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[Oct. 5th, 2008|02:03 pm] |
RI schools required to teach about dating violence
By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. - Ann Burke saw signs of trouble with her daughter's boyfriend.
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He'd incessantly call her at night, keep her from her family, and, ultimately, physically abuse her during a tumultuous relationship that ended with her death three years ago.
Burke's 23-year-old daughter, Lindsay, may not have understood the dynamics of an abusive relationship, but her death is helping to ensure that other young people do.
Beginning with this school year, a new law called the Lindsay Ann Burke Act requires all public middle and high schools in Rhode Island to teach students about dating violence in their health classes.
The initiative was spearheaded by Burke and her husband, Chris, who say schools should be obligated to teach teens the warning signs of abusive relationships and broach the subject head-on so victims feel empowered to get help and leave violent partners.
"If this could happen to her, this could happen to anyone," said Ann Burke, a health teacher who runs a memorial fund to raise money for dating violence workshops for parents and educators.
One other state, Texas, mandates unspecified awareness education on dating violence for students and parents, while several other states encourage it. But the Rhode Island measure goes further by requiring the topic be incorporated annually into the curriculum for students in seventh through 12th grade.
Burke says such education would have allowed her daughter to recognize the danger in her relationship earlier. Though her daughter left her boyfriend several times, she didn't change her phone number or have a plan for safely cutting off contact for good.
She also believed she could be friends with her boyfriend if the romance ended.
"I said, `No, he said that to you before, Lindsay. You can't just be friends,'" Burke recalled.
Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch, who shepherded the proposal through the legislature last year, said domestic violence is a disturbingly common crime, yet education about it is scarce and haphazard.
"You teach sex ed, you teach `don't do drugs,' you teach `don't drink,' you should also be teaching `don't be a victim of domestic violence,'" said Lynch, whose office receives about 5,000 cases a year.
The law is gaining traction around the country, with members of the National Association of Attorneys General unanimously adopting a resolution encouraging the education in their states. Nebraska's top prosecutor said he intends to submit legislation modeled after Rhode Island's law, and apparel maker Liz Claiborne Inc. has helped promote it around the country.
The education focuses as much on nurturing good relationships as avoiding abusive ones.
In a recent sophomore health class at South Kingstown High School, teacher Karen Murphy reviewed communication skills for friendships and romantic relationships, including waiting until you're calm before confronting someone with a problem and openly expressing your feelings.
"You've just found out that somebody spread a rumor about you and you approach them at their locker," Murphy told the class. "Are you going to want to start talking to her when you're extremely angry after you've just found out about it?"
"No," the class replied in unison.
Alex Butler, a 15-year-old sophomore, said he didn't think dating violence was a problem at his school but that the education has helped him identify stages of abusive relationships.
"It's nice 'cause then you can warn other people even if you don't know them," he said.
Even if the lessons seem obvious, teachers hope students will recognize that some behaviors they may tolerate in their relationships — obsessive text messaging, for instance, or physical control — are unacceptable and possible precursors to violence.
Ann Burke said Lindsay fell hard for Gerardo Martinez after meeting him at a wedding, and though he seemed respectful and nice, problems emerged after Martinez began exerting control over her daughter.
Ann Burke became so distraught that she couldn't sleep and she sought the advice of counselors. Fearing the worst, she even told Lindsay she couldn't bear to live without her.
One day in September 2005, after Lindsay had moved in with her brother to get away from Martinez, Burke became concerned when Lindsay didn't answer her phone.
Police found Lindsay in the bathtub of Martinez's home, her throat slashed. Martinez was convicted last year of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Burke believes her daughter would have wanted her to teach others about dating violence.
"You may have killed her physical body, but I'll be damned: her spirit is still living on in her family and friends," she said. "We're going to do what we need to do." |
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| Is it over yet? |
[Sep. 29th, 2008|06:08 pm] |
I knew it was going to be the week from hell. I don't know why but I did. So far... I'm right!
I was so pissed off by the time I left school... an hour after class was over. Here's the story.. since probably last Wednesday or Thursday at various times until last night I worked on putting together a power point for a project that is due tomorrow. I "sent" (forgot to attach the thing...oops) the finished product by 8pm last night. I was still up and awake and on my computer until probably around 11:15 before turning my computer for the night. I try (key word there) to go to bed at around 11 every night. At 11:30, I get an email saying that I didn't attach the file. Okay fine, I resent it this morning. However around the same time another group member was working on completely re-doing the whole presentation. I wasn't told of this until 2:45pm today after our class was done and when we decided that we needed to work on it more. I was livid! Not only for all the time that I spent on this but for the time that my brother spent on it as well! And now, SHE is changing OUR minds on what should be done and there is a chance that we might not even use the videos that my brother edited for us. So now everything is different and I don't even know if they will end up saying that I didn't do anything. I plan on printing out things to prove that I did do things.
But even before all of this... I hurt like hell. I was crying it hurt so bad. All I keep in mind there is 3 more months.
I'm ready for this week to be over already and it's okay Monday. |
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| So the latest is... |
[Sep. 17th, 2008|12:25 pm] |
I'm having surgery. Yup there it is. I'm having surgery and this will hopefully fix everything! "70% chance that it will be fixed" or so the doctor says. As of right now and according to the paper work from the doctor I have, the surgery is going to be December 30th. However, this might change. It will just depend on the vacation schedule of the doctor so it might be as late January 13th. It can only happen on a Tuesday so that leave 3 days for surgery. What is wrong you ask? Hernia that is too small to be seen on scans and on physical exam.
School is going well. I'm feeling overwhelmed again but what is new? Too much that needs to be done for the state and not enough time to get everything done in.
I have to say that I officially love webcams! I'm not going to to go further into that then that but yeah... I love webcams and they work for seeing people that I can't see more often- take it how you want. I just can't wait for the semester to be over and I can't for the surgery and for next semester to be over.
Oh, and Dad is safe and sound up north and started his new job today. |
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[Jul. 26th, 2008|09:22 pm] |
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I want you back... I miss you... |
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| Reminders |
[Jun. 20th, 2008|09:23 pm] |
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So out of the blue (well kinda I guess... idk) Jess sent me some videos on YouTube. They were Backstreet Boys ones and the first one is still one of my favorites... "Incomplete". It just reminded me of things that I shouldn't be feeling anymore. Things that are still very painful. But hey, I need to move on and forget about it and what happened. Then she sent me a video of the making of "Inconsolable". That too just reminded me of the same things. I don't know. It's been so confusing and weird over the last several months. I'm just confused all around and I don't like it. Things were simpler when it was just scrapped knees that hurt and not broken hearts. I think that is it for now. |
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| Student Teaching so far... |
[Apr. 16th, 2008|10:23 pm] |
...is amazing! I love it! I love my kids. I love my Master Teacher. I love the other teachers. I love the school!
I officially started taking over last Wednesday. It working out perfectly for how we decided to do it. We decided that I would take over Math first seeing as I had already done a few lessons with that. Then there was also the fact that they would be starting a new chapter on Wednesday so I would just start with that. The kids have really taken to me teaching the math lessons and me as being one of the teachers. They come to me to tell on each other, to ask questions, everything. That makes me feel good about being in the room.
I had my first official observation by my supervisor today. I was soooo nervous. Especially because I have a student who tends to be a behavioral problem. Lucky for me though he was absent today. So I caught a break. But I'm sure I still would have done well even with him there. There is a check list of things that my supervisor will look for while I'm doing my lesson and I did nearly everything that was on the list. I'm proud of myself for getting that done. She said that I'm doing extremely well and that she has no doubts about me. After what happened last semester in the one place that I was that made me feel so much better and gave me a boost in my self confidence. I'm slowly building that back up.
I'm excited for what the next few weeks bring and have in store for me. I will have a fairly easy last day of Student Teaching. It will also be a nice way to end it. We are beginning our Science unit on Organisms. As a part of this the First Grade will be going to the Aquarium and we are going to do that my last day. We will be leaving at 8:30 and returning at 1:30. So that basically means that they will come in, do their DOL (Daily Oral Language) and Spelling tests and if there is time Math Journals. Then when we return it will probably just be Choice Activity Time. So an easy day.
I'm surprised at the fact that I'm getting all of my Lesson Plans done when I want to. I wanted to try and have them written so that I can bring them in the day before the lesson to be checked then bring them home and make the corrections for the actual lesson. Most of my lessons I was able to do that. This Saturday should an interesting day. Lost of lesson plans will be written. My Master Teacher and I sat down today and changed things for next week since we are going to do a Shark Unit and then planned out Math for the next several weeks. Once again it works out perfectly for Math that my last day teaching will be the Chapter test. So I'm going to try and get a bunch of those knocked out. I need to write a lesson for the use of is and are for my observation next week. A Social Studies Lesson and 2 activities. Then a total of 5 lesson plans for my Reading Groups. I was told that I could just write a weekly plan and say Day 1 will be this book, Day 2 that book, and so on. Lots of lesson plans. But hey I can keep them all and may use them in the future.
I LOVE my Master Teacher. She is amazing. She is so helpful and caring. She wants me to succeed and does what she can to help. She'll give me things randomly so that I can get a feel for things and see how I like them and what I am supposed to do. She gives me good ideas on what I can do for lessons and has allowed me to bring things home to help me plan so that I don't have to do everything there at school.
Overall I'm having an amazing experience and I'm SOO happy that I am where I am and that things are coming together finally with my career. |
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[Mar. 9th, 2008|10:06 pm] |
Just because I know I did what is right for me doesn't mean that I can't miss him right??? I once again officially hate school and it really needs to be over. Probably wouldn't help the situation anyway.
Dad has interviews coming up. He leaves to go back to Vegas for a few days to interview with the evil Florida Power and Light people. Then I think it's the week after he goes to Illinois to interview with the plant that he was at for a year before coming out here. I think those are the only ones but hey they are something. |
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| Life is good :D |
[Oct. 13th, 2007|10:42 pm] |
So for the first time in who knows how long I'm happy and I mean truly happy. I'm in a relationship that is perfect for me. Even though it's long distance it works for me. I'm able to still focus on myself yet still have the comfort and security that I like having of a relationship. He's amazing... in fact he's the old friend that I mentioned in the last post. I can't believe how he's treating me and how happy I am. To quote him from last night "This is the best relationship that I've been in, in a long time if ever." and I would have to agree with him. In fact he's willing to lose a friend who is apparently really attractive and lives closer to him then to be without me. The situation that happen he told me about and the fact that nothing happened proves to me that I have an amazing boyfriend and I trust him even more then I did before. I now know that he won't cheat on me. This relationship is different in so many ways then the relationships that I've been in over the last 3 and a halfish years. We're not even going to get into how... but it is and even the person who was supposed to be keeping me away from men approves of him and knows how good of relationship this is for me.
BUT... I do believe I should go to bed.... |
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[Jul. 8th, 2007|11:16 pm] |
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SALE IS OVER!!! Okay now that is said I can move on.
Yes, I know I haven't posted in awhile. Been kinda busy, kinda depressed.
Healed from Daniel finally at the end of January. Met someone new and that went into the shitter as well.
Not going there with either situation.
Talking to an old friend who I haven't talked to in a long time. Things are kinda interesting there. He's coming to visit me and the rest of his friends in a month. He now lives in Seattle. Works for Nintendo, which doesn't surprise me. And I'm learning things every day about who he is now. He the same about me. I gained a lot of respect from him though from what I went through with Nathan. I told him my story already and I DIDN'T CRY!!! I'm proud of myself for that.
Side still hurts and we're not even going there.
Okay, there is a quick update from the last 6+ months. Those who have helped me through everything... THANK YOU!!
Now, I need to try and go to sleep.
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[Nov. 16th, 2006|05:41 pm] |
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So I guess I spoke too soon when it came to Daniel. I don't know though. He and I weren't dating and so he has no reason to complain. But I screwed things up there. Oh well, once again... his lose. I'm now going to take some time and focus on myself and getting myself better and also working on school. I need to get my GPA up. I'm slowly beginning to see that I will find someone when the time is right and I'm ready for it. Although, I still really want to just find my one to settle downn with. Yes, I'm still young and have a few years but I would like to be with someone for a few years before getting married I guess... I'm not totally sure. Since everything started happening I haven't been sure on what I want. It seems like I lost everything in my life except for my family. Now, I'm loosing some of that... Dad is getting ready to go to Vegas for 6 months. I know, I know... it's Vegas I should be happy... but it's really bitter sweet. It's hard to explain but I'm not all that fond of the idea. I'll live... it's only 6 months this time. Although last time we didn't know how long it was going to be then it was while he was out here.
I read TJ's myspace bullentin about a week and a half ago or so and he's getting shipped to Iraq for 6 months. That scares me. I mean come on... it's Iraq after all. But I see it as I have so few friends that I can count on out here and all my really good friends are back on the East Coast and to lose any one of my friends in any shape or form at the moment... is like heart breaking and I've had as much heart break as I can stand in the last month and that can last me awhile.
Life in the last month seemed to get so much harder and I don't think it was just my personal life that made it that way. School the last week to 2 weeks has been just pure hell. Presentation after presentation, papers, my major project for my major class. This week was the week that is normally the week after Thanksgiving. I'm thinking that we started a week earlier then usual so everything is due now when it used to be due after next week. THANKFULLY, I'm done with school for a week. I have NO school next week... it's so nice. I'm excited for it. I'll work a few days at each of my jobs and catch up with my reading the rest of the time.
I think I'm done now. I lost the desire to write anymore.... |
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| Interesting things from my Human Development book... |
[Oct. 18th, 2006|06:48 am] |
- "Boys also clearly tend to show greater specialization of language n the left heisphere; among females, language is more evenly difided between the two hemispheres. Such differences may help explain why girls' language development proceeds at a more rapid pace during preschool years than boys' language development."
-"Is the culture is which one is raised related to brain lateralization (where different things are located in the brain)? Some research sugguests it is. For instance, native speacker of Japanese process information related to vowel sounds primarily in the left hemisphere of the brain. In comparison, Northand South Americans and Europeans- as well as people of Japanese ancestry who learn Japanese as a second language- process vowel sounds primarily in the brain's right hemisphere.
The explanation for this cultural difference in processing of vowels seems to rest on the nature of the Japanese language. Specifically, the Japanese language allows for the expression of complex concepts using only vowel sounds. Consequently, a specific type of brain lateralization my debelop while learning and using Japanese at a relatively early age.
The explanation, which is speculative, down not rule out the possibility that some type of subtle genetic difference may also be at work in determining the difference in lateralization. Once again, then, we find that teasing out the relative impact of heredity and environment is a challenging task."
-More and more preschool aged children are being put on antidepressants
-"Many times, those who abuse children were themselves abused as children. According to the cycle-of-violence hypothesis, the abuse and neglect that children suffer predispose them as adults to abuse and neglect their own children.
According to this hypothesis, victims of abuse have learned from their childhood experiences that violence is an appropriate and acceptable form of discipline. Violence may be perpetuated from one generation to another, as each generation learns to behave abusively (and fails to learn the skills needed to solve problems and instill discipline without resorting to physical violence) through its participation in an abusive, violent family.
Being abused as a child does not inevitably lead to abuse of one's own child. In fact, statistics show that only about one third of people who were abused or neglected as children abuse their own children; the remaining two thirds of people abused as children do not turn out to be child abusers. Clearly, suffering abuse as a child is not the full explanation for child abuse in adults." Haha... I guess he was a part of that third who didn't learn to cope with everything!
-"By the end of the preschool years, most children show a clear preference for the use of one hand over the other- the development of handedness. Actually, some signals of future handedness are seen early in infancy, when infants may show a preference for one side of the body over the other. By the age of 7 months, some infants seem to favor one hand by grabbing more with it than with the other."
-90% of the population is right handed and 10% is left.
-There are myths that it is sinister to do things with the left hand but sinister comes from the Latin word meaning "on the left"
-"... the world is so "right biased" that it may prove to be dangerous place for lefties: Left-handed people have more accidents and are at greater risk of dying younger than right-handed people" I STILL LOVE YOU BIG BRO!!!
HAHAHA!!!! Can you tell that I acutally enjoy reading this book tonight? Nah, I usually enjoy reading it. There is so much information that I never knew before and interesting. Tonight I just couldn't help myself and share... esp the left handed thing but I'm sure most people already know about it :D. It's cool! |
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| So.... |
[Aug. 27th, 2006|03:23 pm] |
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I had started this big old long post... I didn't have a lot of it done but I had started it and planned on finishing it when I got home Friday night. Things changed. After starting to write it my dad calls to tell me he's close and he would be here soon. So I finish getting ready and go downstairs to wait. He gets here and I get in the car... and he drops the bomb on me. "The reason I wanted to take you out to lunch today was to tell you my job was eliminated yesterday." There it is... something we had been fearing since Valenent sold his part of ICN. So here we go again. We're hoping that this time it's better. He's got contacts all over Cali and he's got a bunch of emails out. We're just keeping our fingers crossed. We have enough money for me to finish school and housing stuff and I'm basically suppose to plan on moving back into the dorms next year.. but I don't have to move back into the doubles; I can go into the singles like we had planned for me to do this year. My mom doesn't want me to show my dad how much it is affecting me. I'm little by little allowing her to see but it's hard. This is the second time in 10 years that I've had to deal with this and let me tell you... it sucks!
Okay... this post will be longer then I planned because I'm going to go ahead and write what I was planning on writing the other day.
Monday:
Edel 315 10- 11:15
Intro into Elementary Teaching
Not bad. I think I might enjoy it? I've only had it once but the teacher seems really cool so it's all good. Only down side to the class is there are 45 hours of observation time that I need to and write things about. Although, I should be able to get it done. That was the one of the reasons why I didn't want any Friday classes; so that I can do the hours then.
Geology 101 1- 2:15
MY LAST GE... FINALLY!!! That's all I have to say. The guy seems a bit strange... it's my largest class. I know like 5 people in it surprisingly. I have to do a field trip and a one page paper at some point. Not to terriable...
Tuesday:
CAS 325A 10- 11:15
Conception thru Age 8
Intersting so far. I have someone who is really good in the department but she is from out of the country and so she has her accent and talks really fast. I think I'm going to enjoy the semester because... well... it's my major and I'm excited about it. The only thing that kinda sucks is there is a like huge project that I have to do. I think I already know what I want to do so it's just a matter of actually doing it.
Amst 395 11:30- 12:45
California History
OMG THIS GUY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK HE IS DOING!!! My class is the first class he has ever taught... you can tell by the way he talked in class on the first day along with on the second... didn't know how to log into the computer. It should be intersting class... except he wants three 2-3 page papers and the final is like a project or something. All that stuff is due at the same time as I have stuff do for CAS. I already plan on having things for CAS done the class period before it's due because of the cyst thing... but... I don't know if I can have both things done before.
Knes 386 1- 2:15
Movement of the Child
The lecture portion of the class is Tuesday... I haven't really had a "real" lecture yet but I had like the into to the thing. I have to take the class but it doesn't seem so bad. I don't know if I'll like it that much but hey I'll learn a few things and be able to do activities with my students... right?
Wednesday:
Just Geology... YAY!!
Thursday:
"Lab" of Knes 386... pretty cool. We're going to be doing what she's teaching us so that we know what the fuck is going on.
Now add HCom 302 7-9:45PM
Inro to Sign Language.
That makes my schedule 18 units. I must be crazy! And I'm taking this class for the hell of it. No reason but I want to learn sign language. I'm going to learn a lot in this class I can already tell. My professor is competely deaf. That's going to force me to have to learn ASL just so that I can talk to him when I need to.
I have to be totally crazy! I mean come on... I'm taking 18 units, I have 45 hours of observation that I have to do, and oh yea... still working part time. But my new job gives me more hours then before... I'm going to have one hell of a semester... |
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| Awesome night.... |
[May. 25th, 2006|11:10 pm] |
Not only do I get a text message from my best friend's 37 year old cousin asking me if I wanted him (BRO DON'T TELL MOM!!!!!!) and freaking out because of that but also I find out that the person who I spent almost 11 months with liked me because I liked him... that's it. Wow, do I feel used by someone who I wasted time on and utterly scared because of this stupid cousin! What makes the whole cousin thing even more weird is the fact that.... to me he's basically family! Oh, yeah... he's got two kids in elementary school.... can't forget that part.... I just want to go to Utah or down to Escondido.... either would be nice right now. A nice get away even if I'm only gone for a few hours and in Escondido. |
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[Feb. 21st, 2006|11:52 pm] |
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Okay so I know its been a really long time but I haven't wanted to update... I have to be in a mood to update... haha. Okay so my life has been pure hell. The week before the semester was supposed to start my other grandmother passed away. So away a flew to Michigan for like 3 days or whatever for her viewing and funeral. That was fun. I left the day after the funeral because school started the day of the funeral so I wasn't happy about missing school but at the same time I wasn't about to miss the funeral. I think what made it really hard on me was the fact that I was just finally starting to be okay with the other one. I had finally come to terms and was starting to be able to function without thinking about her. But this time it hasn't been as hard to come to terms with. There might be a number of reasons for this and that's okay... as long as I can handle knowing she's gone.
School is blah. I'm retaking a class that I've taken once before and failed. I'm understanding things a lot better this time. I don't know if it's because I have seen the material before or if its the people who I'm taking it are explaining things better. Then I have a bitch for a professor for one of my major classes. I tried to contact all of my professors in person the day that my grandmother died but she wasn't around so I emailed her. Just basically saying I had lost a family member and would be attending the funeral and if my spot in class could be held. Sunday night she replies saying that she couldn't say if it would be held and it has been her experence that people who didn't attend the first day of class rarely succeed in her class. Then as a side note thing said that the sylibss(?) would be on blackboard and to look at it. When I returned on Tuesday I made sure to get it and look over it. Her attendence policy... one free then every one after that you lose 20 points from your grade. So I went to her on Thursday and asked if me missing the first day of class would count as my free absence... her answer... yes. Yeah, that made me a bit mad. And she is still a bitch... she gave us a writting assignment on Thursday the 9th and said that she was giving it early... it was due today. That's not giving it early... yes it wasn't that hard of an assignment but still if it was early it wouldn't be due til like next week. Oh well... I'll show her... I'll succeed in her class. In fact... I'll get an A. The rest of my classes are good though. I'm really enjoying them. Another year and a half of actually work after this semester... then working on getting my creditenals! YAY... then comes the teaching out here to save money to move back home! I think I'm going to end this... I don't feel like updating anymore... |
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| 8 days til I'm home! |
[Dec. 17th, 2005|11:45 am] |
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FINALS ARE OVER!! I'm done with my 3rd semester at Fullerton! But I'm sick. Which sucks and I need to get over this cold NOW!!!
I missed a Sigma Nu party last night. That made me sad. I had to work and went in early and then had to stay late. And me being sick I wasn't all up for going to the party after work. Too many issues last night with my body :(.
Anyways, to the Florida friends... I'LL BE HOME SOON!! I can't wait!
I'm going to go... I don't know what else to say. |
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[Dec. 13th, 2005|10:41 am] |
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Last week was hell... and this week... isn't going to be any better. Last Tuesday Jeremy and I broke up. It's okay that. It needed to happen and it's for the better. We're going to try and stay friends though. I could probably do it I've done it before but we'll see. I'm putting the ball to his side of the court. Add to that Thursday was a year. My grandmother died a year ago. Tomorrow is a year of her funeral. I will always be able to remember that as long as I'm in school. Because of finals. I'll be okay though I'm sure.
Now this week... it's finals. Not my favorite time of the semester. I hadn't started to stress until this morning on my way to take my first final. 1 down 3 to go. I've got one tomorrow afternoon so I'm not studying until tomorrow... it's math... can't do much for that. Then I don't have any until Friday and then I have two. History and Biology which I need to study for both of them. I'll start tomorrow or something and then study all day Thursday for them. Of course I'll take my breaks... haha yea right me study without stoping? Not when myspace is around!
Okay that's it for now. Maybe in a later post I'll explain the break up more or if you want to know you can always IM me and ask... I'll tell you. |
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| 22 days til I leave... 23 days til I'm "home" |
[Dec. 2nd, 2005|01:29 pm] |
AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Just 23 days until I'm back in Wellington with my friends and "family". I'm so excited and I can't wait until I'm there. Rhikki is going to pick me up at 5am and SHE'S THE FIRST PERSON I SEE!!!! For the last like 3 weeks or something we've been posting comments back and forth on myspace.com on how many more days. We're both really excited can you tell?
School is going okay... starting to get stressed though. I now only have a week left of lectures and then finals and I'm so behind on reading. A few weeks ago I just really wasn't in the mood for doing homework so I didn't... and I never got back to it... and now I'm paying for it. I've got about 75 pages to read to catch up to the lectures in history, about 70 pages for my Child and Adolscent Studies class, a book review for Child and Adolscent Studies also, a project for Biology, and a notebook for Art... all of which I need to try and get done tomorrow or for the most part tomorrow because I work like crazy on Sunday and tonight I have formal with Jeremy. I'm going to read for the book review at the hotel before 8... I'll be picked up at 4 and then to the hotel... so we'll see how things go.
Okay time to eat cuz I'm straving! |
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| I like these ones... |
[Nov. 12th, 2005|11:34 pm] |
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1. I'll respond with something random I like about you.
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| GUESS WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
[Nov. 5th, 2005|04:18 pm] |
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| [ | music |
| | Vanessa Carlton "Pretty Baby" | ] |
I'M GOING HOME!!!!!!!! I mean home- home... like the Florida home. I'm so excited I can't wait. Now the rest of the semester is going to go by really slowly. Damn this sucks. I don't care though. I'm going back to Florida and I'm going to West Palm and spending a week in West Palm! So heres the deal:
I'll be leaving Cali at 9:20 pm from Long Beach on Jet Blue and taking the redeye to Ft. Lad. So that means I'll be arriving at 5 am. It's a non-stop flight. I'll probably spend that day with the Samuels and celebrate the first night of their holiday (I'm not even going to try to spell it right now I'll murder it). Then from there I'm not sure. People have to let me know what their plans are so that I can maybe plan a night when I can spend time with everyone. I'll be leaving from Ft. Lad. at 6 am on Jan. 1st so I'll just be pulling an all nighter that night until I can get on the flight. But that doesn't matter to me.... I'M COMING HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is all for now.... |
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