jennesy

I guess I do have the Wisconsin accent!

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:04:08 GMT

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Inland North You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."
The Northeast
Philadelphia
The Midland
The South
Boston
The West
North Central
What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:48:38 GMT

It smells like springtime! And it's January!

It's 57 degrees outside.

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:38:23 GMT

86% John Edwards
85% Mike Gravel
84% Dennis Kucinich
82% Chris Dodd
82% Barack Obama
79% Hillary Clinton
77% Joe Biden
72% Bill Richardson
43% Rudy Giuliani
33% John McCain
26% Mike Huckabee
25% Mitt Romney
25% Tom Tancredo
23% Ron Paul
15% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

Surprise - Edwards is my top choice. I thought I was more a Kucinich person. And who is Mike Gravel?

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:09:24 GMT

We got the apartment! We got approved for a one bedroom in Kew Gardens, Queens. yay!

EDIT: Briarwood. NOT Kew Gardens.

apartment hunting I will go

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 23:55:51 GMT

Going to the city on Wednesday to search for apartments.

My neighborhoods:
QUEENS:
Jackson Heights
Astoria
LIC

BK:
Greenpoint
Fort Greene
Flatbush
Carrol Gardens
Bed-Stuy
Bushwick

MANHATTAN:
Inwood/Wash. Heights
Morningside Heights
W. Harlem - ?

I really, really want to do this without a broker. I need luck. Lots of it.

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:11:22 GMT

I'm going to CUNY! 5 years of funding for a Soc PhD program. Wooohhoooo!!!!!

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:32:32 GMT

I have an interview tomorrow at an outbound mortgage-quote call center.

I'm selling my soul, but there's a $125 signing bonus.

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:19:54 GMT

I've been staring at the computer for 3 and a half hours, and staring at SPSS for 2 and a half hours. (which means that I spent an hour at my lab messing around on the internet, but whatever)

Time to go home and make dinner, sit in front of the tv, and knit.

I'm taking tomorrow OFF - no grad school apps, no lab work, no teaching stuff.

This is my first real day off since August. (I haven't had to *go* to work every day for the past 5 months, but I've been in a perpetual state of stress and anxiety and as such have not been able to relax for months because I've either been worrying about grading, teaching, or my applications.) I'm very excited. Bonus: it coincides with Colette's day off.

Things are good.

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 23:09:41 GMT

My last recommendation letters went out this morning, hopefully they'll find their way to my application by early next week.

I finished my writing sample yesterday. (Yes, finished. As in, I didn't send it out until today, even though 2 of the apps were due on 12/15.) Luckily, I was able to email it to 2 of the departments today and send it through snailmail to the rest.

Left to do:
finish CUNY essay, submit online app
finish BC essay, mail packet to the department

and then...I am done.

work, birthday

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:16:09 GMT

Colette's birthday was yesterday and it was a much-needed break from all of this application/teaching crap that I've been worrying about lately.

We had waffles for breakfast, hung out at home all day, went to craft & book shops, had yummy Italian dinner (mmmmm...pesto...), played Scrabble, and had cheesecake and watched Cheburashka movies. Fun!

Now I'm back to work - met w/a prof today to go over some data that it took me 2 months to get around to working on...prepping for class tomorrow...working on my writing sample to send out later this week...

And I took my car in to the mechanic to fix the driver's side mirror today. That was a bad $100 mistake. It did force me to finally take my car in and have them look at the front end. It turns out that the screeching noise coming from the front driver's side tire is a broken spring, which is apparently pretty normal for Hondas. So, I don't need to get it fixed! yay!

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 05:14:22 GMT

Must finish writing sample and personal statement for Penn by Thursday so they can get it on Friday.

fuck fuck fuck

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 04:52:30 GMT

Just got back from a weekend in ABQ. Colette's great-grandfather passed away; we went to the mass this morning. It was really different from other masses I've been to, but similar at the same time. I knew all of the prayers, when to sit and kneel and stand, etc., but it still felt really different. The church is beautiful, it's about 300 or so years old.

I'm in Madison now, she's not coming home until tomorrow. I feel bad leaving her there, I should have stayed for another day. I love her family and feel really accepted by them, it feels like home there.

On another note, I'm exhausted, and will need to bust my ass this week, but I'm really glad that I went. I got a chance to work on my SoP today, I felt all business-like typing away on my laptop while I was on the plane. (And...I'm not at home, I'm at the library checking email etc. because I stopped here to pick up the keys...and had a ton of emails to get back to...argh.)

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:17:09 GMT

got SoP revisions back yesterday. i don't even think what i turned in can be called a draft, it's so horrible. my reviewer was very helpful, though, and helped me come up with a workable outline. yay!

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:28:28 GMT

wow. i just tried to reschedule a meeting with John (research prof.). things are getting crazy. i've had NO time to get into the lab to work on the things i'm supposed to...and if we can't reschedule it's going to be another all-nighter for me.

i thought i was done with that crap when i graduated.

i hate end of semester IP time.

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:16:05 GMT

I'm engaged!

a little about me...

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:01:33 GMT

Advanced Global Personality Test Results

Extraversion	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	53%
Stability	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	40%
Orderliness	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	63%
Accommodation	\|\|\|\|\|\|	30%
Interdependence	\|\|	10%
Intellectual	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	83%
Mystical	\|\|\|\|\|\|	23%
Artistic	\|\|\|\|\|\|	30%
Religious	\|\|\|\|\|\|	30%
Hedonism	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%
Materialism	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	43%
Narcissism	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	36%
Adventurousness	\|\|\|\|\|\|	30%
Work ethic	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	76%
Self absorbed	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%
Conflict seeking	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	43%
Need to dominate	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	76%

Romantic	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Avoidant	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Anti-authority	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	83%
Wealth	\|\|\|\|	16%
Dependency	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	63%
Change averse	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	83%
Cautiousness	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%
Individuality	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Sexuality	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Peter pan complex	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	83%
Physical security	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	76%
Physical Fitness	\|\|\|\|\|\|	30%
Histrionic	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	36%
Paranoia	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Vanity	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Hypersensitivity	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%
Female cliche	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%

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Stability results were moderately low which suggests you are worrying, insecure, emotional, and anxious.

Orderliness results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly organized, reliable, neat, and hard working at the expense of flexibility, efficiency, spontaneity, and fun.

Extraversion results were medium which suggests you are moderately talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting.

trait snapshot:

neat freak, organized, worrying, phobic, fears the unknown, irritable, pessimistic, emotionally sensitive, fears chaos, risk averse, fragile, unadventurous, depressed, frequently second guesses self, likes to fit in, does not like to stand out, perfectionist, hard working, does not like to be alone, clingy, dependent, practical, ordinary, cautious, takes precautions, good at saving money, suspicious, heart over mind, busy, altruistic

Sun, 19 Mar 2006 04:16:06 GMT

I'm freaking out about grad school. I can feel the stress starting to manifest itself physically. I have a headache coming on, and my stomach feels weird. I want to have a glass of wine to make myself relax but I don't want to drink when I'm upset. (I studied alcohol for too long...long enough to know that I have the personality traits that are present in people with alcohol use disorders (see look, I don't even say alcoholics) and that drinking when you're upset or to decrease stress/negative emotion is one of the major causes of alcoholism.) I have about one month left to decide where to go, final decisions have to be made by April 15. I haven't heard from 5 of my 10 schools yet. I have 5 rejections and no acceptances at this point. I had the entire week off (spring break) and I did nothing but worry. I don't know if I'm in anywhere, and if I can even get in anywhere at this point. Shouldn't I know already? Aren't they supposed to tell you?

This is driving me crazy.

yuck

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:49:42 GMT

yuck. i need to get my shit together. i feel like CRAP. i have no time for anything. i need a DAY OFF!!!

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 02:52:51 GMT

I forgot about LJ until I saw a link to it somewhere else. I started this one as a less-public journal that fewer people - at least, fewer people that I know - would read. But I seem to have neglected it, as well as my other blog (Sherpa with a Purse).

So...I'm a TA for Experimental Psych. I grade papers and am constantly meeting with students, some of whom have fabulous ideas for independent research projects and are incredibly organized, and others who have no clue what they're even remotely interested in. I guess that much variability is to be expected, but I feel like I'm failing somehow because I can't inspire them to get interested in something, or give them enough help turning their vague ideas into experiments.

I'm torn about wanting to teach this class again next semester. I think I will, if I'm offered the position, because I really, really need the money. I can't afford to work retail full-time, I wouldn't be able to pay my bills. (Seriously - can anyone afford to live off of a retail salary? Can it even be called a salary?) I have doubts, though, because this class is incredibly stressful and time-consuming. It never ends, I'm constantly doing something for the class. It's like I'm a student, only worse, because I'm in charge - and if I fuck up, then I'm hurting a bunch of people, not just myself.

I'm attempting to apply to grad school now. According to my profs, I need to retake the GRE - my score is only 20 pts lower than it needs to be to be considered...but at schools with 800 applicants and 5 spots open, they have to have cut-offs. I hate how much of a focus is put on the numbers rather than the actual content of your work and your potential. So I got a D in algebra 5 years ago. Why should that keep me out of grad school? I really need to be working on writing my essay and getting set on which schools I'm actually going to apply to. I have a list of about 15 that I need to pare down. Rutgers or Harvard would be nice...who knows where I'll actually get in. One month from now it will all be in - apps are due Dec. 15th.

Time to grade...

Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:17:45 GMT

back to lj - i never really did anything with this one, but i've still got it, so maybe i'll use it.

which one?!

Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:34:11 GMT

lj seems better than blogger. but i'm not sure yet.

Thu, 03 Jun 2004 14:19:49 GMT

so I've decided to do a livejournal...something to keep me busy at work...
la de da...so I'm sitting here in the copy center, keeping close watch on all those copiers...no jams yet...it's gonna be a long shift, I'm here for another 4 and a half hours...hopefully i don't pass out...

so yesterday i attempted to sail. i have motion sickness. being on a boat is not a good thing for someone with motion sickness. hopefully it won't be too bad. today i'm gonna be out on the boat for 3 hours - we'll see what kind of condition i'm in when i get home. anyway, sailing is kind of hard. lots of stuff to remember, SO many new terms. it's gonna take a while for it all to sink in, but i'll probably get the hang of it.

back to "work"....

Tue, 01 Jun 2004 21:49:27 GMT

just checking this thing out...