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Life goes on

Aimée — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:12:50 +0000

I’ve been craving the satisfaction that is only derived from writing a new blog post, but have honestly had nothing substantial to say. And I still don’t, but at least I’m getting my intentions down. I promise to return in the near future with an update about life, Sabine, literary happy hour, and the den.

Wellness Center

Aimée — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:43:41 +0000

Well, I broke down and bought a membership to the gym again on campus, along with the cycling and yoga passes. A total of too much I care to admit, but working out on my own outside was not cutting it – weather interference, lack of motivation, etc.

My only qualm with buying the passes and memberships is living up to the costs. I’ve calculated that I need to go to at least 12 cycling classes to justify buying the pass, and 6 yoga classes to justify buying the pass, before fall semester begins again.

So far, I’ve got 11 cycling classes to go. I believe I’ll attend a yoga class tomorrow evening, cutting that down to 5 – but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

As for the overall gym membership fees, I need to attend about 12 days worth (NOT including yoga/cycling days) for the summer to justify having purchased it. It’s all reasonable, and may act as a more reliable motivating factor than just being healthy and losing weight – which is rather sad, but whatever works, I say.

PS. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly was a fantastic, albeit depressingly uplifting, movie.

why do i have to fly?

Aimée — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:19:00 +0000

Ok, I have a TON of things to do. I haven’t blogged in a while even though I promised I would sooner rather than later… oy. Apologies for that.

Nevertheless, this post is more for me, so again, I promise to post eventually with something of interest.

ship book sold on Amazon
ship Laura’s cell phone charger
mail Caitlin’s letter
go to class
go to work
get Great Expectations for ENG323
make podcast for CIS410
take dress, skirt and seat cover to dry-cleaners
clean efficiency
empty car
go to the grocery store

I think that’s it for now…

Zero

Aimée — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:33:33 +0000

Wow. I haven’t blogged in over a month, but I don’t feel like it’s been that long. I think it must be because of my POTDs.

I remodeled a bit. That tends to help me remember to blog. It’s more refreshing to come across a “new” blog.

I haven’t much to say, though. The semester is coming to an end (finally). In three weeks I’ll be done for the semester. This summer I’m taking three courses, and plan on working a bunch. A trip to Philadelphia is also on the table.

I’ll try to come up with a real blog soon. Scout’s honor.

We Walk

Aimée — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:13:34 +0000

Haha, for some reason my songs are misnamed from the Ting Tings, so I was trying to explain to Kateryn that my favorite song was We Walk – when I really meant Be the One (I think that’s its name?). And I couldn’t come up with a clever title, so this will have to do.

I’m currently on spring break in the Florida Keys. I have no real reason to be posting, beside the fact that I haven’t in ages and… well, it’s about damn time. But what I mean to say is that there’s no event, no story, nothing really to prompt this post. Just that I don’t want to be downstairs listening to my parents’ stories for the 500th time.

Last week was probably one of my most enjoyable weeks in Miami. Not to say that I don’t have a lot of fun, but with school going on, and people generally being busy ALL the time (except weekends), it’s hard to have a whole week of frolicking and enjoyment. But somehow, despite midterms, Kateryn and I pulled it off!

In a nutshell, we…

ate cuban
took tons of pictures
watched It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
went to the Rathskeller
had a firepit party
went to the beach
ate cuban
went to Target
watched It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
ate cuban
put together a puzzle
ate cuban
went to an art festival on the Mile
ate latin fast food
rocked out for the drive home

Then, later that week, we…

went to the Miami Metrozoo
ate cuban
rode the Metro
visited a random, homey, adorable gallery downtown
meandered downtown
went to Michael’s to get paint supplies
ate cuban
painted

It was very, very enjoyable. I felt very zen and happy after all of that. Why can’t I live my life like that every week? I mean, I even managed to take exams in between the two trips. I got an A on one of them, in fact!

jigsaw (as in the song)

Aimée — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:16:31 +0000

Thank you Kateryn for introducing me to this fantastic group called the Mates of State. I’ve been listening through their (newest?) album Re-arrange Us, and it’s pretty damn enjoyable. I’ll have to check out their other stuff soon.

I’ve been meaning to write an entry about this for quite a while now. I don’t know what’s stopping me from doing it, but for some reason I have this block against putting it down on paper. I like to think that I’m a very positive person. My goal is life is to bring happiness, and experience happiness. Not that I’m averse to conflict when it’s necessary, but as a whole, when it’s possible and clearly feasible, I like to do my best to take the highest road available to me.

That being said, there are some things in life that irk me to no end and I have no patience for. They include, but are not limited to, the following:

Impatience. I have no patience for impatience. And no, that really makes no sense. But I absolutely hate it when someone honks their horn the second a light turns green. I can’t stand it when someone gets snappy with a waiter for a slow meal, when the food is clearly hot as it arrives at the table. I have no patience when someone complains about something they just don’t like, when it’s really not an inconvenience from the third party but merely a picky preference from the irked person. Which really belongs more in my next, and biggest, irritation…
Pickiness. I. hate. people. who. are. picky. Which is a totally broad statement and totally isn’t true in the case of my best friend, but that’s beside the point. As a whole, picky people are the bane of my existence. I truly believe everyone will be better off and happier if they go with the flow. Not that you can’t have preferences, favorites, etc. But being picky takes away the excitement in life. Try something new! A bad experience is still an experience, and one that will leave you with stories to tell later. There is an upside to absolutely and totally everything. I’m not saying there isn’t a negative side – but that a positive side does exist. But you’ll miss happiness if you’ve got blinders on to something out of your norm.
Selfishness. Everyone is guilty of this to some extent. I know I am. But there comes a time and place, a line, where it turns into true selfishness. Where you openly denounce someone else’s happiness or potential limelight just for your own, perhaps even lesser, advancement. Again, I’m not saying competition is bad – that if you’re competing for a job position, you should let the other person win. Not even close. But I do mean, don’t be a sore loser. Don’t think that, for some reason or another, you’re superior to someone you don’t know. Don’t assume you’re smarter. Don’t assume you’re richer. Don’t assume you know what’s best.

That feels a lot better. I feel like some lecturing ethics counselor for children. But seriously, a TON of people in this world need to realize kindness isn’t a vice. The nice guy doesn’t always finish last.

music is love

Aimée — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:14:06 +0000

I’ve taken to listening to my iPod while walking and riding the shuttle to class. Sometimes I forget how much I truly enjoy listening to my music – Keane, Coldplay, or one of my random playlists of top rated songs or workout music have been played most as of late. I turn it up, bop my head, mouth the words, and generally have a fantastic time in my ears.

While I think everyone appreciates some form of music to some degree, I often feel as though I get a lot more out of it than the average person. Music makes me cry, makes me laugh, makes me feel. I can relate to songs. It usually isn’t the lyrics, but the tone, the feel, the beat, the sound of the song that creates the emotion.

As I’m listening to my music and looking at the world around me, I wonder if anyone else feels the same way about the same songs. I wonder, if I could find someone who loves Keane’s Leaving So Soon?, would we get along? Would we be best friends? Soulmates? Lovers?

I will continue to listen to and flaunt my iPod in hopes that someone will strike up a conversation about my playlist. I will continue to sing out loud as I walk to my house, hoping that the stray student will turn around, and acknowledge good music (not singing). And above all, I will continue to love and live music.

a new semester

Aimée — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:28:32 +0000

Wow. I don’t even know where to begin. Today I had four classes back to back, and it was just… wow. I’m overwhelmed already. I was debating whether or not I’d be dropping a class, but I’m definitely sure now what I’ll do. I can’t handle having four classes back to back and not getting out till after 7:30pm. It might just be twice a week, but that’s still too much. There’s no real need for me to be taking six classes anyway. The five classes I’ll be keeping are as follows:

Corporate Finance: I’ll be studying… well, corporate finance! The finances related to corporations and companies and its importance to them. I’ll be conducting a corporation simulation in which I’ll be with a group, and we’ll be given various scenarios where we’ll have to make decisions which will then affect our capital gains and whatnot. I’m a little nervous about the simulation, but I’m in a group with two friends who aren’t too worthless in business (I hope) so I’m optimistic.

Cost Accounting: I hate this class. It’s miserable. The homework was easy, but I know it’s only going to get worse. I dropped this class last semester because a) it was awful and b) the teacher was worse. The teacher certainly isn’t my favorite as of yet, but he clearly isn’t as bad as my last teacher. I would drop this class, but it’s at a convenient time, and I want to get it over with.

Investment Finance: I think I’ll love this class! It’ll help me understand more what my father does (he’s a stock broker). It’ll also help make sense of the markets, investing, etc. Hopefully it’ll give me enough confidence to start investing myself in the near future. There’s another simulation in this class, for which I’ve already started research by reading through the Wall Street Journal and finding stocks that have been stable or risen, and are in sectors that I think show potential for at least the next quarter of 2009 (which is the duration of the simulation).

Tax Accounting: I was absolutely dreading this class, but the teacher is SO nice and I LOVED my first class! I’m looking forward to making sense of all the forms involved with personal tax filing, all the different funny exceptions and rules, and touching on the morals of taxation (yeah, tax accounting is almost philosophical!).

Operations Management: I’m indifferent to this class. It’s supposedly mathy, and I like math, so I should like it. I’ve also heard the class is easy (and that my teacher is good, but intense). I don’t know what intense means, but he seems nice enough. There’s a game in this class called the supply chain game, although I have absolutely no clue what it will consist of. I’m a little nervous about it!

The one I’m dropping is intermediate financial accounting, the first part of which I had last semester. I don’t really want to put a gap between the first part and second part, but I just know I’m not going to want to put up with a class from 6:25-7:40pm every Monday and Wednesday. Hopefully I’ll make it by to fill out all my paperwork to drop the class tomorrow.

a change of pace

Aimée — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:13:40 +0000

Ok. I liked the old layout well enough, but this one feels better. More me, I guess. I wish I could play with the design a bit more (colors specifically) but I don’t particularly want to pay money just to fiddle with it. It’s not necessary, and the whole point of moving to WordPress was to get rid of hosting/blogging costs. I do miss some parts of not having a domain to put all my crap, but it wasn’t something I needed. One less bill to pay every month (or three months or year).

So a little more about the changes: as you can see below this post, I’ve been participating in a “Photo of the Day” project that Kateryn introduced me to. Though I do thoroughly enjoy the whole process, I feel like I’m not using this blog for what it’s meant: actual posts! So, instead, I’m using Flickr properly, linking the images in the widget to the right which will update as I post new photos, and will blog here as I did before the POTD project.

Tomorrow is my first day of classes. I’m excited, but apprehensive; this semester is going to kick my ass. Tomorrow won’t be so bad since I’ve only got two classes, but Wednesday is going to be a ball-buster: four classes, back to back, from 2:00pm to 7:40pm. I’ve never taken six classes in one semester (and I reserve the right to drop one in the next two weeks). Nevertheless, I think it’ll be a nice change of pace to be so busy I don’t have a chance to catch my breath. I’ve been too lazy for too long.

POTD #15, glowing urchins

Aimée — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:31:16 +0000

POTD #15, glowing urchins, originally uploaded by scooopa.

I got as a Christmas gift these porcelain sea urchins, in which I put some tea lights (those small candles). They glow really beautifully, although at a distance or if you cross your eyes, they remind me of breast implants. Just sayin’.