least a C on it. Any lower than that and I get a C for the class, which isn't good at all. D:
Trigonometry has also been kicking my ass. I really hope I did decently on my final today, although I'm not confident at all. The entire second section was just one big train wreck. DX Edit: I just got my grade from my teacher. I completely BOMBED it, like I thought I did. I got an F, leaving me with a C in the class. DDDX Damn it, that just totally toasted my grade point average. DX
But, there is ONE good thing about today: I AM FREEEEEEEEE~ <3 Until September, anyway.
I only get like, a half of summer. ;_; I'm never taking summer classes again. D: It was just baaaaaaaad.
Just for the hell of it, I did that rate my life thing.
| This Is My Life, Rated | |
| Life: |  4.9 |
| Mind: |  5.8 |
| Body: | 5 |
| Spirit: | 5.5 |
| Friends/Family: |  3.2 |
| Love: |  0 |
| Finance: | 5.2 |
| Take the Rate My Life Quiz | |
Quite honestly I'm not very surprised.
On another note, I finally get to spend time working on the collab. :3 Raven has already started, and it has been my turn for a while now, but I've just been so busy and stressed that I couldn't get myself to work on it.
But Raven seriously needs some help, though. He really rushed it the first time he wrote his section, it sounded more like a summary than anything else. So I told him to flesh it out, and he explained that he was trying to cut down on unnecessary babble and just get on with the story. I told him that there was a fine line between too much information and not enough, and that he crosssed the line a little bit, and he agreed to work on it.
The problem is, now he's adding unnecessary details. He definitely needed more detail, but not the kind he's adding. :/ It's just BORING. I told him to include what his character sees and experiences, but he's not good at that, apparently.
The only reason I'm really bugging him about it is that I know that there are some of us who use a lot of detail when writing (myself included). We have to be able to shape this into a cohesive style, something we missed out on last time, which caused it to suffer.
Taylor and I have our work cut out for us as betas. ^^;;; We have a lot of new people who are pretty young, and we have no idea on their writing skill. I expect to be rearranging sentences so that it flows better a lot; I've already run into that with Raven. Taylor and I have decided that she would go through it first, fixing minor things like spelling and grammar, and anything awkward that she decides is bad enough to merit changing. Since I have more guts to tear things apart, I'll go through it and fix the flow and try and mesh the style into something more singular.
It will still be their writing, I'm not going to completely tear it apart or anything, I'm just going to FIX it, like I would as anyone else's beta.
So yeah. :3
I came up with a oneshot idea a couple of days back. But I had a little tiny plot hole, so I had been brainstorming ways to fix it. Fortunately, Sunday night as I was going to sleep I figured it out completely. Satisfied, I went to sleep.
I really wish I had thought to WRITE IT DOWN, because I had completely forgotten what I had planned by Monday afternoon, when I finally had time to work on it. :/
That night I sat down and tried to rack my brain for the information, but it didn't come. I managed to piece together another way to fix it, although not as good as the first time, but then the unthinkable happened.
My MS Word subscription ran out. None of my documents in docx format work. I can open them, but they're read only. I can't even copy and paste. WHAT. THE. FUCK. AT LEAST LET ME COPY AND PASTE IT INTO WORDPAD, IT'S MY FREAKING WORK!!
Of course, I still had to finish my Humanities paper that night, so after a few moments of freaking out I decided to try saving it on my flashdrive and work on it on the desktop. Thankfully that worked, so I finished my paper. I didn't want to deal with my oneshot after that, so it has sat locked on my laptop since then.
What a piece of shit. Now I have to download my sister's MS Office so that I can do anything beyond read my documents.
I could technically just retype everything, but there's NO WAY I'm doing that, that would take too long. Of course, by now I have forgotten my new way of fixing my plot hole, so I have to sit and think about it again. I haven't been able to concentrate on it as of late, though. Most of the thunder of the idea is gone. :/
But it's SUMMER, so I should have plenty of time to get back into the idea again. XD
Still on the topic of fanfiction, The Village Square's monthly contest is still plugging along. I haven't entered since January, with my fanfic All I Deserve (the theme was Opposites). But this month (er, last month), I manged to get inspired by the theme Secrets, and wrote a funny little oneshot called Dirty Little Pleasure.
The title is a little misleading, since it's only T in rating because of very mild language, but whatever. XD It fits, I think. Surprisingly, it's a crossdressing fic. I just got so amused by the idea of Jake from Rune Factory 2 (the most angry character in the game) dressed up as a french maid that I couldn't help myself. XDDD I BLAME KINGDOM HEARTS FANFICTION XPPP
Voting started last night at midnight, and I put in my votes a couple hours ago at my grandma's. It was sooooo hard to pick. I managed to narrow it down to 7, but after that it got real painful. DX
I really don't think I'll win, because the contest focuses on Harvest Moon more than Rune Factory, and my fic is something only a select few will like and probably vote for. I think that's the reason why the last time I entered I only got 1 vote - then again, I was probably lucky that I got one, because there were so many entries that some people didn't get any votes at all. There's more votes allowed this time, but I have a feeling that quite a few are going to end up unloved. ^^;
Plus, I think my entry the last time was a lot better than this one. And there's so many other amazing entries, I really don't think I'll win. I will be pleasantly surprised if I even get a vote. XD
This weekend is the 4th of July~ I'm excited. Normally we go to my uncle's house on the lake and watch the fireworks over the water, but I think this time I'm going out with some friends Saturday to watch some somewhere in downtown Detroit. Should be fun; I don't head that way very often, and it has been a long time since I've seen some people.
I really want to hang out with Andrea, though, that's pretty much the only reason I'm going - she said I should. XD;
BUT I'M SUPER EXCITED ANYWAY. 8D
This is getting super duper long, so that'll be it for this update.
Goodnight, digital abyss.
Keep on keepin' on
Ok, my statistics paper is finished and submitted. 6 hours before it's due! And I actually think it turned out really well. I had a rough low point yesterday, but now that I have only one paper left between me and summer my life seems a bit more manageable.
However, it's definitely not over yet. I still have a 20-page paper to write for my Work and Culture seminar that's due 4pm Thursday... and it's 60% of my grade. That's a big chunk... Jeez. I have a topic, but I haven't done any research or formulated a thesis.
Just two more days, though. Then I'm DONE. And I'll be a college senior... Woah. I'm not really ready to think about that yet. Not just yet.
However, it's definitely not over yet. I still have a 20-page paper to write for my Work and Culture seminar that's due 4pm Thursday... and it's 60% of my grade. That's a big chunk... Jeez. I have a topic, but I haven't done any research or formulated a thesis.
Just two more days, though. Then I'm DONE. And I'll be a college senior... Woah. I'm not really ready to think about that yet. Not just yet.
One more go around
Here we go again... Steve went to talk to another loan manager, or whatever you want to call them. 30 days, but we haven't heard anything back from the seller if they will extend for 30 more days, and/or if they will drop the per diem. If they don't drop it, I really hope his parents will loan us the money, cause we won't be able to afford it, and all of this will be for nothing. Again. I had my first final today. My second is tomorrow. I'm a little worried, but not too much. More worried for Thursday's final, and my presentation for Friday. I might have found a job. Dog washer. :D I'll get to play with puppies all day. I have some issues with it that I need to figure out before I fully accept the job, but I hope it will work out, I like puppies. And it will get me more skills to put on my future resume. I think I should tell her that I can only stay for a year, cause of getting married, and going to basic/ait for a year after that. The top bunk fell on me the other day. The top of my one eye is sore, and I have two scrapes on my wrists, but that is all I got from it. I can't stand living here much longer. I'll go off my rocker. I had organized the room so nicely, and then the bunk fell, and we can't put our clothes on it anymore, so it's all a mess again. I probably won't get on here again until after all my finals and stuff, so, see you then!
Homeowners or bust
I guess we are going to try and get a 203-K loan for the house. The sellers said that they would give us more time if we could use our 2nd mortgage lender. He denied us for the regular FHA, saying that the pictures I sent were uninhabitable. I called him and asked him what was uninhabitable about it. he goes, oh, well ... it looks like there is woodwork missing (the baseboards) I told him that they were all still there, we had taken them off to paint more thoroughly and professionally. He goes, oh ... well ... it looked like there was flooring missing. I said no there isn't, it's all there. Oh ... well ... the carpet looked like it was in shambles! It needed vacuuming or something. Ok, so let me get this right, we were denied because the carpet needed to be vacuumed? Are you kidding me?! No, apparently he isn't. So, he said the only way we could get the loan through him was to do a 203-K loan. Which means we have to borrow a minimum of 5000 more and hire a contractor to fix the house up. I guess since all the windows are in brick, I'd rather have a contractor mess with it than us. All the windows need to be replaced. They are single paned and have probably been there since the house was built in the 50s. I guess at least we are getting the house. Maybe. There is still a chance that this other lender will let us get the FHA loan with them. However, I think we might have to start the whole process again. pay another appraiser to come check the place out, and stuff. My dad was going to come up today to fix the plumbing, but I figured, if we had to do the 203-K loan, why not just let them do it? I'm not happy about it, but what are you going to do? Like I said, at least we are getting the house. We will be completely broke, but we will have a house. The per diem, and closing, and down-payment is going to take all we have, and then some. Not to mention we won't have a washer, dryer, refrigerator, or food for that matter. I think we are going to ask his parents to give us our wedding money they offered us now, use if for the house and stuff, and hopefully build our funds back up for the wedding next May. Because I AM going to have my wedding. Damn-it. Still fighting with mom about having BBQ for the reception. I really think we can make it wedding-appropriate and it will be delicious, and it's what we want. Finals are in two weeks. This week, the week before finals, all of my professors decided it would be a good idea for one final project before we can study for any tests. Cool, huh? They seem to think so. Arg! So, tonight, I think I'm going to try to clean the room, so we can have a more organized and maybe relaxed place to study and sleep. Maybe go out for dinner and bring it back, watch a movie, and just try to relax and be, before hell brakes loose for the next two weeks. yay.
yuck
Officially sick. With what? I don't know. sore throat, a little stuffy, I have gotten little to no sleep in the past two nights. Not my fault, I tried. Friday was like 55 and rainy. Saturday jumped to 90, which was only supposed to be 75, and today is supposed to be 88, which will probably translate to even hotter. I don't think the weather change has anything to do with this. Although, it would have been nice to slowly clime up to 90 rather than just, *BOOM*! and it's friggin' hot. Gotta love Ohio weather. Wait, no I don't. Granted it's relatively the same in PA where I come from. It's a little more mild being more south. I want to move to North Carolina. I went there to visit a college, and just kinda fell in love. However, the area I went to apparently has higher than average crime rates. When I was there, I didn't see anything of the sort. I'm starting to wonder if Steve and I would be able to find jobs when we are done with college. He is graduating next May. 2 weeks later, we're getting married. Will he be able to find a job? I hope so. Heck, I don't even know when I'll be graduating. Then, I will probably have to go to grad school before I find any kind of job. I will be in the National Gurad, so I will be making some money, at least. I hate being sick. I don't do well with exams when I'm sick, and we are just 2 weeks away from finals week. Goody. Yuck!
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