The Coffeehouse

i was arguing with someone a while ago about coffee (was it you gil?)....whoever it is, booya!

i don't know how to study for exams anymore...i don't know what happened, but it seems like i have no recollection of my study habits from the past two years and i keep finding myself struggling to study the right way (whatever that is!)..and as always, i have a very hard time focusing on the books. you may not know this, but i am so easily distracted when it comes to schoolwork...i'll sit down at my desk and suddenly get the urge to eat/drink/go to the bathroom/call someone/talk to mom/draw/doodle/play computer games/file my nails or anything else EXCEPT to sit at my desk.....tis bad and has cost me sleepless weeks..

anyhoo, just thought i'd check in because, well, i'm "studying" for today's (holy moly its the a.m.!!) stat exam.....<sigh>

cirus wrote this poem in response to my last blog entry...

False beloveds
transitory, ephemeral

Oh thirsty lover
quit chasing
mirages

Seek the Truth
He is Reality
Peace

lovely poem cirus....and i have come to the conclusion that he means one (or possibly both) of the following: 1) he has met mr. eye-candy and doesnt like my obsession with him or 2) he's thinks i should stop my craziness and focus on more greater important things (loosely translated, but i know what you're getting at)...while i wholeheartedly agree with you, your advice doesnt apply to mr. eye-candy as he is merely eye-candy <wink wink> and indeed probably a mirage....your poem would apply to "another", if there was one, but there isnt due to a pleasant little phase of mine i like to call, literally, a "boy-cott".... but honestly, beautiful poem!

anyhoo, i got bigger issues to deal with, like 3 upcoming exams...laterz

earlier today i visited my beloved and instead i get this!! (you have to click on it to see it...duh)..i was really mad and i got no prior notice...its now 1:50 am and they still haven't finished maintenance..my blog looks all weird..it was weirder before with a white background and not-so-cool fonts..yuck, shoulda taken a screenshot of that as well... 

i was gonna share with you some most righteous, totally rad and fab digi shtuff, but i'm not in the mood anymore, plus my stats book is open and just dying for me to give it some attention..oh hey, but good news, mr. eye-candy is not dumb!! he actually said some intellectual remarks during last monday's stats class...not that i expected him to be dumb, but i'm just reassured now.. :D

boho, i can't change the stupid font color either...finish the maintenance dammit!

i am the poster-child of unhealthy sleep habits...actually, no, my dear friend maryam is, but i may very well come into second place with the current tendencies i have developed.... i am like the substitute if maryam decides not to show up for the photo shoot one day...
my eyes hurt from how little i close them and my bones are shivering because of lack of sleep, is that normal?

so for that past week, ive been getting an average of 3 hours of sleep....then last night, i pulled an all-nigher..well kinda...it was like an all-nighter without the coffee(shock yes?) and with some naps..i slept between 12 and 1:20- ish am...worked worked worked, then again from 4:45 to 5:30-ish..work work work..then 7:15 to 8-ish..went to school, handed in assingment, did presentation, went to a meeting..... came home and passed out.

my presentation was kinda funny.....i basically summarized a chapter from one of my textbooks last year and since most of the people in that class were also with me last year, they were probably laughing internally...i also spaced out a couple of times in my presentation.. something i usually dont do, but hey, i didnt sleep..... i will go pass out again...

1) msn is the root of all evil. it really is. no discussion. once you sign on, YOU CAN'T SIGN OFF... you may be wondering "well now queenie, i rarely ever see you online". and that's exactly it..i am always signed on (unless my comp decides to hibernate) but "offline"...cause i know that if i show im online, i'll get stuck in deeper shtuff..besides, this way i can spy on the comings and goings of my fellow msners :D but i salute those like gil and cirus who can resist the IM temptations.

2) i went to the grocery store to get a couple of things for my mom cause we were having people over for dinner. she wants me to get some spaghetti, not a problem.. i get to the pasta aisle and..... what the hell is spaghetinni?!?!?! they had spaghetti AND spaghettinni...at first i thought spaghettinni might be like baby spaghetti or something, but it looks exactly the same and i didnt know which one my mom buys so i stood there for about 10 minutes trying to figure out the difference between them... i turn over the package to see maybe the ingredients are different, but they're not..the nutrition facts (more fat? more sodium?) nope....the only difference between spaghetti and spaghettinni that i could find was the cooking time...one takes 8-11 minutes to cook, the other 6-9...?!?! i wanted to buy some spaghettinni, but i got spaghetti just to be on the safe side.

3) i took this test online and here are my test results:

im so horrified i don't know what to say

4) i must mention a very animated character in my classes this year. i will name him the "red-bull drunk" because he drinks red-bull all the time and "drunk" because i just dont like him, he makes fun of environmental studies students even though he is one himself (well buddy, now you're one of "those" environmental studies students AND a red-bull drunk!)..he's got sean connery eyebrows and walks around with one eyebrow up and one down..it's weird too cause its not directed at anyone..he just looks at everyone like that...okaaaay.... 

"coffee?"

"tea?"

"turkish coffee?"

"middle eastern coffee?"

and the answer to all of those was yes, yes, yes...woho <does a little jig>...you may be surprised to learn that i was the asker of these questions (not the answerer!) and i was asking dinner guests at my house yesterday (not at once, but in intervals of course)...at last, people were not afraid to experience caffeine-induced euphoriaaaaa... nice folks... this is why i love winter, people are always cold and always need a cuppa something warm in their hands...

in other news, i got a job at the university library (did i already mention that?)..my position is a "search assistant" and what i basically do is save students big bucks on books that are claimed to be lost or overdue by the library...i go a-hunting for them before the library charges poor broke kids, or after its been petitioned. i just saved someone 85 buckaroos the other day!! you can thank me later dude...

i spoke with a friend on the phone on monday...she was really sick with a cold and stayed in bed all day. the next day (tuesday) I GOT SICK and do you remember those claritin commercials where its just basically nose-people walking around...I WAS A NOSE, a runny nose walking around the house all day. today, i am a sneezing nose who can't go a minute without sneezing......my theory is, my friend's cold virus travelled via telephone wires to me and got me sick...it is teh suck.