Im just missing you

I am here in Atlanta staying the night at my Aunt Jeanne’s. And well it is quite depressing . I am laying in bed typing on the computer, and its late…so this is where it all began . When I had evacuated for Katrina, this is one of the places I visited, and one night while I was here John (in Afghanistan) and I spent the entire night talking via instant messenger, and somewhere during that night is when I fell in love with him… I cant pinpoint it exactly, but sometime during that long wonderful night I fell in love. So as I am lying here in that same bed with the same computer, and well he IMed me a few min ago, its saddening. And I cannot help miss him and wish he was here with me.

The other day he asked me what I miss about him, and well I couldn’t tell him, not because I didn’t know, but because I just couldn’t bring myself to tell him, that would have just been to much… so I am going to put it here, get it off of my chest and out of my mind… so if you do not want to know all of the reasons why I miss John so much and all of the reasons I love him so madly then stop reading, but if curiosity has a grip on you… well then read on…

I miss John’s smile this little half smirk where only the right side of his lips curl up. I miss his eyes, the most beautiful and wonderful shade of sea green that I have ever seen; they are warm and caring and looking into them made me feel wonderful, beautiful, cared for, loved, warm and safe. I miss his strong arms wrapped around me; there is honestly no place I would rather been than rapped up in his arms, there I felt loved and as if nothing bad could ever happen. I miss the way he would just randomly pick me up and carry me in his arms, like one time when Steve, he and I were walking from the parking lot to a bar and he just randomly swooped me up and carried me for a sec. I miss how excited he would get when he would learn some new tidbit about an actor, movie or musician. I miss how he would come home from pt hop in the shower and then come curl back up next to me in bed for a minute and kiss me. I miss him listening to music and drumming along with me as the drum. I miss him attempting to tickle me, even though I hate being tickled and many times thwarted his attempt, I miss his attempt. I miss how if I wasn’t feeling in a great mood, he would make faces and cheer me up or act like a monkey or a dog and make me smile. I miss how excited he always seemed when I would make him something to eat, especially a quesadilla. I miss sitting in the back seat of Steve’s car on the way to some bar or what not, with John in the seat in front of me, he would randomly just stick his arm back and grab and squeeze my leg. I miss his snoring at night. I miss watching a movie on my laptop in bed because he had to go to sleep and get up early and I couldn’t sleep, so I would put in a movie, he would curl up with his head on my stomach or chest and I would rub his back while he fell asleep. I miss how he would rub my tummy if it didn’t feel good. I miss curling up on his floor with him watching movies and how he always knew what other movie the actor was in when I couldn’t figure it out or couldn’t remember. I miss doing stuff for him, like making him something to eat, grabbing something from the store for him, or before I left I would do my laundry and his as well and fold it and put it away. I miss watching him get ready for work the next day, ironing his uniform and getting everything done. I miss learning and hearing all the stories about him, from his life. I miss walking with him holding his hand, or wrapping my arm around his waist. I miss hugging him and being hugged back. I miss how he would be in a goofy mood and we would wrestle around and “punch” back and forth. I miss playing video games with him. I miss sitting on his lap while he copied CDs onto his computer. I miss going to best buy with him and watching him find new movies or music he didn’t have. I miss going to play Friday night Texas holdem with him at a friend of his place, even if he didn’t sit next to me he would look at me and smile, and it didn’t feel as if there was any space between us. I miss how even though he hated talking on the phone, he would talk to me on the phone. I miss him getting all excited to show me pics of when he was younger, growing up. I miss walking in his door when I would go and visit and hugging and kissing him. I miss how when I would leave, he would hold me and kiss me while I cried because I didn’t want to leave. I miss his comments on “how a girl should be feminine and a guy should be masculine.” I miss curling up with him at the movies and feeding each other recipes pieces. I miss him wanting to order my food for me at restaurants, even though I didn’t always let him, I love the fact that he tried. I miss riding in his car with him, music blaring, his hand on my leg, and kissing him when we came to a stop. I miss his voice, I miss him telling me he loves me, I miss being with him… what am I saying… I miss everything, good, bad whatever. I miss everything, and I would give anything to have him back so I no longer had to miss it.

I MISS YOU JOHN!!!!!!!!!!!

New meaning

Its odd, there are songs and cds that you know really well, that you have listened to over and over and over again, and then something happens in your life and well those songs or cds just aren't the same anymore... They gain new meaning and may have once cheered you up but now sadden you, or ones that were just pretty to listen to and were taken with a grain of salt now have much more depth than you could ever imagine them having.

I am supposed to be working on my take home exam.. And I am, but I needed a bit of a break so I took a hot shower, nothing like a hot shower to relieve stress and wash away anything that ails you... So I put a CD in my CD player as I often do when I take a shower, I've never been one for silence... So I put in the CD Mirrorball by Sarah Mclachlan. This is one of those CD that I can normally listen to to forget and take my mind away from whatever is bothering me... But not this time, the entire CD has taken on a new meaning, and I still love the songs, but there is now this sadness that accompanies the songs...

I Love You

I have a smile
Stretched from ear to ear
To see you walking down the road

We meet at the lights
I stare for a while
The world around disappears

Just you and me
On this island of hope
A breath between us could be miles

Let me surround you
My sea to your shore
Let me be the calm you seek

Oh and every time I'm close to you
There's too much I can't say
And you just walk away

And I forgot
To tell you
I love you
And the night's
Too long
And cold here
Without you
I grieve in my condition
For I cannot find the strength to say I need you so

Oh and every time I'm close to you
There's too much I can't say
And you just walk away

And I forgot
To tell you
I love you
And the night's
Too long
And cold here
Without you

lost all faith in humans...

We have this organization here at school called the Student oceanographic Society (SOS). The purpose of this organization is to help the students. When new students come down to visit or move here SOS gathers apartment listings and gives them other helpful information like that. SOS also gives mock quals as a practice for the actual qualifying exam. They also do different social gatherings (like a bonfire) to get the students and sometimes faculty a chance to socialize and what not. So the main purpose of this is to help out the students... this sounds like a wonderful idea, and well it used to be like this and it was good. But last year and this year not so much. Last year all SOS did was throw a bonfire and do mock quals. So my $20 dollar dues went to buy beer that I don't drink (who the hell buys bud light??), hotdogs and hamburgers (Yet again don't eat)... Any other time SOS donated money to something (such as the Halloween party) I always cooked or baked something and spend way more than SOS would usually donate. So this semester comes around and I decide to not pay dues for SOS, why... Whets the point... And apparently some others decided to do the same, so the new SOS officers decided to say something about how if you don't pay your dues then you wont be apart of the organization or what not... So cool that's fine with me no biggie, so if they do something I wont drink there beer or eat there food that's fine with me....

so one of the "new" students who came spring semester last year, has is qualifying exam the end of January, so SOS is going to do there mock qual the 16th of January. So as of now, the sign up sheet has been up for a month I am the only one who has signed up for the mock qual, me the one non-paying member of SOS... I find that funny... Most of the people in SOS will jump at the chance to do a bonfire and drink, but when it actually comes down to helping students, none of them are too eager. And this sort of shit happens all of the time...

yesterday SOS had a meeting, in which I did not attend, the last one just ended up being people I don't like talking shit, so I figured this one would be about the same, and I really didn't want to waste my time when I have so many better things to do... So I have come to find out that those in charge have taken a turn for the worst. One of the students here working on a masters is on his forth year... He has had funding cuts, projects changed and currently is just finishing up his writing and analysis, and is fully being funded by student grants and his folks. He is one of the ones who was here when SOS was actually about helping the students, so at the meetings he usually tries to remind the new folks in charge what the real purpose of SOS is, to help students not to party (although the occasional party is cool)... So, (sorry I am using so a lot ), apparently at this last meeting he did as he always does and tried to bring it back back the focus of the meeting, and was then berated and insulted by those in charge and those at the meeting. Since they did not like what he had to say, they decided to give him a hard time about being here so long... And that he should be done and what not (mind you their words were worse and much more mean from what he said)... Who the hell are these people to berate someone like that. They are either new students who really don't know much about how things work here yet, students who came in with me who have nothing to do but their own research (there advisor doesn't have work for them to do so they don't do anything), or students who are going on three years and do not even have their prospectus approved... WTF!! Who the hell are any of these people to come down on this guy, who is an extremely nice guy, he can be opinionated from time to time, but he knows what he is talking about and they would benefit from listening to him...

So this just pissed me off even more... So IM gone help with mock qualifiers and anytime anyone needs any help... But other than that im done I just don't give a shit anymore, if this is the way things are going to be handled im done... I have much better things to do with my time than to deal with their childish petty behavior and problems.

Odd little revelation

Its odd sometimes the little revelations you have sometimes... So, I have spent a large portion of my life listening to my older cousin Jacque go on about things (she is ~12 years older than me). I spent a lot of time with her while I was in high school, she lived in Richmond, so I would spend weekends with her from time to time.... And she always went on about how she was never going to get married or have kids. That she was going to be the old woman with the cat and be old and alone.... And well I never really understood any of her worries, she was in her early/mid twenties while this was occurring... So well I was always like, you have plenty of time, you will find someone and all that sort of stuff... But recently I have come to understand those worries. I know I am only 23 and have "plenty of time"... But on the other hand, the older I get the smaller and smaller my social group is becoming. In undergrad there were always new people and a large pool of people. But now here I am working on my masters and my social group is well 20... So that large pool has dwindled quite a bit and most folks I know are married. So then I will go on to my PhD, where even if I go to a large school, the masters/PhD pool will likely be small, with many people married, or then there are those who are so focused on their work that they don't worry so much about their social life... And then I get a job, likely to be at a University, where I will likely be surrounded with older faculty, maybe a few new faculty, but there again even smaller pool.... So all of my cousins fears and worries have begun to creep into my head... I don't like that they are there, but they are...What if I never meet that right person who wants me and loves me as much as I love and want them, what if I never have kids.... What if it ends up being just me and some furry pet?? I don't know if I like the idea of that...

So my cousin is now married and has twin girls, so it worked out for her, but the man she married well she meet him in high school... So, that doesn't make me feel better... But alas, I really just don't know... I guess I can only be hopeful and hope things work out... :(

fun little game

So I feel as if the universe is playing a little game with me. The game is to see how much stress and crap the universe can pile up on me before I break.... Oh its such a fun fun game... Lets see if we make it so that she loosed most everything she owns, then have the insurance company screw her, make FEMA a pain in the ass to deal with, allow her to keep the normal school stress, add some new school stress, throw in a unsuspecting abstract and talk, throw in an unsuspected lab deadline, the man you love more than anything else is going to decide that he doesnt want to be in a relationship with you, your aunt has an aneurysm and is likely going to die but we will throw in a twist and not let you know any details and have no one tell you anything, then lets make it so you dont have the money to go up for the funeral (whenever its gonna be) so you have to figure things out and worry about that in addition to other things... hum, what should we add next......

Its a great game :), dont you want to play...

ahh my latest great BS

http://www.msacad.org/showabstracts/?id=232

ahh -- the greatness that is the abstract BS :)..

Brain Aneurysm

So my grandma called today, and i could immediately tell that something was wrong, her normal cheerful voice, was not there... my Aunt Sue (my aunt by marrage on my fathers side) is in the hospital in a coma. Apparently she was found passed out in her car at the pharmacy, where she was going to fill a perscription. They called 911 and they found my uncle Jims number in the car and called him as well... so they rushed her to the hospital, and ran a bunch of tests, cat scans and whatnot... and apparently she had an aneurysm at the base of the brain. For those who do not know what an aneurysm is

A brain aneurysm is a weak bulging spot on the wall of a brain artery very much like a thin balloon or weak spot on an inner tube. Aneurysms form silently from wear and tear on the arteries, and sometimes can form from injury, infection, or inherited tendency


When a brain aneurysm ruptures, it causes bleeding into the compartment surrounding the brain, the subarachnoid space, causing a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Often the aneurysm heals over, bleeding stops, and the person survives. In more serious cases, the bleeding may cause brain damage with paralysis or coma. In the most severe cases the bleeding leads to death.

Statistics
50% of those people die within minutes of a massive hemorrhage. Of the 50% who survive, half will suffer delayed death. The remaining survivors, depending upon the level of hemorrhage, usually live with severe long-term deficits.


so the outlook is not good. Ill keep you posted, but I have the feeling that I may be heading up to va very very soon :(

HEARTBROKEN!!!

So, well I got an e-mail yesterday from John and well, he is not ready for a relationship and that its over, :(. So for any guys out there who might stumble upon this, it is never acceptable to break up with a girl via e-mail, internet, post-it, or any other non-verbal communication. The only proper way to break up with a girl is in person, but if for some reason that is not possible (distance or what not) then phone is acceptable, but not on the machine, actually talk to the girl, give her that respect. Be respectful of her, and honor what you had with her and break up with her in person.

So, well now here I am sad and crying with my heart shattered into a million tiny pieces. I love him so much, and this hurts so much! But its odd, normally there is this hatred that accompanies a breakup. But not this time, I am really not mad at him at all or angry. Hurt and destroyed and devastated, YES! But angry no... And another weird thing that I am not used to: normally when a relationship is over I tend to regret things like: "why did I waste all those kisses on him", "why did I fall for him", "why did I get so attached", "why didn't I wise up sooner". But not this time, its odd, I don't regret anything, and this is a very odd feeling... So, I don't know what this means or if it means anything at all (im a girl gotta make it into something), but its weird. I just don't know.

So hes not ready for a relationship, and well I understand that. He does have a lot of anger built up from past things, as well as a few other things. So, I really hope he figures things out and is capable of happiness.

But still I am here broken and wishing I was still with him. I just want to be with him, :(, and it hurts so much that I can not be :(... I really do love him, and I have never ever felt like this before... I just wish I could be with him... God my heart hurts!!!!!!!

my baby:

I lay here longing for your touch
and your warm strong embrace
but you are not here
just a large cold space

I think of you often
and the tears stream so fast
i miss you so much
and i dont think i will last

I just want to hear your voice
that deep sensuous tone
but you remain silent
and i feel so alone

I am here deserted
and thats the way i guess it will be
until you break the silence
and come back and be with me

To Chirs...

(for those who do not know who chris is, read the comments posted for the previous blog)

So, I see that you have taken to reading my blog... In case you were not aware, this is my blog, this is where I vent, complain, bitch, get out initial reactions so things can be contemplated without strong emotion, and keep some old friends and new friends up to date on what is going on in my life... So of course it is about me! That is sort of the point, a blog about me... So you supposedly do not know me, so apparently I am such a horrible selfish person, however you are amused enough to read my entire blog... So I cant be that horrible or why would you continue to read? Seeing as how you do not know me, you would not know that I have never been one to jump from relationship to relationship in order to justify my existence. There was a long period in my life where I didn't really see anyone, just me, and well I am very much ok with myself and do not need the justification of a relationship (as you say I do).

So, about the part where you say that John was just using me because I was easy... If you are going to use someone why not choose someone much closer! 9 hours is a long ways to go to use someone. If he had just been using me then I doubt he would have traveled all this way to come and see me, and why would he invite his parents to come down for thanksgiving so they could meet me? And then while the parents were down, why would he have me join him and his folks to go visit his grandmother in the nursing home?? That does not sound like the actions of someone who would just be using me...

So you say that you do not know me and that "I'm not influenced by any emotional bonds"... However your words are extremely emotional and sound as if they are coming from some deep dark hatred for someone or something... It sounds as if you have been hurt in the past. For someone who does not know me, you put in a lot of time with those comments... And honestly it makes me wonder...

So if reading my blog and then making an attempt to belittle me makes you feel better, then well I am glad you feel better. However I would appreciate that in the future, if you feel the need to vent and belittle please do not do it in my comments section, instead why not start your own blog to deal with your problems and emotions.
You obviously need to let some of that built up emotions out... So give it a try... Venting to friends and strangers is quite helpful, and unlike you I promise not to consider you being selfish because you talk mostly about yourself....

So cheers Chris, and I hope your life is filled with less hatred and resentment in the future...

I am so stupid!!!!!!!!

So I think I might have fucked up the best thing that has ever happened to me. For those of you who dont know, I have been dating this guy named John who is in the Army. We went to the same high school and knew of eachother but thats about it. So about the time katrina hit -- he was in Afghanistan, we started talking online. We would talk for hours and hours and hours, i would stay up late and he went into work early just so we could talk to eachother (day here=night there). So during this time i was falling for him quickly!!!!!!!! He arrived back at the states, and I went to visit him, and well one thing lead to another and we were together. And I fell hard and fast. He is one of the most amazing people I have ever known. He is very much a guy's guy, but does have hidden soft spots which i love. He is sweet, caring, kind, loving, smart, funny, strong, loving, genuine, and just every other wonderful adjective. So, well I am head over heels in love with him. Now he is stationed in Tampa which is about 9 hours away, but because this semester is pretty flexible, i have been able to go down there and spend quite a bit of time, and he was able to come up shortly after he got back from afghanistan. So this is where ive fucked up......
So i found out this week that Charlotte is going to be out of town next week, so i thought great -- i can go to john's, take a bunch of article i need to read, during the day read those while hes at work and then spend the rest of the time with john. So i tell john this and he says that next week they begin training (or something like that-- basically getting ready to deploy again), and he will be working long long hours so it probably wouldnt be good if i come. So ok, no biggie.
So then later i come up with the i drive down either thurs or early early friday, and then leave monday. basically giving us 3 days together. he said that this weekend he wanted to go visit his grandmother (in a nursing home), and that he really wanted to go alone, so it probably wouldnt be good if i came down to visit. I then say that its still enough time that we would have fri night, sat morning/night and all of sunday and that i should still come down. He responds negatively to this saying it is just a bad weekend .... well my stupid stuborn headed self keeps pusing him and pushing him till i finally pissed him off :(.... and tells me no not to come. He then tells me that he is not happy and he is thinking maybe it is best if we take a break and that he needs to think, and that he will call me...........
so this was yesturday... and i still know nothing!!!!!! I called and texed him last night trying just to hear his voice. Today i almost went to tampa just to see him and talk to him since he is currently not talking to me, but i didnt that would have just made things worse....

So i still havent heard from him, i dont know what is going on with us or him, and my heart feels as if it is breaking :( I am so stupid, why do i have to be so stubborn and selfish!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate myself for that!!!! and if i have ruined the best thing in my life, i dont know what i am going to do:(.......... I called him leaving a message apologizing for my stubborn selfishness and asking him to call me.... i havent heard anything yet :(.................................

so i guess now i just wait, I hope to god he forgives me, and all can be well again.........I love him so much, i really dont know what i would do without him :(

new thesis

So, I am now on thesis topic number 4. The first one fell through because the grant fell through and it was to expensive to do otherwise. The second fell through because of Katrina, the new sedimentologists lab would have been finished by dec so i could do isotope analysis, but now the lab might not be done till summer and the isotopes i want to measure do not have a long enough half life, and its to expensive to do otherwise. The third thesis topic, well i really liked it but Charlotte did not, so :(... But now i think i finally have a topic that both she and i like, and it will not be expensive. I think she really likes this one because she mentioned having a draft of the prospectus done by January.

So, what is this new topic you might ask... well i would be taking cores in the Pearl River marsh (border of Ms and La) looking for a fault. There are numerous faults in the area but there is one that some have mapped vertically while others have mapped it horizontally... so i will be using foraminifera and sediment analysis to find it. Then once i find it, I will compair the foraminifera from the lower block to the upper block to see how they have responded to the slip. And this is usefull to charlotte who wants to do a long term study of the marsh, need to know where the fault is before placing sediment traps out and SET's out. So finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So now it is time to read....lots and lots of reading... i already have a pile about a foot high. There are lots of stuff of faults and forams, but there is almost nothing on the Pearl River marsh, so finding some history/anything will be a huge ordeal... Oh well, it should be fun, i do like looking stuff up, its easy and can be done while watching tv or doing something else...

so woo hoo finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gobble gobble

so turkey day was good. It was supposed to be john's thanksgiving, he was gonna cook for me and his parents (they came down from Virginia), but of course I am incapable of keeping my nose out of things, so I ended up doing a good bit of the cooking, which I like to do anyway so it was great. Dinner consisted of turkey, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese (the baked kind not from a box), green bean casserole, yams with colored marshmallows on top :), cranberries from a can, and a pumpkin pie. (Amanda if you would like I can give you mashed potato lessons for next turkey day :)).

I meet johns parents and his grandmother, so that was good. Apparently they liked me, or so john said, cause his dad spoke highly of me. Its funny meeting someone's parents, it really helps you to understand a person much better. Its funny kids either turn out to be just like their parents (like john and his dad) or the antithesis of their parents (like Amanda and her republican mom). I don't know, I guess I am a mix, in some ways I am just like my mother and in other ways I am the antithesis. Oh well.

so its back to school for me, no more running away until xmas. So its time to work on my prospectus, seeing as how the entire thing looks to be changing again :) and to start collecting data and figuring stuff out for the talk I am giving at the Mississippi academy of science meeting in Feb.

Happy Turkey Day!!!

Happy turkey day everybody, my your elastic waistbands hold up :)...

Part I

so i just got back from john's. The trip was good. We argued a little bit, but i think it had to do with me being stressed out and the fact that he was getting sick, so neither of us was really in a great place. But after we got that out of our system things went much better. Since he was getting sick and was tired, basically all we did was hang out and sleep/wach movies, which was great!!! Just curled up in his arms on his couch (aka the floor), there is nothing better!! However, now i think i am getting sick :(, but oh well... i can deal :). Ohh we also went to the movies, saw Jarhead, and of course Harry Potter, :). . . and of course Harry Potter was great, and Jarhead was much more amusing than I thought it was going to be, it actually is quite good. John had already seen it, so it didnt bother him to much that i kept asking questions :). . . anyway, so class today and then back to John :)... I wish i didnt have to come back, but oh well gotta go to class :).... so well thats about it, not much else has gone on...

marsh marsh marsh marsh

so today was another adventure out in the marsh. This time we (charlotte, Moojoon, becky roman and I) took the boat out to cruse around the Pearl River and wonder into the Pearl River marsh. So it started off a little rocky, as i was standing next to the boat launch guiding charlotte in backing up the boat, my left foot (only the left thankfully) was attacked by fireants. There are atleast 5 bites (one between the toes), and my foot is huge and swollen and red and hurts like hell!!!!!!!!! So, we then get in the boat and get on our way. About 10min down the Pearl the boat just stops. So, charlotte and i mess around with wires, then i discover that the fuel line has come undone. So i bring out the duct tape and reattach the fuel line (charlotte doesnt take duct tape as part of her field gear so she was happy i never go out without it:)). We get the boat started again and it runs for a few minutes and then it dies again :(. so we mess with this and that and no luck. so there was a southern wind and we were heading nort and this boat has a fabric cover that can be set at any angle, so we used that sort of as a sale and paddled back to the dock. we called merrit one of the tecs and he meet us there, played with the boat for a while, and we figured out that b/c of the gas line coming unconnected a bunch of air got in the fuel line and the pump used to prime the gas line was not strong enough to get rid of the air bubble. so merrit siphoned (sp?) the line ended up taking a couple mouthfulls/faces of gas and got it going again. So we were back on our way into the marsh :). so after all of these things, stuff went well. Saw a gator, bald eagle, fiddler crab. Got really really muddy, had to army craw a bit to get my legs unstuck, got great samples and a bit of a sunburn. So in the end it was a great time :)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!mmmm i love getting muddy :)

Whats going on.....

well things are starting to lighten up -- but i think that is mainly because i will be running away from mississippi for a little while. Ive been going out into the marsh alot lately which always aids in increasing my sanity. Most people hate the "marsh smell" but it is quite comforting and makes me happy, and then playing in the mud is always great. Charlotte gives me a hard time (kidding of course) because i always seem to pick the muddier path :). anyway so charlotte is going out of town for a few days this week, so i am running away to see john in tampa, it will be good to get away from all of this... and i miss john madley so being there will make me much happier. So while he is at work on thurs and friday i can get school stuff done, and then sat/sun ill help clean up the apartment because his parents are coming down for turkey day. So then ill come back to mississippi sun, and then drive back down for turkey day. If only i didnt have to go to class mon/tues before turkey day -- it would make it so much easier. oh well... so for two weeks there will be sanity :) and right now that is needed more than anything!! So well thats whats going on

drowning :(

ok, so i feel as if im drowning... everything is just piling up... so i have moved into a new apartmetn, slightly furnished, but i still have alot to buy -- such as a sweater or jacket (its getting cold), i just ordered dishes, i had to spend 3 hours in wallyworld the other day because i needed to buy sissors. my insurance company screwed me, and i havent heard from FEMA -- its just a big waiting game, so i have no idea if i am going to be getting any money from them or not:(.... so i have all this stuff to buy -- just for normal every day life -- im not talking anything fancey now... and i have to buy it on my normal pay which itself just barley covers my bills -- and with gas prices the way they are, that cuts into my food money, so how the hell am i supposed to buy any of the stuff i need, and its too late in the semester for a student loan, i can get one next semester but what am i to do till then... i just dont know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

then, charlotte tells me she wants me to present something at MAS (mississippi academy of science), and what she wants me to present has nothing to do with my thesis. she tells me this the day before the abstract is due, luckely she says she doesnt mind paying the late fee (only 10 dollars). now she wants me to give a talk about how katrina has affected the marsh... the meeting is in febuary -- totally duable, but i have to write this bloody abstract with no data, ive looked at images and seen the marsh first hand -- but that is about it! So luckely i have my BS, so hopefully i can make something out of nothing!!! and not sound like a complete moron at the same time!!!!!!!!!!!

Then i have to write this stupid prospectus, everything that i come up with that i like, charlotte shoots down:(... i need to start sampling, but for what purpose i dont, know.... hopefully we will agree on something soon.

i am also tired of mississippi, i am tired of being asked "how did your place do", and "what are you gonna do", and "do you need anything"... my place is no more, i dont know what i am gonna do, and i need money -- in large amounts!!!!!!!!!!!! -- ive calculated its gonna cost me about $2000 to replace most of my field gear, and thats assuming i can find some stuff on sale or used or just not replace all of it... and this is stuff i use pretty regularly :(...I am tired of driving past destroyed buildings on my way to and from school every day... im tired of the electricity and phones at school being on and off again because of repairs, i am tired of whenever i need something i have to go to wallworld -- where i loose 3 hours of my life because walmart is only open to 7 and everyone else is there as well trying to buy the same things you are -- but there are only 3 left and 50 of you need them, i am tired of people asking me "are you all right?", i am tired of being told that "you are loosing weight" -- who the fuck cares!!!!!!!!!! that is the least of my worries, i am tired of not being able to sleep, i am tired of being here alone, i am i am TIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Right now all i want to do is run away to Tampa and be with john... I am happy there, there are no problems, no worries, and none of the above crap to deal with, i can read and write while he is at work and be with him when hes not... honestly that is the only place i want to be right now ---- I am so much happier with him near!!!!

NOOOO!!!

Ok, so I have been putting off reading the newest Harry potter book because I knew it would suck me in and that I wouldn't do the real reading (school stuff) that I have to do. But... Thursday I wasn't feeling well so I stayed home, so I read a little bit... Mostly slept. .. and then between last night and tonight I finished the book... Well I haven't been sleeping well anyway so might as well occupy my mind... and all I can say is

I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT DUMBLEDORE IS DEAD!!
he will be coming back to life --

Guavaween 2005

I would have posted these earlier, but the pics were just sent to me... Halloween at Guavaween. Steve (the pimp), John (the decapitated butler), I (the slutty maid, or well slightly slutty, my behind wasnt hanging out -- so not officially slutty)... anyway here are some of my fav pics. Mind you steve and john are the only ones i know, everyone else well... no clue... here are just some of the pics, there are many many more, and i am gonna put them up on my webshots pg in the next couple of days... anyway enjoy -- feel free to laugh and please comment...:)

oh and here is a good website with some more guavaween pics on it -- there are some great costumes :)

Sorry:(

Hey -- i apologize for anyone who actually reads this on a regular basis, but i am sort of playing with the layout of this thing... so if you try to read this and stuff is not coming up properly or what not, its just me playing with the way it looks... also, once ive had something up for a while, if there are any problems (like you can read the text on the particular background) let me know, and i will see what i can do :)... in other words, i have alot of writing to do and i need something to procrastinate with that i can stop and start... so playing with the way my blog looks is a great solution !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Oh and steve... do i know you???... just curiosity killing the cat :)

fat ass

So apparently i am "waisting away" or at least that is what JoAnne one of the secretaries told me. Apparently it appears that i have lost a bit of weight because she is like the 3rd person to basically tell me that i look like i have lost weight. And then they ask me how i am doing it... ok how is one supposed to answer that question. If you ask me i have if anything gained weight. I havent been to the gym or been eating properly since i evacuated, and the normal test for determining if i have gained wait (trying on different pairs of jeans to see which ones fit and which ones dont) doesnt apply anymore since those jeans no longer are in my possession (stupid katrina). Eating out for almost every meal is a great way to pack on a few pounds... so if anything i need to hit the gym and start eating healthy. So my answer for the "how have you lost weight" question has been, stress lots and lots of stress. It sounds like a good answer to me:).

amanda said i had to post this ....:)

A promise is a promise
Leave your name and:
1. i'll respond with something random about you.
2. i'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.
3. i'll tell you what color you remind me of.
4. i'll say something that only makes sense to you and me.
5. i'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
6. i'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. i'll ask you something that i've always wondered about you.
8. if i do this for you, you must post this on your blog.

Drunks with guns :)

ahh you gotta love living in the south :)(the guys on the right are the panseys with little guns :))

WOO HOO!!

So today is a great day!! I got a new computer at school :), and its an IBM. So now when i start my computer it wont growl at me for 30 min and I can now run more than one application at a time!! Woo Hoo! Ok ill write more and update yall later, i gotta run to the library --

:)

I got roses today -- well eveyone here got roses today -- apparently someone from NAVO who works with megan (student who graduated last year) got about 12 dozen roses from someone and didn't want them (megan refuses to give more details than that) -- so megan was given the task of giving them out -- so yay I now have pretty roses on my desk (red and yellow), they are a little wilted, but considering the distance they probably had to come from they look really nice -- im surprised they were able to deliver flowers down here, especially since many places refuse to ship here -- oh well -- pretty flowers always brighten ones day :). Maybe next time the anonymous person will get sunflowers or lilacs, those are more up my alley :)

gotta love...

BUSH

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blbushpictures.htm

if you like bush dont go to the above link, otherwise enjoy :)

New Home

ok the title is a little missleading, I do not have a new home, i have a new place to crash. I am moving in with Charlotte and her husband Allan :). Only a 15 minute drive:), ahh i can feel my sanity coming back already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(not totally, just partially :))

Jenny's Rant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, I know that I have not been posting things regularly, but I have been so so busy. The amount of reading I am doing for my geology of the marsh class is insane, and thats on top of reading for my prospectus, and writing the damb thing!!! I have about 97 pgs worth of reading to do for wed, and I am supposed to go through these 4 text books and find stuff for us to read for next monday (she wants this on wed), and she wants me to outline my prospectus for her. Normally this would not be that big of a deal, i would just spend some late nights at school and get everything done. But right now that is not an option. I am still driving to and from Hattiesburg everday, we are filling up on gas every other day... so to drive my own car is not a finicial option!!! So everyday we leave at 7:00am and get to school around 8:10-8:30 depending on traffic. Then everyday at about 4:30-5:00 we leave and get to the dorms around 6:00-6:30, it takes longer in the afternoon because of Hattiesburg traffic :(. By this point i am exhausted and really cant function mentally enough to do much of anything, but I still have to read, so I do. But of course since my mind is fully not there it takes a little longer than it normally would :(. So, i am just mentally and physicaly exhausted!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So in addition to being exhausted i am generally just anoyed and synical. I am tired of everyone complaining about "losing everything", especially since those complaining about losing everything didnt lose everything. Those complaining are the ones who might have had a little water damage but were able to salvage most everything. Yes they may not beable to move back into their homes yet (but they will within the next couple of months), but they have not lost everything. And then there are people like me who basically lost everything and whos place is going to have to be demolished and rebuilg (if the people i rent from decide to do it), so those of us who have the right to complain are not. So, it is just pissing me off. If i hear one more person say "i dont know what i am going to do" and other things along those lines, i am gonna explode. What do you mean you dont know what you are going to do, you are gonna stay where you are living for another month, and once they repair the roof damage or the small leaks you are going to move back in and everything will be fine. Yes you may have to buy one or two new things but thats it!!!!!!! I have had to start completely over. Anytime I need anything (such as a laundry basket, plates, cups, clothes for a meeting, tennis shoes) I have to go out and buy it. So i am just frustrated with them.

And then I was in my office today and my office mate was telling me about how she and some of the other students did their "good deeds" buy going and helping some family clear out there house and move things out of students houses. I was supposed to help with this, but then on friday realized that I really didnt want to help this group of students. This is a group who would only help me if i helped them, and i doubt they would help me if i needed to move stuff out of my house. She was telling me about how horrible this family's house was and how they lost everything and how she felt so bad for them etc... now mind you their house is just like my house and they lost everything just like i did, however their situtation is apparently much worse because they had lived their longer. WHAT THE FUCK!! Everything I owned was in that apartment, I dont have stuff with my mom anymore. I have been living fully on my own for a while now, so when I say I lost all my stuff (except the bag of clothes and photos that evacuated with me) that means I have lost everything!!! And then she was like well you know they had older stuff and what not and how i was still "mobile", i then looked at her and said "I had furniture that belonged to my great grandmother, i had books that were my mom's and dad's from when they were children. So dont you fucking dare tell me I didnt loose anything of importance!!!! So, nedless to say i am not happy!!!!!!and I am greatly frustrated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh another great thing is that the insurance company royaly screwed me!!!!!!!!!!! Apparently I dont qualify for anything, my place was flooded, even though there was rain damage and obvious wind damage, since everything got flooded, then everything was destroyed by the flood. Now if you ask me everything was destroyed by the hurricane!! Katrina caused a storm surge, and that is what destroyed my place, it was not flooding like in new orleans. Apparently the insurance people do not agree with my opinion of what happened, even though i am right!!! So, now I have to wait for FEMA! YAY FEMA!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully they will treat me well :)... Thats another thing that is pissing me off!!!Some of the students are aplying for FEMA even though they had minute damages. That just pisses me off. Ok, if you were displaced, then fine file for FEMA displacement, but dont sign up for more than that!! That is just taking money away from people like me who know have nothing!!!!!!!!!!! So, if you are lying to FEMA YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i dont like you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and Karma will come back and kick you in the ass!!!!!

Another thing that is bothering me (i apologize for the length of this rant) is that everyone is telling me what I need to do!! Ray keeps telling me that I need to sign up for money from the red cross. Ok that fine, but i keep telling him that I dont have the 3 hours to waist to wait in line for my red cross aplication, and then another 3 hours to wait to go pick up my check on another day. He was like well i got mine, so why didnt he tell me he was going. Well apparently he found out last minute, so it would have been to much to walk down the hallway and tell me that they were taking new people. Thats the other thing, they are not consistently around they move from place to place, so its hard to find a time to go that they are there. But ray basically yealled at me for not having applied yet! And why the hell is he signing up, his place wasnt damaged at all, he cant live there (only because there is no power or water yet) he is living with us up in Hattiesburg and is driving the other van. So why does he need this money??? He got 4,300 from FEMA, so why does he need the extra money??? And he is just in addition to my mom and the rest of the comitte telling me what i need to do, they are all so far removed from this, how the hell do they know what i need to do?? Out of everyone I know there are only two people right now who i dont mind listening to their advice/comments, SO everybody else just shut up. And i know the people who normally read this are not telling me what to do, but it makes me feel better to rant, so thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh well, thanks for letting me rant, and i dont feel like running spell check, so I apologize, and thanks for letting me bitch!!!!!!!!! There are more pics up on my webshots page... enjoy :)