May 2006

Back in Buffalo

moocowinthecity 2006-05-18 No Comments

Subject: Back in Buffalo

Date: Thursday 5/18/06 2:46:00 AM

Music: Wannabe – Spice Girls

(yes, I know, I know…Spice Girls…allow me a guilty pleasure…)

So I had a great time in NYC/L.I. and as much as I look forward to continuing my studies at UB and going for the gold that is my Ph.D. and ATA Certifications (and of course attending my ten year reunion by landing in a helicopter…or maybe camel caravan…I’m not sure yet)…I also can’t wait to move to The Village and start that phase of my life…I really look forward to everything that’s on the Horizon (including the travel), but I’m not rushing anything and I make plans…but I also change them all the time (it’s good to be fluid). Everything’s just so cool because ten years ago I could never imagine that I’d be where I am today and as much as I make or change plans, things are really coming together they way they should. It’s wonderful.

In slightly unnerving news…my younger brother (by six years) can now *almost* kick my ass…he came close when we were goofing off (to be fair, he challenged me) and next time I think he may actually win (more reason to take up wrestling…I need to learn to have the upper hand…that or I’m going to need to seriously start power lifting) I think he’s going to be six feet tall soon (and here we told him he had to eat more than cereal and pasta with butter if he wanted to grow big and tall, he showed us) and he’s all muscle. Now that he’s in High School when he’s not hormonal he’s actually sentient! It’s really wonderful; though Years of abuse (he asked for everything he got) are now going to come back and bite me in the ass.

As I was making my way from Penn Station to Amtrak to catch the train from NYC to Buffalo I stopped in a book store (I’m currently reading Fer de Lance by Rex Stout, but I wanted back up in case I finished early on the train)…and I found this book called “Gay Haikus” and first I thought “oh this looks like a cute book that someone would attach to a gift or something” so I picked it up and began to read it…and holy fuck I was impressed…I read through the whole thing, laughing out loud in the store…and I was like…THIS GUY GETS IT” so I bought the book and walked to take a seat and turned to the back flap of the book…he graduated Harvard with a Degree in Linguistics. I’m blown away by this guy, the book was *brilliant*…and I’m glad he wrote it. There’s hope…and I need to write him a thank you letter and send him a gift card for whatever local coffee shop is by him.

I also picked up a book on how to talk dirty in French (similar to my “How to Make Out in Arabic Book”) as well as the Da Vinci code (I figured with the storm of protests that I should probably read it and figure out why people are getting upset).

Anyways, I do have more to post about…but I also have to catch up with my stuffed animals, who think I’m cheating on my bed with the sofa. I’ve missed all my friends, Alice, The Syphrit Sisters, Nadia (and I’m not going to name them all, but I’ve missed all of you) and of course Eli (who made fun of me when I called him and patronized me for missing him =P) and as my mothers cross stitch says:

“Wherever you travel, wherever you roam, be happy and healthy and glad to come home.”

Bed Time!

G’night.

~ me

Back in Buffalo

moocowinthecity 2006-05-18 No Comments

Subject: Back in Buffalo

Date: Thursday 5/18/06 2:46:00 AM

Music: Wannabe – Spice Girls

(yes, I know, I know…Spice Girls…allow me a guilty pleasure…)

So I had a great time in NYC/L.I. and as much as I look forward to continuing my studies at UB and going for the gold that is my Ph.D. and ATA Certifications (and of course attending my ten year reunion by landing in a helicopter…or maybe camel caravan…I’m not sure yet)…I also can’t wait to move to The Village and start that phase of my life…I really look forward to everything that’s on the Horizon (including the travel), but I’m not rushing anything and I make plans…but I also change them all the time (it’s good to be fluid). Everything’s just so cool because ten years ago I could never imagine that I’d be where I am today and as much as I make or change plans, things are really coming together they way they should. It’s wonderful.

In slightly unnerving news…my younger brother (by six years) can now *almost* kick my ass…he came close when we were goofing off (to be fair, he challenged me) and next time I think he may actually win (more reason to take up wrestling…I need to learn to have the upper hand…that or I’m going to need to seriously start power lifting) I think he’s going to be six feet tall soon (and here we told him he had to eat more than cereal and pasta with butter if he wanted to grow big and tall, he showed us) and he’s all muscle. Now that he’s in High School when he’s not hormonal he’s actually sentient! It’s really wonderful; though Years of abuse (he asked for everything he got) are now going to come back and bite me in the ass.

As I was making my way from Penn Station to Amtrak to catch the train from NYC to Buffalo I stopped in a book store (I’m currently reading Fer de Lance by Rex Stout, but I wanted back up in case I finished early on the train)…and I found this book called “Gay Haikus” and first I thought “oh this looks like a cute book that someone would attach to a gift or something” so I picked it up and began to read it…and holy fuck I was impressed…I read through the whole thing, laughing out loud in the store…and I was like…THIS GUY GETS IT” so I bought the book and walked to take a seat and turned to the back flap of the book…he graduated Harvard with a Degree in Linguistics. I’m blown away by this guy, the book was *brilliant*…and I’m glad he wrote it. There’s hope…and I need to write him a thank you letter and send him a gift card for whatever local coffee shop is by him.

I also picked up a book on how to talk dirty in French (similar to my “How to Make Out in Arabic Book”) as well as the Da Vinci code (I figured with the storm of protests that I should probably read it and figure out why people are getting upset).

Anyways, I do have more to post about…but I also have to catch up with my stuffed animals, who think I’m cheating on my bed with the sofa. I’ve missed all my friends, Alice, The Syphrit Sisters, Nadia (and I’m not going to name them all, but I’ve missed all of you) and of course Eli (who made fun of me when I called him and patronized me for missing him =P) and as my mothers cross stitch says:

“Wherever you travel, wherever you roam, be happy and healthy and glad to come home.”

Bed Time!

G’night.

~ me

I am a happy, happy camper.

moocowinthecity 2006-05-15 No Comments

Subject: I am a happy, happy camper.

Date: Monday 5/15/06 7:17:00 PM

Tags: edit me, finances, private, tag me

I met with my Financial Planners Today…not only will

all of my debt be paid off; but by the time I’m out of

Grad School (2012~ish) I’ll be comfortable enough to

start out in the real world (wherever that is) and

pursue what I want to do and to setup shop and get an

apartment with little to no stress.

I also got my Tax Refunds back…which means my

savings account is now nice and healthy and it means

that Chris (gryvon) is fully paid back

once I land back in Buffalo this Wednesday, which is

excellent.

This doesn’t however mean that I’ll be going out to

eat, spending money or driving more or even driving as

much as I did this year…I’d rather keep living

modestly to meagrely, saving all the money I can for

when I really need it: which is after graduation.

Next year I think I’ll be walking to South Campus and

bussing it back and forth to UB since my schedule will

allow it and my winter coat is more than sufficient.

I’ll have to work out book logistics though, but

that’s not hard.

There will however be two purchases; that being an mp3

player (mine is having more issues than I care to deal

with and I have a six hour train ride coming up, not

to mention a 12 hour train ride to Philly soon) and

some business cards because I’m out and those are sort

of important.

This means that as soon as Anime North/Yaoi North is

done with the car gets cleaned, tarped and parked for

the summer and I can start biking it around

town…I’ll liberate a bike from the shed before I

return to Buffalo…I REALLY want to go camping and

hiking since I’ll be in Buffalo this summer…anyone

with me? It’ll be fun!

Okay, more updates forthcoming…and Cheryl (user=”twistymirror”>) I totally want to hang with you

before I go back…but somehow I managed (I don’t know

how) to delete your number from my cell phone…email

me?

More updates forthcoming.

– Me

I am a happy, happy camper.

moocowinthecity 2006-05-15 No Comments

Subject: I am a happy, happy camper.

Date: Monday 5/15/06 7:17:00 PM

Tags: edit me, finances, private, tag me

I met with my Financial Planners Today…not only will

all of my debt be paid off; but by the time I’m out of

Grad School (2012~ish) I’ll be comfortable enough to

start out in the real world (wherever that is) and

pursue what I want to do and to setup shop and get an

apartment with little to no stress.

I also got my Tax Refunds back…which means my

savings account is now nice and healthy and it means

that Chris (gryvon) is fully paid back

once I land back in Buffalo this Wednesday, which is

excellent.

This doesn’t however mean that I’ll be going out to

eat, spending money or driving more or even driving as

much as I did this year…I’d rather keep living

modestly to meagrely, saving all the money I can for

when I really need it: which is after graduation.

Next year I think I’ll be walking to South Campus and

bussing it back and forth to UB since my schedule will

allow it and my winter coat is more than sufficient.

I’ll have to work out book logistics though, but

that’s not hard.

There will however be two purchases; that being an mp3

player (mine is having more issues than I care to deal

with and I have a six hour train ride coming up, not

to mention a 12 hour train ride to Philly soon) and

some business cards because I’m out and those are sort

of important.

This means that as soon as Anime North/Yaoi North is

done with the car gets cleaned, tarped and parked for

the summer and I can start biking it around

town…I’ll liberate a bike from the shed before I

return to Buffalo…I REALLY want to go camping and

hiking since I’ll be in Buffalo this summer…anyone

with me? It’ll be fun!

Okay, more updates forthcoming…and Cheryl (user=”twistymirror”>) I totally want to hang with you

before I go back…but somehow I managed (I don’t know

how) to delete your number from my cell phone…email

me?

More updates forthcoming.

– Me

Marianne Williamson

moocowinthecity 2006-05-12 No Comments

Subject: Marianne Williamson

Date: Friday 5/12/06 2:08:00 AM

Tags: quotes: general

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” – Marianne Williamson, as written for Nelson Mandela.

Marianne Williamson

moocowinthecity 2006-05-12 No Comments

Subject: Marianne Williamson

Date: Friday 5/12/06 2:08:00 AM

Tags: quotes: general

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” – Marianne Williamson, as written for Nelson Mandela.

Nap Time!

moocowinthecity 2006-05-10 No Comments

Subject: Nap Time!

Date: Wednesday 5/10/06 11:02:00 AM

Mood: sleepy

Tags: blog: tag me, blog: edit me, travels: buffalo

It is most definitely time for a nap.

In other news, the City of Buffalo is out roughly $500.00 and I’m only out $35.00 which means even though I have to pay the fine, they’re still shelling out roughly $465.00 from start to finish to make me pay the fine. So I lost, yet I feel vindicated in the long run.

Anyways, as I said it’s time for a nap =)

~ me

Nap Time!

moocowinthecity 2006-05-10 No Comments

Subject: Nap Time!

Date: Wednesday 5/10/06 11:02:00 AM

Mood: sleepy

Tags: blog: tag me, blog: edit me, travels: buffalo

It is most definitely time for a nap.

In other news, the City of Buffalo is out roughly $500.00 and I’m only out $35.00 which means even though I have to pay the fine, they’re still shelling out roughly $465.00 from start to finish to make me pay the fine. So I lost, yet I feel vindicated in the long run.

Anyways, as I said it’s time for a nap =)

~ me

FINAL Summer & Fall Schedules; New LJ Community and More

moocowinthecity 2006-05-09 No Comments

Subject: FINAL Summer & Fall Schedules; New LJ Community and More

Date: Tuesday 5/9/06 1:46:00 AM

Tags: edit me

First, though I don’t have the pretty version yet here’s my Summer and Fall Schedules:

Summer Session J

FR101 J, Elem French 1st Semester, MTWRF, 0900-1105

LIN108 J, The Roots Of English, M W, 1830-2140

Summer Session M

LIN106 M, Languages Of The World, M W, 1830-2140

Fall 2006:

ARI201 , 2nd Yr-1st Sem Arabic, T R, 1700-1840

ASL191 E, 1st Yr-1st Sem Am Sig Lan, T R, 1900-2020

FR102 B, Elem French 2nd Semester, M W F, 1200-1325

LIN205 001, Intro To Ling Analysis, M W F, 1100-1150

LIN207 CAS, Lang Society & Individual, W, 1900-2140

LIN315 001, Lang In Its Soc Setting, T R, 1530-1650

You’ll notice Hebrew isn’t on the list…this isn’t for lack of doing well; just mainly because the professor is crazy, I’ve had her for three semesters and there’s only so much I can handle before I go “this is not worth taking…I can berate myself and other people for free…my parents should not have to pay for this woman to not teach”

I was at Alice’s (maleficentseyes) house and her Mom, Dr. Jaeger, (who’s my Adviser and Independent Study Professor) and her were like “she’s not teaching, she’s crazy, her department is corrupt and lets you purchase grades, it stresses you out, it isn’t your focus language (which happens to be Arabic) why kill yourself for this woman?” and I was like “yeah…that makes sense…I can just learn it on my own…I’d rather concentrate on Arabic”

Then when I managed to get into American Sign Language (I think it’s one of the top five courses that fill up after first day of registration opens) I dropped Latin because ASL is way more important and of course I need to take French so I can talk with my Mom and not have other people in the room understand us (though one always does need to be careful because you never know when someone who’s poly-lingual may or may not be in the room that said I’m in the higher level Arabic Course and the Second Elementary Level French Course (I’m taking the First Elementary Level French Course the first Summer Session) and I’m in the First Level ASL Course…and of course, all my happy Linguistics Courses.

Graphically, my schedule is awesome…I have no courses before 11AM.

In other news, I created a new community which I have yet to actually post anything of importance, fully add the user info, etc. but I wanted to create it so I can work on it this week…that said, Candie, Teresa, Itai (maybe?) you might want to join it:

I present phoneticians

Enjoy.

Now…bed time.

FINAL Summer & Fall Schedules; New LJ Community and More

moocowinthecity 2006-05-09 No Comments

Subject: FINAL Summer & Fall Schedules; New LJ Community and More

Date: Tuesday 5/9/06 1:46:00 AM

Tags: edit me

First, though I don’t have the pretty version yet here’s my Summer and Fall Schedules:

Summer Session J

FR101 J, Elem French 1st Semester, MTWRF, 0900-1105

LIN108 J, The Roots Of English, M W, 1830-2140

Summer Session M

LIN106 M, Languages Of The World, M W, 1830-2140

Fall 2006:

ARI201 , 2nd Yr-1st Sem Arabic, T R, 1700-1840

ASL191 E, 1st Yr-1st Sem Am Sig Lan, T R, 1900-2020

FR102 B, Elem French 2nd Semester, M W F, 1200-1325

LIN205 001, Intro To Ling Analysis, M W F, 1100-1150

LIN207 CAS, Lang Society & Individual, W, 1900-2140

LIN315 001, Lang In Its Soc Setting, T R, 1530-1650

You’ll notice Hebrew isn’t on the list…this isn’t for lack of doing well; just mainly because the professor is crazy, I’ve had her for three semesters and there’s only so much I can handle before I go “this is not worth taking…I can berate myself and other people for free…my parents should not have to pay for this woman to not teach”

I was at Alice’s (maleficentseyes) house and her Mom, Dr. Jaeger, (who’s my Adviser and Independent Study Professor) and her were like “she’s not teaching, she’s crazy, her department is corrupt and lets you purchase grades, it stresses you out, it isn’t your focus language (which happens to be Arabic) why kill yourself for this woman?” and I was like “yeah…that makes sense…I can just learn it on my own…I’d rather concentrate on Arabic”

Then when I managed to get into American Sign Language (I think it’s one of the top five courses that fill up after first day of registration opens) I dropped Latin because ASL is way more important and of course I need to take French so I can talk with my Mom and not have other people in the room understand us (though one always does need to be careful because you never know when someone who’s poly-lingual may or may not be in the room that said I’m in the higher level Arabic Course and the Second Elementary Level French Course (I’m taking the First Elementary Level French Course the first Summer Session) and I’m in the First Level ASL Course…and of course, all my happy Linguistics Courses.

Graphically, my schedule is awesome…I have no courses before 11AM.

In other news, I created a new community which I have yet to actually post anything of importance, fully add the user info, etc. but I wanted to create it so I can work on it this week…that said, Candie, Teresa, Itai (maybe?) you might want to join it:

I present phoneticians

Enjoy.

Now…bed time.