Archive for Pet Peeves

What Goes Down Doesn’t Necessarily Go Back Up!

July 6, 2008   Filed Under: Life, Pet Peeves, Sweet Thang   429 words

I have to send in my phone to be replaced. It should be covered under the warranty, though, because I didn’t drop it or let water get into it. It just started malfunctioning out of nowhere. I can’t see who is calling me half the time and as a result I have been picking up everyone’s calls. Hopefully no one that I really don’t want to talk to calls me! And if they wanna charge me $50 for the replacement then I’ll just have to deal with it for a very long time. Edit 07/07/2008: It’s not covered under the warranty. Well, it would be if the warranty weren’t expired I’m stuck with this stupid broken phone that keeps getting worse by the hour!

As far as other things go, a few of the comments on my last post said don’t feel too bad about my situation because things can only get better when they are bad. That’s not entirely true, though, and I’ve seen bad situations become worse all-too-many times in my life. I will keep pressing on, though, but no one really knows the extent of my situation so to say that it will get better only makes me want to punch someone in their gut.

My offline friends do the same thing. “Oh, don’t worry, things will work out.” Yeah, that’s because they’re not used to having real problems and the hardest thing they have to deal with is man problems. Not that man problems is nothing to worry about (because I sure as heck do get stressed out when I have them), but most of them are self-inflicted in their case. One has a man who treats her like shit but loves him to death. Another is a freakin’ whore. The list goes on and on. My situation, which I won’t talk about because it’s too personal, isn’t my fault and if it were something that I could fix by removing people from my life I would do it.

I’d like to end this note by saying that I’m not a pessimist. I do believe there will be a brighter day because I am focused and I don’t let my problems overwhelm me. And I’m not depressed either, because I personally know people whose lives are more screwed up than my own is. I am pissy, though…pissy when it comes to people who think that saying “things will get better” makes a difference–they have no clue what’s going to happen. In my opinion, it’s just not right…

Oh No…Not Again!

June 14, 2008   Filed Under: Aspirations, College, Life, Pet Peeves   349 words

I am in that phase again where I dwell on life instead of focusing on tasks that I should be completing right now. I have a Chemistry test on Monday that I’m probably not even 1/3 prepared for yet I am thinking about life. Funny thing is I keep thinking about the same things over and over again. I figured if I blogged about it I may be able to get back to studying since it will really be out of my head and into a new medium.

Basically, I’m trying to figure out what to do with my life. I don’t have the money to take the classes that I want to this fall so I may never be done with school. I’ve been thinking really hard about getting a loan, but I don’t want to apply until my credit score is over 700. I only have 42 more points to go, but it’s kind of hard since I don’t have the money to pay off my credit cards in the first place. It’s a depressing cycle because if I work more than PT I don’t do well in school, and if I don’t work more than PT I can’t really afford to go to school.

Since deciding that I’ll just apply to medical school after I have my 90 credits (you can read about that here), I’ve realized that there’s so much more I need to do in order to get in if I don’t plan to have my Bachelor’s first. So, I’ve decided that after next Friday (when Chem class ends) I’m going to begin volunteering at a hospital or nursing home. I’m also going to become friends with this surgeon that I know through a friend so that he can write me a recommendation letter.

I’m also going to write down my time line of classes to take before taking the MCAT, which is more for my reference than to bore you.
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Gmail Custom Time - April Fool’s Day Prank?

April 1, 2008   Filed Under: Funny, Holiday, Pet Peeves   447 words

Last year they had a prank, so why should this year be any different? And they created a great prank with Custom Time, a concept that most people would actually love. It surely is fooling plenty of people.

Think about it, I could tell my teachers that my computer wouldn’t allow me to submit the assignment the regular way, so I e-mailed it to them. They would then say that they haven’t received any e-mails. I would show them the sent copy in my e-mail program, and beckon them to check their e-mail again. Miraculously, there would be an e-mail from me, with my assignment attached, dated two weeks ago, the actual deadline. I would get full credit for the assignment that I submitted after the professor has already graded everyone else’s.

So why do I think it is a prank when so many people are writing actual news reports about it? Well, for one, I first noticed the link yesterday. Google is very professional (usually, anyways), and when I clicked the link, it was a broken URL. When I clicked it today, it has information about how to use it. So, I immediately go to send myself an e-mail from two years ago so that I could test it out (even though this would use up one of my 10 yearly custom time allowances) and there is no Custom Time button.

I am peeved that I cannot manipulate anyone and remember their paper copy prank from last year. Plus, I was just in the mode of tricking everyone else at home. I told my sister that I was spitting up blood in a text message. When she came to look, I yelled April Fool’s. I told my step-dad that his car isn’t outside (they love to tow cars in my community), when he came to take a look, I yelled April Fool’s. I called Einstein Bagel’s and told them I had placed a pick-up order for 15 dozen bagels two weeks ago…when the lady started yelling at everyone because no one put up the order, I yelled April Fool’s. So, as you can see, I’m quite the prankster myself. Google just has the time and resources to do better pranks that leave people wishing that the feature was actually there.

Edit at 12:25PM: When you click on any of the links at the bottom, you reach a page such as this that lets you know it is a prank! Google is so funny.

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