Someday

It is officially my final finals week at Ithaca College, and I am, obviously, trying to make time slow down by not doing any work. So, I managed to work on my 20-page paper today, but that French history final? No. No, I haven't. I've thought about it briefly, though. That's a start.

In the interest of keeping The End from coming, I wanted to put down some of the things that I will be enjoying if I ever get a job, which I am indeed trying to do:

Number 1: Pay my rent for the month of June.
Number 2: Be able to afford internet for the month of June.
Number 3: Get a new apartment, so that I don't end up on the street.
Number 4: Get a USB hub, preferably a Tardis one. I can't keep having to switch out my external hard drive, Marvin, and my web cam every single time I want to use one instead of the other.
Number 5: Awesome clothes, books, and music. And a new computer, since my desktop keeps blue-screening.

So, cheers. I'll check back in after finals, since I have some actual projects planned. I want to read a French novel, get started on my GRE studying, and do some more vidding. I've got my Youtube channel set up now so I'm good to go. I just need time to start my internet empire.

Precisely Why I Never Accept "At Least They're Reading" As An Argument

"A word about beginning readers. We strongly object to the Goosebumps and Spinechillers books, as well as to Sweet Valley High and other lightweight romance series directed at young readers. 'At least they're reading,' parents sigh. But these books are the literary equivalent of TV cartoons. Just because your child develops a taste for cartoons doesn't mean that he'll then go on to watch National Geographic specials. The cartoons train him to pay attention in five-second bursts and teach him that he doesn't need to think in a connected series of propositions because bursts of images will work just as well. In the same way, Goosebumps and Sweet Valley High books develop a child's taste for short sentences, simple sentence structure, easy vocabulary, uncomplicated paragraphs, and shallow, simple plots. This won't help him make the transition to decent literature; it may teach him to turn away from anything that makes his brain work too hard. A diet of Goosebumps does not promote the patterns of thought that produce intellectual and personal excellence."

- The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise, p62.

Of course, we have a better example than Sweet Valley High and Goosebumps nowadays...

I Haz Apartment

Lolspeak! Mwahaha. I have finally (after weeks of searching) managed to find a decent apartment that will let me have a small furry black creature that shall be unnamed (Mia). ^_^ It's very nice, actually, if I can manage to afford it! Ithaca is expensive. I'm now trying to arrange my schedule around all of the things that I have to do, which is kind of sucking and working all at once. Agh. My future apartment will be located somewhere within these buildings, provided there are no screwups with anything as they process my application.

Back to work! I have a novel to finish (and I kid you not).

P.S. Other news-- all A's. A- in Statistical Literacy. Professor was an unreachable jerk for the entire semester, publicly made fun of me, and had vague questions that even Elizabeth couldn't puzzle out. Nor the tutors at the college, or so said a classmate. Ick.

Update

Okay, so I've now officially gotten into...

Marlboro College
Central Connecticut State University
Ithaca College
Elmira College

I did not get into Cornell, because the idiots lost my application and by the time I got them to admit that they had it, it was already too late! JERKS! Elmira doesn't much interest me and the financial aid package is worse than Marlboro's, so I'll be going to Ithaca! I am very excited. The campus is pretty, the classes are tiny and discussion-based, they have all the classes I want, and a very good reputation. Now as long as there are no problems...

So, My Summer's Booked

I got into the Alpha Writing Workshop in Pittsburgh PA, so I'll be going there at the middle to the end of July, the 15th-25th. The workshop is with Tamora Pierce (amongst others) and she's been my favorite author since I was about nine! At the end of the workshop, we'll be going to a sci fi and fantasy conference called Confluence, which is a really big and awesome one. Bringing me to my next news-- I also entered a story in a writing contest for the conference. I haven't heard back yet, but if that fits their bill, then I'll not only be attending the conference, but I'll also have a story in the program book!

So for the summer, I not only have that: I'll probably have some sort of orientation and registration at whatever college I end up going to (it's looking like Ithaca at the moment), I'll be visiting Becky (or I better be!), I'll be visiting Paul (for a weekend, maybe, if I ever actually ask), I'll be finishing a novel (because I need it before I go to any writing conferences) and et cetera. Goodbye, summer. I shall miss thee. *dies*

YAY

I just got into Ithaca College!!! I just need to get the letters of rejection or acceptance into Elmira and Cornell, then I'll be able to decide where to transfer to come Fall! Or rather, come May, since that's the due date for going or not. Ithaca will give me a $16,000 per year scholarship for academic excellence too, if I decide to go there, so AWESOME!!!!