LOLWAT.

Wow, since October. Goddamn. Tumblr is one hell of a drug.

All the updates are either there, Plurk, or Twitter. But I am le pissed at Twitter for shutting down Twidroid on my eReader. I'm missing it already. Dammit.

Updates:

* Passed the last semester with flying As. I haven't seen something so glorious since my first year.

* I finally filled out my graduation form. I am officially graduating in May/June/WHENEVER.

* I've reached a point of my life that I can achieve balance between classes, social life (friends, parties, MOVIES), entertainment (drawing, writing, rp-ing,)

* Still don't have a job but I keep on looking~

* Still able to apply to Law School! Will do so before March 25!

Will update later or just check out the links above...currently constructing a

att. the Penguin.

And the last 2 months have been possibly the most miserable in the last few years. I have a freaking F on Audit, it's been one month since my uncle's death, and I can't find a job. Then I had another car accident because it slid down a slippery road. What pisses me off is how fast my step-grandmother started badmouthing me to my other grandmother. I realized something: somehow in the last 4 years, I became my little's sisters' babysitter, tutor, and driver. I did it all out of being a good daughter and as favor to severely overworked parents. But something happens and, no matter what it is...it becomes my fault. Fuck this, I'm 21 credits away from graduating; I don't need this.

I'm just really scared that I won't graduate and get into the law school I want because I fucked up in one miserable class. I'm already an expense to my parents, I lost family members, my car and now this on my last fucking year. I know life goes on but GODDAMN I NEED TO BREAK SOME PLATES.

Ever had your body just sleep on you while your body's still awake? Yeah that happened this Tuesday while I was pulling my last Business English report out of my ass. Seriously, what the hell is wrong with me? I still have a MORNING (because 10 am is still morning for me with a side of lunch) mentality and then my body decides "Fuck that, we're watching the Adult Swim reruns and maybe even catch Married with Children at 5am just to be safe...Better yet! Don't sleep at all! And while you're at it, drive 25 minutes to college and pretend I don't weigh 12 tons when you get to the class..."


...I have a comically adversarial relationship with the sleep part of my hypothalamus. Most notably during ANY break from class.

Speaking of which...

ONE MORE YEAR LEFT! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I cannot stress this enough, after two years of surviving accounting classes (excluding the basics I took on 1st year) Next semester is just gravy, leaving me more time to sleep, less hair to pull out, and more time for whatever...

As of Monday, June 21, 2010, the nearly 60-day system-wide strike of the University of Puerto Rico has come to an official close, and Dia is cautiously happy. So why am I cautiously happy? Various reasons listed here:

01. The administration, particularly the President of Trustees (Presidenta de Sindicos) has acted in such a manner that makes people perceive she is a sore loser. The conditions imposed by her had no standing or favor with students, parents and professors (100% Credit Price increase, the possibility of criminal charges against the students participating, ect).

02. The dates chosen to resume classes. My twin's campus is the host for the Central American Games so there might be an inconsistency in resuming their finals. Meanwhile, I'll be back in class on July 5 so here's me enjoying the last of this break. On the plus side, there's a chance I can recover my Audit (CONT4017) grade and finals and [DRUMROLL PLEZ] I don't have to wake up early!

03. Not related to the Strike directly (or is it?), Shawn's body will be updated and the arc hopefully before Psych resumes their 5th Season (Yay!) Still, as much fun as drawing the strip is, it's an exhausting labor of love and thank you guys for being so damn patient!

att. the penguin

01. HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, 53 DAY ALL CAMPUS UPR STRIKE... But it's almost done and it's back to class...for two weeks :|||||
02. LSAT is done! That was excruciating 6 HOURS of test sections and fuck my life, I hope I get more than 150 to get into UPR Law School.
03. Who got a BlackBerry after 3 years of prodding and bitching?
04. Yes, I have too much time to waste but I almost found a job selling knives to bored housewives....Yeah, that's accessory to involuntary penile removal. Shawn's body will be updated soon enough!
05. Summer cleaning...I think an old shirt of mine became an ecosystem...
06. Good news everyone, my braces are off! Bad news, my doctor wants me to get my nose operated T^T This is my grandmother's nose okay? And it worked great for her! Rest in peace Abuela Grace.
07. I have found myself between flirting with guys and keeping them away with a 6-ft pole...reasons? I didn't know how much I missed the single life.

Well, that's a pretty good summary to my life for the last 6 months and here's hoping for less drama and more fun!

att. the penguin!

Update//UPR Strike 2010

Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?

'No,' says the man in Washington, 'it belongs to the poor.'
'No,' says the man in the Vatican, 'it belongs to God.'
'No,' says the man in Moscow, 'it belongs to everyone.'
'No' says Milhouse, 'it belongs to me.'


Yep, using a bastardized Andrew Ryan quote to start off an update to this blog. Currently, there is a massive system wide strike in the University of Puerto Rico due to various reason, but mostly due to student and academia unrest regarding the following:

• Massive budget cuts onto the operating budget of the system
  
• The possible elimination of certain 'exenciones' or student breaks for students in Athleticism, Arts and raising the minimum GPA for Honor.
  
• Violations to the employee-employer agreements between the Central Administration and the Professors and non-academia Employees.

For anyone reading this, please keep informed. I may not have voted in the assembly but I am pro the strike because some of the planned reductions hinder the development of students.

att. the penguin

December wrap-up

This little fella here (coincidentally dressed in my campus' track & field uniform is brought to you by Animals Wearing Pants)

I don't know which is sadder, me stuck studying for finals or me remembering the Barney theme song? Don't answer that.

With the final tally of college: 4 me: 1, I am currently studying my ass off to try and salvage this semester with at least one A in English Literature and a B on Business Law (Me mangó el Evangelio según Changó! is the best way to summarize why I got a D on the last test) and Federal Tax (I need a B or more on the final, easier said than done). Ever get that feeling that you study so hard and when you get to the test, you just kill it and when it comes back you get a D/F? If you have, congrats, we're on the same page, unknown reader.

Maybe I was distracted too much by other things that weren't academically related, creepy-guy in REHU group, not enough balance between studying-sleeping-drawing comics, PARO/STRIKE, just putting it out there. But fuck it.

TV season review (SPOILERS BE HERE):

House: Just plain awesome. My favorite episodes overall were the season openers Broken and Wilson. Least favorite parts where the Huddy-Lucas thing (Lucas is a great character, don't ruin him) and the self-righteous speech Cameron gave before leaving (You are just as broken and tainted as Chase, STFU)

CSI: Miami: Um, mixed feelings in this fall season (that hasn't concluded, mind you). Plus sides: there is a breath of humor in the show plus more CSI-ing than drama (Horatio+Lab Equipment=Love), Jesse seems very normal-ish (ie not so Gary Stu) but that is subject to change. Minus side: Calleigh & Delko, more specifically the way she's flirting with Cardozza...even though she's in a relationship with Eric. This woman is jumping on men like some dumb broad with a blood bag on one hand and Alpo Bites in the other <---wow, this is the 2nd time I've compared her to Twilight, that's not good. I meant to put in a David Caruso joke here but damn.

Fringe: I love this show. Period. I missed a couple of episodes by watching The Jeff Dunham Show (only skits I actually like are Walter's and Achmed's).

Last Sunday and Monday, watched SyFy's Alice and I found it very enthralling. Maybe I'm biased because I enjoy Alice in Wonderland a little too much. Kathy Bates as the Queen was deliciously evil, the Hatter was a fine mess, and Charlie the White Knight was just plain insane and awesome.

Not much left to say but Happy Holidays!

att. the penguin who is cramming for her Tax and Human Resources finals like nobody's business.

Week 11//Procrastination at its finest

Not much to say about last week other than what has been said in the news...really uncertain if there will be any special circumstances for this week (like another strike) but for now, I need to worry about the following:

*Long-overdue work on the Human Resources group project. This thing has been dragging because, honestly, I don't feel like working on it mainly because I feel uncomfortable with the group dynamics

*Readings that I've postponed...yeah, they're biting me in the ass.

I get distracted incredibly easy and for now, I tend to not do what I'm supposed to do.

Really nothing left to say,

att the penguin

Week 9 & 10//

Why two weeks in a row? Three words: Week-Long Strike. To express the disgust towards what is referred to as Ley 7 (where almost 17,000 government agency workers were fired among other effects) and to avoid unnecessary student violence, the interim president of the UPR system has decreed a week-long recess for all 11 campus in the system.

TL; DR: I have a free week at the cost of spending Christmas Eve in finals.

I can honestly say that last week was a blurr: all I could remember was getting the grades for my tests (all B's) but at least I got stuff done with the REHU 4405 project (suddenly I got appointed leader LOL)

Art/Fiction wise, I've been kind of dead lately besides Shawn's Body (which I use as a stress relief) but at least I have the following ideas for Promise: Return to Silent Hill: Taking advantage of House's trip to Mayfield hospital at the beginning of this season, I want to explore how he dealt with the memories of the Incident while Wilson's stuck in Silent Hill...that town tends to bring up the worst in people.

Fan rambling aside, here's hoping that I can finish up any loose ends before returning to class!

att the penguin who is slightly scared of looking out the window for no discernible reason

Week 8//

This week was a bit wonky thanks to an impromptu strike on my campus last Tuesday...but at least, I finally finished the two tests that have been bothering me for the last three weeks: the FINA 3107 (Markets and Institutions) and DEME 4005 (Business Law) tests...

* The DEME test was thankfully straight to the point, 50 True-or-False questions that's it

* The FINA test was multiple choice but that right there was brutal...it was even harder than the Federal Tax test! Dammit.

On the plus side, this week is relatively quiet with only the REHU 4405 (Intro to Human Resources) test for tomorrow.

Not much to say, will update later!

Week 6//The Lulz continues...

This week had no picket, no nothing but it still went a whole lot faster (maybe because of the three tests I'm going to take come Monday). Speaking of tests, I frankly have no idea what will happen with the INGL 3251 test; half the stuff wasn't discussed for various reasons (bipolar storm system, professor getting sick, ect). I also stumbled upon a huge roadblock with FINA 3107 (what the fuck was that problem?!) with the whole standard deviation and expected return crap...serves me right for postponing the reviews...

Not much has happened outside of college mainly due to the rainfall and lack of social life. Short post this week, huh?

att. the penguin who is furiously reviewing her notes

EDIT: I love my Meowmi shirt...English Test was moved to Friday, leaving me with a night full of awesome TV (House and CSI: Miami return!)

Week 5//Oh the Irony

Week five has to be one of the shortest in this semester due to:

*Labor Day, which I spent it gloriously asleep and watching the Dirty Jobs marathon,

*The second protest/picket planned for this year, thanks to the HEEND (in which all UPR campus had no class for 24 hours); again, I spent it sleeping and doodling

Overall, I only had 2 1/2 day's worth of class time because of the INGL 3251 professor leaving early for a conference. I spent the weekend slaving away on a REHU 4405 homework that took WAY longer than I planned (I printed it out around 12:45 am last night). Ever have one of those works that just seems to drag on forever? And halfway through it, it gets so boring, you can't help but do something else just to regain any sensation in your brain? Anywho, it's official, my semester will last two more days than expected...dammit.

The other classes are going along smoothly, except maybe the Federal Tax class. I have to ask the professor about how to study for his class at home because powerpoints handouts are great and all but I tend to go more for the textbook to review. Another class I'm having a bit of trouble is Business Law (DEME 4005) mainly because THAT CLASSROOM COULD DOUBLE AS A FUCKING MORGUE. This week, we cover the rest of La Carta de Derechos (the Bill of Rights) in the Puerto Rican Constitution (it's a little more exciting than it sounds like thanks to the current situations these days)

In Internet related news...
Pigeon Beats the Internet FINALLY, one can make use of the assload of pigeons in San Juan...but first, we'd have to give those cute li'l rats with wings a bath.

That's it for this week, stay tuned! XD

att. the penguin who is procrastinating her lectures

Week 4//LOLwhut

I tend to write at the end of my weekend and since it's Labor Day, I write today XD

This week started off with a bird taking a dump on MY HEAD. Not joking, this really happened on Monday after lunch, dammit. My parents laughed their asses off when I told them that. Apparently it brings good luck...still waiting on that luck. The rest of the week was jumbled up by two phenomena:

1) Surprise protest on Wednesday, which I found out AFTER I woke up @ 5:35 am then drove to my campus, only to be turned back.

2) Possibly the most bipolar tropical storm in recent history; ladies and gents, I give the goverment fiasco that was Erika. I can honestly say that the news went from "Don't come to class tomorrow, we're going to go hide in a corner with four boxes of water and beer" to "Fuck y'all, that p*ssy didn't do squat, we expect your ass in class tomorrow" in more or less TWO HOURS. I still had to show up to a class to a class where the professor didn't.

After this week, I predict my ass will be cloistered in my room because I have a lot of catching up to do...crap.

att. the penguin who is watching the Labor Day Dirty Jobs Marathon

Week 3//Early Halloween thoughts//Freeman's Mind

Week 3 came and went with not much out of the ordinary other than having to dish out $90 for a graphic calculator...for the love of God, I hope I get to use it in more than ONE class! 'Cause then, I have the right to smash it. Sad part is, the profession that insisted on it...didn't come to the next class (fuck).

Writing Childhood's End got me thinking about Halloween...I have to buy my costume! Hopefully, this year won't rain (as if).

Freeman's Mind This series is AWESOME; I spent the entire weekend watching it and I promptly forgot about to print homework LOL.

att the penguin who will post a proper post tomorrow

First days back!

And they had their bumps along the road...

First day : I got the first week jitters the night before meaning my eyes decided to get droopy around 2:30 am only to wake up 3 hours later. For some reason, I threw up. Luckily I got to sleep for two more hours in my car until ten minutes before class. The 8:30 am Federal Taxation sclass professor didn't show up but at least I'm not alone in my suffering. The rest of the classes went about smooth (time to buy/rent books).

Today, the morning class didn't come again...so yeah...little miffed. I forgot to bring my netbook so I was bored senseless for most of the day. Got to sell some of my old books (yay!) and found friends that could help me with the others. Random note to self, get parking sticker.

It feels good to be back.

att the penguin who is still recovering from the near all-nighter from the first day

Trip to Bacardi

My mom and my aunt decided to do a trip to the Casa Bacardi Rum Factory tour and at the last minute, I got dressed and hopped in the car.

I heard about this tour due to people choosing it as their company for the ADMI group project (my study/group partner for CONT 4125 had that one), so I've been wanting to see it for a while. The tour was nice, short and with air conditioning so yeah, it was a nice break from the mall/movie theater. They let you sample some of their drinks so yeah...anyways, it was a learning experience and I recommend it to everyone!

Besides that, tomorrow is my cousin's birthday so beach time!

att the penguin got a bit tipsy from 5 samples of rum-based drinks

Update: My microcomputer's A/C charger cable got tangled up in my legs and it fell...topside and closed but it seems ok (everything's running all right). I hate my luck sometimes.

Main Site Up!

My Main Site is up and running thanks to my sister! Hopefully, I'll be able to maintain it with minimal help (snowball's chance in hell, LOL). The link is on the top left corner of this blog so go ahead and visit it!

Life news, not much has happened. My boyfriend and I mutually decided be just friends again to due to circumstances we both have to fix (explaining my slight depression and lack of blog updates). Other than that, my uncle from my mother's side and his family came over last night but everyone was experiencing the Temperature change cold (Germany=79°, PR=89° with 65% humidity) so we mostly stayed home.

Well, that's it for today! Tomorrow, I'll be visiting my campus to sort out some matters before I have to drive Grace to Mayawest on the 31st.

att. the penguin

JUNE 28 IS ALL CAPS LOCK DAY

AWESOME MEME I FOUND IN DUGG IN MEMORY OF BILLY MAYS (RIP)

What's with Hollywood the last couple of days?!

Anywho,
Baby Shower today! Dylan, you're still in your mommy's tummy but I've heard so much about you that I would like to meet you! PS, You're welcome for the Rubber Duckies. The mom-to-be is a close friend of mine from Business Admin (we're studying the same concentration) so here's me and my family wishing you all the luck and happiness in the world!

In other college news, I finally finished that damn 15-page group essay but this would be the second time a group assignment turns so sour. Parts handed in late, copy-pasting in one instance and complete disregard of what a "GROUP" is are pretty much the phrases I would use to describe the experience. Thank God the classes are almost over but the final exam is composed of 6 chapters that are flying by. Won't probably post until after that stupid test...I'm boned.

att. the penguin who wants to bail out so fast...

First Day of CONT 4125

WHAT THE FUCK WAS I THINKING?????!!!!!!

Not even 10 minutes into the class and the professor slams the due dates of the final investigation! Ok fine, I was kinda asking for it when I signed up for the class but jeez! To add to the pseudo-drama, my friend never got class textbook back so I kinda have to buy it now and that there costs $150+ so...I'm getting it used. If it were up to me, I'd be buying all my books from Amazon but shipping here sucks ass cuz Amazon doesn't make deliveries to Puerto Rico per se. Here's hoping a friend of mine (who's also taking the class) can get me a contact for the book.

Saturday was a fun day because I met up with my first boyfriend and now one of my best friends in the world and his girlfriend over at Borders. I tackled him almost to the ground (I meant to jump him but that works too). It's been so long since I've seen him...and he hasn't changed in the least bit. His girl is pretty nice and quirky, just a little loud.

That's it for today!

att. the penguin is slightly sad at how late Psych's season 4 premiere is (August 7 or 8)

Boring Day

Isn't life just peachy sometimes...

Today's interview went so-so, got chicken-shit nervous when I was answering the questions. Lately, I've been really bored except for playing Resident Evil 4 whenever my boyfriend comes over (I'd be killing that stupid bitch Ashley every other minute if it were for me). Haven't been inspired to write or draw even though I can use my old computer to draw again.

I do hope to get a summer job or at last a part-time next semester to help out a bit so I can buy an Xbox 360.

There's really nothing left to blog about until next week when I start summer classes (O3O).

att. the penguin