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Do Not Disturb
Posted on February 28, 2005 by Ching under School.
I’m skipping ACCT 560 (Accounting Information Systems) today to study for my BLAW 431 (Business Law) exam. I was supposed to study for it on Friday (but I went to play poker at APL HQ instead; then when we got home, Brian and I watched this Katie Holmes’ flick Abandon). I tried to study for it again on Saturday after working out, but I ended up reading more of my new favorite blog Return to Happiness. Then I blogged some and then it was time to go to our couples massage. Afterwards we grubbed at Wildfire Diner, this new diner that Brian’s parents discovered a couple of months ago. We were going to see Hitch, but decided that our favorite balcony seats (A6 or A7) were probably sold out at the theater since it’s date night and it was already almost 8p. I didn’t want to have to sit anywhere else so we nixed that idea. We just ended up going home and watching Saw (that movie is messed up; good plot twist, though). I decided I would go to bed right after the movie so I could wake up early the next day to study. I planned to study before my workout this time. Didn’t work. I was able to get up early as I planned. That’s not the problem. It’s just that whenever I get on the computer I always find ways to procrastinate. My procrastination method this time was reading more Return to Happiness. I did pay bills though, so I got those out of the way until my next paycheck comes. Anyway, pretty soon it was time to go workout. By the time I returned, I just had enough time to shower and then go to dinner at my in-laws. Dinner, which normally is a two-hour affair, lasted almost four hours. We were there from 5p to a little after 9p. Jason was there so we did a lot of yapping before, during and after dinner. And then we played Phase 10 as I mentioned in the previous post. We got home at 10p and by then I was too tired and sleepy (we had lasagna and pasta always makes me feel sleepy afterwards) to even attempt to crack the books. I thought I would have a few minutes to study at work today but work was really hectic. I barely had time to think! I have lots of things on my to-do list for tomorrow so I really have to study tonight. My only option is to skip ACCT 560, which is okay because it’s a kind of boring anyway. Besides, Jen won’t be there and without her to entertain me I’ll zonk out for sure. She brings crayons for us to draw and doodle with during the lecture. It helps keep us both awake. Anyhow, since she’s not going to be there with her crayons and good humor (yikes, that sounds like ice cream; no she doesn’t bring any ice cream to class; although, that might be an idea for next week), I figured I’d be better off staying home. I know I need to study tonight, but whether or not I get around to actually studying… Well, that’s another question altogether. I’ve already killed much needed study time by posting this blog entry which, incidentally, was only supposed to take two seconds but I ended up writing a whole bunch!
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Eight Hours
Posted on February 9, 2005 by Ching under School.
Larry almost put me to sleep in class today. I guess it didn’t help that I had a humongous mangorita at Felipe’s right before class. I drank every last drop, too. It didn’t matter that I had pork burito and rice to absorb the alcohol content. With my small frame, it was still enough to give me a good buzz. We had a quiz yesterday, too. Remind me to never take a quiz even slightly intoxicated. It wasn’t too bad, I guess. At least the words weren’t dancing around on the paper. I wouldn’t have come to class if I was in that bad of a condition. So having been already sleepy from class, I just took off my clothes and went to bed as soon as I got home. No checking email. No surfing the internet. No chatting on YM. No playing poker on UB. No nothing. I was dead tired. I think the fact that I am emotionally drained contributed to my physical exhaustion. For the first time in months, I went to bed at ten o’clock. That’s the earliest I’d gone to bed in several months. I’m not counting our afternoon naps sometimes on weekends. Those don’t count because usually we’ll wake up in the middle of the night like at two in the morning and go to the office to play on the internet. I’m usually lucky if I get four or five hours of sleep a day. I didn’t get up until about six thirty this morning. I had almost eight hours of sleep and my body doesn’t know what to do. I think it wants more.. I guess because I’d never had eight hours of sleep in a long while, my body didn’t really know what it was missing. It’s really cold out today, too. I just want to crawl back into bed.
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Free Poker Addict
Posted on January 28, 2005 by Ching under Poker, School.
My gambling addiction is ruining my life!!
ARRRGGHH!
Skipping class last night to play the invite-only poker tourney at Heroes was the dumbest idea ever! I was no where near the money! I should never have skipped class! Ugh.
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Minors
Posted on November 2, 2004 by Ching under School.
I met with one of the academic advisors yesterday and I’ve got great news! Even though I’m going to be stuck at WSU until spring of 2006 (because of the way that the MIS classes are structured and because they’re only offered during certain semesters) by the time I finally graduate I’ll end up with three minors: my computer science minor (which I had previously planned on), an accounting minor, and also management. Isn’t that just awesome news?! Â
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Charles
Posted on October 25, 2004 by Ching under School.
This is Charles. I ran into him at school today. It’s been almost five years since we’ve seen each other. We used to work together at Spiegel, in the customer satisfaction department. He left in the beginning of 2000 and I hadn’t seen him since.
The amazing part is that I just ran into Tien a couple of weeks ago at the Communities in Schools event at North High School. Tien works for Communities in Schools. It’s local nonprofit organization that’s doing some really great things.
Anyway, I guess Tien and Charles have been in contact since they both work downtown. They didn’t know that I worked downtown as well until my chance encounter with Tien. Hopefully the three of us can meet for lunch one day. It would be neat to catch up and everything.
Charles got married last year and has an 8-week-old baby. Tien got married in 2000 (I think), at least two years before me and I think she has two kids now. It’s crazy how time flies!
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