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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
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PS -- I have no idea what those blue dashes are underneath part of my entry. i have no idea how to get rid of them either. whoops!
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so, i've actually got a pretty interesting story to tell this week! shocker, i know. not hte same old boring book/movie review, along with saying how nothing happens in my life!
so, about 2 weeks ago i wrote up an entry about the books i've read, (which can be found here), and i made a remark about how i may have to stop reading sophie kinsella novels since they are all starting to become rather predictable, which is why i stopped reading jane green novels a while ago. well, if you click on the entry, and scroll to the bottom, you'll notice that a comment got left there, which i will reproduce here for the lazy:
"Master Jen - like your blog, and I'm sorry you haven't enjoyed the last few books of mine. The Beach House is out in June and I think it's a little different - if you email me your address I'll send over an advance copy - jane@janegreen.com. Would love to hear what you think!
Warmest wishes,
Jane Green"
now, my first thought was that someone was pulling my leg, and just kidding with me. who reads this blog?? like, 3 people (if that). so i decided to take a gander at the website, see if it was really her legitimate website. which it was. so i was like, hmmm. maybe this is the real thing? i don't know. it can't hurt to email, right? so i send over an email, but agonized a little over what to write. do i apologize for what i wrote? well, no, because that would seem kind of lame, right? what do i say? i ended up sending this email:
"Ms. Green,
I can't believe you actually read that! I really didn't think that anyone other than a few friends read my blog, so imagine my utter shock when I woke up this morning to find a comment notification in my email, with a response from you. I would love to read The Beach House, and see what happens in your latest novel! My address is:
Jennifer
It was amazing to hear from you!
Sincerely,
Jennifer"
so i sent that off, and then didn't really think about it. until about 1 1/2 weeks later, when there was a brown envelope on my doorstep. the envelope is addressed to me, and i check the return address since i'm not expecting anything. and it's from Jane Green. say what?!?!?!?!?! yes, it is true. she sent me an advance copy of the book!!!! i got it may 30th, and in about a week, managed to polish off the book (i was also inbetween two other books). now, this book is not released until june 17th. so this is pretty kick ass!!
i'll put the details and pictures under a cut that way it doesn't destroy anyone's friends page, and also doesn't spoil the book for any potential readers!
so this has pretty much been an awesome experience for me. i am definitely more encouraged to read the Jane Green novels i haven't read. and who knows -- maybe i stopped reading at the exact time that i shoudl have continued!
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
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so, i'm sure most of you here know that i love television. like, a lot. like, we're dating. we set aside times and days that we'll spend time together. i read about it online. sometimes, it's scandalous. however, i would like to share some sorrow. upfronts were recently held, which is when networks showcase their upcoming schedules, and this year revealed which shows were going to be coming back and which one's were cancelled (b/c of the writers strike, a lot of nets delayed their announcements). so it is with great sadness that i pass along hte news of the demise of Miss/Guided on ABC, and Beauty and the Geek on The CW. however, i do have to say that Beauty and the Geek was not surprising, b/c the CW had talked about taking it off the air for now, and bringing it back at a later time when the format doesn't seem so routine. this season wasn't that great either. last season was awesome. i think it had to do with the "beauties" they picked this season. they were all really mean and obnoxious. geez. anyways. on the bright side, that means that all my other fave shows got picked up. yay for Chuck, Reaper, Gossip Girl, and all my other shows.
onto movies! i've sadly seen a lot of movies since i last updated, although i do have to admit that i did have a winter break and a spring break to watch a lot of them during. but sadly, i did watch a lot of the tv shows when i should have been studying. onto the movies! and as always, there will be spoilers.
alright, that's about it from me for tonight. i just couldn't bring myself to dig through photos and upload them to photobucket. but i will, i promise!!
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so, i realize it's been a while (according to Livejournal, which so thoughtfully puts how many weeks it's been since your last post, 29 weeks) since i've posted, i'm done with school, a little bored, and figured why not? i'll try to do this in installments if it starts to get a little unwieldy.
so, of course, the biggest news right now -- i've graduated from MBA school, and now am officially Master Jen. well, i don't go around calling myself that. but i do now own a masters, since this semesters grades have all been posted, and i kicked ass this semester! so my gpa is high enoguh, i have enough credit hours, and i've taken all the required courses to have concentrations in both Information Systems/E-Business and Workforce Management (fancy name for HR). what do i plan to do with that??? i have no freaking clue. right now, i'm in a tough place because once again, i'm waiting to hear back from law schools. but if i don't get in, of course i'll try to get a real job. but i can't start applying for real jobs until i know if i'm going to be going anywhere this fall or not, and i'm still waiting to hear from schools. which is frustrating. even though it sucked last time that i got slammed with rejection letters all in the span of like, one month, i would rather have that than this stupid waiting game. it's like, if you're goign to say no, just do it quick and easy. don't make me wait, get my hopes up, and then crush them. not cool.
ummmmmmmm. other than that, nothing too terribly exciting. lots of end of the semester stuff, but i'll be posting pictures, so the stories will go along with those of course! i guess i'll cap this edition with the books i've read in the past 29 weeks (under a cut, of course, to preserve precious friend page space). as always, there will be spoilers.
so that's it for the books!
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
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so now you're all updated on my life since august!!!! not too shabby for a night's work. although, i still have some movies that i have to write up. but that can wait until tomorrow, right?? well, actually, later today. i'll bet you're looking forward to it!!!
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so, friday night was the MBA halloween party at The Steer. Nicole was nice enough to go with me (and drive!!). it was...an interesting night. i had quite a bit to drink. and it's funny, because some of my classmates that know me were surprised to see me in that sort of state. but it was a good time, and i had a chance to let loose and just relax!!! i didn't take many pictures, so i don't have many to post. but we had a good time!
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on the same weekend, we went to the catskill mountains, because my parents had read a newspaper article about some beautiful waterfalls somewhere in there, and wanted to see them. so, due to my awesome(ly terrible) navigation skills, we ended up going the roundabout way that took us like, 1 1/2 hours too long. however!! we got to see the catskill mountains, and we went like, all the way up and then back down. it was beautiful. but we got to the Kaaterskill Falls, adn b/c the summer had been so dry, it was more of a trickle. but it still looked pretty cool.
i also got my tickets for the Ice Bowl!!! YAY!!! Don't know what that is?? For the first time in the USA, two NHL teams will play each other. Outdoors. And who are the two teams? That would be the Pittsburgh Penguins versus our very own BUFFFFFFAAAAAAAAALLLOOOOOOOOOOO SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABRESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!! I am super excited. I got up early, made sure i hauled ass out of class so that I could get online to purchase these. I even set up an account with ticketmaster so that i could store my credit card info and check out hella fast, so that i didn't lose any tickets. apparently, that was some good thinking, b/c i think it sold out in like, 1 1/2 minutes? something ridiculous like that. but i got two tickets!!!! so apparently, i got quite lucky. the game will take place at Ralph Wilson Stadium, and I have seats in the first ring!!! quite exciting. i actually seats right in the price range i wanted, if not in the area i wanted. but still -- i'm still close!! and apparently, it's an unobstructed view. so i'm psyched.
we also went to the Bills vs. Jets game (their first win of the season!!). we tailgated. we partied. we screamed. we had a good time. my sister has more pictures from her (finally purchased) digital camera, but she's still figuring out how to use it. so it may be a while before you lucky LJ-ers get to see those pictures. but here's a picture of the field!!
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over labor day weekend, we went to visit my sister in albany. on the way there, we stopped by watkins glen because i had never been there. it was a beautiful day and quite perfect for walking around the beautiful state park. i took quite a few pictures. we went top to bottom, and i think if we had gone bottom to top (which you can walk), i would have died, b/c there is a lot of walking. and it's quite a stretch.
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various pictures that i've just been too lazy to upload the photobucket and post here. but now you can see htem!! and i'll spread htem out between posts, don't worry, i won't try to crash anyone's computer by posting like, a bajillion pictures in one post!!! AND i'll even put them all under cuts too. see, i care!!
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
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ok, so that previous post was giving me trouble, and i couldn't add in anything the cut. it was weird. anyways!! those are my tennis stories that lingered.
i cashed in all the money from my change jar. since i had stuck quite a few more dollar bills in there, i ended up with a LOT more money that i had anticipated!! i had like, $180 come out of that jar. but sadly, it had to all pay for the new fabulous Coach bag i bought!! (instead of going towards the Wii i had been saving for!) but it's a really nice bag, and it fits my needs for school perfectly. like, i can fit a notebook and a small, light textbook perfectly in it. it's a little bit large for a handbag, but it's awesome nonetheless.
all in all, a fantastic buy. definitely one i have no regretted since i bought it.
sadly, i did have to retire my sneakers after the beating they took this summer. i had a pair of brand new air max 360's, and i started wearing them around end of may, early june. by august, they were done. i had worn through the soles of the left foot so much that when i stepped, i kept hearing this like, whooshing noise, and it took me a little while to figure out what it was, but it was the sound of the air leaking from my shoes through the worn out part. it was a sad day. they currently sit in the garage, b/c i figure i may as well save them for when i need to do something that requires shoes getting very messy.
i think i've also worn through my other running shoes too. they say you're supposed to replace running shoes every like, 500 miles. i haven't gone that far in them (i think), but when i wear them for a longer period of time, when i take them off, my heels hurt. and i recently switched to another old pair (my trusty shox), and my feet feel tons better. so now that's two pairs of shoes i've wrecked this summer (i actually did do a lot, b/c i played a lot of tennis this summer), and i have another pair, but i really don't like them, and don't want to wear them in public. this is terrible and vain, but i can't stand the way they look, but they were a gift, so i didn't have a choice. sigh.
in more recent news, i've been hired as a lab assistant. yay!!! well, it's for the class i took on networking last year, b/c i have the same professor for another class this year. and i guess the guy he got to be the grader can't be the lab assistant too, so he asked me and two other students who took the class last year. since there are only 6 labs though, we each only have to proctor 2. so it's not bad. i'm getting paid $10 an hour, although i had to work 7 to get the first one up and running. that was a pain in the ass though, b/c it was like, all the equipment that i was supposed to use wasn't set up for hte lab i was doing. so i had to keep switching, or changing rooms, or whatever. but about 20 minutes before i was supposed to demo the lab, i got it to work!!! so that was very exciting.
i also went to a gallery opening at El Museo, this gallery on allen st. in downtown. pat (my co-worker at the library and friend) had a piece. every year they do a Day of the Dead exhibit, and people can put their pieces in hte exhibit. it's pretty cool.
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so, obviously, it's been a while since i've updated. and there's actually quite a bit to write about!!! i'll just ahve to see what i can remember. i wrote a bunch of stuff down, but we'll see. what to start with???
school is almost over (well, the fall semester is almost over). i've almost made it!! i think i've wanted to die more than a few times -- definitely thought about quitting school lots of times. i am starting to regret my choice in concentration a little bit (information systems and e-business) because it is definitely over my head, and i just don't know that i want to work that hard at it. but i am, and i'm trying to get through it.
as far as summer though, there are a few stories i neglected to share, which i would like to share now. (with the help of some awesomely bad Paint illustrations).
my tennis boss also placed a call to the amherst police.
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
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OK, i am a bit pooped from my long day today (Tuesdays are the longest day's, with 3 class, going from 8-9:20 am, 2-3:20 pm, and then finishing at 6:30-8:50). blech, let me tell you. Starting so early, and then finishing so late, it's like you're at school all day (even though i do get a nice break in the middle). Just yuck.
On a side note, does anyone actually enjoy the trailers I post in here? I was just excited that I figured out how to embed stuff (not that it's terribly hard in the "Rich Text" mode of LJ, but still).
Alright. Bed for me!!!! It's about 1:30 am right now, and even though I had a grande java chip frappucino during my night class (BIG mistake!!), i'm going to try to force myself to sleep now. I have to go to the bank and post office, becuase even though we were home, and all the doors were open, the mail carrier decided we weren't home, and left a notice saying that we had to come pick up our package. What a pain. I guess it has to be signed for? I don't know. I mean, yes, our doorbell is currently not working, but the doors were open!!!!!! OPEN!!!!! Aack. I'm just bitter because I was elected to go pick it up. Oh well. It had better be something good, since I'm going to get it!!!
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
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OK, so it's been a while since i've posted, and sadly, like always, not too much has changed. tennis has ended, and i've started school (bleeeeeeeccccccchhhhhhhhhhh). but i'm surviving. started my second (and final) year of mba school, which will maybe be followed by law school. my first week impression -- i'm sort of screwed in my information systems classes. they just seem really beyond anything i've done, and they're with the ms/mis students, and they all seem really smart (bastards). so i think that may be more of it, that i'm feeling rather intimidated. so anyways. under the following cut will be the (vaaaaaaaaaast) list of movies seen this summer, along with books read, and hten in a separate entry, i'll detail my two enthralling stories from the summer!! (trust me -- these are good)
ok, that's only actually about half, but i'm sleepy. it's gettin glate, and we're driving to cornell (to visit a friend of the family who now attends the prestigious university), before it's on to albany to hang with the sister on sunday (since that's her only day off this weekend). so. it's times like this that i wish i had either a portable dvd player, or a laptop that played dvd's. i coudl just fall asleep to a movie in bed. but i can't. because i don't own either. lame.
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
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Posted due to popular demand (or rather, demand by one popular person?), for your pleasure...
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Thursday, July 19th, 2007
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so, i finally got the pictures on my camera onto my computer, and guess what that means?? Picture post!!!
also seen a few movies:
well, that's about it from me for now. otherwise just working, working, working now that the Town of Amherst job has started. i did however just buy a terrific sweater today -- men's American Eagle sweater from T.J. Maxx for....$12.99!!!! i was really excited. it's sort of a sweatshirt, sweater mix. i'll have to snap photos nad post them. that'll happen in like, october. if then. ok!
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Thursday, July 12th, 2007
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so, yikes!!! it's been quite a while since i've updated. and i've only been busy for the past 3 weeks now. well, town of amherst tennis has started again. i'm working it full time, 40 hours a week, plus two days at the library. it's not too bad this summer. we've had really nice weather too, only 2 really unbearably hot days so far (fingers crossed!!!!). the kids we have are alright.
sigh. sadly, not much in my life has changed. i haven't gotten engaged or heard my co-workers having sex. just me and work. that's it. of course, been watching a TON of movies, but that probably just shows more how sad I am than anything else. i'm just going to list them off under a cut. i'm also goign to put in books that i've finished too (sadly, not too many of those either).
so that's a lot of movie watching, not so much on the reading. i'm trying though. i'm already half way through another book (and another non-fiction one too!!). i'm relatively sure that that is the whole list of what i've watched sinc ethe last time i updated. i think i woudl be more depressed if i had more to add to that list, quite honestly.
ugh. i'm so tired right now, i am having a hard time keeping my eyes open. it's only 11:30!!! but i am exhausted. i participated in the second adult lesson today, and i did a lot more than i normally do, i'll tell you that much!!! i guess writing checks will just have to wait until tomorrow. darn!! i'll ahve to put off sending my hard earned money away to other people. oh, the tragedy.
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ok, one last note about Pirates -- and i promise this is not spoilerish.
that was a hard PG-13!!!! i was surprised at how violent (and how much violence they showed) for a movie like this. there was a young kid who left wiht his dad, and i assumed it was to go to the bathroom, but htey were gone for a large chunk of the movie. i'm guessing hte kid got scared. i wouldn't be surprised!!!
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ok, so i just got home (like, literally -- i walked in, changed into my pj's, and just sat down in front of my computer) from seeing Pirates of the Caribbean. and now i need to vent. but i will do it under a cut, so as to maintain any surprises that anyone does not want to spoil. this will contain spoilers. MAJOR spoilers. i will probably talk about every surprise, every non-surprise, everything in the movie. be prepared. if you don't want to ruin the movie for yourself, DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER.
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just as a sidenote -- i did not use soy sauce in the pancakes. that just happened to be there.
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