Obviously, I am C-R-A-Z-Y

After bitching and complaining my way through this PhD (which will be done this year) and vowing never to take another class EVER again, I am now trying to put together an application for the MBA program at Harvard Business School.

What is wrong with me?????? I actively hate school!!! Why do I feel the urge to do this?

This is How I Know My Friends are Crazy...

Related Facebook status updates:

is reminding you that taxi cabs do say “TAXI” on them, this separates them from random guys in random cars.

is a random taxi car.

is wondering if a not so random guy in a not so random car is better than a taxi.

The story:

A good friend of mine (we'll call her LPS = lack of personal safety), from my undergraduate days, calls me last night to describe the sadness of her boyfriend moving away (and their last random night together).

They (and a couple of friends)decided to hit up the most famous of all "nightclubs" in my hometown, with a reputation for all sorts of western-themed debauchery. LPS gets extremely intoxicated and pulls her usual disappearing act, the one where she decides to go home and doesn't tell anyone. She heads outside the bar to find a taxi. Seems quite simple so far, doesn't it? LPS proceeds to get in a "taxi" to make her way home. About halfway home something seems a little suspicious...the taxi driver asks her some strange questions:

What is your address? Can you give me directions?
How did you get to nightclub? Oh, how much did it cost to take the taxi there?
Can you pay cash?

Then, LPS realizes that there is no meter in the cab...strange indeed. Finally, a drunken revelation..."OMG, I am not in a cab". How does this end? Not in some sort of crime against her person, but with her paying some random guy for driving her home from the bar.

At first, I gave her shit for her total lack of regard for her own personal safety, but the more often I hear/tell the story the funnier it seems.

Things to contemplate...

I am too nice. This is something I hear all the time, but still tend to disagree with. I think I come across this way because of my empathetic nature and my need to avoid confrontation.

I think this may be time to assert myself against those who treat me unfairly, which should make for interesting blog posts in the future.

Sentence Completion Meme

As seen on Shorty's blog.

1. My uncle is the one person who was always willing to play Barbies with me when I was a kid.
2. Never in my life have I hurt someone intentionally.
3. When I was five, I got married on a swinging bridge, at the school playground, to a guy who died of a drug overdose last year. RIP Clark!
4. High school was, looking back, so much better than I thought it was at the time.
5. I will never forget my first kiss.
6. Once I met Cuba Gooding Jr. and Keith Sweat in a hot tub (that I snuck into from the beach) at the Four Seasons in Maui.
7. There's this boy I know who is forever represented in the tattoo on my back.
8. Once, at a bar, I danced on the speakers and was invited to dance tryouts for a CFL cheerleading squad, which I did not attend.
9. By noon, I'm usually way over caffeinated.
10. Last night, I watched the original Beverly Hills 90210.
11. If only I could finish this dreadful PhD.
12. Next time I go to church, it will likely be a result of that good ol’ Catholic guilt.
13. What worries me most is that no one will ever want to marry me.
14. When I turn my head left I see pictures of Hawaii and the coffee maker on my desk.
15. When I turn my head right I see a picture of my BF, a bottle of wine I just got as a gift, and my textbook filled bookshelf.
16. You know I'm lying when I give way too many details.
17. What I miss most about the Eighties is the ridiculousness of fashion, like the fact that it was okay to wear fluorescent colors, black spandex, a banana clip, 12-inch teased bangs, and multiple pairs of socks at one time.
18. If I were a character in Shakespeare I'd blather on endlessly.
19. By this time next year I hope to be defending my dissertation.
20. A better name for me would be The Procrastinator.
21. I have a hard time understanding the lack of common courtesy in society today.
22. If I ever go back to school, I am indeed, completely Psych-o.
23. You know I like you if I am willing to do anything for you.
24. If I ever won an award, the first person I would thank would be the person who helped me the most along the way.
25. Take my advice and get a dog, you will never find a better companion.
26. My ideal breakfast is unhealthy and includes all or a couple of the following - bacon, sausage, hash browns, home fries, banana muffin, and pancakes.
27. A song I love but do not have is probably a song I have forgotten the artist or title of.
28. If you visit my hometown you must go to Cowboys…it is an experience like no other.
29. Why won't people treat others with a bit of compassion and respect?
30. If you spend a night at my house, you too will be envious of the bouncy castle in my neighbor’s yard.
31. I'd stop my wedding for a natural disaster.
32. The world could do without the “war on terror”.
33. I'd rather lick the belly of a cockroach than give up my dogs.
34. My favorite blondies are my nieces.
35. Paper clips are more useful than a bad staple job.
36. If I do anything well it's mothering my friends and giving advice.
37. I can't help but worry about my 16-year-old niece’s overt sexuality and substance abuse.
38. I usually cry in movies like The Notebook and P.S. I Love You.
39. My advice to my nieces is to be comfortable with who you are.
40. And by the way, I can’t wait to work on my dissertation proposal.

I'm bbbbaaaaaack...after a really long break

I have decided that in order to facilitate an aura of absolute craziness I must resume blogging. Come September 2 I will be the proud "owner" of a full-time job (internship), a part-time job (teaching at the U), and full-time student status (complete with 3 committee positions and title of "President" of our student association). I may be a wee bit BUSY. So why not add a little blogging to the list?!?!?

Interesting...

Back Again

For some reason (currently beyond my comprehension) I am just not motivated to blog, but I am going to try in hopes of also motivating myself to work on my dissertation ;)

I’ll start with some lists:

Five Things I Am Working on Right Now

1. Keeping my sanity via a fun yet viable social life.
2. Reading a plethora of articles and trying desperately to formulate a dissertation topic.
3. Revising all of the assignments for the graduate statistics course I TA.
4. Beginning the reading for my candidacy exam (that which has driven the most brilliant of my colleagues mad).
5. Funding applications

Five Things I Am Loving About My Life Right Now

1. My ability to be interested in absolutely any topic. This has become very handy due to my crazy supervisory situation.
2. The bf - although we have been together for over 10 years we are at an especially high point in our relationship.
3. The fact that I think I can see the light at the end of the Facebook stalker tunnel (their attention and love for me is beginning to wane).
4. That I can still party like Gene Simmons when the situation is right.
5. Connecting with old friends from the days when I was doing my Honor's degree.

Five Things That Are Making Me Crazy

1. My new little black dog. He can clack his teeth at you (**this is a replacement for barking**) all day long until he gets whatever he wants. This does not make working from home very easy.
2. The society of graduate students in our department!!!! I was the president last year and my two fellow members were noticeably absent at all required and auxiliary events, thus I did a whole lot of work completely on my own. The president this year insists on making backhanded comments about my performance last year at any and all events with any faculty and graduate students in attendance. This is incredibly annoying.
3. Trying to find a dissertation topic.
4. My lack of motivation to exercise, it is utterly ridiculous.
5. My fascination with buying shoes (**I just cannot afford it**).

Five Things I Plan To Do This Long Weekend

1. Spend Saturday at the spa in a nearby mountain resort town with my best girlfriends.
2. Eat myself into a turkey coma.
3. Go to my first professional football game.
4. Get A LOT of work done.
5. Watch a girly movie.