In dire need of a vacation.

I can't believe tomorrow is March already! I mean, I realize that February is short and all, but I feel like New Year's was only a few weeks ago. The older I get, the faster time is going.

That being said, I need to get out of here! Only fifteen days until Seattle and THANK GOD! I've been saving like a champ and have been researching stuff to do... this far, I've come up with the Space Needle (duh), Pike Place Market, Nordstrom store #1 (duh again), the Point Defiance Zoo, and this really cool place called Experience Music Project. There's exhibits about musicians, music styles, and all kinds of stuff. In a nutshell, I'm pretty pumped.

Other than that, there's really not a whole lot else going on in my life... School is still happening, and I'm a workaholic.

cjk

A Fresh Change!

Well, when we last spoke, I was super pissed at my advisor for NOT advising and essentially forcing me into a stupid minor that I had no interest in.

Well F that! I changed my major!

As of Thursday, I am now a Family Finance, Housing, and Policy major. YAY!

What that means for me: a competent, caring advisor, a major that has more career opportunities, less research, more dealing one-on-one with people, and a better, more positive outlook on life for me. I felt a huge weight lifted from my shoulders when I switched to this new major, and I am super excited to get the ball rolling! I'll finish out this semester in the boring a$$ classes I'm in now, and starting with this summer, I'll be taking some really good classes!

Wish me luck!

cjk

What am I paying for?!

Today just pissed me off.

Up until about 2:45pm today, I had a declared minor in Marketing to complament my Psychology major. Through no help of my advisors, however, I found out that nonbusiness majors can only declare an Entreprenurial Studies or General Business minor. Sweet. The people who's job it is to make sure that I am taking the correct classes and to ensure that I am on track to graduate neglected to inform me that my minor choice wasn't an option, despite the fact that they were fully aware of it and we discussed it on multiple occasions. So, now I've been forced to become a Criminal Justice Studies minor, because it was essentially my best option (and one of only a few). Now, because of their stupid mistake and oversight, I am in classes this semester that I don't need and will only work as elective credit (which I don't need), and my graduation date has been pushed back to Spring of 2011 - which puts me a whole f*cking year behind instead of the 1 semester that I was originally delayed. This takes into account me taking 6 and 5 credits for this and next summer, respectively.

My only question here is: what exactly are these people paid to do?!

Super Bowl XLIII - Tucson Style

Since none of my loyal blog viewers are from the greater Tucson, AZ area, I have taken the liberty of bringing you this glorious bit of television history.



http://i.gizmodo.com/5144199/tucson-comcast-splices-graphic-porn-into-super-bowl-nsfw



Please know that this is so incredibly NSFW that you'll probably be fired on the spot if you watch it at work.



Janet Jackson, eat your heart out.



cjk

An update on me.

After tomorrow, I will have survived my first twenty-one days as an Iowa State student... I gotta hand it to myself, I'm pretty proud. I am taking some big steps towards becoming a big boy here, and I am loving every second. This past week was a little (a lot, really) rough as I got to battle a particularly nasty strain of strep throat combined with bronchitis. Yuck. I'm pretty much over it now, just have some congestion and am still coughing up nothing good. I'm working quite a bit still at the bank and I'm the happiest I've been with my job since I started last March. I'm coming up on the one year mark there, which is a pretty big deal because I haven't had one single job that long since I graduated high school... I guess you could say I'm pretty finicky. I managed to get a raise this month (small, but hey, a raise is a raise) and my boss has been noticing the extra effort I've been putting in and the extra tasks I've been taking on without being prompted. I've been spending more time with my friends and have a couple of trips lined up for this year. In March, Lindsey and I are going to go to Seattle, which has been a dream of mine pretty much since I was a fetus. I turn 21 in June and could not be more excited, since all of my friends are already at least 21 and I can't wait to be able to go out with them! My love life is still non-existent, but I have decided that 2009 is my year - I am in the process of changing my attitudes and trying to become more outgoing and social. I think I might join Psych Club at ISU - which if you weren't able to pick up, is a club for psychology majors. Clever, right?

All in all, my life is going pretty well right now :) I'm excited to see what the rest of this year has in store for me.

cjk

It's so good, it must be fattening.

So whilst I was browsing around on Facebook today, being bored and having no clear goal in mind, I managed to stumble across this GEM. It is a list of twelve reasons that gay marriage should not be made legal in America, followed by a hilarious afterthought, effectively punching holes in its validity. Enjoy, and if you feel so inclined, re-post it, or better yet, send it to a Republican friend you might have :)

1. Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control are not natural.

2. Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children. Infertile couples and old people cannot get legally married because the world needs more children.

3. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children because straight parents only raise straight children.

4. Straight marriage will be less meaningful, since Britney Spears's 55-hour just-for-fun marriage was meaningful.

5. Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and it hasn't changed at all: women are property, Blacks can't marry Whites, and divorce is illegal.

6. Gay marriage should be decided by the people, not the courts, because the majority-elected legislatures, not courts, have historically protected the rights of minorities.

7. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are always imposed on the entire country. That's why we only have one religion in America.

8. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people makes you tall.

9. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage license.

10. Children can never succeed without both male and female role models at home. That's why single parents are forbidden to raise children.

11. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society. Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and we could never adapt to new social norms because we haven't adapted to cars or longer lifespans.

12. Civil unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name are better, because a "separate but equal" institution is always constitutional. Separate schools for African-Americans worked just as well as separate marriages will for gays & lesbians.

So I lied...

You may have noticed that I did not have a post yesterday like I alluded to on Sunday. Oops - my bad. Well, it may be a day late but it's here, so get off my back.

I had my first day of big boy college yesterday when I officially started at Iowa State University of Science and Technology (the full name makes it sound so classy and FANCY). I had to be up at 7:15 (sick, I know) to primp and look hot because, hey, this could be the day I meet Mr. Right, right? (Editor's note - it wasn't. I did get hit on by a girl on the bus though. Damn.) I scraped off my car (for the third day in a row, might I add) and drove to the commuter parking lot at Iowa State Center and caught the #23 Orange bus to take me on to campus. After a couple stops, I exited at Beardshear Hall and from there was only a stone's throw from Carver Hall - home of my MATH 105 class. This class had me mildly stressed out as math=nothing good. However, there is no midterm, no comprehensive final exam, and the teacher is awesome. Good news here is that he says most people who are really good at number crunching and things of the like have trouble in the class, while people with a basic working knowledge or less (i.e., ME) seem to do better. Thank GOD.

After math, I make the trek across campus to Hoover Hall, braving snow, wind, and cold, to get to my ECON 101 class. This bitch was awestruck. 480+ people packed into an auditorium that reminded me of the freaking Civic Center! I mean H-U-G-E! This class has me pretty well worried - I don't know how I'm feeling about all this nonsense. Seems like a challenge that I may or may not be up to. The jury's still out so I'll keep you posted.

Finally, we hit the snag in the day. Now, this was a snag that I was prepared for fully from the get-go. My third class is ENGL 225, which is located in Food Sciences 2311 (because, let's face it, if you had to pick an ideal location for an English course, you'd pick the f*cking Food Sciences Building). Anyhow, this is clear on the opposite side of campus. Even with getting out of ECON 7 minutes early, I was still 5 minutes late to class. Great. And this class only had 30 students in it, so everyone got to see the NOOB (moi) walk in late. To top it off, there weren't anymore seats. The teacher had to give me her chair. Nice, Christopher. Way to not draw attention to yourself.

After that class I beelined for the #23 Orange Circulator again to get back to my car. This time, the bus was filled and it was standing room only. Wouldn't have been the worse thing, except I was between two people that I am convinced have never heard of deodorant. Once they started speaking I understood why. One word for you - FRENCH. You can imagine. I got back to my car and got home in time to boil some lima beans for lunch, throw them in a Gladware with a pound of Country Crock and a dash of salt and pepper, and take them to-go to work. Worked till close, came home, and BOOM! Hit my wall. I was down for the count.

Now we come to the present. Slow ass day in the banking world, so I left work at 2:30 (supposed to get off at 4:00). Making a super pot of chili for supper (YUM) and working on homework! CHYEAH!

The joys of being a student. An employed student.

cjk