March 2006

HOLY SHIT YES!!

moocowinthecity 2006-03-21 No Comments

Subject: HOLY SHIT YES!!

Date: Tuesday 3/21/06 10:37:00 PM

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82% on my Arabic Mid Term!

bwhahahahahaha…

Two More Years of Undergrad

Four Years of Grad School

Four More Certification Exams (in like, Five Years)

One Licensing Exam

Combined with what will be my Undergrad Degree and current Certifications that I already Have

I’ll be able to do Legal and Medical Translation =D

And…time for bed…real update soon, I promise…in the meantime bug covarla to update her Blog about Salem.

HOLY SHIT YES!!

moocowinthecity 2006-03-21 No Comments

Subject: HOLY SHIT YES!!

Date: Tuesday 3/21/06 10:37:00 PM

Tags: blog: tag me, blog: edit me

82% on my Arabic Mid Term!

bwhahahahahaha…

Two More Years of Undergrad

Four Years of Grad School

Four More Certification Exams (in like, Five Years)

One Licensing Exam

Combined with what will be my Undergrad Degree and current Certifications that I already Have

I’ll be able to do Legal and Medical Translation =D

And…time for bed…real update soon, I promise…in the meantime bug covarla to update her Blog about Salem.

Wow…

moocowinthecity 2006-03-10 No Comments

Subject: Wow…

Date: Friday 3/10/06 12:25:00 PM

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What a week! I have to say this week (screw that, this month) has been very stressful, but I’m leaving for Salem, MA in short order and relaxing…any and all problems can be dealt with when I return.

I’m about 99.99999% sure that I ACED my Arabic Mid Term, as far as school is going…well, it’s going. I really need to pull my act together with regards to statistics, if for some reason I fail it this semester I’ll move over to the Linguistics Department and be done with it, becuase I refuse to take this god forsaken course again (honestly…it’s evil, the bane of my existence…and it needs to die). I do languages, I don’t do math (and if you say ‘well math is a language’ well…screw you and the horse you rode in on it’s not a language I understand or plan on understanding anytime soon).

The IPA Independent Study is going really well (or, at least I think so…I’m sure Dr. Jaeger does too or she would have said something like “Matt you incompetent retard…how the hell did you get to Sweden!?). Dr. Jaeger (aka my Buffalo Mom and maleficentseyes IRL Mom) is a fantastic teacher…I don’t forsee any problem passing this class, it’s fun and I really enjoy it. We’ve completed English and she says we’ll be moving on to other languages now (yay!)…I’m no where near perfect at it yet, but I’ll get there. Hebrew is coming along, I missed the last class due to a migraine…somehow, I think I’ll still be able to pull an A- or B+ in the course and to give you a clue of how I’m doing in Arabic, two quotes from Prof. R:

Prof. R: “Matthew…I don’t mean to embarass you…but, people don’t laugh enough…and you make us laugh…which is good…sometimes you make us cry…but for the most part, you make us laugh…and I’m glad you are in my class…you should stick with it”

(This is Yesterday as he was giving us the instructions for our mid term):

Prof R: I want you to write the sentence in Arabic and then translate what you wrote into English (he looks at me) NOT HEBREW

Me: (In Hebrew) “Sorry Professor”

…so I think I’m getting a B+ or an A-

Anyways…Spring Break is upon us…and now, it is time for me to remember how to breathe.

Peace All.

~ me

You must be your own advocate

moocowinthecity 2006-03-09 No Comments

Subject: You must be your own advocate

Date: Thursday 3/9/06 4:07:00 PM

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The conversation that I had…well, more like a monologue, is enough explanation for what happend this morning

“There’s my Transcript”

“When did the incident happen?”

“THE Incident? Here is where I fell six feet into a cement floor, smashed in all of my teeth, lacarated my lip, injured my back and broke my nose…here is where my teacher failed me because I missed class three times for oral surgery despite the fact that I had a B in the class (because I need my teeth to eat and to speak) and she called me the elephant man…here is where one friend died, here another, and here another, and here another, and here another, here is where my grandfather died, here is where my father had a tumor in his knee, here is where my best friends mother attempted suicide, here is where the university administration villified me and tried to make the claim that I was a druggie and an alcoholic to save their own skin – if I sound angry, I assure you that I am not angry at you – but I am tired of this constant fight…while all of the above was going on I managed to pull a 2.6, obtain three certifications – two national, one state – lecture both nationally and internationally to crowds of no less than 400 people and I WILL NOT be at this university for another two years under this grey sky because of the mistakes of others. I WILL be graduating in June of 2007…and those two C’s in the Comm Department? I challenge anyone to take a course from Brian Reynolds back to back, get a higher grade than a C and NOT slit their wrists; I left claw marks of boredom on the desk…I NEED to take both Hebrew and Arabic 201 in the Fall and Hebrew and Arabic 202 in the Spring as well as the other required courses I need to graduate and I need those overrides and I WILL be graduating”

“I wanted to see if you’re serious about it, you are…they’re yours…just be careful”

“Thank you”

“Matt…”

“Yes?”

“I want to let you know…I believe you”

“Thank you.”

You must be your own advocate

moocowinthecity 2006-03-09 No Comments

Subject: You must be your own advocate

Date: Thursday 3/9/06 4:07:00 PM

Tags: blog: edit me,blog: tag me

The conversation that I had…well, more like a monologue, is enough explanation for what happend this morning

“There’s my Transcript”

“When did the incident happen?”

“THE Incident? Here is where I fell six feet into a cement floor, smashed in all of my teeth, lacarated my lip, injured my back and broke my nose…here is where my teacher failed me because I missed class three times for oral surgery despite the fact that I had a B in the class (because I need my teeth to eat and to speak) and she called me the elephant man…here is where one friend died, here another, and here another, and here another, and here another, here is where my grandfather died, here is where my father had a tumor in his knee, here is where my best friends mother attempted suicide, here is where the university administration villified me and tried to make the claim that I was a druggie and an alcoholic to save their own skin – if I sound angry, I assure you that I am not angry at you – but I am tired of this constant fight…while all of the above was going on I managed to pull a 2.6, obtain three certifications – two national, one state – lecture both nationally and internationally to crowds of no less than 400 people and I WILL NOT be at this university for another two years under this grey sky because of the mistakes of others. I WILL be graduating in June of 2007…and those two C’s in the Comm Department? I challenge anyone to take a course from Brian Reynolds back to back, get a higher grade than a C and NOT slit their wrists; I left claw marks of boredom on the desk…I NEED to take both Hebrew and Arabic 201 in the Fall and Hebrew and Arabic 202 in the Spring as well as the other required courses I need to graduate and I need those overrides and I WILL be graduating”

“I wanted to see if you’re serious about it, you are…they’re yours…just be careful”

“Thank you”

“Matt…”

“Yes?”

“I want to let you know…I believe you”

“Thank you.”