Crazy week

Most of the week was spent studying for tests. I have a psychology test on tuesday and i had to read 4 chapters and do 4 chapter reviews. I am still not done but I will finish them tomorrow.

On thursday on my way home from class some dumb girl almost crashed into me. I was in the second left lane and she was in the lane to my right. When we were maybe two hundred feet from the red light she decides to cross over to the far left lane. She came within inches of hitting me. I don't even think she realized she almost hit me, she was too busy talking to her friends. There were seven people in a tiny 5 person car.

I have been pretty damn stressed out the last few weeks. It seems like I have nothing but essays and tests to do. I have another paper due this week and a bunch of other assignments like a powerpoint. Thankfully spring break is coming up. But even my spring break is going to be busy. I have to prepare for two presentations that I have the week after spring break.

Birthday, Precious, and Midterm

So Tuesday was my birthday! I can honestly say that I do not feel any older but when I think about it I can’t believe I am 20 years old. I am no longer a teenager!
Since it was my birthday I decided to skip class, it wasn’t a big deal because we were just watching a movie that I have already seen. Around 5pm my grandparents came over and we had cake and ice cream. Nothing big because we still are going to celebrate over the weekend. I didn’t get to see my mom that day but she did have flowers delivered to me, they were very pretty.

Yesterday I had to go to my speech class. I filmed my drive to school because I made a deal with some other people to do it. It was a pain in the butt to rig my camera to stay attached to my passenger head rest. But it came out alright I think.

When I got to class we found out we were watching the movie Precious. I wasn’t looking forward to watching it because I have always been the type to cry during sad movies. To my surprise I only welled up twice. If I was home alone I probably would have full on cried like baby lol. I have to say it was a really good movie and was very intense. The scenes between mom and daughter had me on edge and scared of what might happen. Of course we have to do an assignment about it. I think it is going to be about the communication between Precious and her mom.

Today I have a philosophy midterm. I have to say school is kind of kicking my butt. I am sooo tired and my brain is overloaded.

Campus Attacks

So yesterday when I got to school I noticed that there were signs on all the doors that led into a building. When I stopped to read it I saw that a female student was attacked on the way to her car the night before. Tuesday night I had class but when I got to school it was cancelled, the time I would normally have gotten out of the class was the time the girl was attacked. Luckily the girl was able to get away and she is fine. They haven’t found the guy so walking to my car last night was kind of scary. Where I park and where my classes are held are about an 8 minute walk away from each other. You would think that there would be a lot more security roaming the parking lot and campus after someone gets attacked but my whole way to my car last night I only saw one security officer and he was by my class not in the parking lot.

Walking through all the cars to get to my car was nerve raking. I knew my chances of getting attacked were slim but I still made sure I had my keys out and my mace ready. When I reached my car and locked my doors I was so relieved. When I was driving out of the parking lot I saw a lot of women walking alone and not really paying attention to their surroundings. You would think that after someone got attacked they would pay attention and not have their headphones on. I have a night class again tonight but this time I plan on walking with someone else to my car.

Class Cancelled

Yesterday I went to class and I got there about 30 mins early. I wasn’t the only one early so I at least had people to talk too. About 10 mins before class started someone walks in the door and says “you guys do know there is a sign on the door that says class is cancelled”. I was pissed. Usually I don’t mind if class is cancelled but when you are supposed to watch a movie that a test is based on and work on your project with your group it kind of sucks. I only have this class once a week so missing one day really gets you behind. SO this means that next week we are going to have to make up for it and probably stay a lot later then we usually would. I was also annoyed because I had to drive all the way back home during rush hour. Anyone who lives in Los Angeles knows that you have to double the amount of travel time during rush hour. Blah

4 hours of sleep

Yesterday I woke up at 7am. I went to bed at 3am so I only got about 4 hours of sleep. I didn't do much, just cleaned the bathroom, washed the dishes and looked through the news paper because I needed to find an article to discuss in my critical thinking class. By the time I left to go to class I was exhausted. Driving to school was horrible, I felt like I was going to fall asleep any second. When I got to school I got my second wind so to speak.
The topic of the day was stats. Yuck. We didn't spend too much time on it so it wasn't too bad. After that we discussed some of the articles people brought in. They varied from female officers raping juvenile inmates, to putting warning labels on food.
On my way home I decided to take the streets. When I passed over the bridge by my house I was so glad I took the streets because the freeway was backed up for miles. There were helicopters everywhere and when I got home I turned on the news to see a big rig had crashed. I was planning on going to bed early but I stayed up till 2am watching YouTube videos and talking to someone on livewire. Yea it was a pretty boring day.

A long drive

Yesterday I had breakfast with my mom and my grandparents so I had to wake up pretty early for a Sunday. We were finished by 10:30 and I had nothing to do so I asked my bff to do something. I picked her up at 1 and we decided to just drive. We drove to Whittier and all through the hills and took some pictures. We then drove some more and ended up in cypress, then we drove to surfside beach to take some pictures. After that we went to long beach and decided to grab some dinner. We found a place on yelp and decided to eat there. We ordered our food online and went to go pick it up. It was on a very busy street and it took us 10 mins to find parking. We walked into the place only to find out we had to walk down the street to their other location to pick up our order. The food was really good but I doubt I would go there again. It was too much of a hassle to get there and it wasn’t worth the price. After that we went back to my house to watch Whip It and eat a pint of ice cream each. My tummy was stuffed after all that.

People and Ambulances

On my way to class yesterday I heard an ambulance coming up behind me. So I made sure I was in the clear and pulled over to the right side of the road and waited for the ambulance to pass me. I noticed the car that was in front of me didn’t pull over, he/she just stopped. When the ambulance came up to the car, the person still didn’t move for a good 45 seconds. This pissed me off for two reasons. Reason number one, if an ambulance is waiting behind you with the sirens blaring YOU MOVE. You don’t just sit there and wait for them to do something. The second reason this bothered me was because the ambulance driver could have gone around the car. Yes the ambulance has the right of way but when you are potentially holding the life of somebody in your hands just go around the stupid car with the driver who doesn’t have a clue. Don’t be stubborn and wait for the person to move. Okay I just had to get that off my chest, rant over.

A lazy day

Yesterday got off to a pretty crappy start. I woke up at 5:30am to the sound of my dad getting ready for work and my brother banging on my door asking to borrow my phone charger because he left his at his girlfriend’s house. I tried to fall back asleep but it took a good hour of playing Tetris on my Droid to finally knock me back out. I finally woke up at sometime after 10am, and so started a very uneventful day.
I should have worked on several study guides I have for my abnormal psych class but I didn’t feel like it. I was going to go do some shopping but it was raining pretty hard and I hate driving when it is pouring rain. It rarely rains in SoCal and when it does people either love it or they hate it. I love the rain, always have. What I hate is how some people drive like lunatics when it rains. You would think they would be more careful since the streets are wet and you can’t see very well but nope, I guess some people are adrenaline junkies.
I spent pretty much the whole day watching Law and Order: Criminal Intent. I have to say I was really bummed when I found out Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe will be leaving the show, they are the only reason I watched. I also read today that Christopher Meloni will be leaving Law and Order SVU. I can’t imagine the show without him.
The only thing I did today was cook dinner. I made teriyaki salmon with vegetable stir fry. Ever since my parents split I am the one who cooks dinner for my dad, brother and myself. It took a long time for me to get the hang of cooking but I think I have finally got the basics down.
I also decided to keep this blog anonymous. I know this will probably never be read by more than a handful of people, but I still feel more comfortable knowing even if someone I know reads this they won’t know it’s me. Unless of course they are able to put together all the small facts I write here.

Philosophy and a Drive

So today I had my philosophy class, I didn’t really want to go because I was so sleepy. I usually wake up at 10am but today I woke up at 6am so it kind of threw me off. I missed class last week because I wasn’t feeling too good so I had to make up a quiz. I have to say it was pretty easy. Of course most quizzes are easy when you get to use notes! Today we learned about several different philosophers including Socrates. So far I am really enjoying this class. It is a lot different than I thought it would be. My professor is a little boring at times, probably because it is a 7-10pm class and he had been teaching the whole day. It is amazing how much this man knows. He goes on and on about all kinds of stuff and never has to look at his notes. He is in his 60s and he really enjoys telling us about his childhood and how he used to play with tinker toys. You can tell his students really enjoy his class because although he keeps us till 10pm (usually they let us out 30mins early) only one or two students ever leave early. This is one of the few classes that actually make me think and question what I thought I have always known.
I got in my car at about 10:10pm and as I was waiting for my windows to clear up I noticed a few rows away that a guy couldn’t start his car. Immediately several people came to help him. It really makes me feel good to know that there are still people who are willing to help someone in need.
Five minutes into my drive home I got stopped at a railroad crossing, this happens to me like once every few months. Most people wait a minute then make a u-turn because they hate waiting, I on the other hand don’t mind. After the train passed I drove another 10 minutes and two of the three lanes were closed for construction work. This resulted in another 10 minute wait, but I got to see some hot guys getting down and dirty, so I can’t complain. Once I was passed that it was pretty much smooth sailing the rest of the way home accept I saw two fire trucks and an ambulance at a building which caused a few people to be rubber necks. I got home and was shocked to see that my brother was actually home for once. Usually he is out till the wee hours of the morning. As soon as I walked in I heard my dad’s dog pounding on the door to let her in, so I did. Man did she stick today. Now I am just here typing and eating some leftover Greek food. YUMMY!