Adventures on Metro Transit and Zombies

I actually think I need a blog solely devoted to the nonsense that happens to me on the buses in this city. First it was the bus that skipped half of its route. Then it was the driver w/a serious nicotine problem - he would speed super fast to make up time then stop at every 4th or so bus stop to have a few quick puffs. Oh and the driver who used his loud speaker to yell at a girl across 4 lanes of traffic, the same driver who backed up a block to pick up some person (this would be a good deed except it was on a major highway).

And today a driver clearly was paying zero attention to anything. Stopped at a light, I noticed from the back of the bus, that the road ahead was blocked. Common occurrence during the weekend in this part of town, the thing to do is take that right at the light we were stopped at. He kept going. And didn't realized until nearly upon the road blocks that he could not get through and began cursing loudly. Idiot. I just laughed at him for a bit, and then laughed even more as he attempted to turn the bus around (these things are huge btw) in a narrow street b/c a potential left turn he might have taken to get out of the mess was also blocked off due to construction.

Oh and by the way, all of this shit happens on the SAME ROUTE. Yes, the very same #. Maybe other routes have drama, but clearly the people they hire for this one are insane/morons/crackheads.

I also need to start a blog dedicated to the stupidity I see in the book store. Or maybe stupidity is too harsh. Things that annoy me in the campus book store. Now obviously these books are not the fault of the store, but rather the fault of America and publishing companies, and stupid people who create the market for these sort of books.

#1 on my list of annoyances recently is the book called Obama's Zombies about how the Obama campaign brainwashed the iPod generation via Twitter, email, and Facebook. Written by a "new young conservative" this book has made its way onto the bestseller list. I almost bought it, just to see how truly terrible it was, but thankfully resisted that rather masochistic urge. #2 The zombie/monster rewrites. One was fine, two was ok, but now it is annoying. There is a zombie prequel to Austin's Pride and Prejudice. This fad in books will be milked by publishers until it is utterly beyond the point of ridiculousness. #3 Saw this book of poetry. Apparently whomever is in charge of writing the blurbs on the back thought it was super important to classify the book as "pre-Katrina" since it was about New Orleans. This belongs in the realm of a larger peeve of mine, which I will not go into right now.

On a happy note - the semester is almost over!! Hurray!! Hurray!! :)

Computer Misery

So, this is the story of how I made my life miserable. Simply b/c I have to type 9000 things this semester, I decided to be careless with my computer and drop it. Now luckily I caught it. Not so luckily I broke one of the keys off. I thought maybe it would just go back on. So I enlisted the help of my friends who tried to put it back on. And I then left my computer in the company of one person, while I went to a meeting. When I came back, two keys were off.

Good news, the comparison between the W key I broke and the E key my friend removed revealed that I needed replacement parts. This is good to know, since we could see that a bit of plastic was missing.

Bad news, the E isn't really working properly now, so potentially random intentional removal resulted in damage to the key sensor, not just the plastic.

Yeah I know I am typing here, but it is slow b/c I have to repeatedly hit the E key or backspace to add it. Annoying. Especially while writing long papers, and when I want to type fast not at a snail's pace.

Even worse news, Toshiba doesn't sell the bit of plastic to "end-users" which I guess means me. They only sell the entire keyboard.

In other misery related news, see other blog.

Painting

In case no one knew, I actually enjoy painting, so below is a picture of the room I helped paint yesterday! It was a good choice, and I admit to being wrong in initially not liking the color (before it was on the wall). It is rather hard to tell the color in this picture, sorry, but it is a pretty green.
My break from Spring Break work also included cheesecake, awesome chocolate, Project Runway, and ANTM. :)

Today I...

wrote a paper. Sort of. I mean I did write the paper, but it is not very good. And it isn't actually done b/c I mean I literally wrote the paper, i.e. with a pen. So it isn't typed, so I have to type it. And add all the sections where I said "see star" or "see pg one" or "see quote" or "see other introduction." In other words, it is not assembled and the pieces are all over my room, might be a few outside too (on the porch).

Oh and I uh did not write (or even type, or really think about) the paper that is due TOMORROW. Funny how that was a self-imposed deadline. Hi, prof I NEED a deadline to function. Ok, how about March 31st? Great! And the email tomorrow will read, sorry but I really haven't had time to even look at your paper.

Spring Break

Yep, it is Spring Break, so I have next week off, but won't be doing much but reading.* I am probably helping a friend paint, which will be fun since I actually like painting. Might eat a lot of candy since apparently my mom is sending me a box full.

Saw Alice by the way. Liked it, but there was something off. Burton are you losing your edge? The ending just did not work at all. A local newspaper gave it a C+ while giving that stupid new New Orleans movie an A. I wouldn't say it was that bad (or the other was even remotely that good.** Maybe a B or even B+, b/c really the only annoyance was the ending. You can't trust those reviewers, I swear!

In other news, here is my summary of recent grad school drama. In case you care to know.

Oh and this is what I want for my birthday. Well tickets I should say. If you start a fundraiser right now, maybe we can raise enough money for me to go.

I have zero other news. Seriously. I can't even complain about my sections b/c they are pretty standard and drama free this semester. Thank God. One less stressor is always welcome.

One last thing. this is happening soon. I have a couple of movies picked out in case I have time to go, and considering last year's fiasco I will definitely buy tickets before the day of the film.


*And yes, I am updating my blog despite my promise to do "nothing but work." I read a million articles this morning. I am done reading for this paper. It is already too long, so I am just going to write the rest of this evening.
** No, I haven't seen it, but I refuse too. Just like the Frog Princess Disney thing.