i’m trying to graduate here!

you'd think thats since i actually decided to finish school that the process to completing this task would come a little easier. the decision was suppose to be the hardest part. but so far my trying to find a place to live for this fall has involved:
1. calling about 10 apartment ads with all of them saying NO to my request for a lease shorter than a year.
2. contacting kstate and finding out their apartments for single upper classmen like myself are for fulltime students (i only need 6 hours to graduate and I'm NOT living in the dorms with a random roomate who would surely be a freak)
3. having to type up and fax a letter for an "exception" to their full time status (12 credits or more) requirement since i only need 6 hours to complete my degree.
4. being emailed today that i was suppose to fill out the application along with my letter even though last thursday they said to write the letter before completing the application (and its accompanying non-refundable $30 fee) in case my exception wasn't granted.
5. when i called about this conflicting information, i was told that the letter wasn't really going to get the job done unless the school of business actually called/emailed the housing department directly about my not needing to be full time to graduate.
6. i then called the school of business, and even though they already cleared me to enroll (which i did in march–being cleared means they went over what you were going to enroll in to make sure it fit what you needed for your degree tract) i was told i needed to fill out a graduation application (and pay another $15 for the processing of that form).
7. i filled out and faxed the graduation form and now i have to wait 3 days for them to process that so they can then call the housing department and say its ok for me to have the non full-time exception.
8. in the meantime i'm supposed to go ahead and fill out the housing application (and pay the $30) because i'm basically a shoe in for the exception, although this DOES NOT guarantee that i actually get the apartment as it is first come first serve.
So basically i could be living out of my car this fall.
public education…don't get me started.

nosotros creemos…the royals can set the all time record for losses

after what will be another loss today (5th straight) the royals will officially be on pace for 120 losses and the all time mlb record. solid. i believe. come on, together we can get this record.

ride to missouri, eat a steak

i set one simple goal for myself initially this spring and that was to ride my bike to the kansas-mizzou border using that bike trail that starts by my parents house. it is a 26 mile round trip. well, this afternoon i did it. i started at about the same time the royals game started so i listened to that the whole time. and i finished 3 hours and 20 minutes later (the royals game was still going when i was done!). getting to the border was easy, coming back was rough. i had to rest a number of times coming back. but i did it! and i decided to go to the hereford house and eat a steak to celebrate! it was good. and now i have no more goals for myself.

grrr

i messed up my recording of the simpsons tonight. for those of you who dont know, i have every episode on tape (nearly 350 now) and i record them on their first fox broadcast. well, the clock on my vcr was apparently slow 4 minutes so i missed the opening title sequence. of course, i can't have that! so now i have to wait for the repeat. fortunately fox replays each new episode at least once in its original form. usually a month or two later. still annoying.

hmmm

i'm falling into a bad blog trap which is i'm doing too much whining on here. i'd rather this be more about observations than actual complaining. although i certainly won't deny that i do whine too much in real life too. doesn't make it right though. i'm gonna try to clean that up going forward. (cough good luck)

minor annoyance of the day

when i go see a band play live i have some expectation that they will play a few of the songs that i (and probably a lot of other people) figure to be their best. such was NOT the case at the radar bros. show last night at the replay. now, granted, it was only a $2 show but still they could have played at least one song i wanted to hear. other people besides me were shouting out the same songs i was so i know i wasn't alone. oh well. just once i'd like to enjoy a show at the replay.

2 categories

amidst my couple of years working at the bank, i’ve observed that of the attractive women that stroll into the lobby they fall into two distinct categories.
one is obvious, the 16-17 year old high schooler . this girl wears alluring clothing and seems to always say “you know i’m hot and you know you want me but i’m way to young for you. plus i’m really really stupid”
the other is the 30-35 year old single or perhaps just married lady. the fact that she is this old and still could pass for an early 20 something is incredible enough. but the fact that she is still single or waited this long to just get married is even hotter. Milfs can fall into this category too.
now, the problem with both of these groups is i myself am 24 and stuck in the middle of these two groups. I would never realistically date women in either of these groups. and what is worse is all the girls close to my age are either in a relationship, married, or really really unattractive.
ok thats enough generalizing for today. time to head out to lawrence to watch the pomonas with pat and katie.

and speaking of boring

this might be one of the boringest days of my life. work was slow and boring, the royals game on the radio today was boring (lost again of course), my meals were boring, i haven't done anything tonight other than watch seinfeld dvds and play spades online. my roomate has also apparently fell into an abyss, i haven't seen him since tuesday.
nights like tonight don't make me look forward to kstate in the fall when i'm down in manhattan pretty much by myself. in some ways thats good, i'll be able to concentrate on school. but its just 2 classes so i think i've decided i'll have to work some just to keep my sanity. one can only sleep and play video games so much. i guess thats the price i pay for not finishing my degree while everyone i knew was still living there. oh well. still better than wallowing at my current job.
i think i'm going to read and go to bed now.

fixed that problem

well i managed one productive thing this boring thursday night. i figured out how to display the time at the bottom of my posts so i dont have to do it myself. only thing is it defaults to the western time zone so i have to manually correct it. and i had to go back and correct all my previous posts. friendster, if nothing else, certainly is clunky. and slow. but just in case anyone at friendster headquarters is reading this, let me assure you, your site, since its free, is definitely "above reproach".

announcement

21:05
Quick side note before i begin: i noticed that these blog postings dont tell what time they are posted at. so i thought i'd do everyone a favor out there and post what time i post at. i'll conveniently put it at the top of every post…in military time of course.
so here is my announcement. i am retiring from the IM world. after 9 or so up and down years of icq, aim, messenger, and yes even yahoo messenger, its time to hang it up. i've met numerous people through there, even 10 or 15 people in person. One of my longer relationships came from a girl i originally met on icq (tiffany for those who know me well). i think though with my recent (recent being a bit of a stretch here, but 6 months is somewhat recent in the grand scheme of things) acquisition of a cell phone and the fact that all my elementary school friends also have a cell phone, that there just isn't that reason for IM'ing anymore. On top of that no one is really online anymore, amongst my closest friends anyway, so i just dont see the reason for showing whether i'm home or not or to show what i'm doing. those people can now call me. and of course, i can still ignore it. even better now though, cause the caller doesnt really know for sure if i'm actually there or not! hahahaha beautiful. oh, and if you dont have my cell number, there is probably a reason for it. and thats that you dont want it. and you aren't reading this anyway, so we are even. i think i'm going to enjoy having a conversation with the imaginary people who read my blog.